International MUD DAY
Woo hoo! International Mud Day at the new Hands-on-Nature ANARCHY ZONE at the Ithaca Children’s Garden. YEAH!!!! Mud pools, mud slides, mud pies, mud cloth, mud mountains. We got 60 cubic yards of screened topsoil delivered and the Ithaca fire department was amazingly generous and came to soak it all up and make some yummy ...read more
Creekside Adventure School
Gotta love it: learning about the world by being in the world. Up close and personal style. After all the years of dreaming and designing children’s spaces I finally have a child of my own: Julian James Keeler, born Jan 8, 2012. yay! So what’s a new parent to do but dream up an Art ...read more
Ice, Salt, Color; FUN
Another fun visit to the Seed Center in Ithaca, NY. Inspired by Bev Bos, Jacquelyn put out frozen ICE BLOCKS in bins and gave the kids salt and food coloring. The salt melts the ice in fascinating patterns and the color, well, colors it! Fun stuff on a warm summer’s day…
Early Spring Playscape: snow, mud, brown, bulbs!
[slideshow] Here is another wonderful home-based preschool center in Ithaca, NY that I love visiting throughout the seasons: Corner of the Sky, run by my friend Valerie http://cornerofthesky.org/ As the snow continued to recede children found spring bulbs, protected delicate green tree-seedlings from trampling feet, and rode the wagon through the barely budding lilac tree ...read more
