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A Visit to Horton Pumpkin Patch

All three classes visited Horton Iris Farm last week to search for the perfect pumpkin.  The experience seems so special when you are able to drive up a dirt driveway, park on a grassy lot, get a personal tour by the farmer himself, feed goats, meet baby chicks, and pick pumpkins that are grown right here in Loomis.

Gathering for the hay ride:

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A trip around the farm:

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“If Farmer Doug can do it, why shouldn’t we give it a try?”:

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A pumpkin for everyone:

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Irises and goats:

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A happy day had by all!

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Thank you Hortons for such a wonderful day!

LCP Trike-a-thon

Thanks for everyone’s help with the Trike-a-thon.  It was a great success.

With their clown hats, glasses and ties, the kids rode around in circles. Some very briefly and some for as long as we would let them.

 

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The Loomis Community Preschoolers did a lot of clowning around!

 

Loomis Community Preschool Tot Class

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September was an exciting month for this group of 2 year olds. They needed very little introduction to how things work at LCP as 5 of the 10 children in the class are the 2nd or 3rd sibling to come to Loomis Community Preschool. Those that were new to Loomis Community Preschool quickly learned the ropes and soon felt right at home. The first week at school they all got to work making collages, painting pictures, playing with play dough, and navigating the play yard.

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Even though at 2 years old most children engage in parallel play (playing alongside one another) they no doubt enjoy the opportunity to be around each other. They begin to watch each other and copy one another.

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They find ways to interact with one another such as placing their snack in a friends “trunk” while they are taking a ride.

They even defy the odds of developmental norms and sit and listen to an entire story.

 

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Visiting an Apple Orchard

Loomis Community Preschool visited Machado’s Apple Orchard this week!

We started in the orchards, tasting peaches, apples, and pears.

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We made our way through the orchard to a picnic table where we…

…enjoyed apples with our friends

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…and drank apple juice.

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The day was so enjoyable it left us saying, “More please?”

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More to come this week with apple painting and apple taste-testing in the classroom.

If you bought some apples on the field trip, why not try making delicious apple chips with your kids?

 

 

4 Reasons Kids Are Amazing

1. They are unfazed by the salty feeling left on your hands after you dig your fingers into a pile of play dough.

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2. They think it is fun to trap one another and hide in small spaces.

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3. They don’t make assumptions.  Who says you have to paint with a paint brush?

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4. They have the ability to unknowingly mock the adults around them, by creating a picture of adulthood: “I am so consumed with my phone, I can’t even put it down to eat a meal with my friends.”

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We would all be a lot smarter if we paid more attention to the preschoolers in our lives.

 

Loomis Community Preschool Graduation

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It seems like preschool graduation was just yesterday. We enjoyed class promotion/graduation ceremonies along with entertainment by Music Matt. He gave the kids opportunities to sing in the microphone and play the drums. The potluck was plentiful and the company wonderful as always.

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We were so happy to have Teacher Robannie join us with her bundle of love to pass out certificates to her students.

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As we look back on our graduation from a few months ago, we wish all LCP students a wonderful start to a new school year, where ever you may be.