Too Cute Tuesday: Day Nursery Ruth A. Lilly Center

Too Cute Tuesday-Part II features infants from the Day Nursery Ruth A. Lilly Center. Enjoy!

Too Cute Tuesday: Day Nursery IU Health Center infants

It’s Too Cute Tuesday at Day Nursery and that means we are featuring pictures of Day Nursery students.  Today, our pictures come from Day Nursery IU Health Early Care and Education Center Director Charity Jablonski.  She wanted to share pictures of the babies in the Infant 3 classroom enjoying some tummy time, making faces, and looking in the mirror.  Their teacher is Ms. Chelsea.

 

Friday Faces: Day Nursery Ruth A. Lilly Center

Exploring the textures of paint and bubble wrap

Day Nursery Indianapolis Thankful Thursday

This Thankful Thursday we would like to recognize the sponsors who have stepped forward to support Leap Into Art, our collaborative fundraising event with Arts for Learning. Thank you to Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Ice Miller LLP, ADP, Ogletree Deakins, Printing Partners, US Foods, Sun King Brewery and The New Wishard – Eskenazi Health. Leap into Art will be held Saturday, May 18.  Tickets are on sale now. Proceeds will provide arts programming for youth.  Visit our event page for more information.

Sarah Ferguson

For information about becoming a sponsor or to learn more about this fun, adult only event, please contact  Sarah Ferguson, sarahf@daynursery.org or (317) 636-9197, ext. 240.

Day Nursery IU Health students host successful MDA Hop A Thon

Thanks to Day Nursery IU Health Center parent volunteers as well as Day Nursery Auxiliary members for their help Friday with the MDA Hop A Thon.  All of the 3 to 5-year-old children participated and received a certificate made by Ms. Jannel for their participation and the number of hops that they completed.  It was a great lesson of accepting those with disabilities as well as doing something to help others.  The event collected $488.00 to donate to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  

Happy President’s Day

The Day Nursery downtown Federal Center and our Start Smart 4 Children center at Ft. Harrison will be closed Monday, February 18 in observance of President’s Day.  All other locations will be open.  If you have any questions, please call our administrative office at 317-636-9197.

Preschoolers from the Indiana State Government Center visited the Abraham Lincoln exhibit at the Indiana History Center on Friday morning.

Too Cute Tuesday: Day Nursery Federal Center

The Toddler 3 class at the Day Nursery Federal Center  made “hot” chocolate to warm up on a chilly day, pouring their own warm water and stirring it up, and the best part was of course tasting it!   Thanks to teacher, Ms. Kesha and Center Director Sarah Parks for sharing these pictures!

Igloo is cozy space for Day Nursery preschoolers

The thermometer outside the classroom reads 32 degrees, but inside Sara McHenry’s and Caroline  King’s classroom at the Day Nursery Ruth A. Lilly Center, it is toasty warm inside their igloo constructed out of empty milk jugs.  The igloo sits next to a large window facing the playground so it gets lots of soft light which makes it a perfect place for snuggling up with a good book.  It is also a place that is designated for “me” time, so if a student wants to get away from the preschool crowd for a while, they can move to the igloo and read quietly, knowing that the space is their own. Ms. Sara and Ms. Caroline have plans to work their igloo into a preschool math lesson, challenging the children to count the number of milk containers it took to build it as well as observe how many colors make up the caps on the bottles and count how many there are of each color.

Day Nursery Hendricks County center renews NAEYC accreditation

Congratulations to the staff of our Day Nursery Hendricks County Early Care & Education Center in Avon for marching through the NAEYC re-accreditation process with flying colors!

Quality child care matters and NAEYC accredited centers are the Right Choice for Kids! We are proud that all 7 Day Nursery centers have achieved this important status.

Visit the NAEYC For Families page for learning and development tips, resources for parents and music and activities for you to share with your child.

Day Nursery Indianapolis students participate in earthquake ShakeOut drill

From the preschoolers down to the toddlers, over 50 students at the Day Nursery Federal Center in downtown Indianapolis participated today in the “Great Central US ShakeOut” earthquake drill.  Students learned to “Stop, Cover and Hold On.”  In the preschool classroom, teachers bounced balls on top of the tables to simulate the importance of finding shelter under a sturdy table to protect the children from falling objects.  Learn more about protecting your family in an earthquake by reading the Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety.

Students in the Toddler 2 classroom practice their “Drop, Cover and Hold On” earthquake drill.