Trails!

snack and play

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:53:00 -0500

Apples to Harvest and Celebrate!

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:22:00 -0400

Thank you to BLACK DIAMOND FARMS in Trumansburg, NY. These apples were donated for our cider pressing.

Getting the table set for our Apple Harvest Festival! Didn't the children find lovely flowers?

Straw bale house! Well, it is straw and we made a house!

Apple bobbing is so fun and so silly and a little frustrating; it's a great challenge... eventually everyone took a few bites of their apples!

Go get that apple!

Thank you to Donovan, Nico's papa, and the families and children who made our cider for the festival!! It was absolutely delicious.

Play, the wonder and work of childhood. (Mulberry and Huckleberry Kinder & Preschool)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:52:00 -0400

It is amazing with each year, how different the dynamic of every class is.

The roles that grow and change, the relationships that are nurtured, the new faces that join and find their way with the help of new friends... amazing.

It has been only one month and all of the children are involved, so involved in spectacularly complex play. There are many different roles, caring for friends and toys, designing village houses, trading goods, feeding stray dogs, building sculpture and handwork. Brilliant!

Baby animals follow mama for a meal.

Taking care of our animals and babies at play.

Of course, our gentlemen take care of the babies too.

We make and share beautiful sculpture too! She was so proud of her hard work and creativity.

Climbing is ALWAYS fun.

Deciding on roles and occupations at play can be tough and complex work.

Ah, yes, the play is becoming more complex. There are certain and many roles. The sharing is beautiful. The roles are creative. A village is under way.

Even the youngest of us love to care for our babies and become part of the play village community. So sweet.

Canning (Elderberry Home School Class)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:02:00 -0400

Each child brought in a bit of fruit or berries that they loved.

We peeled them, chopped them up and slowly cooked them down.

We added some delicious honey from one of the families own bees!

When we went to Dawes Hill Farm (which we do once a month for

our farm block!!) We picked pears and we cooked them and milled them

into pear butter and canned that too!

In the end, we canned more than two dozen small jars of plum berry preserve

and pear sauce! What a treat we will have this winter!

Our Chicks

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:00 -0400

Gardening!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:00 -0400

Lambs and Chicks! Spring has arrived!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:35:00 -0400

We have been so very busy!!

We went to Zephyr's Farm, where we all held a baby lamb.

We played with the chickens.

We hiked around the pond.

We called out to the horses.

So much fun. Thank you Miss Melody for taking us around on the farm.

We didn't take any photos, so our memory will have to serve us.

Then we started our Farm Work Lesson block with building.

We dug and hammered.

We dug holes to hold large wood stumps and hammered wood across to make balance beams.

We did the same for a seesaw.

Miss Lizabeth and Miss Claire came out and moved our swings to a sturdy log across two trees.

We have also been tending to eggs in an incubator and three hatched today!

Meet Roger.

Victorious is still drying and fluffing in the incubator, just three hours old.

This little chick just hatched 20 minutes ago and has yet to be named.

We have over twenty more eggs, we are not counting our chicks until they have hatched!!!

We have also started building our chicken coop. We will finish it up this week.

yes, yes, so busy...

Plus we have been making crowns and practicing dances for MayPole.

We hope your spring is as glorious as ours has been!!

Spring! Horray!

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:56:00 -0400

Spring is coming!

Birdies build your nest,

Weave together straw and feather,

Doing each your best,

Spring is coming!

Flowers are coming too!

Pansies, Lillies, Daffodiliies,

All are pushing through.

Spring is coming!

All around is fair.

Shimmer quiver on the river,

Joy is everywhere.

Princess Spring and her lamb.

Rebirth.

Nature Table

Handwork and Art we have been working on

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:38:00 -0400

Rhiana weaving on her loom

Knitting!

Fiona, Rosie and Isabel needle felting balls

Laia weaving on her loom

Porcelain Heart Bowls by Rhiana and Rosie

Felting some wool

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:05:00 -0500

We took wool and made designs with different colors.

Then we wet felted them.

Later, we cut them into hearts and sewed them on ribbon for a lovely decoration.