Special Occasions

Celebrating mother’s day in the preschool classroom

May 11, 2012

A walk through the preparation to the actual day of our Mother’s Day tea party in preschool!

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At play with Baby: an outdoor texture walk

May 1, 2012

Going on a texture walk with a young child can bring new understanding of our world and each other…

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A National Screen-Free Week checklist

April 30, 2012

Find out what you can do to promote a screen-free week in your home or classroom!

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Making nature paint to explore the colors and textures of nature

April 21, 2012

A fun way to combine the exploration of nature with the painting process…

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Making a trashy collage for earth day

April 15, 2012

Exploring how to help take care of our earth while making this simple trashy collage in preschool!

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Earth Day blog hop: earth day fishing game

April 10, 2012

Someone left a few things that don’t belong in our fish pond : an Earth Day game and book for preschoolers!

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Earth day blog hop: Give the earth a little spin

April 8, 2012

Spin up some Earth Day fun with this fun book and activity for preschoolers!

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Best of 2011 and a Linky

January 2, 2012

All my fellow bloggers are here together sharing their ONE favorite blog post of 2011!! Be sure to check out the blogger’s picks!

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Top Posts of 2011 from me and my blogging friends

December 31, 2011

Happy New Year and check out these amazing ideas for 2011!! Get prepared to start bookmarking – there were lots of great activities shared in 2011!

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Part two: Baby day in preschool

December 27, 2011

Part two of baby day in preschool!! A day of celebrating together a new baby and becoming an older sibling.

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Our preschool Christmas pajama party…

December 23, 2011

The highlights of our preschool pajama Christmas party!

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Creative Christmas Countdown: Day 4 | Thank You Cards

December 4, 2011

I am sharing how to make Thank You cards for Day Four of the Creative Christmas Countdown! Come join us…

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Add a little learning to our playtime

November 29, 2011

When I get out of the way and give children the freedom to explore – the unintentional happens and a little learning is added to our playtime!

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Fire station role play in preschool

October 8, 2011

Role playing with the table top fire station in our preschool class.

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Celebrating grandparent’s day in preschool

September 10, 2011

I didn’t know that when I wrote about on becoming a grandparent, I would be warmly welcomed into the grandparent club! Below this post, I am sharing some links to ideas for celebrating grandparents day but first, I want to share with you a few things I love most about being a grandparent… Spending time at home with [...]

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International mud day: making rainbow mud paint

June 29, 2011

The point of international mud day is to get messy. Had it been a weekend where I could just let loose and have a mud jamboree, perhaps I would have but I just didn’t have one spare minute this week. I did do some experimenting yesterday and I hope you will enjoy this mildly messy International [...]

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