Last day of the school year! May 13, 2014

Miss Jamie & Gigi playing a fun garden game

Silas & Zach working hard on their drawings

Ezra building a cool block town!

Ben works on his block town - the tongue helps ;0)

Isaac is "fixing the pipes in my bathroom so my house won't flood"!

Ahhhh, a quiet corner to curl up with a good book

Rachel gets all the animals ready for the flood!  (maybe the pipes were really leaking - good thing Isaac was working on it!)

Isaac working with tangrams

Ben exploring various textures in playdough

Ruth must think I'm really really old!!

Silas adds the final touches to the pipes - while Ruth read the owner's manual ;0)

Do I look funny through that prism??

Another mud day!

Josie found a lovely feather for her hair, and is making a delicious pot of stone soup on this chilly day....good day for bikes, though....see them all lined up behind her?

We have a great mud puddle creek for water!

Jamie is full of awesome riddles - and Ella, Rachel & Zach LOVE them!!

Oh what a fun year we have had!  We've all really bonded & I will miss seeing everyone each week.  I'm hoping to have a play day at least once per month this summer - hope everyone can come & play :0)  I love all of our sweet families & will keep each of these precious ones in my prayers!

May 6 - Water & Wheels day!

No Playschool last week - time to pick up Abbie from the airport!

She survived New Zealand AND Montana - Josie (& all of us!) are SO glad to have her home again :0)  Her next stop is Michigan next month to do some midwifery apprenticeship!

The boys loved these water beads as pretend food

Perfect weather last week for bike day & mud kitchen!

The creek had just enough water to supply the kitchen ;0)

Painting with water is always easy fun!

This week will be our last week at Playschool til this fall - but we may have some random play dates here & there!  Hopefully the rain will stop long enough for us to ride bikes & have another picnic this week :0)  The playground may be up, too, so I'm looking forward to our last day of play & fun!

Miss Shannon & Miss Jamie

April 22 - Feeling more like Spring!

Animals moving into their new home!

Building a maze for Ruby May (Rachel's guinea pig!)

2 x 2!  But, was there a train track in the Noah's Ark story?? :0)

Isaac figured out the logic puzzle - Miss Jamie offered her assistance!

The boys building swords with the new workbench

Tissue paper collage like Eric Carle (we read The Little Seed today)

Starting work on "Pharoah's Temple"

Zach working on a big wooden sword!

Light table play - so easy!  It's just a plastic bin w/ twinkle lights inside...we also put some water beads on top & those were really a hit :0) Dollar Tree find....

Kian adds a few finishing touches

And, the sword fight!  Fortunately it was short & no one lost any limbs - I think they decided about the time I did that it wasn't a good idea ;0)

Funny girls with their saran wrap heads!

"Frozen" play - they all seemed to know just what to do - except Josie & Ben!  Guess we're a bit behind the times ;0)

Everyone is sleeping - at least 4 or 5 of them!  Ella is directing the show!

Now that the crazy full moon is gone I think everyone is a bit more settled - last week they were all a bit squirrelly!  Another fun week & we are loving the warmer temps & getting to play outside longer :0)  No preschool next week!  We are picking Abbie up from the airport in Quincy!!  See you in May!
Love,
Miss Shannon & Miss Jamie

April 15! New session began this week!

A very tall (male!) fairy came to visit us this week....the girls enjoyed dressing him up!

Ezra & Ruth match opposites cards

Kian experiments with white & blue to make a tint

Silas uses black & white with blue to make tints & shades

So much writing going on!

Josie & Rachel in the cave!

Mud kitchen weather - here's Ruth digging a nice muddy hole for soup

I think Kian is making green spaghetti (probably spinach noodles?)

At South Park in the afternoon - did everyone get the mud washed out of their clothing yet?!  They sure loved it though....

3 boys with their hats...

Ella is trapped in a tower like Rapunzel!

Ben is making tea for me :0)

Inspiration....

Zach D. makes a shade of blue

Another fun week!  I hope to have some summer information out soon for you - maybe a short session somewhere in the middle?  Water days? Bike days?  And a new playground?!
See you soon!
Miss Shannon & Miss Jamie