December Delights
December was filled with fun activities for the Blue Sky Daycare children. We kicked off the month's holiday festivities by learning how...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 31, 20173 min
October is for little monsters!
October started with beautiful, sparking sunny days and cool, crisp weather. This was just the right weather for lots of nature walks,...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 23, 20174 min
Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!
August and September were filled with fun and interesting activities for the Blue Sky Daycare children!
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Melanie Patric
Oct 23, 20172 min
July
July arrived with its usual dose of heat, and to keep the cool off, the children and I decided to use some refreshing lemons. We chose...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 22, 20174 min
May Flowers
The Blue Sky Daycare children had a wonderful time learning about flowers through a variety of activities, celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Mot
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Melanie Patric
May 15, 20174 min
April Showers...
April began with plenty of showers, so hopefully our flowers will be extra beautiful in May. Rainy days can still be fun, though. Some...
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Melanie Patric
Apr 3, 20175 min
Spring Marches In!
After the winter months have passed us by, the warmer temperatures and the warmth of the sun are most welcome! The children and I had a...
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Melanie Patric
Mar 3, 20174 min
Lots to Love in February
We had so much fun in February that the month zoomed right by! We finished up a hibernation theme that we had started in January with a...
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Melanie Patric
Dec 30, 20164 min
December Kindness
The children and I kicked off December with a daily "Random Act of Kindness." For the fifteen days before our holiday break, the...
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Melanie Patric
Nov 30, 20164 min
November Turkeys!
November started with some beautiful sunny weather that was perfect for planting some flower bulbs. The children loved the idea of...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 2, 20165 min
The Merry Month of May
May's flowers arrived as promised, and we used them to make fabulous flower crowns to celebrate May Day. The children loved searching...
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Melanie Patric
Jan 28, 20163 min
January
January's focus was on all things chilly-snow, ice, icicles, snowflakes, and more. The children and I had lots of fun learning about...
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Melanie Patric
Jan 19, 20161 min
Welcome 2016!
I'm pretty certain that our enthusiastic celebration of the new year could've rivaled the revelers in Times Square! The children got...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 30, 20152 min
Halloween Party Time!
Today we celebrated Blue Sky Daycare's 5th annual Halloween party! The children and I had so much fun engaging in a range of fun and...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 15, 20152 min
Creepy October Bugs...
The children and I had the chance to get in a spooky mood and use our senses to explore some creepy bugs, some real and some pretend....
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Melanie Patric
Sep 25, 20152 min
Applesauce Day!
The daycare kids were so excited when they learned that today was applesauce day! Our visit to the Homestead Orchard was simply magical-...
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Melanie Patric
Sep 18, 20152 min
Tiny The Butterfly is Released, Apple Stars, and an Apple Taste Test!
Last night I took a picture of Tiny the Monarch in his chrysalis (yes, he is a boy!). You can clearly see that the chrysalis had...
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Melanie Patric
Aug 21, 20152 min
Combining Play Materials, Caterpillars, and the Slip-n-Slide...
It's fascinating how occasionally the children's play witll take a leap ahead developmentally. Today felt like one of those days because...
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Melanie Patric
Aug 15, 20152 min
Muffins, A Bird Rescue, and Outdoor Fun...
This morning was lots of fun. After our calendar, weather, and monthly circle time routine, the children requested some extra circle...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 29, 20152 min
Pretend Play, Water Play, and Garden Excitement...
Today was a fun day! During our calendar and weather routine we noted that it was going to be a hot, hot, HOT day and we all agreed it...
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