Adventures at OTL

Documenting the everyday adventures at Outside the Lines Child Care.

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Sometimes your art is just too big for your paper.

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For a few days now, the children have been caring for imaginary cows. Their cows need to be fed and watered. "It's for the cows," They inform me as they busily fill a cardboard box with water and straw.

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Sarah, look! My paint made brown! I mixed up all the colors.

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A: I'm building a hollow!
B: A hollow? What's that?
A: I don't know! Let's find out!

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"You like it? You like the rain that I made? Do you wanna see the water how it goes down?"

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A 12-month-old was crying in my arms after a stunt gone awry. Another child, who had been working for many minutes on a complex arrangement of magnet tiles, offered "Would you like to break my creation?"

#Interdependence #CareForYourCommunity

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"Oh, hi there! I'm climbing in this. Kinda scary...but fun!"
#LetThemPlay

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A (1 year old) wanted to drink from B (2 years old)'s water bottle. "A, that's B's water bottle," I said. B ran over, found A's water, and handed it to A. "Here's your water, A," B said calmly. A put B's water down.

#PeacefulConflictResolution

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One child tripped over another child's tower and fell, and both were in tears. "How can we help?" they wondered. The community banded together to rebuild the tower better than ever.

#Community #LetThemStepUp

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"Look how perfect looks like."

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"The pine cones are not sharp because there's leaves on them!"

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A boy was standing up on a perch singing "Let It Go". His friend suggested they put on their Elsa dresses. "I can't be a princess!" he said. I thought to myself, here we go, and prepared to spiel. "I'm too young" he finished reasonably. Not where I thought that was going...

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A: I made a letter called X! Can you make an X?
B: No...
A: Oh, your hand can't control it right now?
B: No, I'm just sleepy.

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The ambulance and container car were driven onto the bridge. "Oh no, the bridge is blocked!" gasped a third child as he carefully inserted train tracks into the bridge. The container car and ambulance waited anxiously as the bridge was cleared by a red car.

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Two toddlers digging in the dirt. One picks up a dirt clod. "Balla!" he says. "It's a rock." the other says thoughtfully. They then break the dirt clod apart on the ground. "Dirt! It's dirt!"
#elevateplay #playisenough