April 5th-9th: Rabbits

This week your child will be learning about rabbits (better known by preschoolers as 'bunnies').

Songs and Fingerplays: "This is a Bunny," "Funny Bunny," "Robbie the Rabbit," and more!

Activities: Our Funny Bunnies (class book), Bunny Muffins, Bunny's Garden (sequencing activity), 'R' is for Rabbit (handwriting)

Literature: Tippy, Tippy, Hide!; Runaway Bunny; The Quiet Bunny; It's Not Easy Being a Bunny; Fluffy Bunnies; Rabbits, Rabbits, and More Rabbits!; One Brown Bunny; and many more!

Large Motor: Bunny Hops game, Bunny Hokey

Science: Watch Lollipop--our rabbit--in action

March 22nd-26th: Ducks

This week your child will be learning about ducks and ducklings.

Songs and Fingerplays: "Six Little Ducks," "Down at the Pond," "The Little White Duck," Duck Math Rhyme

Activities: Duck Hats, Feathers and Ducks, Duck Stamp, Duck Puppets

Literature: The Story About Ping, Fluffy and Baron, Petunia, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, Make Way for Ducklings, Have You Seen My Duckling?, The Ugly Duckling

Large Motor: Ducky Race, Walk Like a Duck

Science: Observe our new ducks in action--Duck, Bill, and Quack!!!

Better Late Than Never

Fun in the snow on February 11th and 12th. Oddly enough, it is snowing again outside right now...and we are in MARCH!!

Ready to Open

Take a peek at our center:

Our state lady came this morning and did her follow up inspection. I am happy (relieved, excited, ecstatic...) to report that we are now licensed with the state of Texas to provide childcare. Yippeee!!! Now, all we need is to fill it up with children!

Out With the Old

We labored today on Labor Day. A friend of ours from church, Randy Milford, brought his tractor and we cleared the play area of the bark chips turned garden mulch. A little smoothing and it will be ready for pea gravel. We also started the process of removing the crimson, 1960's carpet in the sanctuary area. Big fun, let me tell you! But the kids were really cute, "helping" Randy drive the tractor and loading up the wheel barrow with stray pieces of junk from the sanctuary--complete with grunts of exertion.

Getting Started

Welcome to Sunnyside Kids! We're hard at work converting an old church building into a daycare center. Sometimes we are frustrated by the slow pace, but in the end, we know we will have a great facility for children to grow and develop, and we're excited about that.