Happy Father's Day!

We hope you all had an awesome Father's Day weekend!   Friday we had our Dicing and Donuts with Dad breakfast and it was great seeing the Dad's bright and early for the special treat with their kiddos.  The spread of bananas (for dicing), donuts, muffins, and coffee was complimented nicely with the proud look on the children's faces when they brought their dad in for breakfast. :)

We hope you all enjoyed it just as much as we did!

Williamson's Best!

It's that time of year again!  Time for you to vote for Holly Tree Christian Preschool as Williamson County's best childcare center!

How?  I'm glad you asked!  Go to www.williamsonparent.com and look to the right of the header.  There will be a rotating display and on one of the turns you will see a yellow seal that says "best of parenting" click on that!  Enter your e-mail address and click through until you get to the "best childcare center" option.  Once you're there, it's easy!  Type in Holly Tree Christian Preschool!  Then you're done.

That's it! It will take less than two minutes of your time so go ahead!  Tell everyone you take your child to Williamson County's BEST!

Food Paint!

Today our kids were treated to a very cool lesson on how to paint with food!  Imagine a tortilla as your canvas, marshmallows and pretzels as your brush, and corn syrup with food coloring as your paint!  Our special guest walked the children through each tasty step as they got closer and closer to their reward of eating their masterpiece!

It was a lot of fun and a really cool way to tie in the theme!  The kids learned a lot about mixing and using their imaginations and I am sure they'll be talking about this all weekend!

Jumping for the Jump-o-Lene!

What is a Jump-O-Lene you ask?  Well, it's a moon bounce, no it's a trampoline, no it's a ball pit, no - it's all of those wrapped in one!! Last week we had a blast learning to juggle scarves and enjoying our awesome Jump-O-Lene!

Tons of fun?  I think so!  My only disappointment... the directors and staff are just a little to big for it! :)

Wee Chef's Begin!

We're now on to our second theme of the summer - Wee Chef's Cooking With Faith!

The center had been transformed into a biblical market place in the Land of Milk and Honey.  We have a spice shop, a bake shop, heavenly desserts, the garden, the grocery, and the fruits of the spirit!  I love tying in all of our classroom themes to a biblical theme.  It's such a great opportunity to plant seeds of the word in their little hearts!

We have lots to look forward to with Wee Chef's!  We're cooking with Kati and making Jello Jigglers later this afternoon, making ice cream, painting with food, making mana, doing personal pot holders, dressing like chefs, and a special guest is coming to do a dough tossing demonstration for our grand finale!! It's going to be awesome.  I can't wait!

Just a few reminders as we continue into this summer fun:

* Please put bug spray and sun screen on your children before school in the morning.  As the temperature heats us we want to make sure we stay safe!  Also, please remember that we will not be going outside if the heat index is above 95 degrees.  We are utilizing earlier and later outside play times so we can avoid the heat of the day.

* When you see a special guest event on your calendar, come join us!  We love having you here to see all the fun your children are having so you are always welcome to stop in for any of our activities!

That's all for now!  Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!

Water Play!

Yesterday was our second water play day of the summer and by the looks of things it is going to be a wet and wacky summer!  Every Wednesday we all come to school suited up and ready to play in the sprinkler! Some children love running full steam ahead into it while others like to run around the outside catching drops here and there, but either way the sprinkler is a great way to get everyone smiling and having fun!  Look here for yourself!

We try to mix in different sprinklers so that the kids don't get bored.  I wonder what kind of wacky ater play day we'll have next week!?  Stay tuned!

Carnival Craze!

Well our Summer Quest kickoff has been awesome!  With Carnival in full swing the kids are enjoying dressing up like clowns, water play, popcorn and movie day, and we all had such a blast when the zoo came last Friday!  She brought a snake, parrot, and skunk for the Nashville Zoo's Sense-Sational animal show and it was incredible!  The kids learned about how the different animals explored the world around them and a great time was had by all :)

Our Big Top Bible Adventure is going to continue full steam ahead next week with face painting, cotton candy, juggling and the jump-o-lene!

Here are a few pictures from our Zoo adventure!

Hope everyone has a great start to their week!