I hear a burst of giggles and then see water droplets fly as the group of busy two-year-olds make the biggest splash they can. The...

May's flowers arrived as promised, and we used them to make fabulous flower crowns to celebrate May Day. The children loved searching...

This month, the children and I focused on the delights of spring, specifically on the life cycle of plants and rainy weather. We engaged...

March arrived in grand style with lovely warm breezes and a promise of spring. We made it outside as much as possible, especially...

February may be a short month, but it does not lack for holidays, and we celebrated! Groundhog Day: We started our day reviewing what we...

January's focus was on all things chilly-snow, ice, icicles, snowflakes, and more. The children and I had lots of fun learning about...

I'm pretty certain that our enthusiastic celebration of the new year could've rivaled the revelers in Times Square! The children got...

With December came the snow, and we had lots of fun playing in it We made snowmen, complete with pumpkin "crowns..." and snow horses fit...

The daycare children and I did our best to enjoy the last snow-free days in November. We went outside as much as we possibly could, for...

The waning light of November brought the children and I to a more introspective place, and through the month we worked on cultivating the...

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...

This past week has been lots of fun! We've continued to work on our circle time fingerplays and the children are nearing mastery on...

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....

The children and I are really beginning to notice signs of fall all around us. The bees are slow and less numerous, the brightly colored...

The children and I have been waiting for weeks to harvest the seeds from the giant sunflowers that we grew, and today was the day! The...

Our circle time has shifted from apples to the sights and sounds of Halloween and of animals getting ready for the winter. One of our...

The daycare kids were so excited when they learned that today was applesauce day! Our visit to the Homestead Orchard was simply magical-...

As the gorgeous misty sunrise I saw this morning can attest, autumn is here, and along with it is a new face at Blue Sky Daycare! This...

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...

Today's apple theme was upstaged a bit by the fun and enthusiasm that always goes into our bread making. The children began by adding...