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Another busy year here in Tentinger Daycare’s Outdoor Explore Classroom! New to the Outdoor Explore this year is our expansion of our Cabin Dramatic Play Area! We more than doubled the size as this is one of the favorite features of our outdoor space. Now there is more room for their expanding imaginations during dramatic play time. BIG Thank You to Mr. Tentinger for helping make this happen for the children! Each year the children enjoy our outdoor STEAM curriculum learning all about Science Technology Engineering Art and Math. There are so many simple nature activities that the children learn so much from. They are building skills in the Scientific Method learning through the Natural Sciences. They learn the basics of complicated concepts of Ecology, Geology, Biology, Zoology, and more through their exploration adventures. We are learning about the Weather, Water Cycle, Living and Nonliving, How plants grow, Animals, the Rock Cycle, cause and effect, and so much more through their experiments and play. Our outdoor classroom changes with each season! Here in Nebraska, we are fortunate to see the dramatic changes in all four magical seasons: changing leaves in the Fall, snow in the Winter, rain bringing the bright bursts of color in the Spring, and of course the most favorite for children is summer where we can get out for a full day in the outdoors. One of the most amazing things about our outdoor classroom is our beautiful tree right in the center of the space. We are so blessed to have our outdoor classroom surrounded by trees, but the center tree is unlike all the others. The kids love watching as it changes with each season and grows with each passing year- just like they do! The trees provide shade for our play in the hot summer as well as a home for our neighborhood creatures. I have the best job and an incredible space. I get to share my love of this earth with these littles right in my own backyard!

Here at Tentinger Daycare the children know that: Adventure Awaits…Come Explore Us!

-Ann Marie Tentinger