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About Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

I am a very patient, friendly, creative, self-motivated and loving mother who has a passion for nurturing and caring for children. I run a home daycare and provide a warm, loving environment where your children can feel safe, secure and happy.

At the park in February

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

What a beautiful morning to take the kids to the park. It was sunny and the temperature was above zero which is not a typical February day here in Canada. I buckled the little ones in the wagon while the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Elmo!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Today we celebrated Elmo’s birthday. In the morning we started creating our Elmo face masks by painting paper plates red. We read some Elmo stories and flipped through some Elmo books. We watched an Elmo movie about Faces before lunch. … Continue reading →

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Happy Groundhog Day!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Today we celebrated Groundhog Day. We discussed how the Groundhog comes out of his hibernation to predict if we will have an early spring or 6 more weeks of winter depending on if he sees his shadow or not. I … Continue reading →

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Counting Snowmen

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

I like to make things for the kids to learn with but sometimes it’s just easier to buy things when they are already put together to save me time. I bought this counting snowman package at ASCY (daycare lending library). … Continue reading →

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I’m in the mood for Winter clothes

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

I received some laminated pictures of winter clothing from one of my networking members along with a song to sing with the kids when we are getting dressed to play outside. It has helped to show the kids the order … Continue reading →

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Ways to love a child

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Give your presence more than your presents. Laugh, dance and sing together. Listen from a heart-space. Encourage. Understand. Allow them to love themselves. Say yes as often as possible. Say no when necessary. Honor their no’s. Apologize. Touch gently. Build … Continue reading →

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Car tracks

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

All the kids enjoy playing with cars throughout their day here so I thought it would be a great idea to show them how cars can make tracks in the paint.

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Finally the snow has come

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

It’s the middle of January and all the kids have been waiting for the snow. The snow came this morning but with the windchill it was too cold for the little ones to go outside, so we brought the snow … Continue reading →

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Handprint mittens

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

The kids had fun getting their hands full of blue paint and making handprints for this activity. Sorry to the parents that took home their kids with blue hands LOL!

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Giving gifts for City Kidz

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

In our December Newsletter we asked our daycare families to please donate a toy for The City Kidz Gift of Christmas toy drive. We received a great response from our families and we were able to fill under our Christmas … Continue reading →

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