Author Archives: Ms Kristin

we had a hairy hamster visit for the week.  take note of her names.  “smokey bacon” was us teachers’ favorite. :: :: :: :: we used some fake hair to make creatures that looked surprisingly like wild things.  and yes, those are permanent markers making those satisfying and bold marks!

when my dry erase calendar was drawn on with permanent marker and i couldn’t find the post it notes i wanted, i made a calendar for november.  the children had a great time coloring.  we talked more about the days of the week, the varying numbers of days in months, etc. than we usually do.Continue reading “c is for handmade calendar”

before we changed the plan and there is no more standing on the couch (due to too many head bumps and serious injury waiting to happen), it was a fantastic squishy dancing stage…especially with dancing chairs on either side.  to get the full effect, hum to yourself the chorus of “ice, ice baby.”  we couldn’tContinue reading “d is for dancing time”

we collected LOTS of boxes from our preschool families and used them during H week. some were wrapped in paper and covered with adhesive letters and numbers. we sang our song to the tune of “yankee doodle” about addresses: my address tells me where i live the number and the street i can get thereContinue reading “h is for (box) house”

my words shared this morning:   new creation fellowship church mission sunday • november 14, 2010   what if you were given 826 dollars? 826 loaves of bread? 826 gallons of milk? 826 houses? 826 cars?   there is no doubt that receiving 826 of anything would present you with an opportunity.   in theContinue reading “s is for sunday”