Infant Room - May blog

This month we were able to get outside a lot more because the weather has been so beautiful!  We have enjoyed a few picnic lunches - they were lots of fun!  There is so much to explore outside.  They love watching the tractors and big trucks pass by.  Last week, we watched a construction crew right out side our play yard.  They were digging out the new sidewalk so we were able to see a little tractor in action.  So cool! 

We did a few water activities with the children this month to keep them busy.  We filled bowls with a little bit of water and gave them a sponge to clean the table inside; they had so much fun cleaning the table together.  Such great teamwork!  Outside, Sherry built little water runs out of plastic bottles and cubes for them to play with.  They love putting the sticks through the hole in the middle of the picnic table and then picking them up off the ground and doing it over again and again! 

We have a jar filled with tadpoles in the room for the children to look at and they are all very intrigued by them.  We are hoping that they will eventually turn into frogs and we can let them for free, back into their natural environment. 

The kids seem to really enjoy running and climbing on things; such as the table and bookshelf so the kids love it when we bring the mat with big climbing blocks and tunnels  for them to climb all over and crawl through.  They also enjoy when we bring out the little tents and attach them with the tunnels.  They have so much fun following each other from one end to the other!  Recently we created a little ball pit in the big tent we have, and this was a total hit with all the kids.  Hopefully, we can construct our own permanent ball pit in the near future!