Categories
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
Tags
Active Play Art cats childcare Cooperation Creativity dramatic play ECE Emergent Curriculum Family Childcare free play Games Gardening Guidance Hiking Humour imagination Insects learning environment Loose parts lunch menu Native Plants Nature Organizing Outdoor Play play Playgrounds postaweek2011 professional development rain Recipe Recycling renovation Schedules Science Seasons Snow Social Skills Spring Break Toys Unstructured play water Weather Winter workTwitter Updates
Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.
My Web Site
Sites I Like
Imagine Childhood
-
-
Tag Archives: Schedules
In Transition
I’m still here. It feels like a really long time since I’ve posted anything. I have started a couple of posts but they aren’t finished yet. I’ve been busy and blogging wasn’t as time sensitive as other things so it … Continue reading
Our Week Outdoors – The End
The last day of our week outdoors started with me making the ‘trail mix macaroni salad’ – pasta, bacon, raisins, grated carrot, sunflower seeds, and salad dressing (I used ranch). The flavour was good but I’m still not a fan … Continue reading
Waiting for the Bus
Several of the children in my care take the school bus to school and normally the bus stops to pick-up and drop off the children directly in front of my house. Due to some major road work in the area … Continue reading
Two Weeks Outdoors
Last Thursday I attended a meeting of the Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children – MNACC for short. I have been part of the MNACC group since its inception after several of us returned from attending the 2008 World Forum … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor Play
Tagged adventure, Nature, Schedules, two weeks outdoors, Unstructured play
1 Comment
Changing Times
We have a written schedule that provides a very basic outline of our day. Essentially the schedule is just a chronological list of the events of the day. It looks something like this; Arrival Free Play AM snack Circle/Calendar/Planned Activity … Continue reading
Show & Tell
I discourage the children from bringing toys from home to play with here. We already have a wide variety of toys and equipment for the children to use and because we have a mixed age group I have to ensure … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Learning Environment
Tagged ECE, Emergent Curriculum, Schedules, Social Skills
Leave a comment
Birthdays
I really planned to publish this post yesterday but my new computer and I had another dispute over who’s in control and I gave up – briefly. Now I’m back in charge. We are now in what I refer to … Continue reading
Mystery of Time
Christmas is almost here and everyone is busy finalizing the details of their Holiday celebrations. I don’t take any vacation time during this time – my childcare home is only closed for the three holidays (Christmas Day, Boxing Day & … Continue reading
Playing & Writing
After my last blog entry I did some reflecting on how I could adjust our daily schedule to give the preschool children fewer interruptions now that the older ones are back to school. The school schedule is so restrictive to … Continue reading
Schedules & Conversations
Today was one of those days — I called it ‘busy’. Parents asked what we did that was so exciting but I couldn’t really answer that because we didn’t really do anything. According to the dictionary ‘busy’ means ‘full of … Continue reading
