We were so relieved to see Spring and very sad to see it go.
Spring this year was sprinkled with days that burned like Summer and some that chilled us like late Fall.
Now we are working our way through our usual Summer maze trying to find ways to still get together and embrace the world around us while avoiding sunburn and stings.
We are also looking forward towards our Fall plans of adding more volunteering, more adventure and more project based learning! Keep an eye on the calendar for planning meetings and circle topics.
Enough of that, let's get on to seeing what our
families got into this Spring.
While taking a peak back at our calendar, I am surprised to see that our first day together in Spring did not happen--TOO COLD!
When our second week of Spring also gave us a super cold day--we went ahead and met at the library for some table crafts, board games and fort building.
When our second week of Spring also gave us a super cold day--we went ahead and met at the library for some table crafts, board games and fort building.
Finally, April brought us some comfortable days--so we visited Meadow Farm Museum for
"No Batteries Required" field day. We had so much fun, we wished we could gather there every week!
We celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up Cheswick Park and doing a few table crafts.
Look! Even we are not immune to the strength of Disney's Frozen movie!
What else does Spring bring?
WIND...
GAMES...
Every year we attempt to have a May Faire of sorts--so far it has been hit and miss--many of us start to travel in May and organizing a big event can be challenging.
So this year Playgarden incorporated a May celebration for the little ones and our Teen Group (Soon to be known as PACK) hosted an event for the older kids.
Thank you all for the hard work!
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| Playgarden Maypole Dance |
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| WholeTribe Maypole Dance |
We traveled a little...
Colonial Williamsburg with Ms. Tiffeni from Froebel Today
We were exploring Froebel Gift One this year, if you would like to learn more about Froebel please contact Ms. Tiffeni in Williamsburg, VA
Ms. Tiffeni took us on a Froebel inspired scavenger hunt at Rosewell Plantation Ruins.
And just for fun we threw in a little mini-golf, Maymont, and Ripley's Museum.
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We spent one day a week at Ms. Tiffeni's Froebel classroom--
...Always Pleasant
...Always Fun
...Always Surprising
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| They made their own games! |
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| Everyone with their game boxes |
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| We had cold weather picnics in the classroom. |
Ms. Tiffeni introduced cardboard box sledding to our group--memories that will be kept forever!
Our Enrichment Circle learned how to think like daVinci for a really long time!
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| We always start with an ice-breaker writing game--some love it, some don't! |
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| da Vinci recommended physical activity--so we had a little limbo fun! |
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| and some juggling--covers us for physical activity and ambidexterity. |
Mindmapping! Hard to get started but once we got the hang of it--we couldn't be stopped!
We attempted to replicate some of da Vinci's gadgets--first try looked great, but not real functional. We will have to try again with different materials and scale.
We explored painting with liquid other than paint
--some were a bit smelly!
Our Early Learning Circle worked there way through some more letters and started Form Drawing
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| All ages can have fun in Early Learning Circle! |
Looking back we thought we had a pretty uneventful
Spring...good thing we took pictures
to prove it was actually eventful
...some learned some new life skills
...some chilling at the park
..and some goofing around in Carytown.
Want to join in the fun?
To learn more click here or keep an eye on the calendar and send us an email or call us so we can give you a proper welcome!
melanie@alifeoflessons.com or 804-476-4158
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