Daily at Home Project: Rain, Rain, GO AWAY! and “I’m Bored Jar”

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Please find below our daily SolBe Family update letter containing helpful resources and exciting projects to explore while we all do our part to stay home during this pandemic. Subscribe here to receive daily updates.

April 8, 2020

SolBe Families,

Rain, Rain, GO AWAY! 

If you need a little calming ambiance in your home, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is offering a weekly playlist. This week, the selection is from the classical period—click here to enjoy!  They also offer a live-stream concert, lovely for a listen if you are avoiding screens.

For Parents:  I really enjoyed this five-minute video from the Washington Post containing 5 ways to deal with Coronavirus related stress and anxiety, “Coping with Covid.”

Loving this Good News of the Week from Intelligent Change:

“Thousands of Airbnb hosts have opened their doors to hospital staff and responders around the world to give them a safe place away from their family. The hosts are offering the homes at no charge and in full gratitude of the work the hospital staff and responders are doing for the rest of the world”

Project of the Day Infants & Toddlers: DIY Baby Rain Sticks from The Imagination Tree

“It’s so much quicker to make these without any toddler “help” (but much less learning and fun for them of course!) I found a really long, thin, THICK, cardboard tube and cut it into 3 pieces using a bread knife.

I tapped all of the little nails along the tubes, just as before.

This time there were no stoppers for the ends of the tubes so I used a few pieces of layered tape and it worked out fine.

I thought we would have a go at a few new fillings so that we have a good range of sounds when we use the sticks. So this time I added pearl barley, red lentils and rice, (one into each stick for comparison.)

Because of the sticky tape endings the contents stuck a little at each end when turned. This means that you can see what is inside which is fun.

The finished sticks! Great for babies to hold in little hands and be able to turn, shake and roll all by themselves.”

Project of the Day Older Toddlers & Preschoolers: “I’m Bored” Jar from Cup Of Jo

“When her kids lament that they have nothing to do, my friend Yen has a genius response. “We made an ‘I’m Bored’ jar,” she says. “We came up with activity ideas together and wrote them on slips of paper. Now the jar sits on our bookcase, so they can pick it up whenever they like.”

Here are a few of the slips

  • Build a pillow pile and jump
  • Call Grandma or Grandpa
  • Draw an object you see
  • Find ten blue things around the house
  • Kick a ball in the hallway

Brilliant, right?”

More resources to follow in the coming days. Feedback and more ideas welcome, as always! Be well and stay healthy!

The SolBe Team


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We’ve felt the uncertainty that occurs when our children are in the care of someone else. At SolBe, we know you will always be your child’s first teacher; we’re here as a knowledgeable partner in your child’s education.

From our experience, children rise to the intellectual life of those around them, so we are committed to growing as individuals and as a team. You can count on us to provide a warm and engaging learning experience for your little one.

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We’ve spent thousands of hours in classrooms that either overstimulate, underwhelm, or actively prevent educators from delivering the highest-quality education and care. At SolBe, you’ll go beyond the traditional four-walled classroom.

Our award-winning, inventive and uplifting learning spaces stimulate the senses and instill feelings of home-like safety and comfort. They allow for your child’s, and our educators’, changing needs and emotions. They create room for wonder—for learning, and living, outside the lines.

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We’ve seen what’s lost when things are done the way they’ve always been done before. SolBe is an adaptive Spanish exposure program that refuses to accept the status quo.

Our inventive practices grow from the shoulders of giants, with roots in the Reggio Emilia approach, the Montessori method, and well-researched cognitive disciplines that attend to the whole child. We create opportunities to develop character attributes that your child will benefit from for a lifetime. Collaboration. Communication. Independence. Healthy risk-taking. Critical thinking. Emotional awareness. Resilience. Intellectual curiosity. Creative innovation. An authentic love of life and learning.

Be Well

We know what it’s like to forget to feed ourselves—physically, mentally, and emotionally. At SolBe, we understand it’s impossible for you to pour from an empty cup. And we do what we can to keep your cup full.

Our learning ecosystem is designed with children and educators—and you—in mind. Seed-to-table nutrition program. Yoga and mindfulness. An all-inclusive experience so you don’t need to worry about finding time to provide meals, diapers, or wipes (unless you want to). Evening and weekend family programs.