Hey Families, We just want to remind you that we will be closing at 3:30 on June.9/2017 for our 50th Gala! If you have any extra children’s clothes that are too small bring them in! We are getting low on daycare clothes. Lastly, Jennifer has returned from maternity leave and Whitney is now back in…
Sandstone was buzzing with excitement this week! We have been enjoying the awesome weather, and many of our experiences were outside! We visited Ottewell Park and had a blast scampering up and down the ladders and slides. At the splash park, we ran in and out of the water, screaming and laughing as we tried…
Children are constantly engaged in making meaning of their world and in sharing their perceptions. Play is an optimal context for enabling children to work out their ideas and theories and use what they already know to deepen their understanding and further their learning. Innately curious, children explore, manipulate, build, create, wonder, and ask questions…
Another wonderful week in Shale has come and gone! As most of you may have noticed we have some new and improved structures in our growing play space, our shale friends have taken a great interest in the new bench around the tree, the sandbox and what we find most intriguing is the bridge, the…
Quartz – June 2, 2017 The educators in Quartz have been recently delighted to hear the escalation of language development happening in our room. There is so much joy in hearing the way children pronounce new words for things and the names they have for their friends. For example, June has many versions of her…
Exciting News! Primrose is getting a before and after school care! Tell all your friends and families! We are excited for this new adventure! Thank you for all your support.
Wow, can you believe the rain we got! Children were fascinated by the rain coming down and had the opportunity to run and dance in it before the wind got to crazy, then we watched from the windows and sung “Rain Rain go away” over and over again. Unfortunately it didn’t work but we still…
Rain, Rain – May 26th, 2017 “Rain, rain go away,” this was our favorite song to sing this week starting on Wednesday, funny enough, we actually enjoyed the rain and had lots of fun learning about the storm! The children were very interested in the rain and seeing how strong the wind was blowing. In…
Play – May 26th, 2017 Play is the business of childhood, allowing your child free rein to experiment with the world around them and the emotional world inside them. While it may look like mere child’s play to you, there’s a lot of work — problem solving, skill building, overcoming physical and mental challenges —…
Movement of Materials – May 26, 2017 Our previous blog talked about our daily provocation set ups and how the children explore them, this week we continue the love for our thought provoking provocations but highlight how we as educators plan a provocation one way and the children in Shale always find a way to…