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Animal Clues Abound!

February 1, 2014 - Preschool Weekly

Children tromped in the snow and examined winter animal clues (we even found a raccoon taill…) We built forts with old Christmas trees, too. We are loving the all this… Read more »

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Animal Clues (Tracks)

January 26, 2014 - Preschool Weekly

See how we searched for animal tracks and made some of our own during this snowy week!

Tags: animal tracks preschoolers in snow snow angels snow at nature preschool tracks in snow tracks with playdough

Warm and Toasty

January 17, 2014 - Preschool Weekly

What could be better than cider around a campfire? The children learned all about how fire is helpful to people firsthand. Our students loved gathering fire wood (mouse tails, chickadee… Read more »

Tags: shelter winter

Will it Freeze or Melt?

January 12, 2014 - Preschool Weekly

We explored the properties water freezing and melting in winter. We loved hiding hunks of ice on the trails to predict which would melt the fastest or not at all.… Read more »

Tags: ice ice experiments melting experiments nature preschool preschool science experiments winter

Going on a Bear Hunt…

December 20, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

Okay, not really. There were no actual bears or children harmed during this week’s classes! Instead, we reveled in the fun song and story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt… Read more »

Tags: bears hibernation nature preschool We're Going On a Bear Hunt

Hibernate, Migrate & Adapt

December 15, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

It was a perfect week for snowfall as the children discovered ways animals are equipped to deal with cold weather.

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Right at Home in the SNOW!

December 11, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

Thanks to our families for submitting these excellent pictures of The Nature Preschool students! We were curious to know what the children would be up to when school was out due… Read more »

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Winter on the Way

December 6, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

We took notice of clues that winter is on the way! We enjoyed placing thermometers along the trail to see where the warmest and coldest hiding places are for animals.… Read more »

Tags: signs of winter winter winter art winter counting winter with preschoolers

Grateful Hearts

November 27, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

It was a short week with the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah holidays, but we still took time to express our gratitude for each other and the natural community. Children wrote and… Read more »

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Night Flight

November 23, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

We continued to explore nocturnal concepts by comparing flighted creatures (owls, bats, and flying squirrels) with the possum habits we discovered last week. From making moon pies and moon play… Read more »

Tags: birds cooking moon moon pies nocturnal animals owls winter adaptations

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