Ms. Kesha and Ms. Julia’s 2 ½ year old room from the Day Nursery Federal Center downtown went across to Veteran’s Park for a teddy bear picnic today. They had Teddy Grams snacks and juice with their teddy bears and read the book Teddy Bear Picnic while they were there.
This Thankful Thursday we want to thank our Leap into Art committee who helped to raise the necessary funds to provide year round Arts for Learning programming for Day Nursery children. The following committee members hosted more than 150 guests at our IU Health Early Learning Center on Saturday, May 18th: Amy Cavin, Carolyn Dederer, Denise Hancock, Denise Holder, Doyia Turner, Ebony Reid, Jessica Barth, JoEllen Florio Rossebo, Joli Heavin, Kathy Drewes, Megan Hacker-Schnitzler, Sarah Ferguson, Susan Davis, Tami Earnhart, Kathy Wall and Olivia Roney. Special thanks to Chef Sam Brown, his Ivy Tech Culinary Arts students and to our Day Nursery cooks: Suzanne Carroll, Dollie Smith and Angie Brown. Here are a few pictures from the event.
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The Pre-k class at the Day Nursery Federal Center made their own paper mâché baskets for their annual egg hunt on the playground yesterday. Sarah Parks, center director sent the photo and big thank you to Mother Nature for the sun!!
We’ll be out on Friday with our camera looking for the Day Nursery Indianapolis Center with the best show of team spirit. Don’t forget to show your blue tomorrow! Go Colts!
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The infants in Ms. Colleen’s room at Day Nursery Hendricks County center on the campus of IU Health West had great fun exploring pumpkins in their classroom. So many senses to use! If you know any families with young children who live or work near the Marion/Hendricks County line, please make sure they know about this beautiful center. It is open to the public.
Did you know yesterday was the international Talk Like a Pirate Day? The preschoolers at Day Nursery IU Health didn’t miss it. The Preschool 3 class at drew treasure maps using markers, pencils, and crayons. Then they painted over their drawing with tea so it would look old and weathered when it dried.
Tonight, millions of people around the world will be glued to the television to see the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in London. A bit closer to home, and a few hours earlier, the Day Nursery Northwest Center staff will be gathering the students together for their own opening ceremonies scheduled for 10am. Mrs. Renee Dixon, lead teacher in the Toddler 4 class has been heading the charge for the center to have its own international athletic competition. She arranged for each classroom to represent a country. Her class, Toddler 4 will be presenting Morocco. This is a sneak peek of their most recent training session.
Today marked the second international celebration by the Nature Action Collaborative for Children and the World Forum community of International Mud Day. On International Mud Day children and early childhood professionals all over the world celebrate nature, outdoors, and mess by getting really muddy. Two of our Day Nursery centers took the celebration to heart and sent notes home to parents this week so their children would come to school not dressed to impress, but dressed to mess. Oh what fun they had at our Day Nursery Hendricks County Early Care and Education Center in Avon and our Day Nursery Northwest Center in Pike Township. Thanks to our center staff who went the extra mile to make this a day to remember.
Here are pictures from today’s fun plus the Top 5 Reasons to Play in the Mud from Christine Kiewra, Nature Explore Education Specialist, World Forum Foundation Global Leader, and Farm Girl.
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1. Sensory: Mud is best explored with your whole self, using all of your senses as tools. It feels good, smells good, and can even sound good! The deeper you ‘jump in’ and push yourself beyond your comfort zone, the more you discover.
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2. Timeless: Mud can be played with over and over and never wear out. Our ancestors likely played with the same mud our children play with today. Experiences with mud can help children develop a sense of being connected to something bigger than themselves.
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3. Messiness: Playing in mud is messy. When you invite messiness into learning, it increases the complexity and opportunities for children to solve problems and figure out how the world works.
4. Flexibility: There is no right way to use mud. It can turn into anything your imagination conjures up. The longer and more often you play with it, the more delighted you are with what you discover and create. Leading scientists today who are studying soil have discovered that in addition to some harmful bacteria, there are also beneficial bacteria that may boost our immune systems.
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5. Universal: All over the world children play in mud. The more we know about the things we have in common and share with people everywhere, the more likely we are to understand and care about each other.
Hendricks Co. Early Care & Education Center in Avon
On parade around the downtown Federal Center
Indiana State Government Center
Indy 500 Safety crew member visited Start Smart 4 Children at Ft. Harrison
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IU Health Center
Ruth A. Lilly Center
As May comes to an end, we would like to send a big THANK YOU to our Race into Reading honorary chair, Simona De Silvestro; Master of Ceremonies, Bob Jenkins; Committee Chair, Barbara Maurath and committee members: Melanie Esselman, Bernice Hopp, Pat Hubley, Kristian Little, Sally Ohmart, Molly Redding, Megan Hacker-Schnitzler, Kathy Wall and Judy Zinn. Additionally, thank you to our sponsors: Goelzer Investment Management, Appnuity, Hylant Group, Ogletree Deakins, and Bingham Greenbaum Doll LLP. This event was a kick off to our Day Nursery Teacher’s Choice Book Selections for 2012. If you are interested in purchasing a book set, please contact us at (317) 636-9197, extension 240.
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