Author Archives: Ms Kristin

by the time spring rolls around, we have a lot of kids interested in making letter shapes.

warning:  spoiler alert!  current preschool mamas who haven’t yet opened that brown lunch sack with a rainbow ribbon, you might want to come back after sunday. : ) :: :: :: :: :: :: using roughly cut circles from my fabric stash, preschoolers chose 6 different sizes of circles. then we used some of theseContinue reading “m is for mother’s day”

we made some treasure, followed some clues and found that treasure box several times in the week.  crazy good fun. thank you, families, for adding to our treasure boxes all week.

well, first you need to make rules.  with much discussion, we agreed on which were okay pirate actions for preschool and which were not.  red meant no, green meant yes. you also need to eat pirate snacks.  and laugh at the word “booty.”  and laugh harder that you are eating “pirate booty.” and you collectContinue reading “p is for (how to be a) pirate”

well, why haven’t we done THIS before?!?!? what a hit.  when paper is crumpled and then flattened and then painted on with coffee (freshly made or leftover), a wonderfully old looking piece of paper is created!  it is a little more impressive when an actual coffee cup is used and even more impressive yet whenContinue reading “t is for treasure maps”