Tree House Preschool Daycare: August 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

The last week of summer...

The girls playing dress-up

Little Man painted a giraffe

Rhyming puzzle..

Flying the plane to N. America...not sure where they are coming from.

Mosaic set...

Its a little snapping turtle...we didn't keep it but it was fun to have a look at.

Guess what we found today?

When the kids first saw it they thought it was just a hunk of mud.....

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Finger painting is fun for everyone...

Outside Today!

Trying to put the truck together..

He loves the water....

Water painting work

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

As much as everyone is chomping at the bit to get going with preschool again...these last few days of summer are precious!

Lying in the sun, making pictures from the clouds...

In the garden...

The kids are enjoying snacking on the beans...

Perfect sun-kissed snap beans

One of the activities on our outdoor shelf is a washing work....here Peanut is washing the splash pool toys....

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Snack and story this afternoon....

Today's swim

New Game: Hide and Seek letters..

Hiding the letters.....

Looking for more letters...

Monday, August 24, 2009

Bead work....

They use the beads to form pictures on boards that have small raised posts...

The beads are very small and require a lot of concentration, a delicate touch and very accurate placement. This is a real challenge for fine motor control.

The girls working on the fish puzzle together...

A prepared environment should be beautiful....

Freshly cut flowers on our snack table.

They are getting pretty good at solving their minor conflicts...today one of the girls "invited" her friends to the peace table to take turns with the talking stick....the girls wanted "Little Man" to be a cow and he wanted to be a horse...in the end the all shook hands and agreed to play something else...too cute!!!!

A sign that summer is coming to a close...the kids are raking leaves.

Getting ready to do a little bird watching.

Monday, August 17, 2009

A little different day with just the girls...we had a "playdate"

We only get the Barbies out for girl's "playdates"

A morning swim

diggers and trucks...

Our monarchs have formed their chrysalises.

Playing with the dolls outside

Today's show.......

This rope was originally put up for the kids to hang their pool towels and toy washing work cloths.....it has also been used to build tents, as a volleyball net and now as stage curtains...