Month: October 2010

A couple of funny little Quinn preschool stories.   Every day in class, they talk about the weather and they do alot of seasonal activities.  For example, they made negative leaf prints and collages with lots of fall folliage stuff (pinecones, leaves, etc).  On our way home from preschool yesterday, we could see the leaves falling from the treas and Quinn said \”Wow!  What a beautiful fall day!\”.  I\’m sure one of his teachers said this and it was funny to hear him repeat it.

I also did a quick video of Quinn right after we got in the car to go home.  I always bring him a snack and a drink because he is starving so he is waving around a great big PB&J.  Then he started chatting….

Last night Don and I went to Back to School night and it was really amazing to see all the things that the kids do in class.  The school does not use on particular teaching philosophy but pull in the best of each.  You can see alot of the Monetessori teaching style, which we like  In Quinn\’s class it is all play based learning and WOW they must be having fun.

Each week the school concentrates on one letter of the alphabet and this week was letter C.  One of Quinn\’s teachers was telling a story about how they use a fishing tackle kind of box filled with objects that begin with the letter C.  They showed the kids the items on Tuesday and on Thursday asked them if they remembered what was in the box.   Well one little boy said \’Cars\’.  They asked him how many cars, and he said \’2\’.  They asked what color were the cards and he said \’Red and Yellow\’.  The teachers were very impressed with this little boy and so are we :>)   We spoke with Missy Bunny and she said that Quinn is really coming out of his shell in school.  

Have I mentioned how much we love Sundance School?  Yes, I have and I\’ll say it again…we love this school.

Quinn\’s preschool class had a small birthday party for him at school on Tuesday.  The school asks that you bring in festive plates, cups, and napkins for snack time (no sweets!).   When I picked up Quinn on Tuesday, Miss Bunny said that Quinn wouldn\’t put on his birthday crown.  Funny enough, he didn\’t take it off for the rest of the day once we left school 😉

I am a member of a Holistic Moms Group and one of my favorite aspects of the group is all of the outings that are planned for members.  One of our members arranged to have a visit to the Westfield Fire House.  I was really impressed with how patient and kind the fire men were with the kids.  Although a visit to the fire house was the main appeal, the fire men taught the kids (and moms) some basic fire safety  tips.  You know \’stop, drop, and roll\’, changing the batteries in smoke detectors, not going back in the house for pets, etc.  It was a little bit over Quinn\’s head but the older kids were asking lots of questions .

At the end of our visit, the friendly fire men posed for a photo.

Inside the fire house.

The firemen let the kids touch and pick up lots of stuff.

 Curious Quinn 🙂

 He wanted to touch all of the buttons.

The kids got the chance to walk through the front of the fire truck.  Quinn\’s not so sure about getting a help out.

To make our day even better, the fire station is right next to the train station.  We walked up and down the platform a couple of times waiting in vain for a train to come whistling by the station.  Notice the birthday crown.