The Growing Tree Addison VT

10/03/2026

🍎 It’s been an apple-filled week in Preschool! 🍎

The preschoolers have spent the week learning about all things apples in preparation for our family apple-picking trip this weekend!

We’ve also seen SO much creativity happening in our classroom and outside! From making apples out of Play-Doh, to the boys “helping with the lawn,” creating volcanoes in the sandbox, and so much more. ❤️ It has been so much fun watching their imaginations come to life and seeing just how creative their little minds can be!

We are all VERY excited to eat… I mean, PICK 😂 lots of apples together this weekend! We can’t wait to make some special memories with all of our Growing Tree families! ❤️

10/02/2026

The toddlers had themselves a little fall photo shoot to send home to Mommy and Daddy, and oh my gosh… 😍🍂 What absolute CUTIES we have! 🤎

We also took a little field trip over to the cornfield to hunt for some leftover corn! 🌽 The kiddos got to collect it and bring it back so we can shuck it together and add it to our sensory bin. There’s nothing better than getting outside, exploring, and turning what we find in nature into hands-on learning!

Between sweet fall pictures, little adventures, and lots of exploring, it was such a fun fall week! 🍁🍂

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

Cars, tractors, puddle jumping, working together, and soaking up every bit of this beautiful weather while we can!

Our toddlers are growing, learning, and discovering so many new things each and every day. Watching their little personalities blossom, their confidence grow, and seeing them reach new developmental milestones is truly something special. 💕

Being a part of these early years—teaching them, encouraging them, cheering them on, and celebrating all of the little victories along the way—is one of the most rewarding parts of what we do. We are so proud of how much they are learning and growing!

09/29/2026

We have enjoyed the the fall weather, exploring different types of apples, predicting if apples sink or float, and welcoming a new friend these last couple weeks. We are so excited for our annual Family Apple Picking Day this weekend 🍎

We were lucky to be granted a farm to early childhood grant and gift our families with a certificate to Champlain orchards!

09/12/2026

🍎 This Week in Preschool: Color, Wiggles & Giggles!

🎨 Color Mixing Fun: We had such a silly, creative week together! The kids practiced zig‑zag tracing with markers, colored pencils and crayons, painted apples, and discovered that mixing red and yellow makes orange magic.

🛝 Outdoor Play: Outside, we balanced on logs, zoomed dump trucks, built sand castles, and turned the playhouse into the busiest ice cream shop in town.

📚 We also had a special visit from Ms. Olivia the librarian from the Bixby Library in Vergennes. Her silly stories had everyone giggling. Especially “The Book With No Pictures”

🎶 Music Time: At circle, we learned to tap rhythm sticks and shake egg shakers while singing and dancing. So much wiggly joy.

🤖 Robot Hotels with Magna‑Tiles: Growing Math & STEM Skills Through Play

After reading “Pete The Cat’s Robot” and “Are There Sheep in New York City?” The kids were very interested in robots and hotels! We had a really fun conversation after reading the book about friends who’ve stayed at hotels. We decided to combine the two and build robot hotels with Magna‑Tiles and alphabet transformers the kids call robots.

This activity in our science center invited preschoolers into rich, child-led engineering play where math concepts came alive. As children design rooms, doors, elevators, swimming pools and “robot parking garages,” they practice foundational skills in geometry, spatial reasoning, measurement, and problem‑solving! All while immersed in imaginative storytelling.