Author Archives: Ms Kristin

i saw this on line somewhere and can’t remember where (let me know if it was you!). during Y week, we focused on flowers and forsythia give us the perfect yellow blooms. i drew a light pencil line of branches and the children painted over with brown watered down paint. those dried very quickly andContinue reading “f is for forsythia”

in honor of cinco de mayo, we made “preschool salsa.” we tossed the juice of a couple of limes, about half an onion and a few cans of tomatoes with green chiles in the blender. it was no surprise that there were quite a few “eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww” when i cut the onion. but the whole processContinue reading “s is for salsa”

a few more earth day images… :: :: :: :: since it was “x marks the spot” week and those pirates were pulling tricks, they also hid a couple of the letters from our EARTH DAY sign (the big paper is what was left over from our paper plate earth project). :: :: :: ::Continue reading “e is for earth day”

AARGH!  what a good time we had! everyone had a box (from home and from the church recylcing).  we needed those for all the treasure we found! there were clues leading us all around. those silly pirates hid all the little boxes and the big treasure box!  what a hunt it was. but then theContinue reading “x is for marking the spot”

to create an under water scene, we did the classic crayon resist and blue water paint (food coloring in water…it was april and all our liquid watercolor was gone). a project well done outside. coloring happened on the sidewalk and painting happened in the grass. i imagine there will be a bit of culture shockContinue reading “u is for underwater”