Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree!

Since it is December, of course we've been reading some Christmas books and singing a few (non-religious) carols.

Here's a picture of my Christmas tree.  Every day the kids love to spend time looking at the ornaments.  They've been very good about only touching them gently.  I always remind them, "Gentle.  Only use one finger." which seems to be working since they haven't broken any yet.  Even so, next year I think I might use only shatterproof ornaments, just so I don't have to worry about it so much.

Conversations about food

Kids love stickers.  I bought a Melissa And Doug Make-A-Meal Sticker Pad from Amazon.  With a variety of table settings and lots and lots of food stickers, kids get to design their own meals.  My daycare kids loved it!

It was fun and also a great way to start a conversation with young kids about food.  We talked about which foods they liked best, what a balanced meal looks like, and about which are healthy foods and which are unhealthy food choices.

To the left are some of the first meals that L created using the stickers.

Pretend Play

This morning the kids decided to use the butterfly nets to catch imaginary ladybugs.  I love it when they really get into pretending.  They were so cute and also got a lot of physical activity in while they ran around.

That's our $50 Black Friday playhouse in the background.  They kids love it and are always asking if I can bring it inside with them when our outside playtime comes to an end.