Sunnymont's Outdoor Activities
We try to provide as many activities and opportunities outdoors as in. When we open the door to the yard children are free to roam between the indoor and outdoor activities.
Bike Road. There is a path where the children can ride on trikes, cozy coupes, tractors, three wheeled scooters, flying turtles, and more.
Sandbox. The sandbox is a great place for learning about sharing space and cooperation. As children explore the sand, they are building motor skills, coordination, scientific understanding, problem solving, and teamwork.
Climbing Structures and motor skills activities. Children learn self confidence, balance, spatial awareness, motor planning and proximity as they explore our monkey bars, tire swing, and climbing house.
Garden Area. We have a children's garden where our kids can dig in the dirt, plant and pick flowers and learn about life cycles.
Tire Swing. In addition to being fun, our tire swing also offers many other learning opportunities. How many kids do we have swinging? How can we share the space? Who will help push?
Art. Outside we may dance with scarves, do a play, paint the playhouse, create on the outdoor painting easels, draw with chalk on the sidewalk, do carpentry, or pound flower petals to create a design on paper.
Manipulatives & Sensory Activities. The outdoor classroom offers many opportunities for sensory exploration and manipulatives. We have tables and pools for activities such as water play, shaving cream play, birdseed sifting, melting ice blocks, and fishing for toy fish with our nets.
Science. Science curriculum is abundant in our outdoor classroom. For example, plants provide smells and textures to explore. Our "rock garden" offers rocks which can be turned over to study the little animals living underneath.
Special Projects. Brought in by parents, these projects may be offered inside or outside. Parents are encouraged to share their passions (dance? gardening?) their cultures (cooking? games from your own childhood?), their hobbies (sewing? a seashell collection?) or an activity of their child's choice (a favorite art activity? a scavenger hunt?) Special projects allow the children to learn more about you, and allow you to share what you want to with the children. Parents have brought their cars in to wash, their dogs in to brush, or simply built blocks with the children.
