Wed, Oct. 13 2010

At circle this morning, the story of the day was a piece of non-fiction, recounting a trip to the zoo with Nana. After circle, the kids split up to various activities. Some to listen to stories, some to play "clean up the town" with the garbage truck toys, and others helped chop vegetables and grate carrots for Kara's special sauce...

While everyone waited for the sauce to cook, we went out to the side yard with Inky and Coco, where there was no end to nerf noodle sword play, soccer ball kicking, hide and seek and mellowing out with Jose by the sandbox.

After lunch Kara settled everyone down with some Shel Silverstein. "SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT"

Another perfect day at ALG!

-Jon Fukuda, (Maile's Papa)

Its all about splashing!

Today was a water-filled day. Right after circle time (where we heard Athena's amazing story), everyone celebrated Sidney's 4th birthday with some muffins - yum yum. Then we changed into our bathing suits. We entered the courtyard and - WOW - there was the big pool all ready for splashing and playing. Many kids decided to go right into the pool, while another group played with water canisters, pitchers and even washed the playhouse! Later on a group decided to draw with chalk and even some kids enjoyed Jose's outdoor story. After swim time was through, we went back inside, changed into our dry clothes and ate some more. Then there were butterfly and other cut-out art projects, reading, and romping in the back room to enjoy to round out a great day. Everyone is looking forward to the ALG Pool Party later this afternoon :)
Karen (Maia's Mom) and Michelle (Edison's Mom)

Muddy Fun! Muddy Thursday! We celebrated the hot day by going outside to the side yard, where we listened to stories, flew like birds and dragons and looked at bugs under logs! Then we turned on the cold water hose and ran in the water. Brrr! And YAY! Lots of the kids had swimsuits on ...but that didn't stop the kids without them. A big mud bath for all where we sang Pollywog, and Hokey Pokey, and danced in the mud. The muddy kids were taken to the courtyard to be hosed down (which was just as much fub as getting dirty) and change into clean clothes. Everyone ate lunch (kids were hungry!) and then Natasha started an assembly line face-painting extravaganza. Puppies, and butterflies, and horses, and batmans came tumbling out of her paint brush and onto the kids' faces! Free play and boogie clean-up came. The day flew by!
Don't forget to send your kids with extra clothes for the next time! Only one week left of ALG for this school year!
Karen Z (Maia's Mom) and Greg (Edison's dad)

Mache Monday at ALG

Friends, friends, friends 123...I'm so glad you are blogging with me.
And paper mache is my friend, and the water table is my friend,
And riding bikes is my friend.
Friends, friends, friends 123...all my friends are making masks with me.
And Jose's story telling time is my friend, cleaning rabbit cages is my friend,
and building with tiles is my friend.
Friends, friends, friends 123 today is Cara's birthday!
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Guacamole Thursday!

This morning Natasha and some kids picked cilantro from the garden to make guacamole. While a small crew of guacamole-makers (Penelope, Clara, and others) carefully mashed avocados with the other ingredients, the rest of us played in the big room, building magnet structures (Kieran's space station!) or playing hopscotch or feeding the bunnies carrots. After a snack, we all went out to the side yard to enjoy the beautiful weather. The bunnies came out with us and got to hop around in their new fenced-in area. They are getting so big! Then we all came inside for lunch and enjoyed the guacamole on freshly toasted tortilla chips, courtesy of Natasha. Another great day at ALG.

Wednesday, May 19

Happy Wednesday! Since the rain stopped we spent a LONG time in the side yard today. We brought the bunnies with us and had a great time watching them in a natural environment. We dug and weeded in our garden. We smelled flowers (the honeysuckle smells amazing!). We chased Josh (Pace's dad) and he chased us! We played duck, duck goose, sang songs, listened to stories, watched insects, chatted, climbed trees and just all around enjoyed each others company. It's so nice to see how the childrens friendships have blossomed over the year. When I was watching I noticed how much they truly care about one another. The relationships are so innocent and sincere. It's really a lovely sight.

After the side yard we were very hungry, so we came in and had a great lunch and suddenly it was 1 o'clock..

It's been a grey wet morning here at ALG, but no real rain, so we managed to get outside to run out some energy in the courtyard. The atmosphere inside was bright and high energy, with guacamole production/consumption in full swing with our very own cilantro harvest; box decoration with Melissa; lots of stories; and a lively back room romp to give the post-lunch wiggles room to run. The tadpoles' legs are ever so slightly longer, and the bunnies received plenty of attention and snacks.