It’s Ocean week at Sugar Mama’s Daycare! That’s not the real name of my place, but let’s go with it on here, mkay? Last year we made these cute little crabs with their hand prints. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you, but I’m not a big fan of hand print crafts. I [...]
It’s October! Which means lots of fun Halloween crafts with my daycare kids. This month we are talking about the colors purple, green, orange, and black and talking about cats, bats, spiders, pumpkins, scarecrows, and taking care of our teeth. I always try to incorporate clean teeth in the month of October and February since [...]
Last week I posted the before/after photos of the daycare rooms we re-decorated. I didn’t include much detail, so for those interested this post is for you! First are the fabric flowers. I’d seen this idea floating around Pinterest and other craft type blogs, so please know that this is not my original idea. How [...]
It’s been a lot of work, but SO worth it! It all started with the wreath I made… I loved the colors so much I wanted more. Then I wanted more space for the older daycare kids to play; the loft idea was thought up. It’s lovely and wonderful! The daycare kids visited today for [...]
Anxiety has almost taken over every part of me. I hate when this happens… when I can’t stop biting my nails. Or when that pit in my stomach feeling won’t go away. But, like always, this too shall pass. Next week I go back to work. Eight sweet little children (including two sets of twins) [...]
I’ve mentioned before that I’m changing some things in the daycare rooms while I have the summer break off. Last year I painted an orange wall and another wall green… and I still love those walls, but they’ve made it a bit challenging to come up with ways to decorate. I’m narrowing down my plans [...]
The daycare kids learned about the ocean this week. They tasted salt water. Painted an ocean. Sang songs about sharks, clown fish, and dolphins And made these sweet little handprint crabs. Isn’t this the cutest little thing! (I saw this on another blog a couple of years ago, and saved the link… but since then [...]
