Developmental Experiences, Child-Directed Activities, Play-Based Learning

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Outdoor Story Time

Lorem chatgpt Outdoor story time is an exciting activity for families and children. It's a great way to get out of the house and explore nature while listening to stories. It's a fun and educational activity that helps kids build a connection to nature and get in touch with their imaginations. Outdoor story time gives children an opportunity to connect with the world around them and learn more about their environment.

Process art

Lorem chatgpt Process art is an excellent activity for small children and parents to do together. It encourages creativity, promotes problem-solving, and builds fine motor skills. It also helps to strengthen the bond between the child and their parent. Process art is a great way to foster learning and creativity in a fun and safe environment.

Sensory experiences

Lorem chatgpt Sensory experiences are essential for small children to learn and grow. They help build nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, allowing children to complete more complex tasks. Sensory experiences support language development, fine motor skills, cognitive growth, social interaction, and problem-solving skills. Through sensory experiences, children learn to explore and make sense of the world around them.

This week the babies made their own watercolor paintings and explored the cooked tapioca! They had a blast as you can see! In our Ah-Ha Fun Time Babies class we let the babies use real paint because they can make beautiful process art if given the o
We offered the children a liquid watercolor color-mixing and pouring invitation this week. The 1/2s were also offered sponges while the 2/3s were offered droppers and cotton balls. They had so much fun experimenting and exploring the medium. You don&
This is a tapioca appreciation post!!! We played with raw dyed tapioca last week and that was fun but it was nothing compared to the fun and exploration that ensued once we offered cooked tapioca in our sensory bins this week!!! It feels like a milli
During our baby class this week there was lots of great explorations! The babies had a blast splashing around and spilling the liquid watercolor paint. They also used their whole bodies to feel the soft fluffy flour. #parentandme #momandme #toddle
Happy Mother’s Day! 💞 For our Mother’s Day art experience we poured, dripped, splashed, stacked, and explored tempera paint. Some paint made it on the sweet cardboard hearts but that was not the focus- we let the explorations happen arou
It was a wet week but that didn’t keep us from having a fantastic time! Look at how many wonderful and unique experiences we packed into this week! We read and sang about caterpillars and butterflies, we made spring flowers with bleeding tissue
“My child won’t sit down for storytime!” Yes, of course not! Ah-Ha Fun Time is a developmental class and everything your child does naturally is JUST what they are supposed to do. It is totally normal for children to get up and move
Another amazing week of classes! We continued our exploration of liquid watercolors. The children had an amazing time painting, splashing, throwing, dragging and spilling the paint. It was true open-ended, hands-on learning, process art fun! The chil
Pearl couscous was such a fun dry sensory bin filler! It felt amazing, was so fun to pour and scoop and made the best sounds as it was sprinkled over the metal toys. I dyed it exactly the same way I dye rice. This week I will be cooking it for a whol
Give them time. When we engage in a group art experiences I notice a wide variety of approaches from the children both in their speed to jump in, and in the length of their engagement. These are two separate things and should be respected as such. So
What an amazing start to our Spring Quarter!!! We will be exploring liquid watercolors this quarter and the kids were very busy with their initial experiences this week. As the quarter progresses, so will the art curriculum; increasing in complexity
Sensory Storytime @goplaylab! Join us every Wednesday in May at 4 PM at PlayLab Eagle Rock for storytime and sensory bins! This event is included with your Day Pass! Link in bio to register, then go to PlayLab’s site to pay your Day Pass fee
Registration is now open for our Ah-Ha Fun Time Mother’s Day drop-in! May 10th at 9:00 and 10:45 AM, $34 Link in bio to register!!! Come celebrate Mother’s Day with us at a very special Mother’s Day themed Ah-Ha Fun Time Drop-In
Spring Quarter starts next week and we will be focusing on liquid watercolors in our art experiences this quarter. I am so excited to share the amazing progression I have planned with my students and with all of my insta-friends over here! #parenta
This is a “yes” space. “Yes, you can paint your body.” “Yes, you can fill your pockets with rice.” “Yes, you can get up and move during storytime.” These investigations and impulses are valuable learni
Let’s go star gazing ✨Oh, wait that’s actually our Winter Quarter final projects. These projects took three weeks to complete. Each week we added 1 or 2 layers of materials. In the end these projects have 5 layers of beautiful process art
❄️ Snow Dough ❄️ My students went crazy for the snow dough bins this week! It crunches just like real snow and can even hold it’s shape when it’s squeezed! Taste safe and super easy to make! I don’t follow a strict recipe but it&rsq

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Reviews

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“Love the hands off the babes/encouragement approach ; all the different activities”

- Tina B., Dec 8, 2022

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“The activities are so creative! My son loves the age appropriate crafts and sensorial experiences.”

- Claudia S., Oct 26, 2022

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“My daughter has so much fun! Especially the painting. I appreciate the instructor's guidance and the activities she provides the students.”

- Cyla F., Aug 11, 2022

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“This class gives children an opportunity to just be... kids!”

- Therese E., Jul 22, 2022

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“My daughter was obsessed after one day. The story time is fun with fantastic book choices, the art and sensory play lets them run wild and get messy which we find hard to do at home, and the big shady backyard is always cool even on hot summer mornings. Miss Meryl is hugely knowledgable and fun and a wonderful facilitator. Love this place!”

- Belinda G.