Jun
2017
Summer camps are off to a great start! Our campers have enjoyed recycles art camp, nature camp with a fun visit from Talk About Trees . This week we are building with real tools! We are making so many new friends as we have new campers each week! The kids also love more time
May
2017
May Wow! Is it really the last month of school? Our students have grown up so much this year and our kindergartners are ready for their next adventure! We have 10 children graduating this month! All our returning students will enjoy being the big kids next year, and will help welcome many younger siblings
Mar
2017
March March is an exciting month! It is starting to feel like spring and we are enjoying our time outside on the playground. Our class will start learning about plants and insects and we will start our own seeds inside the classroom. We also have many fun visitors to the class this month. We start off
Feb
2017
Last Month This last month has gone by so fast with holidays and snow days. Our students were busy while they were in class. We had fun building igloos with shaving cream and ice, painting with ice cubes and we worked hard learning the story of Balto and are looking forward to sharing it
Jan
2017
Happy New Year! We are looking forward to seeing all the students again and hearing about their holiday vacations. It seems like we have been out of school for so long since we had the extra snow days. Our daily preschool schedule will change a little bit as our students will begin to work
Dec
2016
December/January – Winter Holidays Throughout December we are talking and learning about holidays. We will share stories about how each of us celebrates with our family, and we’ll learn about holidays around the world. We are helping the children learn that there are many people in our world and many different beliefs and
Nov
2016
October Fun October has gone by so fast. Thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate Halloween, our pajama party, breakfast for lunch and Halloween party. It was a very festive week for all the children. Be sure to look at all the pictures on our Facebook page, and if you have some
Oct
2016
Fall Fun What a great start to the school year at Hands On Art and Play! The students are having a great time and learning so many things. We have so much fun in circle time with everyone taking turns doing their jobs. Some kids do the weather report, others sing the calendar song.
Aug
2016
Hands On Art and Play Turns 16! Hands On Art and Play is excited to be celebrating our 16th school year! Hands On started in my home with 6 children, my youngest daughter included. We moved into classroom space in a neighborhood church that winter and Teacher Serena joined us as well as 6
