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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.

Santa Claus is coming to town

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

By now most of my dc kids have visited Santa and were all telling me about their experiences. We have been listening to Christmas songs all month and we love “Santa Claus is coming to Town”. Throughout the last few … Continue reading →

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Ode to Childcare

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

One of my favourite poems about childcare. Little children come to me for hugs and books and such I care for all their simple needs and I also fix them lunch. I pick up toys, I mop their spills and … Continue reading →

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O Christmas Tree

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Today we decorated our daycare Christmas Tree. Last week all the kids painted wooden Christmas ornaments that we’re handmade and donated by one of the daycare kids grandparent. We played Christmas music and wore Christmas hats while we hung all … Continue reading →

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Learning with Halloween Candy

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

What can you do with all that Halloween candy your kids are going to get tonight? How about some fun, learning activities that will have your kids doing something other than just eating too much of it tonight. As a … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs lived 100 million years ago…

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

That’s what one of our dc kids told me a few weeks ago. And since then, I have heard so much about dinosaurs from the kids. So I borrowed a dinosaur mountain and some dinosaurs for some dino play in … Continue reading →

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Spooky Ghosts

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

This morning the kids made spooky ghosts out of tissue paper, pieces of a white garbage bag, pipe cleaners and string. They enjoyed showing their ghosts to one another and making ghostly sounds “Ooooohhhh!”. I hung them up in the … Continue reading →

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Grocery store play

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

I borrowed a bin from the caregiver’s library and it had LOTS of play money. It also had flyers, grocery lists and wallets to put all the money and credit cards in. The kids had fun taking turns getting the … Continue reading →

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Thank You for stuffing our Turkey!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Thanks to all our daycare families who helped to stuff our Thanksgiving Turkey box. My husband, Chris dropped off the full box on Thursday so families would have the food by the weekend. We will be getting a letter from … Continue reading →

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All about Apples

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

Today it was all about apples. We read stories about apple picking, the kids painted an apple tree using their thumbs for leaves and apples, we watched a Max and Ruby show about apples and we even made applesauce from … Continue reading →

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Fall is my favourite time of year!

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

It’s a beautiful time of year when all the leaves change to pretty colours, it’s Thanksgiving, it’s Halloween and we eat warm comforting fall food. We created our Fall banner with leaf sponges and glued on apple and leaf shapes. … Continue reading →

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