Today our Kids Can guests were back to finish talking about being safe strong and free.  They went back over bullies and talked about good and bad touches.  They encouraged kids to tell a sage grown up when someone gives them a bad touch.  We also had an opportunity to ... Continue

Today we had a surprise visitor!  Dr. Aoi came and showed us where in our body our lungs, heart and eye balls are as well as other organs.  Then she showed us a real eyeball, heart, lung and brains!  We pumped up the lungs through the trachea (sorry, no dictionary), ... Continue

Today our Kids Can guests were here and talked to us about being safe, strong and free!  They told us that we have rights and being safe, strong, and free were three of our rights.  We also talked about bullies and how we feel sad, scared and/or angry when someone ... Continue

Today when the kids came into the room, there were signs saying “Only black haired people” or red, or blond, or brown at different centers. Some of the kids thought I was “wrong” or it wasn’t “fair”. We talked about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his belief that we could ... Continue

Today we celebrated another special birthday with chocolate cake and a song! We also made snow scenes with icing, marshmallows, fruit roll ups and raisins.  We worked with the winter animals in the ice and water. Outside, the pirates were searching for buried treasure while sailing the seven seas.  Simon ... Continue

Today we talked about snow, then we grated ivory soap, using an electric mixer, we whipped it into a snowy substance to sculpt with.  Most of the creations were flat with much texture, however a couple were three dimensional such as Maxwell’s Mount Hood!  Everett and Matty were outside sliding ... Continue

Today we celebrated another birthday with chocolate cake and a song!  We also painted with colored ice watching as our ice melted leaving a trail of color behind.  We experimented with ice by observing, picking, pushing, and anything else we thought of.  There were some skaters, bears, badgers and owls ... Continue

Today we talked about snowflakes – each one has six sides, they are crystals, and no two are alike.  Then we made snowflakes for our tree.  The folding and cutting are not easy, but these kids did a great job.  Then we made snowmen, experimented with ice, acted out saving ... Continue

Today we celebrated a special 3 ½ birthday with rainbow cake and a song!  We also made snowflakes and designs with glue and glitter. We were watching and experimenting with ice and salt using liquid color to see what was happening.  We recreated “The Mitten” over and over, skated, made ... Continue

Today we stayed out of the dramatic play area as I am still getting rid of Styrofoam!  But this didn’t slow the kids down!  They were listening to tapes and dancing, experimenting with ice, salt and color, playing pirates, attacking pirates with dinosaurs, experimenting with shaving cream, shaving cream on ... Continue