“THAT’S TOO LOUD”, says an annoyed and somewhat intimidated Cecily, who got to experience a fireworks show closer than she’s ever been before. Lily decided to do the evening on blades! We went to Pueblo, to the Riverwalk for the celebration. Fireworks and a live orchestra, playing, you guessed it, their idea of patriotic music […]
Patterns In Nature: A Wasp's Creativity
We are using this (below) as inspiration to explore the patterns found in, and created by nature. Lily will generate her own something (yet to discover what she intends to create), and we’ll see what she uses to make whatever pattern she decides upon. Lily’s perception of the following images, consecutively, are: Spider Web Honey […]
Learning to Ski
So, what skills, motor development, interpersonal confidence and courage, and social exploration do you suppose might be involved here… In addition to skiing, we spent time playing on frozen creeks, exploring the woods, tracking animal footprints, the joys of mud, roughing it in a cabin, and moon dough.
Planting Trees
Today, while Bugz was outside playing, she decided to plant a tree. I stumbled upon her project while routinely checking in on her play, after hearing silence for a bit too long. In her sandbox, Bugz had placed a tree branch, with about a dozen small branches attached. She was shoveling sand at the base, […]