We know it’s different in the summer. It is time for vacation. Visits to the lake house, the beach . . . home-improvement projects. That’s why we offer our special summer programs for our students. Activity themes that change weekly allow you to come and go as you please over the summer months. Sign-up [...]
This week the Toddlers are learning about the letter “I” during group time. To further the lesson, the boys and girls painted with colored ice cubes! It was a fun and messy new way to paint!
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This Friday, 5:30 – 7:00pm Creative Tots Art Show 2013 The time has come. The kids have had a phenomenal time this year learning about the artists and their works. It is amazing how much a child can absorb when immersed in the life of an artist relative to their time in history, painting techniques [...]
The way we talk to our children, becomes their inner voice.
Peggy OMara
Today the children started out their day with morning tables: shaving cream and blocks & butcher paper w/ circle crayons. During our art time, the children painted with golf balls! They had fun shaking the tray as the golf balls rolled around to paint the picture. The children loved our “dinosaur dig” sensory tub where they can play with dinosaurs, plastic eggs, beans, colored corn kernels, and spoons. Our special snack for the day was mini popsicles.
Ms. Sarah 
Today we kicked off our first day of summer camp! Check out all the fun we had with bubbles, balls, and bubble wrap!
Outside we played with the bubble machine, tossed/kicked balls around, and played in the music table.
Inside we ate muffins, painted with bubble wrap, danced, sang, and read “Sea of Bath.”
We had so much fun celebrating the end of our school year! The preschoolers had a ball splashing, squirting, spraying, and soaking this week. I want to thank you for giving me the amazing opportunity to be in your children’s lives! What a FABULOUS year in the preschool room. Enjoy your summer!!
We decided to celebrate the end of the year with a teddy bear theme! The children practiced their scooping and pouring skills by scooping and pouring “porridge” (from the 3 Little Bears). The children also had fun using their fine motor skills to decorate bears made from playdough. They enjoyed eating teddy grahams for snack and sitting at group with their teddy bears/stuffed animals. Outside we laid out a colorful blanket for the children and their stuffed animals to sit on as they ate popsicles! At the end of the day, the children received a special bag with treats!
Have a fantastic SUMMER!
~the toddler teachers~
This is a combination of Wednesday and Friday’s small groups! We have been doing LOTS of reviewing at the end of the year. Check out what our past two classes have involved:
{line dotting}
The children used their fine motor skills to follow the various types of lines by stamping dots on the lines.
{Rainbow Fish}
In this group the children learned about sharing and how happy you can be if you share. The concept of sharing is something we have talked about all year, and we want the children to understand the importance of it. The objective is to help the children’s social development.
{ocean art}
The children used bubble wrap to paint “water”, then they used stamps with various sea creatures to put in their “ocean.”
{number review}
In this group, the children practiced their fine motor skills as they traced chalk with wet paint brushes. We talked about the different numbers, and they had to tell me what number I wrote on their boards.
{aquarium discovery center}
On Wednesday, the children had the opportunity to have a fun sensory experience as they played with aquarium rocks, water, and fish/lizards.
{shape review}
We have been working on shapes throughout the year, so the children used the stampers to trace the shapes that we have learned about throughout the year.
This week the toddlers had fun playing with aquarium rocks, water, and water creatures (goldfish, lizards, etc.). This activity was designed for the children to have a fun, sensory experience while incorporating our monthly theme.
For our art experience this week, the children used water droppers to paint coffee filters. They had to use their fine motor skills to squeeze the drops out. The filters will be cut out into the shape of a fish and sent home.
We started the day by signing in using finger paint instead of our usual pencils.
Then we all went outside to watch the Mentos Diet Coke Geyser!
We hit the playground for unusual painting fun on the slide.
We created a rainbow of fizzy bubbling eruptions with baking soda and watercolor vinegar!
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