October 2009 – Page 5

w is for web

another year, another web. this time an elephant came out to play. our egg carton elephant named ellie. one elphant went out to play upon a spider’s web one day she had such ENORMOUS fun that she called for another elephant to come… two elephants went out to play… (you get the idea!) :: ::Continue reading “w is for web”

p is for paper ball

for great arm muscle work, make a ball (or snow ball or hail ball) out of crumpled paper. then fore great fine motor work, cut or tear tape to keep the paper ball together. make as big as children want to.

e is for egg

it was an egg-celent week. we started the days with egg experiments. the first one was finding out how to make the egg white white! yum. my favorite part of preschool experiments is writing down the guesses of what might happen (hypothesis!). then we did the good old floating egg experiment. (the egg sinks inContinue reading “e is for egg”

u is for ukulele

get one. add a duct tape strap if too many rock start moves are happening, nearly breaking the instrument.

d is for dog house

i brought this travel crate for the days our dog sally visited, then it was cleaned out, door removed and became a family corner prop. i only wish i had a photo of friday when there were four (4!!!!) boys in it…with pillows and blankets. all barking. to be in the dog house at preschoolContinue reading “d is for dog house”