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Life at the Pond Highlighting experiences and insights in daily life at Frog Pond Early Learning Center
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What a great start to a new week at Frog Pond. The Tadpoles started their day with colored water (red) play in the media table. They splished and splashed, poured and dumped, and filled and emptied. At the art table, the Tadpoles used their fingertips to paint leaves on a tree. They really like gett
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Today was a beautiful day! I showed the frogs some things I had found on a walk with my family this past weekend. There were balls of flying seeds, owl pellets, and a piece of animal fur. After I shared my story, some of the frogs went to Huntley Meadows. They took a slightly different path today, o
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A good winter recipe to use dried or canned fruit when local fresh is not available. Children begin to develop a sense of cooking and use their hand coordination for cracking eggs, tearing bread, mixing pineapples and eggs. Wash hands well before and after since it involves raw eggs. Ingredients: 4
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Wow! Today has been an eventful day! This morning we welcomed two former tadpoles into our frog class! We are excited for them in this new step of their journey at Frog Pond. We welcomed them with music and with frog crowns to replace their tadpole tails. For small group time some of the children [.
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Join us for an open house on Saturday, February 25th at 9 a.m. Prospective families, curious community members, one and all … please plan to join us on Saturday, February 25th for an open house at Frog Pond. Frog Pond is a year-round, full-day, inclusive early learning center for children from 18 mo
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The landscapes and living things in natural communities near Frog Pond are important parts of our community and heritage. We missed taking our usual nature hikes in November and December, so when we resumed the walks in January it felt like coming home after a long trip. The children looked for fami
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Today was a beautiful day for enjoying the outdoors, and that is exactly what we did! Half the class went to Huntley Meadows this morning, while the other group had small group time and played on Toad Mountain. From what I understand, the Huntley Meadows group saw a lot of Canadian Geese, as well as
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During small group time today, one group learned about their hearts by doing exercises and using a stethoscope, the same activity a different group did yesterday. They had a great time! Another group learned about how their noses spread germs! They mixed white, yellow, and green paint to make “
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This month as we talk about heritage and honoring our ancestors, I highlight the Four Directions in order to draw us to the heritage of our school’s founder, Pam Tinker ~ Mother Duck. Her unconventional ways and commitment to a nature-based, family-focused, inclusive early learning center is partial
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Today was another fun day at the Pond! In small group some of the children helped Science Sarah make pine cone bird feeders to hang on the trees outside. Hopefully we’ll be able to attract and start identifying many different birds! They also boiled a type of animal fat called suet and made m
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