5 little ducks

Nature Crowns!

On this sunny day in May, we explored the school grounds and had a nature scavenger hunt. Once we had a nice collection, we headed indoors to create nature crowns!

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A Color of His Own

Melted Snowmen

Mix equal parts white glue and shaving cream.

Glitter Hearts

Nature faces

Session Beginning

Our beautiful grounds

Hello Everyone,

               For those of you interested in joining our playgroup, it will begin on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Our program is semi-structured which means we follow a flexible schedule that introduces the girls to transitioning from activity to activity, while still allowing for lots of free play and creativity. We play outdoors, make lots of crafts and art projects and when it's cold, we play inside our indoor gym space with lots of different equipment to keep the girls busy and moving. I try to document much of what we do on our class blog, so feel free to browse previous posts to get a sense of what we're all about.

Playgroup will run from 9:30am to 11:00am Tuesdays and Thursdays until the 28th of January. The cost is $485 payable by check to Visitation Academy on the first day of class. If the class is not full, you may join at a later date and the cost of the program will be pro-rated.

Hope to see you there,

Karen Peters

Big Blue Whale

Thanks to one of our playgroup girls who chose today's activities. When I asked Gwen what she wanted to make, she said, "a whale!", and so we did. Then one of our moms found this book on our shelf, and it was the perfect story for today. What great impromptu lesson!

Felt Pictures

A really nice project for little hands is felt storyboards. They don't have to be glued, as things stay in place as you assemble your picture. Eventually when you have created something you want to save you can add the glue to make it permanent. Last class, I asked the girls what they would like to see in the photo and they suggested apples and butterflies (I had pre-cut the tree and the ground). This week we sat and glued our pictures together. They were a nice change in texture from regular construction
paper.

The Finished Terrariums!

Today we worked on assembling the terrariums with everything we had collected. We sat in a circle on the lawn, and each toddler was given a bag of dirt, rocks, moss, and a small patch of clover. We gave out each "ingredient" one at a time so they would end up in the right order.

Working together

Watching closely to see how it's done.

Adding the clover

The finished product

Inspecting our work