What's New and Fun in your Program?

[GirlMomma]

Those bubble poppers are such a hit! The kids love them here too.

In the last couple of weeks, we have added new baby dolls with more accessories, more dinosaurs, new trucks and more building blocks. My DD gets a free, brand new book each month from Dolly Parton’s library. The kids are so excited when the new one arrives!

Since this is my first year doing preschool, I have new posters and a calendar coming on Thursday. We are starting preschool Monday I am glad I didn’t start preschool today, the kids are so off of their routine!

[Alwaysgreener]

Few weeks back I stopped at an estate sale. The woman had been a teacher. I found a tote of 20 big books for $10.
Plus many more awesome finds, including a carbon steel pan for $10 and cuckoo clock for $20 (currently sells for $300 new) that is identical to the one i had and that a DCB broke four years ago.

[Alwaysgreener]

I bought a pack of little rainbow bubble poppers of Amazon for really cheap. They kids LOVE these things. They will spend 1/2 hour just pushing the little silicone "bubble wrap" back and forth. https://smile.amazon.com/Sensory-Rel...8P4SH5PZ&psc=1
We bought a new rope swing for the tree this year too. Something about tree swings just feels like summer!

We were at a flea market this summer and came across poppers that were 15 x 15 for $25 -30 each.

[Gemma]

My front porch is too narrow too, so we'll put it in the back, the deck is spacious and partly under a pergola so it will work out great

[Alwaysgreener]

My best clients ever made a 1K donation, so I reviewed my curriculum, saw that gross motor and music & movement were the weakest areas, and purchased all this stuff (plus a little more). The small activities are our "rainy day" front patio kit. The rest is outdoor environment and music. I already had the glockenspiel and resonator bells, but the new steel drum has the same one-octave arrangement, so we'll be using them together to explore folk songs. I have stained the garden bridge and added some native shrubs since I took the photo. The pavers are an existing space in the yard, now with a 40' long labyrinth made of new red pavers.

Just a warning, you may want to add latches to the lid of the sandbox with the benches. I had that sandbox, DH assembled it and put it outside, the next day the wind came through and tore the one bench/lid up and off the box. My dh had to repair the box, reattach the lid, and then added latches to the lids so it would not happen again. As long as the box was latched shut we had no trouble.

[TwinMama]

Yes!!.That's awesome!!! I'd love the link to that bridge as well!

[Cat Herder]

Brilliant. Make bye bye outside fun. I wish my front porch was wide enough.

[TwinMama]

Ordered!!! Thank you!!!

[Cat Herder]

Is there any chance you have the link to that bridge? My DH wants one for our little creek.

[Gemma]

We just got our porch swing
We're not ready to put it up, first we need to fix the deck, but we ordered it now anyway cause we thought the price might sky rocket along with the rest of the lumber
The kids are gonna love to sit in the swing and wait for pickup

[Josiegirl]

Wow is right!! Awesome dcf!!
Some days I truly miss daycare.

[Cat Herder]

Mine arrived just in the nick of time, right before the big storms hit. The kids have been playing with them and seem not as concerned with the thunder and lightening.

[GirlMomma]

Last week, a huge tub of dinosaurs were donated to my daycare & its been ALL the rage!

This week, we’ve been working on Mother’s Day crafts! I bought little canvas’ from the Dollar Tree & painted their hands. I plan to glue a little poem on the back.

[Alwaysgreener]

Mine arrived damaged so now I have to wait for a replacement. However my kids did like them, I could not get the boys to put them down to go outside.

[Jupadia]

Got these bubble pop things that the kids all love. https://www.amazon.ca/Reliever-Silic...ble+pop&sr=8-4

also got a new kids table it's a touch higher then I would have wanted (22inch) but it works. On the plus side it folds away or you can raise it up to full height table.
Ordered new kids chairs but the first ones I got said 10inch but are realy a bit lower and dont work with the new height. So now I'm waiting for my new set to come now from Amazon but it's shipping from California to Canada so it's going to take a bit.