Whimsical Weddings

We have a new dramatic play focus right in line with Spring! Wedding dress up and flower shop fun! Take a look at our creative minds at work 😍

Green Day

Yesterday and today brought wee celebrations of green, gold, and all things Irish. We made our own homemade Irish Soda Breads at the top’o’ the morn! Both savory and sweet we did bake. Yum! All our friends were so very careful to wear green as to not get our gold treasure tickled out of us. Thank you lovely supportive parents who made our festivities possible! We may be persuaded to share our recipe, but do give us advanced notice due to the fact we have to trek to the end of our rainbow to find it (we hid it with our gold😉)….

Lucky Little Ones in the Younger Pod

Room 5 mixed it up with our cooking activity this week. We opted for a healthy recipe given to us by one of our wonderful families, with a celebratory twist. We made GREEN banana soft-serve “ice cream”! The ingredients were simple and healthy and our friends had a good time hopping up in Mrs. Erin’s arms to hold down the blender and watch the ingredients transform into a delicious treat!

The ingredients are simple and sweet: frozen bananas, hemp milk (to make it lactose and soy free), vanilla, and honey. We just added a few drops of green food color to make our treats fittingly festive!

Out on the patio the younger pod enjoyed St. Patrick’s themed activities like crafting shamrock crowns, free paint with tones of green, and of course- green goop in the sensory table! It was a wonderful way to spend the holiday together. We are some lucky folks!

Our Worshiping Wee Ones

Room 4 has been having a praise, worship, and prayer time before resting our heads. Our worship time has been lead by our newest teacher in the younger pod, Ms Wendy. The kiddos have looked forward to this time each day. They enthusiasticly raise their hands, close their eyes and praise Him. It is one of the most beautiful sights to behold!

Love is in the Air…

We in Room 4 have had quite a busy week! With celebrations on Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day we were quite busy little love bugs!

Goodie bags and yummy treats….
  Valentine bracelet making….

Two, count em! Two parties!!

Wondrous Winter Wonderland

Our littles in Room 4 have been discovering all things winter (well, some things…) complete with actual snow (well, manufactured…). Hey,we’re Californians! At least we can see snow on our mountains….

SNOW!!

Clouds

Legos

Introducing our newest Room 4 teaching team member…Ms Alex! We love her!!

Rosca De Reyes in Room 4

Look! He found the baby! We have been learning all about the role of the wise men in the Story of Jesus birth. Today and tomorrow we will be celebrating Rosca De Reyes (King’s Day). In Mexico this is the traditional celebration of the Wise men arriving with gifts for the infant King. Rosca De Reyes is January 6.

Traditionally, if you find the baby you are responsible for feeding the group next month at the same time. 😉(no pressure, families! 😜)

Christmas Joy in Room 4

All our littles have been enjoying the holiday season with a variety of joyous activities. Here are a few….🎄😉

You Can’t Catch Me….

Room 4 has been reading Christmas stories about some mouse friends who move in to gingerbread houses. We decided they needed some roomies! Hence, our gingerbread men were born. Stay tuned next week for their newly constructed house!

Tree Lighting Fun in Room 4!

Today we celebrated the coming of Christmas with our annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. After the ceremony, our little ones enjoyed hot cocoa and Christmas cookies…yum-o!