A Spring Day at the Dagis

It's getting warmer in Sweden. The sun is shining more often here and the dreary days are getting longer and brighter. Today's set of pictures show Hanna's dagis. When I picked her up this day she was digging in the sandbox. Some other days when she is outdoors, she uses a saw, hammer,nails and paint to build things in the workshop. Other kids were playing with plants at the water tub. The forest behind the play area have not blossomed yet and things are still a bit brown. The dagis takes hikes in the forest one day a week. The play area outside is worn from play and when it rains, and it sometimes does often, the area gets muddy which makes rubber boats a necessity. The kids spend much of their time outdoors rain or shine. A friend said, "there is no bad weather in Sweden, only bad clothes". Kids are allowed to play in the water if they choose. After, they just go in and get a dry change of clothes. I'm very happy there are patient teachers willing to help out with this process as I know I'm less patient at home! At this dagis, we must have several changes of clothes, boots and outer wear. The first floor of the dagis houses the childrens clothing one one wall, and sets of rubber boots on another plus two well-used drying cabinets on another wall. There are kids aged 16 months old to age 6 that attend the dagis. Hanna is making new friends and loves it!