Ms Kristin

w is for wheat

we planted wheat the week before easter. this also included a lot of filling and emptying of cups. if kept damp, this will sprout and grow quickly! we planted a couple of big tubs at preschool which will be fun to trim and hide little animals in.

e is for easter bunny food

i was inspired and changed plans. we pretended our school didn’t have scissors and we needed the paper to be small enough to cover the cardboard carrot shapes. hmmmm, shall we tear it with hands? rip it with teeth? both techniques were tested. tearing by hand won out. show and tell this week is “easterContinue reading “e is for easter bunny food”

e is for easter egg

simply bringing easter eggs in the classroom enhances play…which enhances learning. we are collecting them for a project to be done the week after easter, so thanks to families we have LOTS of eggs to play with now! for our project we need the tops and bottom separated. cutting them apart turned into a spontaneousContinue reading “e is for easter egg”

h is for hungry animals

during our the very hungry caterpillar week, even the animals that usually live in the block corner got hungry. they moved to the play-doh table and left instructions. good thing. p.s. can you see how our play-doh is all mixed up like the butterfly’s colors at the end of the book?

f is for food

we had some caterpillars around the classroom who were very hungry. good thing there were also paper plates and crayons so we could draw them some food! not pictured here is these thrifted fake fur caterpillars stuffed in sections of thrifted (but new) pantyhose cocoons. : )