Thursday, April 29, 2010

Bug week continues! Thursdays are for crafting! It was a very windy day at the farm. The Twos class enjoyed lunch outside--making for a peaceful meal.

Bug week cards . . .

Christin and Ellen helped the kids craft bouncy bug toys on a stick!Coloring and gluing.
Sweety!

The lunch bunch! Happy first birthday to Porter! You've come a long way, baby!

Using a vacuum to sweep up rice!

More vacuuming!

Fun with friends.

Hand-crafted bug rings!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Our PreK classes have names now: "The Dolphins", "The Peacocks", and "The Ponies". Each class does a rotation through activities outside each morning. The have a class flag and a sign on their water bottle box!

The Two class loved chili soup for lunch and fresh baked bread! The had fun making bread on the balcony.

"The Peacocks"

Playing a game in the shade with Tabi!

Looking for "bugs" with Sarah and the magnifying glasses.

"The Ponies"

Listening to a book!

"The Dolphins"

Making bread on the balcony . . .

PreK worked on bread outside.

Getting ready to craft!

Boys playing . . .

He wanted to pose for a picture!!

Falling asleep at the lunch table.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Bug week continues! The PreK children had a good day rotating through outside gardening work, time with the rabbits, and reading books about insects. PreK is divided into 3 groups: the Dolphins, the Ponies, and the Peacocks. They are having fun--especially with some crafty bug rings! The 2s and toddlers loved black beans and cheese quesadillas. We enjoyed reading our friend Francis' shirt, which quotes Daniel Boone.

Monday 4/26/10

Today was the start of "bug week". The children had fun checking out some cool specimens including scorpions! Painting was fun outside! Our lettuce is doing well. We look forward to a good week!

Weekly Menu, 4/26/10-4/30/10

Monday
AM Snack: organic bananas
Lunch: scrambled yard eggs, nitrite/nitrate free bacon, organic sunflower flax bread
PM Snack: organic Zbars

Tuesday
AM Snack: organic pears
Lunch: cheese quesadillas (organic tortillas), black beans
PM Snack: almond butter and organic strawberry jam sandwich (organic bread)

Wednesday
AM Snack: organic dry cereal and organic raisins
Lunch: homemade chili, organic homemade bread with organic butter
PM Snack: organic yogurt with organic blueberries

Thursday
AM Snack: organic steel cut oats w/organic brown sugar and cinnamon
Lunch: organic pasta with organic chicken and organic spinach
PM Snack: pretzels, cantaloupe

Friday
AM Snack: organic apples
Lunch: nitrite/nitrate free ham, crackers, organic baby carrots and organic hummus
PM Snack: Goldfish crackers and organic raisins

Thanks

After a couple of years of cutting our chops, we've arrived. The phone won't stop ringing, and remarkable families are finding us. Now, to refine our work. To be the greenest, happiest, most nurturing little school in the area . . .

We're unstoppable. On fire.

Thank you, thank you to our great staff. Thank you to our great customers, (most especially those under age 5).

Thank you to our husbands and to our children for putting up with less nurturing, fewer spectacular dinners, and houses that were pretty scrambled.

Thank you universe for allowing prosperity to flow our way.

~Leslie

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Happy Earth Day! We enjoyed a drizzly day outside as part of "rain" week! We had a good time with a new friend Ella, who will start with us in May. Kari and her class had fun creating an alphabet board with sticks, and the children had fun making mud cakes for Mother Earth!

Each day, the children scrape their plates after lunch for our pig Lucy. They scrape the plates, then gently place their "glass" dish in another bus tub. The children then help wipe the tables and sweep the floor. "Life" is at the heart of our curriculum!