Ms Kristin

d is for dentist

oh, joy. this was more fun than i expected. we set up a pretend dentist office in the classroom. it didn’t take the place of the family corner where dramatic play usually starts. it was across the room so there was quite a bit of traveling back and forth (as well as wood deliveries fromContinue reading “d is for dentist”

t is for teeth

we brushed our teeth with water all week long. some children brought a toothbrush from home, some used one from ms. stacey and a dentist in town (thank you, again!). one of our projects was teeth counting and drawing. every single preschooler had 20 teeth!

c is for cooper the snake

•••warning: real snake photos to follow••• s week was made better with a real snake visiting all week! cooper is a 5 year old corn snake. cooper was brought out of his cage for each class to get up close. children did not have to pet cooper, but could if they wanted to. thank you,Continue reading “c is for cooper the snake”

s is for (paper) snake

at christmas, there was a super long piece of packaging paper that i saved. with masking tape, santana the snake was born. i added a plastic jar filled with beads for a rattling tail: then baby snakes were born (made with tissue paper and tape): silly, slithering, not slimy, sweet snakes.

s is for spring!

we were on spring break for st. patrick’s day and the first day of spring, but we snuck a little spring project in beforehand. this was a simple grass cutting project. who knew me explaining the project would be so interesting? the children were encouraged to cut as skinny of pieces as they could.