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"H" is for Harvest

This month feels like a spill over from last month. The garden is still crushing (in the best way), pumpkins are ripening, and it feels...

Summer in Full Swing

Our garden is having a good year! It makes sense then, to have the children pull from its bounty. One of the cool things about growing a...

Our Very First Graduation

I've had lots of kids leave my care over the last three years, but this month, one of my kiddos is leaving to go off to kindergarten. ...

Walking in Kindness

For this month's social/emotional literacy activity, I decided to make a small ritual. I wanted to take the concept of kindness, and...

Bring on the Warm Weather!

To be honest, I didn't write this post in May. I'm writing it in July. I made a goal to write a daycare blog post every month and since...

Meet Miss Joni

This month, Joan Johnson joined our staff here at Dragonfly. Lovingly called "Miss Joni" by the kiddos, she comes to us with a...

Spring Sentiment

Today is my grandfather's birthday. Well, was his birthday. He passed away almost two years ago, just a few days after his 90th. My...

Bugs!

I like to plan field trips in the winter months. The kids get stir crazy, as do I, and it's a way to gear the month's lesson toward a...

Blasting Off to Outer Space

This month at day school, we voyaged into outer space. It was my goal to at least get the kids acquainted with the planets in our solar...

Spontaneous Hilarity

This month's theme at day school is "Arctic Animals". I figured it was seasonally appropriate (even though we've barely seen snow). I...