Today, the infant suite (there are four infant classrooms) at Carter's school had a "Sensory Activity Day." Basically, this is an afternoon where they invite the parents to come spend an hour and a half with their children who are experiencing different activity stations with all of their 5 senses. It was great fun to watch Carter experience all the different textures and interact with all of the teachers and the other children. The pictures above (from top left clockwise) show him playing with yarn, dumping out rice, fingerpainting, and playing with (read: trying to eat) playdough. There was also a reading station where two of the parents read books in Spanish. It was really a lot of fun and great to see him so happy in such a great learning environment.
When I got there today, he was asleep, and his teacher says, "You might be mad at me. Carter may have some dye on his clothes. We dyed Easter eggs today." ???? I gotta give the teachers some credit...they are brave souls. Turns out, they stripped all the kiddos to their diapers, and sat them at the little table to dye eggs. She said Carter really seemed to enjoy it and kept looking at her as if to say, "Are you sure I should be doing this?" She showed me pictures she had taken of all the children, and it was truly too cute to see! Carter's masterpiece is below...and, if it means a little dye on his clothes...so be it.
3 comments:
I'm so jealous. This looks awesome. You have to admit, if he has to be in daycare, at least they do these great educational things with him! It has been better than you thought, right?
That is what they make Shout for. Mary Reese got some dye on her shirt and it came right out! Looks like he is having a ball and I am glad he got to dye some eggs! I was giving Nicholas a hard time about that the other night.
What a fun day! I'm glad that you and Nick were able to participate in such a great event. Don't worry about the dye...remember how much "blue" you had all over you when you ate that malted milk egg when you were a little older than Carter? This is just another great memory.
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