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Melanie Patric
Jun 2, 20165 min read
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
Apr 29, 20164 min read
April Adventures
This month, the children and I focused on the delights of spring, specifically on the life cycle of plants and rainy weather. We engaged...
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Melanie Patric
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Springing Into March!
March arrived in grand style with lovely warm breezes and a promise of spring. We made it outside as much as possible, especially...
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Melanie Patric
Feb 26, 20164 min read
February, The Month of Holidays
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...
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Melanie Patric
Jan 28, 20163 min read
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 read
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
Jan 19, 20161 min read
December!
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...
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Melanie Patric
Nov 30, 20152 min read
Thanksgiving and more!
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...
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Melanie Patric
Nov 14, 20152 min read
Tinkering, Bopping Balls, and Lights in the Darkness...
The waning light of November brought the children and I to a more introspective place, and through the month we worked on cultivating the...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 30, 20152 min read
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 27, 20152 min read
Helping Friends, Goblins, Colors, and Halloween Vocabulary...
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...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 15, 20152 min read
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
Oct 9, 20153 min read
Goodbye to Bees, Leaves, and Birds...
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...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 5, 20152 min read
Harvesting...
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...
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Melanie Patric
Oct 1, 20152 min read
A Day of Fall Watercolor and Pretend Play...
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...
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Melanie Patric
Sep 25, 20152 min read
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 22, 20152 min read
A New Face, Block Play, and Riding the Train...
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...
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Melanie Patric
Sep 18, 20152 min read
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
Sep 15, 20152 min read
Making Bread and An End-of-Summer Walk...
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...
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