Author Archives: Ms Kristin

before the fire of 2002, we had this.  it was d.r.e.a.m.y. lately we’ve been seeing the children’s desires to climb and perch and hide… we embraced it. for a couple of weeks we used some of our tables, blankets and shelves to make a loft-type structure. i do miss our old loft a lot, butContinue reading “l is for (makeshift) loft”

for a few years now we’ve used our big stringing beads as ornaments on a little artificial tree.  however, “little” is relative.  the top of the tree is hard for some to reach.  what an honor to witness some careful problem solving: there were three friends actively involved in getting the orange bead off theContinue reading “c is for christmas tree decorating…preschool style”

oh, silly red paint in the ketchup bottle, you came back again!  i really must remember to do this with other types of bottles. we’ve put white paint in a milk jug, but i still need to put yellow paint in a mustard bottle and purple paint in a grape jelly bottle. we used thisContinue reading “k is for ketchup (paint)”

we continued our h week discussion of houses into i week with an exploration of igloos. with white paint on a low table, the children finger hand painted (is the limit ever given to paint only with one’s fingers in finger painting?).  then we made prints on igloo shaped paper. when the table is scratched,Continue reading “i is for igloo”

freezing water colored with food coloring = ice painting supplies!  the problem was that i couldn’t find my craft sticks, so i used wooden forks. it worked fine.  and patience (or a little warm water) helped really make the paint flow. p.s.  even though they LOOK like popsicles, they don’t TASTE like popsicles.