Bushel of Berries Days of Fabulous Fall Fun!

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:07:00 +0000

Preparing our snack for afternoon tea.

Sweeping up after afternoon tea.

Washing up after our homemade whole foods snack

sewing, yes even three year olds can sew.

Sitting for story and giggling about a funny part.

Jumping for joy... into our freshly raked straw and leaf pile.

Preparing the garden in the Fall, planting some bulbs.

Proud of her handwork!

Cider pressing in the rain!

Huckleberry Class Main Lesson time.

Indoor Freeplay!

More freeplay.

Recognizing a friends' sadness and healing it with a well placed bandaid and ice.

Morning Tea and Soup snack; that we chopped and cooked ourselves.

Giant Pumpkin!

Our sheepish friends...

May Pole Festivities

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Branches of Snowy May...

Weaving our love into the May Pole, wishes, smiles, dreams and hope.

Getting there, almost done...

Whoo hoo! Wishes, hopes and dreams for our year to come, woven with love and smiles!

April Fun

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:13:00 +0000

Birthday Wishes.

More birthday wishes!

Swings

Outside!!!

Look what we find on rainy days!

Baby chicks, Horray!

Spring Play!

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:58:00 +0000

A feather Faerie house for our growing blossoms.

Carefully balancing.

Games and pretend play!

Finger knitting.

Knitting

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:53:00 +0000

snack and play

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:53:00 +0000

Apples to Harvest and Celebrate!

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:22:00 +0000

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 23:52:00 +0000

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 21:02:00 +0000

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

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:45:00 +0000