Willow Tree Daycare

Merry Christmas to our Willow Tree family and friends! Thank you all so much for all the wonderful gifts! We appreciate all of your thoughtfulness! So blessed to be part of your villages!

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Final letter to finish this school year! For Z week the kiddos grew “zombie” plants. A few weeks ago they decorated their pots with stickers. Then they planted their seeds. They watered them daily and after 3 weeks they had tiny plants to take home. Once the plants had a second set of leaves, when you touch them they fall over like zombies and then go back up. (Some plants definitely worked better than others!)
In sign language they learned: zipper, zoo, zombie, zero and zebra.
Great job kids! Time for summer break!!!!!

Letter Y week had the kids using their fine motor skills to sew their letter and then they hung their yo-yos off the side.

In sign language they learned: yes, yellow, yogurt, yo yo and yawn.

One letter left!!!!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our amazing mommas! So blessed to have you all in our little village!
The kids got to paint their cards inside zip lock bags (way less messy!) They liked posing for their photos and putting their moon and clouds on the cards!
Of course Owen told me that if the moon was out the sky should have been darker….. 🤣❤️

Letter X week was a little challenging for a craft and sign language! The kids made xylophones with colored popsicle sticks and Pom Pom balls on pipe cleaners. Got to love quiet musical instruments!

In sign language we had to be a little creative finding words to teach and decided to use words with x somewhere in the word: xylophone, exit, box, fox and six.

For W week the kids made woodpeckers. First they colored their houses and then the woodpeckers. They attached a string so the bird could peck on their houses. (Hopefully their woodpeckers don’t do as much damage as the one that likes to make holes on the side of my house!)

In sign language the kids learned: water, watch, whale and wagon.

Very busy Easter Week. The kids got to play in dirt while they made their Resurrection gardens. Then they made the cutest Easter bunnies.

In sign language, we reviewed how to say God and Jesus, and then learned Easter and Resurrection.

For letter V week we made volcanos. First the kids did the experiment adding baking soda and vinegar to make a volcano erupt. And then they made one out of paper to take home.

In sign language the kids learned: volcano, vacuum, violin and vote.

For U week the kids made unicorns with rainbows. They had gold glitter unicorn horns. ( when i asked my son Griffen what they looked like, he said “a pig with a party hat….🤷‍♀️)

In sign language they learned: up, under, unicorn, umbrella and United States.

The kids loved making teddy bears for the T week craft. They sewed their teddy bears together, filled them with stuffing and put their face, belly and bow ties on them.
In sign language they learned: thank you, taco, tiger, talk, turtle, table and tooth.

Anyone hungry? For S week the kids made plates of spaghetti with meatballs!
In sign language they learned sun, sheep, sit, spoon, soccer and scissors.
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