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...
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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 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 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
- 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
- Sep 28, 2023
- 2 min
If You Find a Rock
📖 If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian 📷 by Barbara Hirsch Lember (illustrations in this book are hand tinted black and white...
Mycah Klinker
- Sep 7, 2023
- 1 min
The Very Lonely Firefly
📖 The Very Lonely Firefly ✨ A firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. On its journey, the firefly meets many...
Mycah Klinker
- Sep 6, 2023
- 2 min
In the Tall, Tall Grass DIY Play and Forest Putty Recipe
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Flemings follows a caterpillar as it crawls through its environment and notices the world and her...
Mycah Klinker
- Aug 23, 2023
- 1 min
Commotion in the Ocean and DIY Water Play
📖 Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz 🐬 This collection of delightful rhymes are a wonderful way to introduce...
Mycah Klinker
- Aug 16, 2023
- 1 min
Read Aloud: Dirt: The Scoop On Soil
📖 Dirt: The Scoop On Soil by Natalie M. Rosinsky, Illustrated by Sheree Boyd 🪱 Another awesome nonfiction for our wee ones this week!...
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