Ms Kristin

w is for waiting

when we have to wait (which i try HARD to avoid), i’ll invite the children to copy me. sometimes it’s too strange to do more than stare or laugh, though. thanks, carol, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a photo of this in action…they are so cute!

p is for pumpkin patch (inside)

we usually invite children to bring their own pumpkin to preschool for the few weeks before halloween (we always make sure there are plenty of extras!). we label them with names (and read them), count them, sort them, line them up, act out the 5 Little Pumpkins poem, pretend they are babies, cover them withContinue reading “p is for pumpkin patch (inside)”

s is for spider

i know this as a song sung by raffi. (look on the right hand side for a “play” button for this song). a spider starts on the floor… then that spider goes up legs, stomachs, necks, faces and heads til he jumps off! funny stuff.

w is for work

“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” Maria Montessori

e is for envelope

we took advantage of “e is for envelope” to bring a mail center to the classroom. thanks to my thrifty husband, we have hundreds of envelopes that come in junk mail, etc. shame on me for giving him a hard time for saving them. family corner purses quickly became mail bags, random corners of theContinue reading “e is for envelope”