Happy Halloween!

Yesterday, our dayhome celebrated Halloween by having an afternoon kids party! The party started at 2:00pm where the kids were welcomed with some "scary treats!" For snacktime our menu was: Pumpkin Barf, Zombie Teeth, Ants on a Log, and Pumpkin Cookies! It was an easy (and healthy) snack. Parents, I didn't just jack your children up on sugar! Our pumpkin barf consisted of homemade guacamole, pita bread and hummus, our zombie teeth were red delicious apples with mini marshmallows, our ants on a log were celery sticks with peanut butter and raisens and of course, cookies are cookies!

As I didn't have much time (or inspiration) to go all out on decorating the house, I put up a 'haunted hallway' that consisted of black garbage bags and spooky music. The kids enjoyed this for about 5 minutes and then were consumed with the glory of being in their costumes!

Here are some pictures of these seriously adorable children. We are missing a picture of a Ninja and another little boy who was supposed to be a turtle. Parents if you have photos of them in costume, please send and I will put them up on the website!
Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween!

Stay warm tonight !

As new children have entered the dayhome, the transition period has taken place! We have been working on practicing our manners and sharing numerous times throughout the day.

An effective way that I have found to get the children to share without always having to remind them, is to simply put it into our daily activity. For example, our craft on this day was to create a Tree of Hope. In order to make the Tree of Hope the children needed to gather leaves outside together, sit down, and glue the leaves on their piece of paper. Sounds simple, right? The trick... Mrs Sweet only allowed ONE gluestick to be used throughout this activity; meaning that, the children had to share. I have to say that they did a really great job at working together to gather the leaves, they sat patiently as each person glued their leaves on, but most importantly, they worked together and HELPED eachother when needed.  I was majorly impressed with their efforts on this craft. These kidlets were definitely rewarded with some gummy bears for working so hard and being so patient.  

Fall has been so incredibly jam-packed that I have neglected our dayhome blog! I promise to get back on track so that you can stay up-to-date with our fun adventures. To start, I would like to share some photos from the kids playing in the leaves and our gobble-gobble turkey craft! Hope you enjoy.