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Appleseeds Begins!

Thank you for visiting! This blog is to reflect on our weeks here together at Appleseeds Home Nursery. I am excited to see how the year unfolds with the changing of the seasons. I hope this blog gives the reader a better sense of what our day looks like and why I believe play is so crucial to child development.

Woodsy times

2/28/2014

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We're enjoying as much as possible of the woods before Spring brings along her faithful N.C. companion: poison ivy. Then our outdoor focus will return to our play yard closer to home and the seeds we've planted in the garden. The children have loved working and playing together in the rugged woody hills behind Appleseeds. Sometimes a large branch requires lifting by 3 or 4 friends (just for the heck of it!), requiring grunts and deepened voices in order to lift it, and then drop it down again. Another game they love to play is to reach out a hand to a friend who has made it to the top of a hill and say "help me up!", whether it's required or not, it's enjoyable for them to have their friends waiting for them at the top and helping them up. 

All through February we had a little finger play about 2 hungry mice who looked for some food. It is done with children sitting down "indian style". The hands are the mice and they "creep creep creep to the first floor (knees), they look all around...not a crumb to be found! And then they heard a sound, MEOW!! And they scampered to the ground!" The children do the same on the second floor (shoulders), but in the attic (head) the mice find a BIG piece of cheese and "nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble, and gave the crumbs to the birds". By the end, the children knew all the words and loved saying it on their own. 
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    I am the owner of a small, play and nature based home nursery located in Durham, NC. My goal is to provide a cozy nursery for children that allows them to play using all of their senses both indoors and out. I also hope to bring families and children together through seasonal activities and celebrations. 

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