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From digging through stories to making history of our own… 🦴📚

Our Unearth a Story summer adventure has come to an end, and what a memorable ending it was!

This week, we had the opportunity to learn from University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology educators, who brought real fossils for the children to observe before guiding them through the process of creating their very own fossil casts. Holding authentic fossils and making their own discoveries helped bring paleontology to life in a way that books alone never could.

Over the past month, we’ve discovered that every story has the power to become an experience. From sensory explorations and dinosaur discoveries to science experiments, fossils, and library adventures, our children didn’t just read about the past—they explored it.

Thank you, Hazel Park Library, for inspiring a month of curiosity, imagination, and hands-on learning. Until the next story is unearthed… 🦕💚

What if learning about the past meant getting your hands a little messy?

Today our little paleontologists created their own clay fossils! They pressed dinosaur footprints, shells, and other prehistoric finds into clay, then added their own creative touches.

Activities like this turn science into an experience—building fine motor skills, encouraging observation, and helping children understand how fossils give us clues about life long ago.

We’re still unearthing stories one discovery at a time! 🦕🔎

If you were a paleontologist, what would you hope to dig up?

Today we took learning from the page to the plate! 📚

During our visit to the library, the children explored the layers of soil by creating their own edible soil cups! From bedrock to topsoil, each tasty layer gave them a hands-on way to explore what’s beneath our feet—and of course, adding a few worms made it even more fun. 🪱

We love when literacy, science, creativity, and a little something sweet all come together!

What was your favorite science experiment as a child?

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ROAR means "I love the library!" 🦕
🦖Today’s Unearth a Story Summer Reading Program had us dancing like dinosaurs, laughing, and falling even more in love with books. Summer memories are the best kind!

Another trip around the sun and I got to celebrate it with some of my favorite little people. 🥳🍓

There’s something extra special about birthdays through the eyes of children. Their excitement is contagious, their hugs are genuine, and somehow a chocolate-covered strawberry tastes even sweeter when you’re sharing it with tiny friends.

Watching them smile, laugh, and enjoy this little birthday treat reminded me that the greatest gifts aren’t things, they’re the moments we get to share together. These are the memories that last. ❤️

Here’s to another year of nurturing little hearts, celebrating big milestones, and making everyday moments meaningful.

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Our mud kitchen got an upgrade—we added it right into the sand pit!
Yesterday, the children were busy cooking, creating, and exploring. As they played, I introduced words like sifting and leveling, and they immediately connected the vocabulary to their actions. They weren’t just hearing new words, they were experiencing them.
This is why play matters.
When children scoop, pour, sift, level, mix, and create, they’re building language, strengthening fine motor skills, developing problem-solving abilities, and making meaningful connections through hands-on learning.
To them, it’s making mud pies. To us, it’s building vocabulary one scoop at a time.