Author Archives: Ms Kristin

we have regular “book time” each day after we’re done cleaning up.  as soon as cleaning up is finished (or not constructive and there isn’t much left!), i’ll sing:  if you’re done cleaning up, then go sit down and find a book to look at. after their own “book time” we transition to “story time”Continue reading “b is for book”

blue bits of paper blue stickers blue tape blue streamers to tear blue lids blue beads blue poms poms blue feathers bottles of glue (hmmmm….that rhymes with blue!) since the favored technique was putting the glue on TOP of the collage items, i’m glad it dries clear.

i highly recommend getting one of these mirrors just so you can tuck it in your ceiling tile braces: the view is a thrill.  what’s really fun is watching kids discover that it’s there for the first time. : )

what a silly thing. i was given about 30 laminated paper banana shapes.  it’s B week, so i thought we’d use them for something. i thought we’d play a simple hide and seek with the banana papers.  but when i was trying to explain the game plan and wanted to get their attention, i pretendedContinue reading “b is for banana phone”

these children are so busy, so happy, so constructive.  with this being our first year back at our church building after 7 years away, i’ve wondered how the children will use the space. i can set up equipment and arrange tables, but i’ve been eager to see which corners they gravitate to, which tables they moveContinue reading “b is for busy”