Nature Preschool is back in session. It has been a magical week full of old friends, new faces, and discovering nature! This year the classes are different insects. We have the Bees, Crickets, Spiders, Dragonflies, Butterflies and Beetles. Each class spent time transitioning into new routines, hiking the trails and exploring the outdoor classroom!
Outdoor Exploration
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- Spotting letters on the trail!
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- Climbing Crickets
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- A spider in the night caught on camera by our own spider teacher, Mrs. Sophie!
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- This busy bee is taking a break and relaxing in the sand!
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- The Bee class takes a peek at the birds of prey!
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- Who wants sand cake?
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- Log Balance Challenge – Look at these friends help each other!
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- One of our favorite spots in the outdoor classroom is at the mud kitchen!
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- Dragonfly friends climb a tree in the outdoor classroom!
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- Balance Queen
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- Dragonfly Friends
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- The Crickets are working together to build “homes.” They even made a “hallway” connecting two different structures!
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- The dragonflies run down the hill to start their hike!
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- Miss Mepi and butterfly friends being observant.
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- Shoveling Sand
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- Log Walkers
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- The spiders are trying to identify birds in the bird blind!
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- Sand Wheel in the Outdoor Classroom
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- Fungus Among Us!
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- Hike & Seek
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- This little bee found his friend who were hiding in the meadow!
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- The sandbox crew hard at work!
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- A spider friend is exploring leaves.
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- The Butterflies are busy at the outdoor easels!
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- The busy bees are building tipis.
In The Classroom
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- These two are working together to uncover a dried wasp in this nest! One friend uses tweezers and the other holds a magnifying flashlight to help him see!
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- He seems satisfied with his self portrait!
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- Playdough Tracks
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- These friends are laughing together in their tent/
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- Watercolor With the Butterflies
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- Stone and Sticks for Playdough
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- He looks busy at the writing table.
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- Small World Play
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- Beetle Paintings
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- The spiders cut grass together in the sensory bin!
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- A butterfly and a hawk soar in the downstairs classroom!
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- What a lovely butterfly.
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- Come read a story in our cozy book nook.
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- Painting Grass in the Cricket Class
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- Shell Sorting
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- Welcome Back!
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- Find your name stone and place it in the basket.
