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Feb 12, 2024

Invitations to Create Love Potions

So much of the magic of early childhood is creating wondrous concoctions. Today we invited the children to create potions with...

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Feb 8, 2024

Lunar New Year Lanterns 

During the Lunar New Year lanterns provide illumination, are said to be lucky charms, and a wish for the bright future. Lunar New Year,...

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Feb 7, 2024

Invitation to Create Lunar New Year Foods from Around the World

Food plays an integral role in our lives. The food we eat is intertwined with culture/traditions and many of our favorite memories are...

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Feb 6, 2024

31 Wintry Invitations

Exploring the winter through Small World Play, STEM/STEAM, Process art, Loose Parts, and more can be SNOW MUCH FUN. Below are ways to...

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Feb 6, 2024

Pinch of Love Sensory + Loose Parts + Dramatic Play

Pinch of Love Sensory +Loose Parts Dramatic Play// The story Pinch of Love by Barry Timms (Author), Tisha Lee (Illustrator) is about...

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Feb 5, 2024

Icy Hearts and Shapes STEM Exploration

Icy Hearts & Shapes STEM Exploration// Introducing children to different hands-on experiences in environments that young children are...

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Feb 2, 2024

Kehinde Wiley Collaborative Canvas Collage

Black History Month presents a wonderful opportunity to discuss and expose race, civil rights, artists, musicians, authors, food, public...

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Jan 31, 2024

Invitation to Create Amy Wu's Patchwork Dragon

The story Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon  written by Kat Zhang & illustrated by Charlene Chua which are part of an amazing series. In...

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Jan 30, 2024

Lunar New Year Dragons Two Ways

We have started gearing up for the Lunar New Year of the Dragon first by reading & looking at books about Dragons, showing them the...

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Jan 26, 2024

Glow and The Dark Northern Lights Painting

After doing the Invitation to Explore the Northern Lights last week the children were still talking about it so much that we invited them...

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Jan 24, 2024

Ice Skating Lines + Designs

Did you know that the writing process begins long before a child even forms letters with a pencil. It involves building pre-writing...

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Jan 23, 2024

Dinosaurs in the Snow

With all this recent wonderful winter play exploring cold habitats, arctic animals, and the chilly weather, a simple question from a...

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Jan 22, 2024

Camp Renegade Play Virtual Summit

I'm so excited to announce that I will be presenting at Camp Renegade Play Virtual Summit! You can learn absolutely everything you’d ever...

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Jan 19, 2024

Invitation to Explore Glaciers in the Arctic

Today we read the story Glacier on the Move by Elizabeth Rusch  (Author), Alice Brereton (Illustrator) which is about a glacier Flo who...

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Jan 18, 2024

Invitation to Explore the Northern Lights Two Ways

The story The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer is a wonderful way to explore and learn about the Northern Lights that...

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