Summer Fun

     Summer is one of our favorites seasons to embrace here at SMART START! The children absolutely love playing outside in our outdoor classroom! Our young learners love to play on the play structure, cool off in the sprinkler, kick and throw balls, play hide and seek, pop bubbles, dig in the sandbox, go on nature hunts, tend to the garden and chickens and engage in endless pretend play! Summer is full of sunshine and smiles here at SMART START and we absolutely love it! 

     Here are some highlights from our Summer Fun program here at SMART START!       #1 - LEMONADE! Our SMART START friends put on their chef hats and aprons and were busy in the kitchen.  The children worked in pairs to use our handheld juicers to produce freshly squeezed lemonade for their outdoor picnic lunch!  

     #2 - PLAY STRUCTURE! When it is time to go outside here at SMART START, the first thing the children do is run to our new play structure. Whether they are swinging on the swings, gliding on the glider, sliding down the slide, playing in the house, or zooming the trucks around, fun is being had by all!  The smiles and laughter are endless and we love watching our young learners truly enjoy the new play structure.

     #3 - GARDENING! It is a favorite activity here at SMART START.  The children love tending to the plants, especially the bean plants.  When it's their turn to fill up the watering can and water the plants, instant excitement sets in!  They have helped grow and collect many beans that we use as snacks for both the children and our classroom pets.  

# 4 - CLASSROOM PETS!  We are fortunate here at SMART START to have two different classroom pets.  Pilot, our bunny, has been with us for a long time and the children always look forward to spending quality time with him.  They absolutely love holding Pilot and feeding him freshly grown beans from our garden!  More recently we welcomed two chickens, Charlotte and Caroline. Our pet caretakers enjoy playing with and visiting the chickens in their coop. Pilot, Charlotte and Caroline have truly enhanced the children's daily hands on learning experiences. We are firm believers that classroom pets make a difference in the lives of children!

#5 - FUN WITH FRIENDS!  One of the major advantages of sending your child to SMART START is that they will socialize and make friends!  The children spend countless hours together and learn so much from each other during structured time and free play.  We facilitate a great deal of their interactions through our curriculum and hands on learning experiences, but we also are able to witness friendships blossom on their own as they engage in conversation and play.  SMART START friends have thoroughly enjoyed a fun filled summer here together!  We are so lucky to have such a lovely group of students here at SMART START.

      We hope your summer has been filled with endless fun! Our summer program here at SMART START was wonderful. We thank you parents for allowing your children to be a part of it. They make every day here at SMART START special!

💙 Mary and Francesca 💙