A Coat for Every Season
March 8, 2014 - Preschool WeeklyThis week children explored the ways that animals are equipped to hide and survive in nature. We used camouflage like other animals by using different colored fabric for fur coats.
Animal Clues Abound!
February 1, 2014 - Preschool WeeklyChildren tromped in the snow and examined winter animal clues (we even found a raccoon taill…) We built forts with old Christmas trees, too. We are loving the all this… Read more »
Warm and Toasty
January 17, 2014 - Preschool WeeklyWhat could be better than cider around a campfire? The children learned all about how fire is helpful to people firsthand. Our students loved gathering fire wood (mouse tails, chickadee… Read more »
Will it Freeze or Melt?
January 12, 2014 - Preschool WeeklyWe explored the properties water freezing and melting in winter. We loved hiding hunks of ice on the trails to predict which would melt the fastest or not at all.… Read more »
Hibernate, Migrate & Adapt
December 15, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyIt was a perfect week for snowfall as the children discovered ways animals are equipped to deal with cold weather.
Right at Home in the SNOW!
December 11, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyThanks to our families for submitting these excellent pictures of The Nature Preschool students! We were curious to know what the children would be up to when school was out due… Read more »
Winter on the Way
December 6, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyWe took notice of clues that winter is on the way! We enjoyed placing thermometers along the trail to see where the warmest and coldest hiding places are for animals.… Read more »
Playin’ Possum
November 16, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyAs the autumn sunlight dwindles, we turn our thoughts to the night. Students explore how nocturnal animals are adpated to life under the cover of darkness. The resident opossum made a guest… Read more »
Tap for Sap
February 23, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyThis Week’s Adventures: We discoverd the miracle of maple sugarin’ as we hiked through the forest in search of maple trees. Favorite Activities: We compared twigs to learn about opposite… Read more »
True Love Birds
February 16, 2013 - Preschool WeeklyThis Week’s Adventures: We discoverd what bluebirds are up to in late winter… Favorite Activities: Visits to the birdboxes along the meadow was a highlight! We searched for our feathered… Read more »
