Ms Kristin

n is for nut buddy

totally crafty. totally not child-centered (all they did was choose a nut with eyes already hot glued on and an acorn cap for the teacher to glue on). except for the moment they carry their nut buddy around the room and it enters their play.

w is for winter animals

we discussed ways that animals adapt to winter and hid some of our nuts to eat at home. a paper “cave” glued to old mat board, covered with kleenex and paper towels, then nuts hidden inside. we covered the cave hole with another kleenex. that way families didn’t know we had nuts in there.

l is for lame

seldom do i set up a project that is so lame that we don’t continue on. don’t get me wrong, almost every project evolves once the children get going with it. what i have in my lesson plans is almost never exactly what we end up doing. this project was supposed to provide pages andContinue reading “l is for lame”

t is for tube

i had no idea the joy this tube would bring. i expected cars racing through. i expected blocks racing through. i’m surprised it hasn’t been colored or covered with tape. but i didn’t expect kids to figure out how to launch cars simply by slamming it down on a shelf. yes, it was loud. andContinue reading “t is for tube”

h is for haiti

when a preschooler’s mama has traveled to haiti, it provides the perfect opportunity to hear what kids know. just like the public service announcements on pbs cautioning parents in terms of children seeing too many images of the destruction of haiti, i hesitate to burst bubbles of protection that parents have created. but in vagueContinue reading “h is for haiti”