Police Cars & Fire Trucks!!

Sorry for the week delay in posting, but last week was Community Worker week and there were lots of fun activities at the end of the week! The children learned about the jobs of many people in our community including teachers, vets, dentists, farmers, doctors, eye doctors, police officers, and fire fighters.

They children really enjoyed reading about the different occupations, however the LOVED having a police officer and 3 firemen come to the daycare to visit! On Thursday the Officer showed the children what police wear (they really didn't understand anything beyond that), and he let them all sit in the backseat of his police car! They did not want to get out of that car!! He also showed them the lights and did his siren as he left!

The brave ones to get into the car:

After the excitement of Thursday, three firemen brought over a fire truck! Yes, we blocked off a lane of 6th St and had our own private showing! The children were able to get into the truck and look around. Again, a few refused to leave! The firemen showed the kids all of the equipment and tried to get the kids to repeat 9-1-1. It didn't really work. They were too excited about the truck! Maybe they can visit again when everyone is a bit older!

We love fire trucks!

  

Being Green!

Last week we learned all about the Earth. The preschoolers now know that the Earth looks blue and green from space, is round, and has 6.66 billion people living on it! The older preschoolers also know what causes day and night and the seasons. It was a lot of fun to watch them pick-up on all the information!!

This week we are adding onto our Earth knowledge by talking about recycling and cleaning up the Earth. Just in time for Earth Day on the 22nd!! Today we decorated recycle boxes with pictures of paper products, cans, and plastic products that we can recycle this week (and hopefully many more)!

We Love the Park!!

The weather has been wonderful, and we have been able to walk to the park quite afew times the past week! It also helps that we have 2 double strollers now and the toddlers love to help us push them!

Too Cute!

We love our new Castle!!

The kids love playing outside but it is even more fun for them to go outside now that we have a castle to play in! Thanks Carl family for letting us borrow it!

Last week the children learned basic facts about Iowa.
State bird: Golden finch
State tree: Oak
State flower: Wild rose
State stone: Geode
State colors: Red, White, & Blue
Capital: Des Moines

This week we are broadening our perspective and talking about the Earth. We will have a foundation this week with Earth Week before Earth Day next week (when we will be learning about recycling)!

DATE NIGHT!

It is time again for our monthly DATE NIGHT! We will be open this Saturday from 5pm-10pm. It is only $25/child (with a discount for a sibling). We will hopefully be able to play outside after dinner since the weather has warmed up, but we will also have our usual activities inside as well (e.g., play dough, crafts) with a snack by 8pm. Let us know if you are interested!!

Also, we will be having an Usborne book party from 3pm-5pm this Saturday (before Date Night). Come browse the wonderful books that Usborne has to offer! I will also post the web address for online orders! The more books purchased, the more our child care center will benefit!

Please pass along both bits of information to anyone else who may be interested!! =)

Warmer Weather, Seeds, & Walks

Last week was Garden Week! We learned about seeds and how they grow! We planted seeds in our "reused" pots. The preschoolers loved it! We also sprouted corn seeds.

With the nicer weather (minus the rain we have had lately), we have gone on many walks. The 2-year-olds are starting to get the hang of it! Look how cute they are!