Category Archives: Activities

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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Help Stuff The Turkey!

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

Thanksgiving is a time of year to be thankful for our family, our friends and all that we have. Some families are less fortunate and need help to provide food for their families. So I asked the kids to decorate … Continue reading →

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Recycling Broken Crayons

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

I had a lot of broken crayons over the past few months…sometimes the young ones like to throw them on the ground when they are done using them 🙂 I showed the kids how we recycle them to use them … Continue reading →

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Handprint craft for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

The kids love painting so it wasn’t hard when I asked them to paint their hands for this craft. They made handprints and the older kids cut them out and glued them around this cute Mother’s Day Poem. What a … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Flowers

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

I thought a nice Mother’s Day gift would be to grow some flowers from seeds. I went to the store in early April to get some flower seeds but it was going to take longer then a month to grow … Continue reading →

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The Royal Wedding

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

It was a fun day here with the kids. We watched part of the Royal Wedding of William and Kate. We had a tea party in the morning and the older kids did cut and paste activities of the bride … Continue reading →

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Springtime Banner

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Cutie Pie Daycare - learning through play

After reading some springtime stories and watching a couple spring themed shows I asked the kids to make a Springtime Banner for the playroom. We coloured springy things like rainbows and flowers and  then I asked them to cut out … Continue reading →

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