W is for Writing

Children enjoy the outside writing center. :)

Go Green

Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care has been fortunate to participate in a pilot Go Green program through RCC. (Resources for Child Caring).

I received the Go Green Ratin Scale book for Early Childhood Settings, and the handbook.

I have already gone through the Go Green Rating Scale and I am waiting for the results of the rating scale.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. A great example is, reducing energy by replacing a standard lightbulb with an energy-efficient light bulb in every home in the United States can save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

I know the score will be low, but this is something that I feel will benefit my child care program, the children who attend, and our world.

What an awesome program - start the children young and teach them a go green life. I'm hoping that parents will jump on board, and help in the education, as we all learn a more GREEN life style. :)

C is for Chalk

The children love decorating the cement area in the play yard with chalk drawings.....

Chalk Painting

• Give children a baggie with chalk - a small hammer and let them break the chalk into smaller pieces. (Supervise the children during the hammer phase).
• Pour the chalk into a bowl.
• Add water and let the children paint.

Takes longer for the rain to wash away these art pieces, but the children sure have fun.

B is for Bounce!

It was a nice, cool day today here in MN.... So we pulled out our small bouncer, and the kids bounced all morning. I use to have a regular bouncer, but with filling up the play yard with other toys we lost our space to set it up. I think next year, we'll get another one, and set it up outside the fence. The kids had a BLAST!

4th of July Center Piece

Children made a beautiful 4th of July center piece to bring home. Anything with hand prints is a winner...:)

Our 4th of July T-Shirts

6 out of the 12 children posed in their 4th of July shirts.... They did an awesome job!

A few Wind Socks

Hanging up outside on a windy day made for a pretty picture.....

Outside Craft Time

When the weather is nice, we like to do our crafts outside.... Here are a few of the children working on their 4th of July wind sock.... Great job so far girls!

4th of July Spin Art

The children did some 4th of July spin art. Hanging them up on the door and around the daycare entrance make for a patriotic room....

4th of July Wind Sock

Children had fun this past week working on 4th of July crafts.... One of their favorites was their 4th of July wind sock.... They couldn't wait to take it home and hang it up.... They did a wonderful job!

Internation Mud Day - June 29th

Today is International Mud Day! We didn't have the mud at Treasures of the Heart Preschool - but we had plenty of sand.... Kids had an awesome time getting down and dirty - running through the sprinkler and playing at the water table...

Outside Block Center

A couple of the children enjoying the outside block center. One of the children's favorte places to play. It includes cars, assorted blocks, dinosaurs, people and a block table. It's fun watching what the children create.

Under the Sea

Our theme at Treasures of the Heart Preschool and child Care for the month of June is "Under the Sea". We created this bulletin board in the entry using crafts the children have done so far. We have some fish, octopus, jellyfish and a crab. makes for a colorful bulletin board.
Jean

Father's Day Gift for this Year. :)

This year children are making a washing the car bucket for Father's Day. Buckets will include sponge, rags, air freshner, and a few other things, (still to be purchased).

We know dad's will enjoy washing the car with their new gift... :)

Jean

New Bins

We have added new bins and a welcome sign to the child care entrance..... I LOVE the new look. First picture is the old bins. second picture is the new bins. More colorful.... :)

I love new changes.....