Chaotic Connections

8 days!

I am not going to lie, I have been running on coffee and to-do lists getting this ready 😅

But here is what keeps me going: I genuinely cannot wait for these kids to walk through the door on June 22.

Summer Learning was designed for the ages where everything is still new and magical - ages 2 through 6. Where bugs are fascinating and space is mind-blowing and making something with your hands feels like real magic.

Little Learners Labs starts June 22 at in Everett. Spots are still open - link in bio to grab yours.

See you in 8 days!

Can I tell you what I actually love most about Little Learners Labs?

It's not the curriculum.

It's the moment a parent exhales.

That moment when they walk in and realize - okay, this is a space where we belong. Where nobody is going to judge how my kid plays or how I parent.
Where I can just... be.

Early childhood can be really isolating. You're in survival mode a lot. And the "village" people talk about? It doesn't always show up automatically.That's what I'm trying to build here. Not just a class. A place where you and your kid both get to feel like yourselves.

Summer starts June 22. I'd love to have you.

Link in bio to register.

This is what focus looks like at 3 years old.
Not sitting still at a desk. Not waiting for a turn. Completely absorbed in an oat bin full of pompoms, scoops, tongs, and sorting trays - next to other kids doing the exact same thing.
This is a sensory bin, and yes it is messy, and yes it is absolutely working. Here is what is happening while they dig:
Fine motor skills every time they pinch a pompom or squeeze the tongs. Color sorting and early math when they start organizing by size or color (they always do, nobody tells them to). Parallel play turning into cooperative play right before your eyes. Regulation - the repetitive scooping and pouring is genuinely calming for little nervous systems.
This is exactly the kind of activity we build into every single Little Learners Labs session. Not busy work. Intentional play that is doing a lot more than it looks like.
Summer starts June 22 - link in bio to grab your spot.

Last week in Little Learners Labs we did Colors - and I low-key recruited my own boys as the test subjects.
Color sorting with the animal counters. Rainbow color paddles on the light table. And the activity that made my older one completely forget I existed for a solid 20 minutes: mess-free paint bags.
You put two blobs of paint in a Ziploc on a paper (or not), seal it up, and let them squish and swirl until the colors mix. No mess. No cleanup (unless you want to keep the painted paper. Just pure focus and the most satisfying color science a 3-year-old(and 1 year old) has ever experienced.
Red + yellow = orange. Blue + yellow = green. Blue + red = that murky purple-gray situation that is also correct and valid. I just saw a suggestion to use more pastel colors to avoid the murkiness- will be trying that soon!
Two more weeks of spring session left and then we go all in on summer. Farm and Food is up next - Growing and Changing after that, then six weeks of Little Learners Labs Summer 2026 starting June 22.
Link in bio if you want in. 🧡