All the children love colour mixing....they repeat this over and over again.

Princess tackling the collage tray....

Cutting carrots for our soup today....

Ladybug did her own zip up today for the first time. She was thrilled. She then offered to help Flowerpot with her zip.

Owl sorting reptiles...

Princess admiring her work....

I was able to dislodge the wagon from the ice today.....yeah for Spring!

The wonder of a muddy puddle...

Colour mixing work

Princess spent an hour with this work this morning...she repeated it over and over again.

Cleaning the table is a favourite practical life activity. This is not the traditional Montessori way of doing it but it works very well on our big table.

Wet-on-wet painting is a wonderful way to experiment with colour....

Today was Tanks last day as Grandma is coming back from holidays......it sure was nice to have a baby to cuddle on Tuesdays for a while. Tank will be back when he is a little older. I am looking forward to showing you lots of interesting things Tank....until then grow big and keep that wonderful happy spirit you have. Mama Sharon has a place in her heart for you!

polishing silver work....the work cycle for this work has several steps and is a little more challenging for the younger children.

I made up a book with pictures of the children and sentences my beginning readers can read.

Scooping work....

We made whole wheat raisin bread.

Little Man began work on a punch work world map....

I introduced Dino to the sandtray today.....he spent quite a while working on his "B".

A class project for art today...

We sponged painted a giant snake. It was so much fun working together. The children really enjoyed working as a group and they were all so proud of the finished project.

Here's our snake....we cut him out and pinned him to the ceiling.

Peanut made up a story and told it to her friends.

Flowerpot spent a lot of this morning's work/play period painting.

We went for a walk in the woods today....the snow was hard and easy to walk on....such a pretty day.

I made more room labels up for Little Man and Peanut...I can't believe how quickly they are learning to read.

Peanut helping Flowerpot put her mittens on.

Princess saying "a, a, a" and drawing her a...

cleaning up a little spilled sand

Owl really enjoys using the collage tray...

Princess doing some scooping work....

Flowerpot plays very well on her own....she loves the animals and small dolls.

One of my favourite things to see is an older child caring for a younger one.....

Colour mixing work...

We went to visit Mr. Snell's Sugar Shack

Everyone wanted to see the fire.......

Everyone got to enjoy a taste of delicious maple syrup.

Flowerpot found herself a little seat to relax and enjoy her warm syrup.

working on teen boards together...

Doing "room labeling work"

We sponge painted fish for art today..

Tiger doing the scooping work.....

We got two new puzzles...

The Littles love to clean the table...

Playing pirates....

Welcome Spring!

Today we went to visit our neighbours...we brought them cards and spring greetings...

Pouring into three containers....

Baking Day

We made sticky buns today..

Tiger taking his turn with the rolling pin.

Bean worked with the Number Rods...

Little Man helped Dino make a "Parts of a Frog" book.