Toddle Bots - August Update

This last month of summer has sure been eventful! The children surprised us with the amount of braveness and curiosity when we had the Prairie Exotic Visitor come to visit. They showed us bearded dragons, geckos, snakes, a tarantula, some frogs and a turtle. Most of the animals the children were able to touch (other than the tarantula and the frogs), and they even had the snakes wrapped around the children’s legs and laid out across their legs to touch and feel them. We got some pretty amazing pictures that I will share with you (keep an eye out in the room or for an email containing pictures of random things we did this summer).

We also did an outdoor challenge (only half the day as there was a bit of smoke) and the children seemed to really enjoy it. Everyone kept busy and some even napped outside.

 

The next day, we set up the gym with a huge cozy corner, a massive block building area, a table top area with a toy that promotes practicing counting/ numbers, colors, sorting/ matching and we had a doll house with cars and people. We had the parachute and the children made up some fun games and we had a face painting table/ art table. All of preschool enjoyed that space and it was something new and different since the smoke was so bad and we couldn’t do it outside.

We had an amazing time at Boonstra farm on the 23^rd of August. There were a variety of animals that the children got to see up close and even pet. The kitty cats were a huge hit!! Some of the children were nervous around the big birds like the turkey’s and the goose. The goose was just walking around where ever and it was pretty much the same height as some of our little Toddle Bots so I can see why it would have been scary. There was a tire swing which was in the shape of a tractor! The Toddle Bots loved that and they each got a turn to sit on it. We went on a hay ride which brought us to Bessy the cow. The toddle bots didn’t pet the cow as much as the other preschool children but they got to see her and we talked about how Bessy had a baby in her tummy and that she makes the milk that we drink.

Finally, we had a water day to end the month off with a splash! This water day experience was different than the rest because the carrots were being picked from the garden and the children were bringing them to get washed by the hose water and then they ate them! There was a slip and slide section on the hill, and a water table area to play in.

 
The children also had this amazingly delicious treat that older floor made for the preschoolers. It was crushed white oreo’s with a thick layer of pudding and topped with some gummy fish on the top. The Toddle Bots were shaking with excitement!