Pizza Days

We had an amazing two days of pizza-making with our parent volunteers. We hope you enjoy these pictures as much as they enjoyed the pizzas! They also made Little Red Hens in honor of The Little Red Hen story that Ms. Gwen so graciously read to us! Super fun and busy days! Stay tuned for October’s blog!

Loose Parts Play on the Patio

Loose parts play is a wonderful way for children to develop creativity and critical thinking skills. It gives them the opportunity to use their imagination in open-ended scenarios. As they experiment with a variety of materials, they are engineering, problem solving, collaborating and so much more!

On the Older Pod Patio, our friends have been enjoying natural materials, recycled materials, and pets. Check out some of the amazing ways they’ve played with these loose parts.

Art on Older Pod Patio

In the month of September we emphasize the concept of lines. On older pod patio, we’ve been exploring lines through line collage art, negative space painting, golf ball painting and more!

Even clean up is fun! Check out our Room 1 friends as they work together to clean up colorful paint splatter around the art easel.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

Older Pod Patio

The enrichment patio is an extension of our classrooms and it provides many of the benefits of the outdoor classroom. In the patio, we’re able to move our bodies, raise our voices, get messy and explore! Our friends in older pod have been hard at work, doing what they do best—PLAYING!

Check out some highlights of our play-based curriculum and your kiddos in action on the older pod patio!

Music with Mr. Sam

This summer was filled with making music 🎶 and instruments! We made egg shakers, drums, güiros, water xylophones and dance streamers! Don’t forget, music ignites all areas of a child’s development! 😉

Week 1 – Egg Shakers

Egg Shaker Dance Party with TTH Friends.
Egg Shaker Dance Party with MWF Friends.

Week 2 & 3 – Drums/Güiros

Week 4 – Water Glass Xylophone

Week 5 – Dance Streamers

Streamer Dance Circle with MWF Friends.
Streamer Dance Circle with TTH Friends.

Room 1 Fun in the Sun – Week 7

Discovery Centers

Small Groups

Room 1 Fun in the Sun- Week 6

Discovery Centers

Small Groups

Pirate Day (Thursday)

Today we had a special reader for Pirate Day. Thank you, Mr. Tim!

Room 1 Fun in the Sun-Week 4

Discovery Centers

Yard Time/Water Play

Small Groups

Pump and Slash (Wednesday)