MUD! it’s ok, mamas and papas….
So we all know kids love mud and puddles and jumping in mud and puddles. And yes, we parents know it too – but do we like it? Not always! And now schools and childcare centers are intentionally allowing and encouraging children to explore the mud and mess? Oh my goodness! How do teachers handle ...read more
Creativity in the Anarchy Zone mud pit
You could simply call this “play”, or like Morgan Leichter-Saxby, you could also call this “building, engineering, balancing, experimenting, splashing, and focusing”– all in the Mud at the Ithaca Children’s Garden’s ANARCHY ZONE. Mud Constructions at the hands-on-nature ANARCHY ZONE from rusty keeler on Vimeo.
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
International MUD DAY 2011
You gotta love International MUD DAY (June 29th) and you gotta love it where we got to spend it: at one of Claire Warden’s fabulous Nature Kindergartens In Crieff, Scotland. While Mud Day is everyday at the nature kindergarten we had extra fun by the little creek in their wild woods. (the day before we ...read more
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
Marvelous MUD
Last day in New Zealand. Heading out to Sydney early tomorrow morning. Today we finished building the foundation of a sweet little waterfall water feature at the Linwood Playcentre. Yesterday we layed boulders, gravel and hardware cloth wire mesh to create a base for the concrete. Today the cement truck came and with a hardy ...read more
