Author Archives: Ms Kristin

flashing back to 2009 :: :: :: :: :: a variation on a common theme. we used cinnamon scented cones, natural feathers, a low temp glue gun, an old cereal box, scraps of construction paper, and a marker. make sure you sing this song while you hold your little turkey: i’m a little turkey shortContinue reading “t is for {pinecone} turkey”

{we did lots of cutting, lots of painting, lots of thanking} {orange paint + pumpkin pie spice} {later we cut into pie shapes with a dollop of cotton ball whipped cream} {we cut a lot of circular shapes and a lot of smaller snips for our turkeys} {happy thanksgiving, friends!}  

old glue (glue so old it had separated) + all the odds and ends we could gather = massive glue sculpture and after 4 days of drying, it seemed dry enough to lean up against the wall.  after an hour or so, there was a pool of glue under it…oops.  so we decided to letContinue reading “g is for glue sculpture”

we’ve been graced with gourds in our classroom.  thank you, families. they’ve been bought and sold and cooked and carted around and hidden and found… we even humanized them and took care of gourd babies. — — — — — — — — — — crayon coloring on a gourd line paper is perfect forContinue reading “g is for gourd”

we were invited to participate in bethel college’s “love wall” by giving drawings/messages of what love means to us. with complete respect for the wisdom that young children can offer, i simply invited them to give ideas of what love is, what they love, what message about god they want people to know. …main streetContinue reading “l is for love”