Author: Brin Hamilton

The Birthday Magic Ends Tonight! As we celebrate Belleamie and another year of the Children’s Garden, we hope you’ll consider making a gift to help continue the magic of the Garden for the children and families who call this place home. Today is your final chance to make your gift and receive this year’s special-edition Garden puzzle—a little piece of the Garden to enjoy wi...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomToday’s the day! We hope to see you all at the Pumpkin Patch this afternoon! We want to send some special appreciation to the amazing Carpinito Brothers, for not only making an amazing pumpkin patch that we love to visit in Octobe...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomWhat a wonderful week we just had! Isn’t a Pacific Northwest Autumn the best?!  Beautiful colors, sunny weather mixed with changing weather, and the excitement of Halloween just around the corner!We took advantage of the beautiful...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomWe had such a fun time at last weekend’s Garden Homecoming, and the staff had fun running into so many Garden families at the Salmon Homecoming last weekend at Issaquah Salmon Days Festival! The Crickets and Bees continued to lear...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomTonight is Homecoming! The staff love this event because we get to catch up with alumni parents and brand new Garden parents and party all night with all of them! We all break out our Garden Gear (Have you got yours yet?) and come...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomWe hope those who acknowledge Yom Kippur  had a meaningful holiday, and we all acknowledged the final full day of summer on Monday. This upcoming weekend, our sunsets will be before 7pm for the first time in 2026! Holy Moley! Time...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomWe are off to an amazing start! Last weekend, on Saturday, we had the All School Work Party, and on Sunday, we had the Board retreat and first board meeting of the year. Thank you to everyone who came in on the weekend to help us ...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomOh! My goodness! Here we go! The classroom is ready! The curriculum is ready! All the cubbies have names to receive news and easel paintings, the toys and dress ups are washed and ready to be played with and loved! After this week...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomHappy September everyone! The teachers are as busy as bees preparing for the upcoming school year! We’ve all just returned from a three day staff retreat where we discussed, planned, prepped, coordinated and just plain, Got Things...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. First Days of School Crickets: Monday, September 14 Honeybees: Monday, September 14 Ladybugs:You and Me Meet the Teacher-Tuesday, September 15. A caregiver accompanies their child for a "you and me" meet the teacher day. This fun experience ...