Join us next Thursday, May 17, for our first (and hopefully not last!) “Get Out & Move” event! This will be an evening event, beginning at 6:30 PM, and there are three components to it: 1.) It will be a potluck, and we encourage you to make your dishes WITH your children. Bring a copy [...]
We hid avocados in the chocolate pudding they are having this afternoon! The recipe came from Jessica Seinfeld’s book Deceptively Delicious, lent to us by Claire (a.k.a. Tate & Beth’s mom). It’s super easy to make, and if we weren’t making it for 100 kids, it would have only taken about ten minutes. Enjoy! [...]
Meet our Wobbler student of the week, Henry! The first thing comes to my mind when I think of him is, “FOOD!” This handsome little guy loves to eat, and will eat anything. He especially loves brussel sprouts, cucumbers, cauliflower, watermelon, shrimp, dutch babies, breakfast sausage, and hot dogs (see, I told you). His new [...]
So we all know how important kids’ nutrition is to TBDC, and that one of our favorite things is helping kids try new foods. Granted, I don’t have kids (or picky eaters) in my household, but I made this for dinner tonight and thought of each of you. If you try this recipe at home, [...]
Our mid-semester survey indicated that a couple of you may not be entirely happy with our snack offerings. We, as early childhood educators, have an obligation to expose our students to diversity and new experiences, and this includes what they eat. We know that individuals establish many of their eating habits in the first five years of [...]
As we were planning for the 2011-2012 school year, we decided that we need to take a less-conventional approach to our snack plans. While there have been some pretty major fails (Broccoli-carrot salad, which sparked the petition from the school kids below), all in all the students have enjoyed the change. I wanted to share [...]
In case you haven’t looked at a calendar or turned a television on lately, it’s back to school time! Between clothes and school supply shopping and figuring out new schedules, families also need to start thinking about back to school lunches. Here are some ideas to “spice” up the school lunch routine. Bento Boxes [...]
This morning I had the pleasure of working with Jonese & Lea’s Pre-Kindergarten class, who’s theme this week is 1920s. When I was asked to do a cooking project with them, I had the hardest time coming up with something, and it finally came to me: a math project with counting by 10s. In order [...]
We believe that the early years are the foundation for growth and development. Month of the Young Child is a great opportunity to spread this message throughout our community and beyond. Many fun activities are planned for our students to help celebrate, and we are asking that you do the same with your families; please [...]
As TBDC families know, cooking with the students is a favorite activity here. The Toddler Class gets the classroom spotlight this week, and one of the activities they wanted to share was their cooking project they conducted on Wednesday. The TBDC teaching team feels there are two major reasons why cooking is important in the [...]