Natural Learning Lab

Natural Learning Lab No longer a home daycare. Rhanna is originally from Brazil and has been working with children in America since 2014.

Natural Learning Lab is a Home Daycare established in June 2020 by Rhanna Thompson, a mother and educator who cares deeply and understands the importance and value of a deliberately focused childhood education. Rhanna completed three certificates (40 credits ) toward her Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development at Northern Virginia Community College, worked as a Preschool teacher (2018-20

19), and as a nanny (2014-2018). Rhanna designed Natural learning Lab specifically to focus on a child lead learning experience where nature and the classroom act as co-teachers, intriguing, and stimulating children’s curiosity, and where learning is a consequence of play.

Looking for childcare? Look no further! Natural Learning Lab has spots available right now! We are a home dayacre licens...
01/30/2022

Looking for childcare? Look no further! Natural Learning Lab has spots available right now!

We are a home dayacre licensed though the Office of Childcare ( #256724) located in La Plata at Clark’s Run neighborhood.
Our program is tailored to each child’s personal interests and developmental needs. We believe in creating the right environment and exposing children to different experiences so they can explore and learn through play!
We offer special activities daily such as music, yoga, arts and crafts, cooking and their favorite: show and tell.

Message us now and schedule a tour!

Looking for childcare? Look no further! Natural Learning Lab has spots available right now! Licensed ( #256724) through ...
01/30/2022

Looking for childcare? Look no further! Natural Learning Lab has spots available right now!

Licensed ( #256724) through the Maryland Office of Childcare, our program is tailored to each child’s personal interests and developmental needs. We love nature exploration and exposing children to the environment that will spark curiosity and let the learning happen naturally and spontaneously through play!

Here is what our weeks look like:

Monday- Music 🎵
Tuesday- Arts and crafts 🎨
Wednesday- Yoga🧘‍♀️
Thursday- Cooking 🧑‍🍳
Friday- Show and tell 🧸

We are located at Clark’s run neighborhood in La Plata. Message us and schedule a tour! ❤️

.Leaves Collage 🍁 Back to one of our favorite fall activities:the leaves collage!So simple and so pretty! Our friends go...
12/04/2020

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Leaves Collage 🍁
Back to one of our favorite fall activities:
the leaves collage!
So simple and so pretty! Our friends got to collect some leaves and then play with the stickiness of the contact paper. ❤️
It turned out very pretty and it is still hanging on our main door.
It’s hard to believe that fall is almost over. 🍁
What is favorite season?

.Just a little bit of what we have been doing this week! ✔️going over body parts and working on fine motor skills using...
11/10/2020

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Just a little bit of what we have been doing this week!
✔️going over body parts and working on fine motor skills using Mr. Potato head;
✔️Woking on colors, problem solving and patterns using our wooden rainbow stacking blocks;
✔️Exploring dinosaurs and comparing their colors and sizes:
✔️Using colorful bracelets to creat different shapes on wooden plate rack OR use bracelets on rack as a Dino trampoline; 🤷🏽‍♀️
✔️Pretend play turning the toy cash register into a computer and the market stand into a desk;
✔️Parallel play with trucks and books and dinosaurs. 🚗 📚 🦖
❤️“Play builds the kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs.” ~ James L. Hymes, Jr.
Don’t forget to have fun!

.Fall Discussion and Exploration 🍁 🍎 Back in the first week of fall we had some fun talking about apples and leaves:🍂 We...
11/03/2020

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Fall Discussion and Exploration 🍁 🍎
Back in the first week of fall we had some fun talking about apples and leaves:
🍂 We tried to balance apples on paper tubes;
🍂We talked about different colors and textures of leaves;
🍂We crunched leaves with our hands;
🍂we tried to fit apples into different containers and tubes;
There are just so many things to learn and explore in this amazing season! 🍁

Halloween Party 🎃 On Friday we had our Halloween Party and we all had so much fun with all our spooky activities! Check ...
11/02/2020

Halloween Party 🎃
On Friday we had our Halloween Party and we all had so much fun with all our spooky activities!
Check out all the pictures and let us know what you think! 👻

.Here is a quick tip for you: have any empty seasoning containers laying around?🧂 Before trashing, consider letting your...
10/20/2020

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Here is a quick tip for you: have any empty seasoning containers laying around?🧂
Before trashing, consider letting your little ones play with them!
This is such a great opportunity to put their curios mind to work and improve problem solving and motor skills!
Give it a try!

.Pumpkin Painting 🎃 This week we are reading “It’s pumpkin day, mouse!” by and and this painting activity fits right i...
10/20/2020

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Pumpkin Painting 🎃
This week we are reading “It’s pumpkin day, mouse!” by and and this painting activity fits right in with the book!
They got to paint their own pumpkins just like
Mouse and Dog do in the story, plus the book gives us a great opportunity to talk about feelings and how we express them! 😊 😢 😦
📝 Tip: I created the props on last picture with cardboard paper, paint and markers so they get to play with the faces while we read our book during circle time!

.Sensory Table Activity Dyed rice for the win! 🍚 This week we used colorful rice to play with the fall colors and our fa...
10/07/2020

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Sensory Table Activity
Dyed rice for the win! 🍚
This week we used colorful rice to play with the fall colors and our farm animals. They loved playing with rice, finding the animals in the sensory tub, throwing rice up in the air and watching the colors mix as they played!
We will definitely be using this colorful rice idea again!
Have you tried this before?

.Matching activity: Farm animals edition 🐮 To remember and reinforce the animals’ names and sounds we are using pictures...
09/24/2020

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Matching activity: Farm animals edition 🐮
To remember and reinforce the animals’ names and sounds we are using pictures and figurines to match!
They pick a figurine of one of the animals and then try to find the same animal on the board.
Meanwhile you can ask them to find a specific animal, make its sound and have them repeat while they look for it.
It’s easy and fun, give it a try and help them expand their vocabulary!

.Still on the farm animals 🐴 Last week we started exploring the farm animals and here is another fun activity we worked ...
09/22/2020

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Still on the farm animals 🐴
Last week we started exploring the farm animals and here is another fun activity we worked on:
🧽 Giving our animals a bath in our water table! 🛁
This way they get to play with water and work on recognizing the animals and their names and sounds.
We had lots of fun and had the water table out throughout the week so our fun was extended by also:
💧 pouring water with the measuring cups;
🐎 comparing their sizes;
🎣 using the cups to “fish” the animals out of the water...
♾ so many ways to learn by playing!

Address

Portsmouth, VA

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+15712825363

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