School-Age Room

In May, we spent most of our days enjoying the nice beautiful weather.  We were very interested in the bugs!  Anytime spent outside, the children were finding dozens of worms and beetles.

Yay, for Spring!  We did a spring cleaning in our room and all the children participated by cleaning lockers and organizing the room.

Some of the girls created their own real estate they called it J.A. Homes.  They were all agents who were selling homes and businesses.  They involved all the other children in their new business and they had a great time!

Everyone potted their own flower for Mother's Day for a gift.  They nurtured their flowers by watering it and making sure it gets sunlight.

Preschool Room

During the month of May, we tried our hardest to keep the tadpoles alive and thriving!  Both younger floor and older floor started out with 30 plus tadpoles in a large jar.  Each day the kids would help clean out the water and feed them.  To get a closer look the kids used magnify glasses to see if their legs had popped out yet.  In the end, all the rough love the kids had for the tadpoles was too much for them to survive.  After this, the kids moved on to exploring birds nests, sticks, twigs and bee hives. 

On the younger floor, the children are loving the interactive stories.  "Check out the Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" and "3 Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf" art the kids did that are up on the walls of younger floor!  The children have also been really busy building, constructing and hammering.  Caution it's a construction zone -  if you notice a pile of blocks or bricks on the floor, it is actually buildings! 

Infant Room

Welcome to May!  It has been wonderful and exciting to see green grass and leaves pop up everywhere.  The weather has been great so you'll find us outside every morning and some afternoons.  We have even had the opportunity to have lunch outside.  Woohoo!  We have been busy exploring the yard by playing in the dirt and grass, smelling the flowers and dandelions and finding out how leaves and the tree seeds feel.  We have learned about Africa, China and Chili; by doing some jewelry, fans, lanterns and a play dough stonehedge - Easter Island.  We also tried some food from each country.  It was all very yummy.  We always love to sing and read.  Some favorites this month are "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "The Potty Book", one for boys and one for girls.  We are also learning to be gentle with our pets with the book "Tails Are Not for Pulling".  We are looking forward to many more days of warm , sunny weather and the opportunity to explore more.