Hapee Home Daycare

Hapee Home Daycare Nurturing daycare focused on emotional growth, early learning, and healthy habits.

Happy birthday Owen, We love you so much! 🎁🎈🎂
07/10/2026

Happy birthday Owen, We love you so much! 🎁🎈🎂

Our new Treasure Island sensory bins are ready for adventure! 🏝️🌊 The children explored islands made of sand, surrounded...
06/18/2026

Our new Treasure Island sensory bins are ready for adventure! 🏝️🌊

The children explored islands made of sand, surrounded by blue water beads to represent the ocean. We added palm trees, seashells, boats, ocean animals, and little people to help bring our Treasure Island theme to life. As the children played, they created their own island adventures, sailed boats across the water, discovered sea creatures, and used their imaginations to tell stories about life on an island.
Sensory play like this supports so many important developmental skills. Scooping, pouring, digging, and moving the small pieces helps strengthen fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. The different textures of the sand and water beads provide valuable sensory experiences, while imaginative play encourages creativity, language development, problem solving, and social skills as children work together to create stories and adventures. Through play, the children were able to reinforce what they have been learning about islands, oceans, boats, and ocean life in a fun, hands on way!

🏝️ Treasure Island Adventures! 🏝️This month our Treasure Island theme has taken us on an exciting journey across the sea...
06/16/2026

🏝️ Treasure Island Adventures! 🏝️

This month our Treasure Island theme has taken us on an exciting journey across the sea! We learned about boats, captains, sunshine, and how wind helps sailboats move across the water. Through hands on activities, the children created their own captain hats and badges, encouraging imaginative play, confidence, and social development as they took charge of their own pretend adventures. We explored color mixing while creating sunshine pictures using yellow, blue, and white paint with cotton balls, strengthening fine motor skills, creativity, and early science concepts. The children designed their own boats and participated in a boat themed matching game featuring things they might see while sailing, helping build memory, visual discrimination, and problem solving skills. We also crafted sailboats while learning about how wind powers them, introducing basic STEM concepts and cause and effect learning. Throughout our Treasure Island adventures, the children practiced cutting, coloring, painting, matching, listening, following directions, and imaginative thinking all while having fun exploring the world around them! ⛵☀️🏴‍☠️

🌿🎨 Nature Color Scavenger Hunt Field Trip 🎨🌿During our field trip to Sarah Maude Mason Nature Preserve, the children par...
06/04/2026

🌿🎨 Nature Color Scavenger Hunt Field Trip 🎨🌿

During our field trip to Sarah Maude Mason Nature Preserve, the children participated in a fun nature color scavenger hunt! Each child was given a color board and searched the preserve for plants, flowers, insects, and other natural treasures that matched the colors on their board. Along the way, we explored the trails, climbed the observation tower overlooking the lake, and spotted boats, lily pads, butterflies, dragonflies, and fish. This hands on activity encouraged the children to slow down, observe their surroundings, and discover the many beautiful colors found in nature. It was a wonderful day filled with exploration, learning, and adventure!

Developmental Skills: Observation, color recognition, critical thinking, nature exploration, vocabulary development, problem-solving, and gross motor skills through hiking and outdoor exploration.

06/04/2026

We celebrated the end of our butterfly project by releasing our butterflies and watching them begin their new adventure! Throughout this project, the children learned about the butterfly life cycle, from caterpillar to chrysalis and finally butterfly. They practiced observation skills, patience, and curiosity as they watched the amazing transformation take place right before their eyes. Releasing the butterflies gave us a chance to talk about growth, change, and the beauty of nature. What a special way to end a project that taught us so much!

Developmental Skills: Observation, science exploration, patience, critical thinking, vocabulary development, and appreciation for nature.

05/21/2026

We have butterfly's!

Our caterpillars have officially hit the chrysalises stage, In about 7-10 days we will have butterflies! 🐛🦋
05/15/2026

Our caterpillars have officially hit the chrysalises stage, In about 7-10 days we will have butterflies! 🐛🦋

We explored colors and creativity by using coffee filters, markers, and water to create beautiful butterfly wings for ou...
05/12/2026

We explored colors and creativity by using coffee filters, markers, and water to create beautiful butterfly wings for our butterfly puppets! The kiddos colored their coffee filters and then used water to watch the colors spread, blend, and change right before their eyes. This fun hands on activity introduced early science concepts like color mixing and absorption while also encouraging creativity and imagination. Once the filters dried, we turned them into colorful butterfly wings to complete our puppets, tying perfectly into our butterfly and life cycle curriculum!

Developmental skills strengthened during this activity included fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, creativity, sensory exploration, early science discovery, and problem solving skills as the children observed how the water changed their artwork.

Our caterpillars are beginning to form their cocoons/chrysalises, and the children are so excited to watch this amazing ...
05/12/2026

Our caterpillars are beginning to form their cocoons/chrysalises, and the children are so excited to watch this amazing transformation happen right before our eyes! We talked about how caterpillars change during the life cycle of a butterfly and observed the tiny changes happening each day. This hands on science experience encourages curiosity, patience, and observation skills while helping the children better understand nature and life cycles.

Watching our caterpillars grow and transform supports early STEM learning, critical thinking, and language development as the children ask questions, make predictions, and describe what they see. It also helps build responsibility and nurturing skills as we care for our classroom caterpillars together during their special transformation journey.

Today we explored our “Creepy Crawly Things” theme by creating adorable bee hive art using bubble wrap! The children wra...
05/12/2026

Today we explored our “Creepy Crawly Things” theme by creating adorable bee hive art using bubble wrap! The children wrapped bubble wrap around their hands, dipped it into yellow and orange paint, and stamped it onto paper to create textured hexagon style bee hives. After the paint dried, they added a little adhesive bee to complete their masterpiece. This fun hands on activity encouraged creativity, sensory exploration, and imaginative thinking while introducing the children to bees and their habitats.

This project also supported many important developmental skills including fine motor development through grasping and stamping, hand-eye coordination, sensory processing through the different textures, and early math concepts by exploring hexagon shapes and patterns. The children also practiced following directions, color recognition, and creative self expression while engaging in a fun process art experience.

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