From Our Classroom to the Community: Boo-tiful moments of play
October 27th, 2025Last week in our classroom: halloween decorations
This Week at Playschool 🎃
Circle time this week has been all about Halloween decorations! The kiddos have been busy learning a fun bat song to the tune of I’m a Little Teapot. They practiced different movements for words like “asleep,” “moon,” “play,” and “hungry” — and had a blast acting it all out!
For arts and crafts, we’ve been exploring all things festive: using bingo daubers to make bats or pumpkins, decorating mini pumpkins with tattoos, and teaming up for a big group project to color a giant trick-or-treat poster!
And of course… with all the rainy weather, there have been lots of requests to jump in puddles. How could we say no to that?
To this week from our partners: Physiokids partnership
Head over to @alliesplayschool on Instagram for a chance to win a balance board and 2 first visit climb passes ($84 value) with Climb Kalamazoo! Winner will be announced November 1st!
To this week from our community: boo bash
These two pictures mean so much to me 🫶🏼 Thank you so much for The Little Gym of Kalamazoo for having Playschool at your Boo Bash event.
What you see: a family at a Halloween event and two business owners.
What I see: my husband, my parents, my in-laws, and Playschool parents all offering helping hands to turn little visions into reality. Two moms of littles chasing dreams, creating joy for children, and building community — one small business to another.
When you support Playschool, you’re not just supporting a preschool teacher. You’re supporting a mom, a wife, a business owner… and at the end of the day, a girl just trying her best to give you all my best
To this week in our community: upcoming events
MINI MAMA BEAR
WHAT: a 90 minute peek into Mindset PT’s Mama Bear course
WHERE: Mindset PT
WHEN: November 11th 6:00-7:30 PM
Goodie bags for all participants including (Raw cold pressed juice- Juicy Leaf LLC, Skincare products and a facial gift card from House of Figs Aesthetics, a chance to win a Zen Dens gift card, a fall scented candle- Kalamazoo Candle Company, and more!)
Finish the night with a sound therapy session led by Kara Markovich, Sound Therapist and owner of Origami House. Of all the things in your life that aren’t being tended to, where do you, yourself, fall?
Sign up here: count me in!
💵 Cost: $20 per participant - payment via venmo @alliesplayschool This is not a free event! Eventbrite is used to reserve your spot. Spots are limited.
Christmas co-Op
Small Business Saturday → this is the place to be!
We can’t wait to see you there!
Playschool will be hosting a Kiddie Corner so your little ones can feel the joy of community through a local, family-owned business too.
The best part? The Co-Op is completely FREE and open to the public. No tickets needed—just come hang out, shop small, and join the fun!
Mini berry holiday session
Instructors: Melissa Ludwa, Lisa Brown, Rachel Stratton
Fa-la-la-la fun! Holiday and wintery themes will be infused into this 3-week series of Music Together classes. Sing, dance, and play with us in class and take home the Mini Berry song booklet (with music access code to 15 Music Together favorites) to keep you singing and dancing until we start again with our 10-week Sticks semester, beginning in early January.
Class Days and Times:
Classes at Crescendo Academy of Music:
Mon: 9:30 am & 10:30 am
Tues: 9:30 am & 10:30 am
Fri: 9:30 & 10:30 am
Sat: 9:30 am
Sun: 5:30 pm This is a collaboration with OutFront Kalamazoo for queer families and allies
Details and registration: here
