Andie's Family Child Care

Summer Enrichment 2022 was loads of fun. We spent the final two weeks engaged in engineering activities.

A few photos from geology week. Rocks are fun and fascinating!

A few photos from biology week. The kids had all been loving the card game Muddles from Big Potato Games, asking to play it every day and pretending to be muddle animals at the playground. This week’s maker space challenge was to sculpt a muddle out of clay and then build a habitat for their creature. We also thoroughly enjoyed observing and conducting experiments with earthworms. Our favorite biology books were ”The Good Germ Hotel,” and “Battle of the Butts: The Science Behind Animal Behinds.”

Last week was Chemistry Week. We got familiar with some important vocabulary through our activities: solid, liquid, gas, acid, base, indicator, solution, suspension, and chemical reaction. The highlight of the week was making “potions.”

We continued our water theme this week by exploring what makes objects float, and building our own boats. The week culminated with our tin foil river.

This week’s theme for Summer Enrichment was water. We did several experiments to demonstrate some special properties of water, particularly adhesion and cohesion. Our maker space challenge was: “can you make a water slide?” The kids all worked hard constructing and problem solving, and especially liked testing them out with toy animals and real water. We also had water play day with reusable water balloons, squirters, and some water baseball.

Summer Enrichment Week One

Ready for week one of summer enrichment! I still have a few spots available for preschool and school age children. Come play and learn with us!

Our maker space, painting station, and science table are ready for summer fun!

Ms. Andie’s Family Child Care and Preschool has closed permanently.

Thank you to all the friends and family who supported me on this adventure. And thank you to all the parents who shared their little ones with me over the past four years.

If you are in search of licensed child care, try MyChildCare.ca.gov or call our local YMCA child care resource and referral at 1-800-481-2151.

If you are interested in more learning and story times with Ms. Andie, I will be providing some Zoom classes at rosebudtutoring.com. “Collection Math” and “Puppet Preschool,” taught by me, are starting soon. A range of classes, taught by qualified teachers, are available for children from Pre-k to Upper Elementary.

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