What a beautiful day we had at Joyful Garden! We welcomed Catalina to her first regular session, and she was a trooper! All in all it was a peaceful, focused, hard working, and hard playing day here at the JG.
While the children played, they learned about their senses: the taste, feel, smell, look of things; they strengthened their muscles: pushing, pulling, walking, running, scooping, lifting; they refined fine motor skills: placing, dressing, undressing, putting on and fastening shoes, stacking, connecting, turning pages; they learned social skills: asking permission before hugging, touching, or disturbing someone's activity; they expressed curiosity and empathy: coming to see what was wrong when they heard a friend cry; they classified the objects around them: food/not food, things we throw/things best not thrown, things that go, things that stack, things that fit in this puzzle board...
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| Catalina explores mulch. |
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| Choosing our own work; some work together. |
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| Building. |
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| Cash climbing up. |
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| And standing. |
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| Some lap time. |
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| “We are barefoot together, Katherine!” |
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| Coming back from visiting the chickens. |
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| Working. Playing. |
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| Gorgeous lunches! And gorgeous lunchers! |
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