Notes from Day Care: Dirt, Worms, and What Everyone Is Wearing

Lunch in Suburbia

Monday, April 2, 2012

Nathaniel had a great today today. This morning he had a great time with his plastic people. He says the mechanic with the thick moustache is his dad. :) We spent most of this morning outside in the sunshine! We went to the sensory garden and out to the playground. Nathaniel really seemed to love the dirt and sand. He also spent time on the swings. It was a fun day!

Note from Mommy: When I picked Nathaniel up that day, they told me a story about Nathaniel’s dirt digging experience. He found a large earthworm and proceeded to gingerly carry it around with him on the playground for about 15 minutes.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Nathaniel had a happy day today! This morning we put ice in the water table and he had a blast! He loved watching the ice slip through his hands. He also spent some time doing some painting before going to bunnyside.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Nathaniel had a happy day today. He has been asking for Ellie at circle time, so today we got her out and he was thrilled! He also had a blast with all the bubbles at the water table today. While it was nice and sunny we went to bikeside where Nathaniel got some scooter rides from J and got to be driven around on a bike. He was so excited. It was fun to watch. :)

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Nathaniel had a fun day today! He really enjoyed playing with the plastic animals. He also spent most of our outside time this morning in the playhouse on bunnyside. We got a new parking structure for our toy cars and he spent a long time playing with it today.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Nathaniel had a great day today. He really enjoyed playing with the plastic people this morning and putting them in the toy house! He sat very quietly playing with the “mamas” and “dadas.” In the afternoon he had a blast at the sensory garden digging for worms and running around! It was a fun day!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Nathaniel had a happy day today! We made a tent on the loft and Nathaniel had a great time running through it and dancing with M.! We also got out some flashlights to light up the dark corners and Nathaniel loved playing with it! Later we spent some time at bikeside where he really enjoyed the bike rides he got from R. :)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Nathaniel had a good day today. He got some energy out in the motor room this morning and then spent some time playing with the bubbles at the water table. Later we went out to bunnyside where Nathaniel enjoyed playing “Row Row Row Your Boat” with his friends. We sang the verse, “…if you see a crocodile, don’t forget to scream,” over and over and they screamed and laughed. It was a fun day!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Nathaniel had a very happy day today! He carried around his plastic people most of the day. :) He loved singing songs today! His favorites are “The Wheels on the Bus” and singing about what everyone is wearing. Also, as we were cleaning up to go outside, he pickued up a baby and gave it a kiss and said “bye bye” before putting it away.

Note from Mommy: Sigh. What a sweetie.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Nathaniel had a good day today. This morning he was dancing around so we put on some salsa music and had a dance party! Later in the afternoon I went on a walk with I. and Nathaniel through the school. We stopped to look at the fish tank and someone came by to feed them. We got to watch them eat blood worms and Nathaniel was fascinated!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Nathaniel had a good day today. He really seems to be improving on his color recognition! He has started using color to describe some of the balls in the classroom (“yellow ball”, “blue ball”) which is exciting! He had a very fun day otherwise. His favorite part seemed to be when we made a fort on the loft and played with flashlights.