Today dawned grey and rainy, so we could tell we were going to have some fun indoors for a change. Once we finished our calendar,...

This windy morning was perfect for kite flying, so soon after our morning routine we set off on an adventure. We brought along our big,...

In the wake of the No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top policies, the push to increase direct teaching of academics to ever-younger...

Today dawned in a rather strange way- the sun appeared to be a reddish-orange color that looked like a harvest moon more than a sun. The...

We've been working hard on our frog, caterpillar, and bee fingerplays in the morning, and the children's favorite appears to be the...

Glorious June- your weather makes all our water play dreams come true! Once we were done our morning routine, we spent the majority of...

Could the weather possibly be more perfect than it has been the last two days? The kids and I think not! We spent as much time outside...

We're so happy to be taking full advantage of June and all the wonderful things it holds! We made another foray to the jewel of a park...

During one of our recent trips to the park, another adult told me about a larger park that was just a little further away, and today we...

Today we had a great time taking advantage of the outdoors in between (and partly during) rain showers. We began our day the usual way...

Ah, May! This was the nicest day we've had in May so far- the birds were singing, everything outdoors was flush with new growth, flowers...

The children and I have been enjoying our morning routine quite a bit this month. We've been focusing on nursery rhymes, and at this...

This morning we began our day with several rounds of homemade memory games. The games featured animals, colors, and one set had favorite...

Today began with block play after our usual morning routine. We used a combination of rocks and handmade nature blocks, and the children...

This morning the children were full of imagination, so after our morning routine, we played out several pretend restaurant scenarios. ...

We've had a busy week with lots of hush-hush Mother's Day projects going on. It's been tough to blog about things we couldn't talk...

Today we decided to do a fresh take on our block play. After our morning routine, I had the big kids play an imitation game. I had them...

Spring is in full swing, and though the foggy morning had us believing we'd be stuck indoors, the sun soon appeared and invited us to...

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo was tons of fun, and I'm pretty sure the kids liked the activities I planned. We ended up spreading the...

Today was all about the mud kitchen! We sailed through our morning routine and even shortened our music time a little (even though we...