Teepee FUN

We ended up using 2x2 to make our poles and a painter canvas. It has been a big success with the older children they have been making pretend fires!

The PLAYground

We,meaning my husband and I, have created the cutest little playground for the toddlers at the school.  We did all of this without fighting! ( Well not loudly atleast ) it all start with a hand drawn plan and my husband Sam made it a reality.  We have a tunnel to crawl through and then you slide down the slide built into the hill. A sandbox with shells and a digging area with good old fashion dirt. My favorite is the bridge !  Three steps up, walk across and then a small incline down on the other side. We topped it off with a music walll of pots and pans to be beaten with wooden spoons.  Here is hoping for lots of fun in our littlest creation!

Little red wagon and such!

We are hard at work on preparing the yard for our new and improved natural playground for our toddlers.  With the help of Lowes in Snellville, GA that dream will become a reality the first weekend in April.  Meanwhile, I have been gathering a couple of things to give the children some more creative ways to play outdoors with their friends.  Thus the LITTLE RED WAGON!  I found it at a thrift store for a mere $25.00. (which for a radio flyer that was a good deal, not to mention it was put together already.)  The art of playing with a wagon with children I have found is to establish some very simple rules.
                              1.Wagons are for pulling, not pushing.
                              2. Hands stay in the wagon at all times
                              3. No running while pulling the wagon
With just those simple rules children can and will be able to use this for fun filled adventures on our primary playground.

It has been awhile since I have had a chance to post our progress. We have completed our bricked outline of our digging space and I have to say it is a big hit with the children. With a few shovels and some metal mixing bowls hours of fun are in store. Can't wait till the weather gets warm enough to add some water for some more good old fashion mud pies! Next in store will be our teepee. I am looking for the right trees for that project and hope to have it completed soon.

Be my Valentine

We had such fun on Valentines Day.  All of the little ones brought in their homemade cards to share with their friends.  One boy brought in candy and that is all he could talk of was his candy!  With such little ones that I help guide it is very important to give them lots of love and attention with out interfering to much but on days like today I truly feel that the drudging of school should be overlooked and fun and excitement welcomed. Three cheers for all of my little belly button valentines your giggles of fun and your warm carefree hugs was all I needed!

Pitter patter of their little heart

This week we prepared for valentines day.  I hope to have a card or a picture that each of the children have created for their parents. I have a large variety of things to work with paint, glue, markers, and crayons to name a few.  So this week we will try and complete the little works of love.  I have found so of the cutest ideas from pintrest but as usually the things they create on their own are by far the ones I adore and know their parents will also.. You are never to old to create a Valentine or to receive one.  I still make my hubby one every year.

Sunshine in the wintertime

The beautiful weather we had today allowed us to play outside with no coats!  So I felt the need to bring out the pots and pans for a good old fashion mud pie picnic.  We are in the process of adding on to our primary playground so today was a good day to start working on our digging area.  We started by digging a small trench around a 10 ft by 8 ft section of the ground. As the days allow us we will be adding sand, small pebbles, cool tunnels and bridges.  I hope to have one on the toddler playground soon but it will most likely contain only sand because you never can tell where the small pebbles might end up with toddlers.  Another fun day at school has come to a end and visions of mud pies will dance in my head, until the next sun filled day.