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Rainbow Earth

April 13, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: It was a glorious week to search for nature’s colors! Favorite Activities: We painted rainbow stones for our garden plot and went on a color search in… Read more »

Tags: colors flowers nature preschool preschool rainbow lesson rainbows rocks spring activities

Make Way for Frogs

March 22, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered traits and habits of amphibians – namely frogs! Favorite Activities: From frog puppets to frog skeletons we learned all about their amazing adaptations. We also disovered… Read more »

Tags: amphibians bones frog calls frogs nature preschool spring activities tadpole experiments tadpoles

What’s Hatching?

March 2, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered things that will be hatching this spring from all kinds of strange eggs! Favorite Activities: We searched for eggs in the water, trees, grass and under… Read more »

Tags: amphibians birds eggs nature preschool reptiles

True Love Birds

February 16, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discoverd what bluebirds are up to in late winter… Favorite Activities: Visits to the birdboxes along the meadow was a highlight! We searched for our feathered… Read more »

Tags: birds bluebirds nature preschool nests winter winter activities

Over the Snow

February 1, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: Snow was all around! Favorite Activities: We loved reading Jan Brett’s ever-popular The Mitten story and used puppets to fill our giant mitten as we acted it out. We… Read more »

Tags: bear hibernation nature preschool snow snowflakes winter winter activities

Owls and Other Wise Guys

January 18, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

  This Week’s Adventures: We fluttered through the week learning about owls and other nocturnal animals. Favorite Activities: Meeting the real barred owl was the highlight of the week! Children… Read more »

Tags: birds nature preschool nocturnal owl art owl pellets in preschool owls winter winter activities

Read All About It

December 14, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We explored all that books and print language has to offer by reading about animals in winter. Favorite Activities: We loved making salt dough letters and reading… Read more »

Tags: books language nature preschool winter winter activities

Musical Nature

November 30, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: Music is all around! We listened to and created all kinds of wonderful music! Favorite Activities: We loved making instruments like tambourines and kazoos from recycled materials.… Read more »

Tags: best nature preschool colors fall leaves leaf shapes leaves music musical nature nature preschool nature sounds preschool music lesson autumn activities

Grateful Hearts

November 16, 2012 - Preschool Weekly

[slideshow] This Week’s Adventures: We celebrated American Education Week by inviting parents out to be our Trail Buddies! We learned about being kind and reflected on ways to show gratitude. Favorite Activities:… Read more »

Tags: autumn autumn activities lessons about gratitude nature preschool our community respect for earth

Apples, Pumpkins and Gourds – Oh My!

October 12, 2012 - Family Events & Outings, Preschool Weekly

[slideshow] This Week’s Adventures: Fall is full of fruits such as pumpkins, apples and gourds. We did some hands-on picking, patting and tasting to learn about them! Favorite Activities: We… Read more »

Tags: apple picking apples autumn autumn activities Eat it! fall harvest field trip gourds harvest nature preschool pumpkins

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