Hey everyone -
Yesterday the babies and I joined up with a nanny and her 3 boys and spent the afternoon at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It was one of their "free days" that they have every once in a while - which is a real treat because its an amazing museum!
We spent most of our time in the Discovery Zone - this has gobs of activities for the kids like music, digging for dinosaur bones, crazy mirrors, puppets, huge blocks, old piano, wind tunnel... The babies especially liked the music area - they had lots of musical instruments for them to play with like tambourines, maracas, cymbals, an African drum and more. One of the babies especially liked the disco ball on the ceiling - she was mesmerized by the lights and how it moved. They also liked the puppets and the large blocks. All in all, it was a fun adventure for them. I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for any upcoming free days so that we can go again!
Hope you all are doing well. Thanks for reading - and remember to spread the word about my new in-home preschool opening up in 2 weeks!
Thanks,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher :)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Keep talking!
Hey everyone -
Keep spreading the word about Monarch Kids Preschool. Word-of-mouth is so helpful!
Today I spent some time working on some lesson plans for our "All About Me" week. How fun! I found some great craft ideas, songs, games, puppet shows... I can't wait to do these activities with the kids.
When I was out on a walk today I went through the alphabet thinking of a nature or science-related item for each letter. For example, I'm thinking that around the time of Fall Festivals (or Halloween as some call it), we'll do "Icky Stickies" for the letter "I" (slugs, snails, goo, slime...). Or another routed we could go is "Creepy Crawlies" for the letter "C". I had so much fun thinking of different ideas. There really are so many options. For the letter "F" I'd love to do something for feathers, with birds being the broader topic. So we would focus on finches and flickers - which we have a lot of in our backyard. I have some great bird crafts and activities from all my days working at nature centers that I know the kids will love.
Anyway, I don't know if you can tell, but I'm very excited to start the preschool! The art wall is coming together at the house - and I'm finishing up some of our daily activities like the weather chart.
Thanks for reading - I'll be sure to keep you posted on other news. Have a great day!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher
Keep spreading the word about Monarch Kids Preschool. Word-of-mouth is so helpful!
Today I spent some time working on some lesson plans for our "All About Me" week. How fun! I found some great craft ideas, songs, games, puppet shows... I can't wait to do these activities with the kids.
When I was out on a walk today I went through the alphabet thinking of a nature or science-related item for each letter. For example, I'm thinking that around the time of Fall Festivals (or Halloween as some call it), we'll do "Icky Stickies" for the letter "I" (slugs, snails, goo, slime...). Or another routed we could go is "Creepy Crawlies" for the letter "C". I had so much fun thinking of different ideas. There really are so many options. For the letter "F" I'd love to do something for feathers, with birds being the broader topic. So we would focus on finches and flickers - which we have a lot of in our backyard. I have some great bird crafts and activities from all my days working at nature centers that I know the kids will love.
Anyway, I don't know if you can tell, but I'm very excited to start the preschool! The art wall is coming together at the house - and I'm finishing up some of our daily activities like the weather chart.
Thanks for reading - I'll be sure to keep you posted on other news. Have a great day!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Spread the word!
Hello everyone -
I'm so excited to announce the opening of Monarch Kids Preschool! Thanks for following the website. My husband worked very hard to remodel it and update it to reflect the changes to the business. Doesn't it look great?! I've been getting out in the community trying to drum up business. If you know anyone that has preschool-aged children in the area, please let them know about Monarch Kids! I'd love to talk with them and see if their child would like to attend.
I've had so much fun lesson planning and finding really engaging and interactive activities for the kids. I have found so many great websites that have helped me with the planning part. Today I'm going to make a weather and season chart for the kids and I to use to track the weather each day. Yesterday I finished making the "back-to-school" bulletin board - its a giant sun with the saying above it: "Our future's so bright, we've got to wear shades!". I'll take a picture of the kids with sunglasses on the first day, print them out, and post them on the big sun.
Anyway, spread the word - I appreciate the help!
Thanks for reading,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher
I'm so excited to announce the opening of Monarch Kids Preschool! Thanks for following the website. My husband worked very hard to remodel it and update it to reflect the changes to the business. Doesn't it look great?! I've been getting out in the community trying to drum up business. If you know anyone that has preschool-aged children in the area, please let them know about Monarch Kids! I'd love to talk with them and see if their child would like to attend.
I've had so much fun lesson planning and finding really engaging and interactive activities for the kids. I have found so many great websites that have helped me with the planning part. Today I'm going to make a weather and season chart for the kids and I to use to track the weather each day. Yesterday I finished making the "back-to-school" bulletin board - its a giant sun with the saying above it: "Our future's so bright, we've got to wear shades!". I'll take a picture of the kids with sunglasses on the first day, print them out, and post them on the big sun.
Anyway, spread the word - I appreciate the help!
Thanks for reading,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher
Monday, July 26, 2010
A New Season
Hi everyone -
I wanted to let you all know about some exciting changes happening here at Monarch Kids! Starting in September, Monarch Kids will become a preschool for children ages 2 1/2 - 5 years old. I'm so excited about this transition and have been working hard to get everything ready in time! My website is currently being remodeled to reflect these changes. So keep an eye out for that.
There are many things that set my preschool apart:
1. In-home setting which provides more of a close-knit interaction and relationship between the teacher and the child.
2. Full nature program - my background is in nature education so I plan on incorporating nature and science activities with the kids each week. Gardening, nature hikes, insect explorations and much more!
3. Full art program - my husband is an artist with a variety of work experience (primary school art teacher (K-6th grade), art camps, graphic designer, moviemaker...) - he will be leading the kids in an art activity each week - then their art work will be displayed on my art wall for a month before being sent home with the kids (this will certainly make the home a vibrant place!)
4. Mid-morning snack and lunch - Monarch Kids is part of a Kids Nutrition Program so you can bet that kids will be given healthy snacks and meals. Plus, the hassle of feeding your child lunch will be gone - we'll take care of that for you!
5. Longer preschool hours - 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - this means that your child has more interaction, play and learning time - and moms and dads actually have time to get some things done before having to come pick up their child!
Here are the weekly themes planned for the months of September and October:
WELCOME WEEK
ALL ABOUT ME
LEAVES & TREES
APPLES
FALL
PUMPKINS
SPIDERS & BATS
Keep checking the website for all the updates and changes. I'm really looking forward to this new season!
As always, thanks for reading and staying up-to-date with the happenings at Monarch Kids!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher :)
I wanted to let you all know about some exciting changes happening here at Monarch Kids! Starting in September, Monarch Kids will become a preschool for children ages 2 1/2 - 5 years old. I'm so excited about this transition and have been working hard to get everything ready in time! My website is currently being remodeled to reflect these changes. So keep an eye out for that.
There are many things that set my preschool apart:
1. In-home setting which provides more of a close-knit interaction and relationship between the teacher and the child.
2. Full nature program - my background is in nature education so I plan on incorporating nature and science activities with the kids each week. Gardening, nature hikes, insect explorations and much more!
3. Full art program - my husband is an artist with a variety of work experience (primary school art teacher (K-6th grade), art camps, graphic designer, moviemaker...) - he will be leading the kids in an art activity each week - then their art work will be displayed on my art wall for a month before being sent home with the kids (this will certainly make the home a vibrant place!)
4. Mid-morning snack and lunch - Monarch Kids is part of a Kids Nutrition Program so you can bet that kids will be given healthy snacks and meals. Plus, the hassle of feeding your child lunch will be gone - we'll take care of that for you!
5. Longer preschool hours - 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - this means that your child has more interaction, play and learning time - and moms and dads actually have time to get some things done before having to come pick up their child!
Here are the weekly themes planned for the months of September and October:
WELCOME WEEK
ALL ABOUT ME
LEAVES & TREES
APPLES
FALL
PUMPKINS
SPIDERS & BATS
Keep checking the website for all the updates and changes. I'm really looking forward to this new season!
As always, thanks for reading and staying up-to-date with the happenings at Monarch Kids!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher :)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Exciting Changes
Well, its been an exciting couple of days here at Monarch Kids. The babies are growing up for sure! It's amazing how fast they change! New teeth, new foods, rolling over, grabbing feet, laughing... So much to keep up with, but man is it fun!
Next week a couple of my older kids will be here since they're off for summer vacation. We'll start off their break with a bang by playing miniature golf and going to the Littleton Historical Museum. I think I've blogged about this place before - it is an outdoor living history museum with animals, blacksmiths, old one-room school houses, barns, and much more. And its free! Its a beautiful place to take the kids for a walk and see some amazing things from our history. So we're looking forward to that for sure.
I've wanted to get outside more and go for walks and to the park, but it has been so incredibly windy lately! So hopefully it will let up here soon. And this weekend I'll be going to the store to purchase some flowers, plants and herbs for the kids and I to plant next week. What fun!
Thanks for reading - I'll write more later on this week!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
Next week a couple of my older kids will be here since they're off for summer vacation. We'll start off their break with a bang by playing miniature golf and going to the Littleton Historical Museum. I think I've blogged about this place before - it is an outdoor living history museum with animals, blacksmiths, old one-room school houses, barns, and much more. And its free! Its a beautiful place to take the kids for a walk and see some amazing things from our history. So we're looking forward to that for sure.
I've wanted to get outside more and go for walks and to the park, but it has been so incredibly windy lately! So hopefully it will let up here soon. And this weekend I'll be going to the store to purchase some flowers, plants and herbs for the kids and I to plant next week. What fun!
Thanks for reading - I'll write more later on this week!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Prepping for a Garden
Hello there friends!
Today I worked in the backyard and started preparing a spot for a garden. I love gardening so much and its also such a great activity to do with kids. I found this article that talked about different ideas for planting a garden with kids. It mentioned a "pizza garden", where you plant tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil...basically anything you would want to put on a pizza. Another idea they had was to plant a "rainbow garden". This would obviously have many different colored flowers and you could arrange them as a rainbow. How fun! I think we'll start with the pizza garden idea so that we can not only have fun planting the food, but also enjoy eating it! The area I'm using is a small plot of land which is great - I certainly don't want to bite off more than I can chew!
Well, thanks for reading. I'll keep you posted on the garden and other fun happenings at Monarch Kids!
Kendall
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
Today I worked in the backyard and started preparing a spot for a garden. I love gardening so much and its also such a great activity to do with kids. I found this article that talked about different ideas for planting a garden with kids. It mentioned a "pizza garden", where you plant tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil...basically anything you would want to put on a pizza. Another idea they had was to plant a "rainbow garden". This would obviously have many different colored flowers and you could arrange them as a rainbow. How fun! I think we'll start with the pizza garden idea so that we can not only have fun planting the food, but also enjoy eating it! The area I'm using is a small plot of land which is great - I certainly don't want to bite off more than I can chew!
Well, thanks for reading. I'll keep you posted on the garden and other fun happenings at Monarch Kids!
Kendall
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Long Time, No Write
Hello everyone -
It has been way too long since I've written in this blog - I'm so sorry about that!
One big reason why I haven't blogged is that my husband and I had a baby girl at the beginning of the year! We love being parents - it has blessed our lives tremendously. So I took some time off to spend with her before starting the child care back up again.
For a couple of months now, we've been back in full swing. I have another infant that comes everyday - he's 2 months older than my daughter. It's been a blast seeing them interact each day. For a while she didn't notice him at all, but now she really is starting to. Sometimes I'll lay them both down on a blanket and they just stare at each other and talk to each other. He's starting to roll over so he usually tries to roll to her and touch her. I'm teaching him about being gentle:)
What else can I share? I'm so thankful its getting warmer outside. Now we can start to go to parks and long walks in the afternoon. I also bought new outdoor play equipment for the older kiddos and they've been having fun with that stuff. I have a ring toss game that we like to play frequently. One of my older girls is becoming quite the accomplished hula-hooper! She can even go from around her head to around her waist to around her knees. Wow!
Well, thanks for reading and I'll be sure to blog more frequently now. I hope you all have a great Tuesday!
Kendall
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
It has been way too long since I've written in this blog - I'm so sorry about that!
One big reason why I haven't blogged is that my husband and I had a baby girl at the beginning of the year! We love being parents - it has blessed our lives tremendously. So I took some time off to spend with her before starting the child care back up again.
For a couple of months now, we've been back in full swing. I have another infant that comes everyday - he's 2 months older than my daughter. It's been a blast seeing them interact each day. For a while she didn't notice him at all, but now she really is starting to. Sometimes I'll lay them both down on a blanket and they just stare at each other and talk to each other. He's starting to roll over so he usually tries to roll to her and touch her. I'm teaching him about being gentle:)
What else can I share? I'm so thankful its getting warmer outside. Now we can start to go to parks and long walks in the afternoon. I also bought new outdoor play equipment for the older kiddos and they've been having fun with that stuff. I have a ring toss game that we like to play frequently. One of my older girls is becoming quite the accomplished hula-hooper! She can even go from around her head to around her waist to around her knees. Wow!
Well, thanks for reading and I'll be sure to blog more frequently now. I hope you all have a great Tuesday!
Kendall
Monarch Kids Childcare Provider
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