Friday, November 28, 2008



Playing our letter game during circle time this morning


To go along with our Pioneer learning focus this week we made butter by shaking cream in a jar

We enjoyed our butter on freshly baked buns for snack this afternoon.


The Tree House Gang rides again


Our toboggan hill......


Finger painting this afternoon

A little dressup time before going home today

Thursday, November 27, 2008


Water absorption work.....our tree in the background only has one more leaf.....Advent season starts tomorrow night for us


Taking care of her doll


The kids turned the balance beam into a ramp and had fun running cars and trains on it


After lots of sledding the kids get ready to tuck into some Cauliflower Potatoe soup that they made earlier this morning


This young buck wandered into the yard this afternoon

Wednesday, November 26, 2008



We made fruit salad for our snack this morning....yum

This is what we spent lots of time doing today...the snow overnight has made the toboggan hill just perfect....the kids wanted to stay out all day

Tuesday, November 25, 2008



Sewing on a button

Nuts and bolts

Smelling jars

Painting Day


We painted blue then added red to make purple Gnome mountains, later at craft time we added gemstones



Todays wet snow was great for making snowmen


Dancing, late this afternoon. They love to clip scarfs on and watch them float around when they dance.

Monday, November 24, 2008



Stringing small beads

Combing her hair

Easel painting


We made quilt pattern blocks for craft today to go with our pioneer theme

Wednesday, November 19, 2008


One of our circle games....matching the quantity with the correct number


The fishing game....one child says the sound of the letter and the other child fishes for it....

Tuesday, November 18, 2008


The pirates sailed the seas again this morning...today they were going to Mexico and a little fairy hopped onboard after they set sail.

Ten more leaves to go...when all the leaves are gone it will be time for Advent and the beginning of Christmas

Painting Gnome's treasure sacks full of gems

Outdoor fun today......The Snow is Here...Hurray!






pouring water for snack


A late afternoon drumming session


Taking the sailboat on vacation....they said they were going to Aunt Kathleen's