nature

P is for penguins and pinecones

We read the book “Penguin and Pinecone” by Salina Yoon then expanded the book into our art, science and other content areas throughout the day!

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Reading “The Popcorn Book” by Tomie dePaola and more popcorn action

Reading “The Popcorn Book” by Tomie dePaola and exploring the facinating world of popcorn in our outdoor classroom and discovery table!

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Enter to win a memory builder discovery box from Discount School Supply

The memory builder discovery box is a unique and very open ended way to invite young children to explore small objects a little more closely! Come and read more about the memory box and enter to win one of your own!

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Sorting through the colors of fall

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Taking a walk through our “forest” to gather up the colors of fall!

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Exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin

Exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin and planting our own pumpkin seeds in the window!

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Scientific discoveries : I wonder what is in inside a gourd?

Check out our latest scientific discovery in preschool as we explored the question: “What is inside a gourd?”

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Exploring the seeds of fall in preschool

The seeds of fall are all around us and they make a wonderful resource for investigation and discovery!

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Weighing and exploring acorns in preschool

Exploring scales and acorns at the discovery table led to problem solving, writing, counting, graphing, weighing, and sorting in preschool!

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Fine motor acorn play

Collecting, counting, and tweezing acorns in the summer time – isn’t this supposed to be a fall activity?

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An outdoor window walk

Going outside to take a close look at nature with these DIY nature windows.

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Parts of a bird nest in a nature bottle

Exploring the parts of a bird’s nest with our beautiful collection of nature bottles…

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Making nature paint to explore the colors and textures of nature

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

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Creating our own secret trees with an easel starter

Expanding the book “Little Mouse’s Big Secret” in to our easel paintings…

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Looking at our world through a window book

Taking a closer look at things in our world through our nature window books…

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Exploring seeds in the gardening center

Exploring seeds in circle time and in our cardboard box gardening center…

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Building community within a mixed age group of young children

As our partners worked together they were also building a community of learners who support and serve each other.

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