Welcome Friends!

"The more we get together the happier we'll be"

Tuesday

31 January

 
Painting with  
Blue and Red



H. enjoys filling the boxes














I found these small, assorted, cardboard boxes at AC Moore for a few dollars. Today the trucks got put aside as the children eagerly explored which items in the sensory table could fit into these dear little boxes, and how the tops fit onto the bottoms.

B. enjoys matching the lids to the boxes

Ring-Around-The-Rosy with Baby and Monkey


Breakfast: 
Raisin Toast with Cream Cheese
Green Juice

Lunch:  
Freekeh
Mashed Potatoes and Celeriac 
Roasted Carrots and Beets  
Green Beans
Whole Cow Milk

Snack: 
Black Bean Brownies
Orange Slices



Recipe for 
Black Bean Brownies

Ingredients:
1 and 3/4 cup well cooked black beans
3 Eggs
3/4 cup sweetener
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
zest from one orange (opt)
pinch of salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Combine all ingredient in a blender 
until smooth

3. Pour mixture into greased 8x8 baking dish

4. Bake for about 30 minutes, until top starts to look dry and crack

Sunny January Picnic





Thursday

26 January

Practically the whole morning work time today was spent folding laundry. Children are masters at taking something simple like a pile of towels and making up endless ways to use and play with them.








Making pancakes and mixing colors in the kitchen




Then for a walk in the woods


 

 Breakfast
Pancakes 
(with coconut, buckwheat, and chia)
Blueberries
Green Apple Juice (with Kale)

Lunch:
Sprouted Whole Grain Emmer
Roasted Butternut Squash
Steamed Broccoli
Pan Fried Tempeh

Snack:
Tofu Kan 
Cucumber slices
Popcorn

Wednesday

25 January

The children have been enjoying starting the day with a couple stories and this morning they chose The Lorax by Dr Seuss.  I gladly read it (with minimal commentary) in hopes of inspiring these children to become tree-hugging protectors of the earth.


Then settling into work time....

Crayon rubbing textures and flat shapes

Shaping and making balls out of play-dough   



Imaginary play at the sensory table with construction vehicles



The children were more eager to participate in morning circle today, after taking a couple days off from them.  

We sang about the days of the week and the months of the year. We stretched and made animals poses: crab, elephant and dinosaur. We sang Looby-Loo, dancing in a circle, and shaking out our bodies. Our favorite part to shake shake shake is our bottoms. Thanks to Kristin Sharkey for teaching me this song when we worked together at Ithaca Montessori School.

"Here we go Looby Loo
Here we go Looby Lie
Here we go Looby Loo 
All on a Saturday night

We put our (body part) in 
We put our (body part) out 
We give our (body part) a 
Shake Shake Shake,
and turn ourselves about. "

Yesterday, one of the children came in smelling slightly of skunk, since one sprayed outside their house the night before. That got us all talking about skunks, and singing The Skunk Song. The children were asking me to sing it a lot today. Its an old Camp Kum-Bah-Yah classic.
Here it goes:


"Wellllllllll I stuck my head 
in a little skunk's hole 
and the little skunk said 
'well bless my soul, 
take it out (take it out)
take it out (take it out)
Remooooove it.'

Welllllllll I didnt take it out 
and the little skunk said 
'if you dont take it out,
you'll wish you had
take it out (take it out) 
take it out (take it out)
remooooove it.'
SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs....

I removed it. Too late"


Loving the animals:
Sweet Fire


Keeping those wild birds' bellies full




Breakfast: 
Oatmeal with Raisins and Almonds
Apple slices
Apple juice


Lunch: 
Polenta (CPO) with Mozzarella Cheese (local)
Roasted Acorn Squash (Sacred Seed Farm)
Roasted Blue Potatoes (Sabol's Farm)
Green Split Peas
 
Snack:
Celery with Peanut Butter
Raisin Toast with Cream Cheese

 

Monday

23 January

Classroom time today...







Breakfast: Barbara Cereal with Flax Milk
                     Blueberry-Orange-Kale Juice


Lunch: Red Lentils
            Steamed Broccoli
            Tofu Sauteed in Coconut oil
             Roasted Turnips (local)

 

Snack: Oatmeal with Raisins
            Cucumber slices
            Apple slices
            Soaked Almonds

Friday

20 January

Today was mostly about being out in the sun and giving some love to all the creatures.

First to the goats and horse in the barn with cabbage leaves and carrots







Then to the the chicken coop, where Hawk was very friendly, letting Bella pick her up and Dovey had just laid an egg.








We discovered lots of tracks in the snow, and made some of our own







"step, step, step, step"
Breakfast:
French Toast
Orange Slices


Lunch:
Sprouted Emmer
Black Beans
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans

Snack:
Zucchini Muffins (with frozen, shredded garden zuks)
Yogurt

 

Have a happy weekend!