Outside Time

Going outside in the winter can sometimes, I mean most of the time, be a chore. The wet ground, the mud, cold, rain, and wind will set us over the edge on some days. The kids love being outside, but some of them can't have their hands dirty, or the bottom of their pants wet. So, in the winter we tend to take walks, run out front where we can ride bikes and be on the pavement where the mud does not abound. I am glad to see Old Man Winter take a break and send in Sweet, Sweet Spring!!!

Today was one of those days I am soooooo happy to be a Family Childcare Provider. It was 65 degree's out by 10am!!! We cleaned up from our Free Play Time, had a quick Circle Time... and OUTSIDE we went!! We cleaned up some of the older toys, spent a lot of time swinging (since our hands didn't get cold from holding on to the chain), dug in the sandbox (which made me notice we need some sand), and ran around playing with everything. We took our coats off and when some friends came to play, the kids played "freeze tag." I love Spring :) and I love the ability to just play when the time seems right.

Rain is on our way tomorrow, so we will have more than enough time to finish all our projects that we have left to do. And maybe we will get that Ww sound down. It is has been very easy to say Ww sounds like da, da, da... instead of wa, wa,wa.... They hear the D sound when they pronounce the letter, and it confuses some of them at first. I will continue to work on it with them, but for now we will enjoy the Weather and play, play, play!!!