Busy morning

 

Painting

 

Playing

 

Swinging

 

Playschool can get messy...

We encourage the children to learn through experience... sometimes, it gets messy. We started using homemade wipes with the kids to save on trips to the bathroom for hand washes. Here is the recipe. We've actually adopted it in our home as well (for bottoms, hands, faces, cleaning booster trays, dusting, etc.)

Take one roll of Bounty paper towel cut in half
Pull out the cardboard tube

1 Cup distilled water (boiled from kettle)
1 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp baby shampoo
4-5 drops Tea Tree oil (natural germ fighter)

Pour solution over the paper towels. Store in an airtight container or ziplock.
(an empty clean 2 kg peanut butter jar works well)

Pull from the middle.

Thanks Alicia!!

LIttle ones at play

Sleeping Bunnies

This is one of the kids' favourite games/songs so we try to do it often. Here's how it goes, just in case you want to play too!!

"See the sleeping bunnies until it's nearly noon.
O how we'll wake them with our merry tune.
See how still.
Shhh
Are they ill?

Wake up sleeping bunnies.
HOP HOP HOP
Wake up sleeping bunnies.
HOP HOP HOP
Wake up sleeping bunnies.
HOP HOP HOP

AND stop."

Feel free to repeat using as many animals as your little one can think of!

Wiggles 'n Giggles

The playschool wasn't able to meet at the church today so we headed off to Wiggles 'n Giggles for some inside fun.

Jammies Party!

We had a pajama party today at playschool to celebrate friendship (and, it's just fun to have a jammie day...why not share it with friends!)

Over the past couple of weeks, the children have learned that Jesus loves everyone, children included! Today they learned that Jesus is our friend through the story of Zaccheaus.

"Okay everyone, look to the left..." At least they're all looking in the same direction, even if it's not at the camera :)

Two of our littliest friends, watching and learning from the "big kids"

Making "Felt Friends"

Jesus Loves the Children....Happy Valentine's Day!

We made and decorated heart cookies to remind us of how much Jesus loves us!


The children made creatures out of hearts of various shapes and sizes.

Thank you God for Friends!!

Our little guys are learning to how to play together and what it means to be a friend.

Jesus is the Boss

We used water and boats to reinforce how Jesus is the boss of even the wind and the waves. The sensory table was a popular spot with one of our little guys up to his elbows in seconds!

Celebrating Winter...January 24/08

Although a little tentative at first, the children discovered how much fun it was to play in the vanilla pudding we used in the sensory bin (cold & white...to remind us of the snow of winter).

Thank you God for Winter!

Despite frigid temperatures and hair that stands on end, we celebrate and thank God for WINTER and SNOW! The children used shaving cream and glue to celebrate snow, experience fun textures, and exercise their amazingly creative God-given talents!