Outside at ICP

One of the favorite and most special parts of our preschool is the fabulous outside spaces the parents and children designed and built. We try every day to have a good long time outside, and a lot of learning happens in our outdoor spaces.

The weather has been great so far this year. We have played outside a lot, this day even adding water play. The Orcas built a bridge over the pond. It was wiggly, and made the kids fall off when they crossed it. 

We had to figure out how to make it not be so wiggly.

We also got out a gutter and made a second pond a little farther away. We had to work hard to get the water into the new pond.

We had a great picnic snack under the apple trees.

The sand area has been very popular with the Dolphin class,

and the mud kitchen is fun, too.

Oh, and don;t forget the swings!

Every child brought a spring flower bulb to school. It was interesting to see how different all of the bulbs were.

We planted them in the planters in front of the school. They have to sleep through the cold winter before they wake up in the spring.

Even the littlest ones helped plant their bulbs.

We found worms in the dirt.

How lucky we are to share these special times with our parents!