Watching Comcast!
Water Play after the rain FUN!
B made a jack to move the broken car to the garage.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
2016-17 Welcome to a New Year....Finally
Dear Families and Friends
Here I am again and I will try to use this to keep you posted as to our Cottage Garden lives...Enjoy!
Here I am again and I will try to use this to keep you posted as to our Cottage Garden lives...Enjoy!
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Welcome
September 2018
www.thecottagegarden.org
The Cottage Garden is now a FULL Member of WECAN,
The Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
The Cottage Garden Blog
www.thecottagegarden.org
The Cottage Garden is now a FULL Member of WECAN,
The Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
WELCOME
Welcome to our home day care. My name is Celia Riahi and I have been a Waldorf early childhood educator for a long time and I feel it is my vocation to care for and teach young children. I work with my partner, Barbara Audley. She is the slow to my fast- a wonderful storyteller, cook, caregiver and all around loving, fair and terrific person-we work very well together.
We are located in Amherst, MA and are open Monday-Thursday, 8-4:30, August 29- June 30. We serve 7 families and nine children. We are licensed for 10 children per day, by the EEC and both of us have CPR and First Aid training.
Our website has lots more information if you are interested. Any suggestions to this blog, whether it be more clarification of what we offer or the layout,
are always welcome. Please be kind enough to ask my permission to use any copy or photos etc. I can be reached at- celia@thecottagegarden.org
Please join us as I try to share in words and photos, songs, recipes, stories and festivals notes all that fills our days here at The Cottage Garden.
Please note that I had to put the date ahead in order to have this be the first page-if anyone knows another way please let me know-Enjoy.
Friday, January 4, 2013
A New Year 2013!
Hello Everyone,
Wow, I haven't posted since last April and so much has happened. In June we said good bye to Eden, Oscar, Emerson and Mia as they moved on. Emerson and Mia are at The Hartsbrook School and we are especially happy about that. This summer we made some changes to our house, whew so much work! We had a few of my kindergarten alums here helping schlep, clean and move everything they were great- they are all seniors in High School now. I love to keep my connections to all of them. Emma returned and worked with us through Christmas but her schedule is too full for the coming year. Nicole has been with us since September and she is an angel. She will stay all year and we are so happy to have her. We will also have an Intern for a few weeks beginning in February. She is doing her training at Sophia's Hearth (www.sophiashearth.org) in New Hampshire.
So we began the new year with a few new children, and sadly 2 of them have now left, one to another program as they needed more time than we offer and our sweet Kaia has moved, as her papa got a new job. So a new family will join us this month and we will be busy with our ten ( in total) children-but not every day! I have compiled the year so far in photos for you to enjoy. From our first days, first birthday, Halloween, fall leaves, our new rocking/climbing structure, new bench, grinding rice, peeling veggies, playing and more playing, the room in the fall and in December, painting, sewing, singing and more playing. I tried to put the photos in time order but a few are mixed up....
Wow, I haven't posted since last April and so much has happened. In June we said good bye to Eden, Oscar, Emerson and Mia as they moved on. Emerson and Mia are at The Hartsbrook School and we are especially happy about that. This summer we made some changes to our house, whew so much work! We had a few of my kindergarten alums here helping schlep, clean and move everything they were great- they are all seniors in High School now. I love to keep my connections to all of them. Emma returned and worked with us through Christmas but her schedule is too full for the coming year. Nicole has been with us since September and she is an angel. She will stay all year and we are so happy to have her. We will also have an Intern for a few weeks beginning in February. She is doing her training at Sophia's Hearth (www.sophiashearth.org) in New Hampshire.
So we began the new year with a few new children, and sadly 2 of them have now left, one to another program as they needed more time than we offer and our sweet Kaia has moved, as her papa got a new job. So a new family will join us this month and we will be busy with our ten ( in total) children-but not every day! I have compiled the year so far in photos for you to enjoy. From our first days, first birthday, Halloween, fall leaves, our new rocking/climbing structure, new bench, grinding rice, peeling veggies, playing and more playing, the room in the fall and in December, painting, sewing, singing and more playing. I tried to put the photos in time order but a few are mixed up....
Happy New Year Enjoy!
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| WELCOME Fall Seasonal Table |
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| First Day |
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| OOOO The Garbage Truck is coming! |
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| MMMMMMM |
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| Our Room In the fall |
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| Birthday Festival |
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| Happy Birthday Erin & Elyon |
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| Sewing |
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| Our new Rocker/climber thanks Jeff! |
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| Mia visits |
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| Natasha visits |
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| Uh Oh back to the fall |
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| The First Leaf |
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| See Saw margery Daw....... |
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| Our New Bench thank you Michael! |
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| Wee Willie Winkie...... |
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| First Snow |
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| December Seasonal Table and room |
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| For Margret |
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| Making Moss Gardens |
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| Gingerbread Cookies |
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| Winter Painting |
As ever we are so grateful to be doing what we love, caring for your children. We thank you for sharing each and everyone of them and look forward to the coming year.
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