Ms Kristin

c is for campfire (valentine’s style)

when we had 3 bags of marshmallows come to preschool, we made time for a campfire to “roast” them. using our battery tea light candles, some smooth dowels (thank you otis) and a red scarf, we had a delightful campfire. i am grateful that no one got hurt with the skewers and i hope thereContinue reading “c is for campfire (valentine’s style)”

v is for valentined room

more red showed up this week at school in honor of valentine’s day starting with heart lights in our story corner (thank you micah): :: :: i pulled out all the red legos for a little lego-playmobil fusion. :: :: :: there were paper hearts growing from our play plants and real flowers for theContinue reading “v is for valentined room”

v is for valentine hand

to help remember the size of your valentine’s hand in 2010… white paint on a tray to rub hand in then pressed on red mat board.

r is for relaxed

things i notice and love: kids lounging no shoes smiles some coming, some going, some staying coffee tidy floors a preschooler-modified schedule board i don’t know what we were doing, but i like it.

f is for fraction (pizza style)

one pizza cut in 8 pieces is still one pizza. two halves make one whole. if a pizza is cut into four pieces, each piece is a fourth. these are the concepts we explore this week. the pizzas we painted had a couple of days to dry and were ready to cut. i drew linesContinue reading “f is for fraction (pizza style)”