Enjoying Autumn Oct 23, 2012

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn." -Elizabeth Lawrence

October 19, 2012

The following quote was taken from the NAEYC (The National Association for the Education of Young Children).  Cultivating Outdoor Classrooms by Eric Nelson.

How did you play as a child? Where did you play? What did you learn by playing? Probably (depending how old you are) you got to play outdoors, investigating a complex and often unpredictable world of nature, and negotiating relationships with friends. As many adults will remember, but many children today have never discovered, the richest learning environments are outdoors.

Children are active learners – acquiring physical knowledge, social-emotional knowledge and co-constructive cognitive knowledge not only by sitting and listening, but especially by doing….and there’s more to do outdoors – more space, more sensory materials, more unpredictability, and more open-ended tasks in which the outcome hasn't been predetermined by adult planners.

KWILD offers each child the opportunity to Wonder, Investigate, Learn and Discover. 

October 14, 2012

This is my Father's world.

The birds their carols raise,

The morning light,

The flowers white,

Declare their makers praise.

This is my Father's world.

He shines in all that's fair

In the rustling grass

I hear Him pass

He speaks to me everywhere.

Our KIWILD friends

A great picture of the creatures who share their space with us!

October 4, 2012

Our Meeting of the Day is our outdoor classroom. Today we  learned all about trees. Finding two deer in our Messy Materials Area brought lots of excitement to another fun day in KWILD. 

Love the RAIN

Our feet after a rainy day!