Ms Kristin

n is for name cards

the first thing preschoolers do when they arrive is find their name card. we’ve added a strip of magnet to the back and now the preschoolers match their name to their photo (except on april fool’s day when we put them on other photos…boy, that was funny).we sing through the names and figure out whoContinue reading “n is for name cards”

b is for (a very) beautiful butterfly

with more learning from the very hungry caterpillar we made butterflies. the paper used represented all the foods eaten in the book (the yellow for swiss cheese even had holes in it). the children used precut butterfly papers and glued the food papers on, trimming as they liked. at the end we layered circles likeContinue reading “b is for (a very) beautiful butterfly”

v is for very favorite food

as part of our learning from the very hungry caterpillar, children were invited to bring their favorite foods for us to taste at snack time. our snack routine is the same every day. we find out who brought the snack (a fruit or vegetable…sometimes they bring more than that, otherwise we have crackers/pretzes/animal crackers atContinue reading “v is for very favorite food”

a is for april fool’s

oh, it was a silly few days (we had to give every class a chance, not just those who actually attended on april 1!) the teachers looked silly (oh, why didn’t i get a photo of ms. viliya in her pajamas?). there was bologna and peas waiting at the play-doh table (funny). the letter ofContinue reading “a is for april fool’s”

s is for snake

this was not in my lesson plans, but when we trimmed some of the puddle projects to make flowers, we were left with the outer ring. upon seeing one of them, one little friend piped up, “oh! i want a snake!” you got it! i think we also mastered the concept of saturation: that whenContinue reading “s is for snake”