Horizons Early Learning Center

10/03/2026

Our theme this week was VERMONT & FALL LEAVES!

We love Vermont, and especially in the Fall!

🎨 We painted with leaves

🍁 We discovered the many fall colors of leaves

🎨 We talked about maple sugaring and tasted some maple syrup

🌽 We painted with corn on the cob

🫎 We learned about VT wildlife

🍧 We made snow cones

🧌 We learned about Champ, the creature who lives in Lake Champlain

🖍️ We colored our State

🪾 We created a Fall tree

🍂 We counted leaves

09/26/2026

Our theme this week was APPLES & PUMPKINS!

🎃 We experienced the inside of a pumpkin

🍎 We counted apples and pumpkin seeds

🍏 We learned that different types of apples, although different in the outside are the same on the inside!

🧑‍🍳 We taste tested apples

🌳 We “picked” apples in our classroom

🧡 We painted with orange paint

🟢🟠 We matched apple colors

🎃 We learned apple and pumpkin songs

09/19/2026

WEATHER was our theme this week!

💨 We created cloud and weather art

👣 We made rainbows out of footprints

🌧️ We did a cloud/rain science experiment

🌪️ We made a tornado in a bottle

🌩️ We talked about weather words

❄️ We voted on our favorite weather (snow!)

🌈 We explored rainbow colors

🍧 We made snow cones

3️⃣ We counted clouds

09/12/2026

Our theme this week was ALL ABOUT ME!

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 We talked about our families

🪞 We said nice things to ourselves in the mirror

😭 We talked about feelings and emotions

📏 We measured our height

✍️ We learned to trace our names

🎨 We mixed colors

🧑‍🎨 We drew a self portrait using a mirror

🫆 We looked at our unique fingerprints

09/07/2026

09/05/2026

Our theme this week was BACK TO SCHOOL!

✏️ We painted pencils

💦 We did a science experiment on germs and handwashing

👏 We practiced washing our hands

📚 We talked about school rules

🔸🔻 We matched shapes

✂️ We had a scavenger hunt (school supplies)

⭕️ We learned about Morning Meeting (circle time)

08/29/2026

This week was TOPSY TURVY WEEK, and the last week of summer camp.

We said goodbye to all of our graduates, and wished them well in kindergarten! 👍

👒 Monday was Crazy Hat Day

🧡 Tuesday we asked everyone to wear Horizons Orange

👩🏽‍🎤 Wednesday was Crazy Hair Day

🔙 Thursday was Backwards Day

🍨 Friday we celebrated with ice cream sundaes

08/22/2026

HORIZONS RESTAURANT was our theme this week! The highlight of the week was a visit from Chef Pat (Southside Steakhouse)!

🥤 We made smoothies and talked about the way different foods taste (sweet, salty, sour, bitter)

🔴 We counted pepperoni

🌮 We played in the Horizons Taco Restaurant

🍝 We created paper plate pizza, and spaghetti

👨‍🍳 We made chef hats

🍗 We sorted food, and went “grocery shopping”

🎨 We made place mats

🍕 We learned the Pizza Song

💦 We washed dishes

08/20/2026

Happy 8th Anniversary to Horizons Early Learning Center!!! It’s hard to believe it’s been that long!