Messy Play & The Process of Art Making
What is messy play? Messy play is a way for children to explore materials and their properties through open-ended play. It gives children...
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Mycah Klinker
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Divergent Thinking and "Not A..." Play
"Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought." -- Albert Einstein It’s Not A… In our...
Mycah Klinker
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Rainy Day Play
Today is all about rainy day play! Keep reading for a mini lesson plan, as well as a few more ideas and resources for getting outdoors to...
Mycah Klinker
- Feb 20
- 3 min
The Very Busy Spider and Yarn play
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle A spider works diligently...
Mycah Klinker
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Creating Cozy and reading Hibernation Station
“Cozy is an attitude, not a thing -- a shortcut to bringing the most essential parts of ourselves with us wherever we go.” -- Isabel...
Mycah Klinker
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Peck, Peck, Peck - The Power of Repetition
“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he started.” –...
Mycah Klinker
- Jan 25
- 4 min
Over and Under the Snow
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter…They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them...
Mycah Klinker
- Jan 17
- 3 min
The Stages of Play
What is play? Play is spontaneous, voluntary, pleasurable and flexible and is typically done for its own sake (i.e. the process is more...
Mycah Klinker
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Welcome to the Farm, Chief
“This story is dedicated to those creating spaces where all feel welcomed, loved, and affirmed.” Welcome to the Farm, Chief by Sarah...
Mycah Klinker
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Miss Spider's Tea Party
“Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an...
Mycah Klinker
- Dec 23, 2023
- 2 min
Winter Dance and Early Literacy
“When a million snowflakes fill the air, twirling, tumbling, spinning, waltzing, you and I join them.” -- Marion Dane Bauer Winter Dance...
Mycah Klinker
- Dec 11, 2023
- 3 min
Apple Cake and Gratitude Practice
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis Apple Cake by Dawn Casey and Genevieve Godbout Through this story of simple...
Mycah Klinker
- Nov 13, 2023
- 3 min
We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt
Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. – Emily Brontë Written by Steve Metzger and Illustrated by Miki Sakamoto...
Mycah Klinker
- Nov 6, 2023
- 4 min
Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
"Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together." – Guy Fieri...
Mycah Klinker
- Nov 2, 2023
- 3 min
The Power of Rituals and Traditions in Childhood
As a child, we moved twice, living in two different cities and three houses and now as an adult, I’ve lived with my family in four...
Mycah Klinker
- Oct 30, 2023
- 5 min
Little Tree by Loren Long
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran In a forest, lives a little tree, who loves its life and its...
Mycah Klinker
- Oct 20, 2023
- 3 min
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein In The Big...
Mycah Klinker
- Oct 11, 2023
- 2 min
Now by Antoinette Portis
“Wonder has been described as a childlike passion to know and explore – an innate drive that runs even deeper than curiosity. It’s being...
Mycah Klinker
- Oct 10, 2023
- 3 min
MOVE! by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
Move! is an intriguing book all about animal locomotion with eye catching paper collage illustrations. Each page gives one large printed...
Mycah Klinker
- Oct 6, 2023
- 3 min
Community Lantern Walk
For over a decade, Tinkergarten families and friends have gathered with homemade lanterns to welcome winter’s darkness, celebrate the...
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