A Birthday Celebration!
We had a very special celebration today- a birthday! It's so much fun to make a special day filled with favorite activities for the...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 16, 20152 min read
Ice Cream Day!
We loved celebrating ice cream day today! After our morning routine, we talked about different flavors of ice cream, then we filled out...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 15, 20152 min read
Welcoming New Faces, Music, and Outdoor Play...
Today we were all overjoyed to welcome a new child into the daycare! We've been talking about how we could welcome the new child into...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 15, 20152 min read
Fish, Pretend Beach, and Water Fun...
Today the children and I did some more exploration of our underwater theme. After our morning routine, we worked on creating some shiny,...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 10, 20153 min read
Teddy Bear Picnic Day...
Our day dawned bright, sunny, and perfect for a picnic! During our morning routine, I shared the story of the origin of one of the most...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 10, 20152 min read
PSA: An Argument for Simplicity
Bright, bold, colorful posters, signs, decorations, and artwork adorning the walls of daycare centers and home daycares alike are often...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 9, 20151 min read
A Soup and Bread Kind of Day...
Today was another chilly day and the children and I decided it was a perfect day to make our favorite vegetable soup and bread meal...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 8, 20152 min read
Legos, Lemonade, and a Park Visit...
Today we started our day as usual with our calendar, weather, and circle time routines. After that, the children (with occasional help)...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 7, 20153 min read
Seashells, Sand Soup, Small World, and Cooking Zucchini...
July might just be better than June for water play, so we are focusing on oceans as our monthly theme. Our morning circle time routine...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 6, 20152 min read
Flavoring Water, Counting Change, Water Play, and New Flowers...
Today was chock-filled with fun activities for all the children! Once we finished our morning routine, we talked about making water...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 3, 20152 min read
Fishing, Growing, Fireflies, and Mud Kitchen...
We had so much fun this morning! After our morning routine, we pulled out our pretend fishing set and caught lots and lots of colorful...
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Melanie Patric
Jul 2, 20152 min read
Happy July, Tangrams, and Park Time...
We were excited to change the calendar over from June to July this morning, change out some of our toys, and put some of our July...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 29, 20151 min read
Celebrating Summer, Sandbox Towns, and Flower Hunting...
What fun we had this morning as the children pretended to be "Summer Fairies" who were responsible for showing the bees where all the...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 29, 20152 min read
Favorite Flowers, Mud Kitchen, and Puzzling it Out...
As the children trickled in after breakfast, we started our day working on a large jigsaw puzzle. We worked on sorting the pieces into...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 26, 20152 min read
A Gorgeous Nature Walk With an Interesting Twist...
Our day started somewhat gloomy, but after our morning routine was finished, the sun had begun to peep out from between the clouds and we...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 25, 20151 min read
A Perfect Park Day!
Today was just right for heading out to the park after our morning routine. The sun was filtered by some light clouds, so the children...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 24, 20152 min read
Berries, Bubbles, and Watercolors...
Today was a day to be thankful for the sunshine here; there were tornadoes that swept through the southern part of our state, and we took...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 18, 20152 min read
Picnic Day!
The children have been looking forward to picnic day all month long- it's one of their favorite events. We had so much fun and it began...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 17, 20152 min read
Baby Vegetable Peek-a-Boo, Butterfly Feeder, and Badminton...
As the children and I did our calendar and weather routine this morning we figured we were in for another misty, moisty morning, but we...
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Melanie Patric
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Flag Day Celebration!
We had so much fun celebrating Flag Day today! After calendar, weather, and circle time, the children and I looked at a picture of the...
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