Ms Kristin

c is for cozy

i like the experience of having our circle time rug in the center of our room, but the rug alone looked stark and ungrounded. it didn’t feel practical to keep the canopy and rocking chairs, though. instead i cut strips of the fabric and created the feel of walls around our rug. i’ve been surprisedContinue reading “c is for cozy”

n is for (happy!) new year

remembering the fun from last year, we played this game again. it (doesn’t really) require a horn to blow. : ) so we used old calendars and catalogs to make some. i displayed a page from amanda dade’s new year’s parade that we read before playing our game. snipping along one side, then rolling up,Continue reading “n is for (happy!) new year”

p is for program…more

more photos and memories from our last day of preschool before christmas break. photo by meg duerksen…for more, click here.

g is for gearing up

time away from the classroom always leaves me disoriented. stranger yet was leading our sunday school today…in our preschool space…in so many ways it’s nice to merge my church community with my work again. so, i’ll change the calendar, write 2010 a few times and get ready for a few days of simply remembering whoContinue reading “g is for gearing up”

p is for present (for our families)

if you are a preschool family and you haven’t opened one of these, go check your child’s backpack and don’t read further! :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: back when we painted our stars, we also painted these from discount school supply. then we used the same photos as we useContinue reading “p is for present (for our families)”