INDOOR CLASSROOM
Thematic sensory bin: A large bin to play, learn, touch and explore different types of sensory items like ice and water, colorful beans and rice, pinecones, sea shells, etc.
Dramatic play: Features a child size kitchen, table and chairs, dress up clothes and accessories, baby dolls, cash register, puppets, and more.
Open-ended play: Wooden building blocks, train tracks, building logs, a marble-run, magnetic tiles,
and large Lego bricks allow children to spread out on the carpet and get creative.
Reading corner: A sunny corner with large windows, bookshelf, and child size padded chairs to relax with a favorite book.
Science/Math center: A table where children will be able to balance, sort, analyze, touch, smell, measure, and count among other things. This center will teach and enrich math vocabulary as well.
Art table: A place to draw, write and create independently.
Circle Time: A structured time featuring books, felt stories, and songs. This experience helps to build your child’s attention span in preparation for Kindergarten and beyond.
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Pikler triangles and ramps: An open-ended, Montessori inspired activity for climbing and developing large motor skills and balance.
OUTDOOR EXPLORATION
Treehouse: A huge climbing structure with two levels and a slide.
Painting easels: Easels are valuable tools to promote sensory growth where children can create and also develop their abilities by reaching and crossing their midline to paint or draw.
Large sandbox: Dump trucks, shovels, metal pots, cupcake tins, allow for cooperation and imaginative play.
Raised vegetable bed: Children will experience the wonder of watching plants grow from seeds. A nice place to develop an appreciation for nature.
Tree perch: A small perch nestled between two trees accessed by a rock wall inspired climbing ramp.
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Water sensory bin: A place to splash, transfer water, mix colors or make bubbles.
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Large table for messy art projects: This location is perfect for glitter, glue, wet sand, etc. where kids can be free to play and making a mess is the intention.
Child-sized picnic table: Set on the large patio, the table is perfect for eating a snack or lunch outside on a beautiful sunny day.
Activities
Activities, Daily Flow & Butterfly Project
Typical "Daily Flow"
8:30am
9:15am
10am
10:30am
11am
11:40am
12pm
12-2pm
2-3:30pm
4pm
4:45-5pm
Arrival/indoor play and table activities
Morning outing - games on the "greenbelt" or walk to a nearby park
Snack and story
Creative art
Outdoor play
Circle Time - calendar, stories, and songs
Morning students go home
Lunch/rest time
Afternoon students arrive/outdoor play
Creative art/indoor activities/snack
Clean up and get ready to go home


The Butterfly Project
We have created a Monarch butterfly friendly habitat by planting Milkweed for the caterpillars and flowering plants for the butterflies. In doing so, Blakeley Basics became certified Monarch Waystation #28837!
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