September is well underway, and we are focusing on apples right now. We have a lovely variety of circle time movement rhymes and...

The Monarch butterflies we've raised from eggs are finally emerging from their chrysalides as beautiful orange-and-black adults. Here is...

While the day promised summer temperatures, this mist morning delivered a taste of fall. We were mezmerized to see tiny water droplets...

Today we had so much fun learning about bubbles! We began the day by making more homemade bubble solution. Our recipe included 6 c...

There was a slight chill in the air this morning, so we focused on some big-body movement games to warm us up today. After our morning...

Today we overlapped some of our sunflower-themed activities with a fun bubble activity. Right after breakfast the children looked on as...

As we did our calendar and weather routine this morning, we thought our Tie-Dye day would be a washout, but we were wrong. It turned out...

It's fascinating how occasionally the children's play witll take a leap ahead developmentally. Today felt like one of those days because...

This morning was lots of fun. After our calendar, weather, and monthly circle time routine, the children requested some extra circle...

The older children have been deep in the throes of pretend play, and as soon as we finish our morning routine, they have been inventing...

The children and I have been having so much fun with our sunflower theme so far! We love the beautiful coffee filter sunflowers hanging...

The children seemed to be in a quiet and meditative mood this morning, so I decided that a good chunk of time spent making and playing...

August has been a perfect month for sunflowers- our two mammoth sunflowers outdoors are just beginning to bud (at about 7-8 feet tall!),...

What a great day it was to celebrate a birthday! We began our day with calendar, weather, and our sunflower and bubble circle time...

It's amazing how much change can occurr over a weekend. Today we welcomed another new face to our daycare family, a little boy of almost...

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...

This morning we had a wonderful time after our morning routine. The children and I worked together to make clothing matches as we played...

Over the past few days we've found several Monarch butterfly eggs attached to the undersides of milkweed leaves. We've been keeping a...

Since we knew the day was going to be hot, the children and I made an effort to start our morning routine a little earlier than normal so...

We began our day with our calendar and weather routine. Our fingerplays this month have focused on sea creatures and the month has been...