Tuesday
Fun With Science
Monday
Happy Father's Day
SMART START friends loved making a surprise present for their fathers for Father's Day! The children made colorful picture frames using watercolor and paint brushes to make them extra special. We had so much fun taking adorable photos with the children. Their smiles were just perfect! We hope the children surprised you on Father's Day and that you treasure it now and always!
A special thank you to our SMART START fathers for sharing your wonderful children and allowing us to contribute to their education and care. Today and every day you deserve all the best. Enjoy your day with your families!
Here are the pictures we took for our SMART START fathers:
π Mary and Francesca π
A special thank you to our SMART START fathers for sharing your wonderful children and allowing us to contribute to their education and care. Today and every day you deserve all the best. Enjoy your day with your families!
Here are the pictures we took for our SMART START fathers:
π Mary and Francesca π
Wednesday
Birthday Celebrations
Happy 2nd Birthday, Nora!
We had the absolute pleasure of celebrating Nora's 2nd birthday here at SMART START. Nora was very excited to celebrate her big day with her school friends and teachers. We are so pleased to have Nora here at SMART START with us. Nora is a bright, kind, and fun little girl that adds so much to our group. We have watched her blossom so much during her time spent here and look forward to seeing her continued progress. To celebrate and honor Nora we gave her a book to add to her home library and enjoyed hoodsie cups and cupcakes!
Nora opening her birthday present! |
Our Birthday Girl! |
SMART START friends enjoying Nora's birthday treats! |
Look at those smiles! |
Happy 3rd Birthday, Emma!
Emma was thrilled to celebrate her 3rd birthday here at SMART START with her friends and teachers. Emma brought in cupcakes and goody bags for the festivities. We absolutely love having Emma as a student! She is always full of smiles, positive energy, loves to learn and she is a kind friend. The younger children look up to her and she continues to serve as an excellent role model. We look forward to spending more time here with Emma and watching her grow. To celebrate and honor Emma we gave her a book to add to her home library.
Emma opening her birthday gift! |
Happy Birthday Emma! |
Birthday fun and giggles! |
Opening goody bags! |
π Mary and Francesca π
Sunday
Tadpoles
During the tadpole stage the children are learning how to help care for the tadpoles in their habitat. They help feed Lucy and Luke and maintain a clean and safe tank. The children find great joy and feel a sense of accomplishment when they assist with Lucy and Luke. We have been integrating some fun activities into our unit on frogs. The children have enjoyed playing a frog game and practicing their number recognition by using a counting chart with frogs. They are making a lot of progress with their counting and it is so rewarding to the older children encouraging our younger learners and attempting to teach them. Here at SMART START acting like frogs is a must. The children were eager to put their hopping abilities to the test and hop, hop, hop just like the frogs. We witnessed a variety of frog hops- big hops, little hops, long hops, short hops, silly hops, fast hops, and slow hops.
Busy little hands working on their frog projects |
Cody, Nora, and Kaylee are having fun testing out their frog tongues |
Be sure to ask your child about Lucy and Luke at home! We can only imagine how excited your children will be filling you in on what they have learned so far!
Curious minds observing Lucy and Luke! |
Michael and Avery are all smiles watching Lucy and Luke!
Cody and Mickey-Frog hopping fun
Counting frogs
Cody amazed when Luke swam over to him
Nora and Theo watching Lucy have her snack
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Here's a cute song you can sing at home with your child...
π Mary and Francesca π
Rainy Day Fun
Rainy days don't stop the fun and learning here at SMART START! There is always lots of sunshine with the smiles on their faces! We love seeing the children dressed in their rain gear. There is something exciting about rain when you are young. Best of all is puddle jumping! If you have a chance, let your little one jump in the puddles and sing and dance in the rain! They are only little for so long and it brings them so much joy.
When it is a rainy day at SMART START, we go about our usual indoor routine and add indoor activities to the day to keep our young learners minds and bodies active. SMART START friends jump, dance, roll, crawl, hula hoop, stretch their bodies, play musical instruments and more.
We truly enjoy the rainy days here at SMART START and hope you have the chance to take advantage of some rainy day activities with your children. Whether it be singing the classic song, " Rain, rain, go away", reading or telling a story, baking cookies, working on an art project, building towers, playing outside in the rain and so on. Your children will treasure these moments because they are spending quality time with you!
Kaylee sporting her Minnie umbrella with a big smile! |
When it is a rainy day at SMART START, we go about our usual indoor routine and add indoor activities to the day to keep our young learners minds and bodies active. SMART START friends jump, dance, roll, crawl, hula hoop, stretch their bodies, play musical instruments and more.
SMART START Orchestra! |
Pike stretch and toe touch. |
Butterfly stretch |
Forward fold and touch your toes
Climbing, crawling and rolling
Parachute games
Making Popcorn with balls
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Emma crawling through the tunnel |
Isla shaking her tambourine and dancing around! |
We truly enjoy the rainy days here at SMART START and hope you have the chance to take advantage of some rainy day activities with your children. Whether it be singing the classic song, " Rain, rain, go away", reading or telling a story, baking cookies, working on an art project, building towers, playing outside in the rain and so on. Your children will treasure these moments because they are spending quality time with you!
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Little Johnny wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
.π Mary and Francesca π
Thursday
Show and Tell
Mickey was so excited to bring in something special from home for show and tell! He chose to bring a ball and bat to show his friends. Mickey did a fine job and was very sweet by sharing his ball and bat with his friends. He answered questions his friends asked while passing around the ball and bat. Following show and tell we all went outside to play ball!
SMART START friends enjoyed having a turn with Mickey's bat and ball!
Mickey's show and tell was a big hit!
Batter up!
Swinging for the fences!
Team SMART START playing ball!
Theo and Nora were both super excited to bring in their favorite toys from home to share with their SMART START friends. Theo chose to bring a drum and enjoyed showing the children how to make music. He did a great job answering questions and letting friends beat on his drum! Thanks for sharing, Theo!
Nora chose to bring in a top and loved showing her friends how it worked. The children thought it was super cool and made it spin around and around! Nora did a fantastic job sharing. Thank you for sharing, Nora!
Nora chose to bring in a top and loved showing her friends how it worked. The children thought it was super cool and made it spin around and around! Nora did a fantastic job sharing. Thank you for sharing, Nora!
Theo showing friends his drum.
Theo and Emma beating on the drum together.
Nora showing friends how the top works.
Nora helping Cody spin the top.
π Mary and Francesca π
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