Ms Kristin

d is for dog puppet

this is a really “crafty” project, but some children seem to be comforted by the simplicity, the short-ended process of projects like this. paper bags and precut shapes (eyes, nose, tongue, tail). i didn’t take a picture of the “legs.” one friend wanted legs, so we simply cut a triangle shape out of the bottomContinue reading “d is for dog puppet”

d is for dog collar

back in d week, children were invited to bring stuffed dogs to school. we used duct tape (THANK YOU FAMILIES FOR YOUR DONATIONS!!!) to fashion collars and leashes. so that we wouldn’t get fur sticky, we folded the duct tape in half the length of the collar and leash, then used a little piece ofContinue reading “d is for dog collar”

d is for dog days movie

see the tuesday/thursday kids in action! thanks to elsie’s family for bringing cecil and making the movie. : )

d is for dog

in honor of the letter d, we had real dogs visit us: tank, angel, punkin’, waffle, cecil, jake, pumpkin, sally and strider. cecil brought the added joy of pulling the kids in his fire truck. wooo hooo! thank you, families, for bringing so much fuzzy fun to our classroom!

y is for yellow

as autumn arrived, we honored the color yellow. easily one of my favorites, reminding me of happy things. yellow fabric suspended for a fort yellow cushions to hide in sorting yellow blocks from the rest playing in water made yellow from tumeric yellow supplies for a group collage yellow crayon resist with yellow watercolor (whichContinue reading “y is for yellow”