Author: Chelsey Youngblom

April 2023 - Nature Here comes the sun! After a long winter everyone is thrilled to feel the sun on their cheeks and see the snow melting. Finally, its goodbye snow pants and hello rain boots! The month of April was dedicated to nature knowledge.   Birds, Bugs and Dinosaurs Our exploration brought us all the way back to the dinosaurs. We practiced looking for fossils, examined different insects up close, and we even had a 'campsite' surrounded by different animals from our area. Under The Sea There is so much to learn about the Earth's oceans and all of their inhabitants. At The Great Lakes Aquarium the kiddos were able to see some of these creatures up close and even interact with them! Back at preschool we did 'sink…

March 2023 - Creative Me Making Art Throughout the month of March we learned about all the different ways we can express ourselves. The preschoolers experimented with multiple artistic mediums including 'action painting', still-life drawing, making paper, felting, and sculpting. Music, Stories, and Poetry There are so many ways to be creative! The music stage is always a favorite at CCP. We also read many silly stories with opportunities for rhyming practice and creative thinking, as well as social/emotional learning.  St. Patrick's Day The Leprechaun brought his usual bag of tricks this year and the kids found gold coins, green toilets and a pot of candy at the end of a scavenger hunt. We also did some 'magical' science experiments like combining simple ingredients to create bouncy balls and making regular cake…