Summer Food and At the Beach!

Hey all -
I'm sorry I forgot to post about last week - so I'm doubling it up from the past 2 weeks! Last week we did activities about Summer Foods - ice cream, watermelon, lemonade, hot dogs... July 21st was Ice Cream Day!

This week our theme was At the Beach - so we had fun learning about sand and animals that live at the beach or in the ocean.

Enjoy the pictures and thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Camping Week!

Hey there -
We had a fun week with our "Camping" theme! We didn't have a full tent, but we had a lot of fun with the camouflage umbrella. We spent a lot of our time under there this past week. The other picture you see is the kids enjoying their indoor s'mores snack :) You really can't go wrong with that!

Next week's theme --- "A Day at the Beach".

Hope you all are doing well!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Independence Week!

Hey there everyone!

I'm so sorry I haven't blogged for a while. It has been a very busy summer and I've simply lost track of how long it had been since I last wrote. My family and I took a 2 week vacation in June and then once we got back, it was time for the 4th of July holiday weekend! Like I said, its been busy!

Anyway, last week the kids and I celebrated America's birthday all week long :) I hope you enjoy the pictures of some of the crafts that we did.

This week's theme ---- CAMPING!

Hope you're all doing well and thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Insect Week!

Hey there -
The kids and I had fun learning about insects this week. We did a lot of fun craft projects, games and activities and read some really great books. We made bug antennae headbands, fireflies and dragonflies. We read the following books: "The Grouchy Ladybug", "The Very Clumsy Click Beetle", "The Lonely Firefly" and "Hey, Little Ant". And of course, we had some yummy snacks!

I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Oceans and Birds!

Hey there -
I wanted to post a couple pics from the last 2 weeks at Monarch Kids. Last week was Oceans Week and this week is Bird Week. Lots of fun has been had! The pictures are of crafts we've done, field trip last week and time at the park this week. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading -
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Dinosaurs!

Hey everyone -
I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a couple of weeks - I completely forgot to write about what we did last week! Last week was our "Gardening Week", but honestly, it was quite a dud because it snowed and rained all week :( So we had a lot of fun doing some gardening activities inside, but I was pretty bummed the kids weren't able to help me plant flowers. They've been helping me water them this week and will continue to do so all summer long - so that will be fun for them for sure.

I have several pictures from this week to show you all. Our theme was dinosaurs and we had a blast! Some pictures are of the craft projects we did. One is a picture of the kids pretending to be paleontologists and digging up dinosaur bones (the chocolate chips in a chocolate chip cookie). Another chance they had to do this was when they were chipping away at a frozen ice cube trying to get the dinosaur toy out. Pretty fun! The cute snack was a "Dinosaur Claws" - biscuit with graham cracker claws :) Another picture is one from lunch today - it was completely random, but I noticed that all our food was orange, so I dyed their milk orange too. Just a fun picture to share!

Hope you all are having fun reading the blog - we have a lot of fun here at Monarch Kids, that's for sure!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Happy Mother's Day!

Hey there!

This week we celebrated Mother's Day week! The pictures above are all of different crafts that the kids made for their moms this week. We had a lot of fun doing them and they meant a ton to the mommies! The first picture is a hand-print craft - that's always something that moms love to get and keep through the years. The second picture is one of a "My Mommy" book. Each page had part of a rhyme on it and either had a hand-drawn picture or something that the kids glued on the page. The third picture is a craft in which I wrote down something the kids said about their mom on each petal of the flower. Finally, the last picture is a beautiful tulip flower "planted" in a used soda bottle. Cute huh?!!

Today we also celebrated Cinco de Mayo by eating fruit salsa for snack (lots of different cut up fruits mixed with jelly, cinnamon and brown sugar - yummy!) and tacos for lunch :) One of the books we read this week was "Happy Mother's Day Mami!" - a Dora, the Explorer book.

Hope you enjoy the pictures - have a great weekend, and Happy Mother's Day!

Take care -
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool