Nature Preschool celebrated The Week of the Young Child! Each day had its own unique theme: Music Monday, Taco Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday, Throwback Thursday and Freestyle Friday! Out on the trails we saw blooming flowers, butterflies and sunny spring skies! We ended our week long celebration in song at our annual Spring Sing. Friday evening families and teachers came around the campfire to sing under the stars!
Some of our favorite moments this week:
-The children were excited for Emotion Coaching with Mr. Danny. They learned about empathy!
-The Coyote class came across what we think to be Coyote pups in the woods! Our naturalists set up a camera and we will post updates!
-The Bears made instruments with recycled materials. They sang songs down the trails as they hiked to the meadow and the stream!
-The Chipmunks enjoyed visiting a spot they named, “Skunk Cabbage Valley!” They used sticks to make musical beats and used tools to explore the stream.
-The Flying Squirrels enjoyed playing musical chairs! They cheered on for their friends and happily handed out stickers out to those who lost their seat.
-The Foxes hiked to a pond and found tadpoles! They closely observed them in recycled plastic containers. The children are excited to visit again and check their progress.
-The Rabbits enjoyed painting a music mural together! They listened to music and painted to the rhythm! They all worked together to cook a tasty taco feast for snack!
We look forward to celebrating more on Earth Day! Until then, check out all the we fun we had last week in our galleries below.
In Spring Song,
Nature Preschool at Irvine Nature Center
Outdoor Exploration
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- The Chipmunks!
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- The Chipmunks are moving stones in the Outdoor Classroom. What could they be building?
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- Stick Letters
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- Feeling The Stream
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- Skunk Cabbage Valley
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- Log Walking
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- Crossing a Skunk Cabbage Stream
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- Meadow Strolling
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- Investigating Tadpoles
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- Pond Poking
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- Beanbag Balancing On The Trail
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- Balance Log Challenge
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- Beanbag Balancing
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- Tadpoles!
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- Hay Bale Jumping
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- Pond Wading
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- An Impromptu Game of Duck, Duck Goose
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- Building Forts
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- Bean Bag Juggling
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- Skunk Cabbage Exploration
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- Smiling Bear in Skunk Cabbage Valley
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- Branch Investigating
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- Hanging On Logs
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- Cooking in the Outdoor Classroom
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- Smiling Log Crawler
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- A Peeking Smile
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- Log Climbers
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- Tap Out The Rhythm
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- Stick Beats
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- Balancing
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- Tools In The Forest
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- Exploring Stream Water
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- Pouring Water In Log Holes
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- Smile Chipmunks
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- Smiling Bear
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- Big Smiles
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- Fresh Sand in the Outdoor Classroom
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- Rabbit Friends Taking Pictures
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- Sand Play
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- Miss Sophie and The Rabbits
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- Moving Sticks
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- Resting In The Gazebo
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- Rabbit Friends
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- “I see your feeling happy. I am with you.”
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- Color Hunt
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- He found green!
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- Smile!
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- Nest Building
Discoveries In Nature
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- Spring Flowers In The Meadow
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- Strong Stump Mover
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- Spring Flower
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- Rodent Skull
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- Coyote Pups?
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- Nature Discoveries Galore: A blossoming tulip poplar branch, a heavy log, and a green leaf being put in a pocket
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- Bones
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- A Land Nesting Bird
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- Tadpole Observer
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- Tadpoles
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- Slimy Worm
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- Salamander Discovery
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- The Floating Branch
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- “Spooky Log”
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- Snail
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- Mystery Grub
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- Birdbath Puddles
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- Hearts In Nature
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- Sticks!
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- Bird Watching
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- Page Dweller
In The Classroom
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- Music Monday – We explored instruments from home!
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- Instruments From Home
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- Musical Chairs!
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- Fingerpaint to Music
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- Create A Class Band
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- The Flying Squirrels made a music mural!
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- Paint to the Tempo
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- The Rabbit class added to the music mural!
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- Taco Tuesday!
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- The Foxes helped prepare fresh peppers.
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- The Flying Squirrel mixed their own taco spices!
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- Quesadilla Chefs
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- The Foxes helped load the diswasher!
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- Throwback Thursday! We brought in baby pictures and tried to guess who was who!
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- Friends Mark Making
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- A Beautiful Mosaic
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- Building with Recycled Materials & Small World Play
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- Table Top Art & Building
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- Pasting Pictures In Journals
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- Story Time with the Chipmunks
Special Events
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- Mr. Danny brought his pocket puppet. All you need is a brown bag and a sweatshirt!
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- They read, “No Dessert Forever” by George Ella Lyon & Peter Catalanotto
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- The children practice empathy.
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- They look into each others eyes and mirror each others expressions.
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- “I see your feeling happy. I am with you.”
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- Spring Sing 2016
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- Families and teachers gather around the campfire for songs and smores.
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- Smores Galore
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- Nature Preschool Teachers Leading A Song
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- Curious Strumming
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- Always Exploring
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- Sisters At Sunset
