Ms Kristin

u is for under

one year i might get brave enough to do something with u is for underwear, but until then i will stop at under. you get the idea. i suspended a piece of fabric across two shelves and used good old duct tape. this provided a long stretch for children to crawl (or walk) under sinceContinue reading “u is for under”

u is for umbrella

let me begin this post expressing gratitude that no. eyes. were. poked. out. ahhhhhh. we drew ourselves under umbrellas (a great chance to see self-portrait work). we played games under my big umbrella. this is a basic find the item hidden in an egg, match it to the photcopied picture. some kids were shaking theContinue reading “u is for umbrella”

s is for smile

one of the important parts of our program that i take for granted is love. showing love in our words. showing love in holding children. showing love in rubbing backs. showing love in simply treating them as i would want someone to treat my child. so, holding a little friend last week she looked atContinue reading “s is for smile”

r is for rubber band (shooting)

we have a supply of rubber bands in our room intended for our rubber band boards. there are children (more than just these three pictured here) who LOVE to shoot them. of course, the first assumption is that this is not okay for inside a classroom. but a couple of months ago, i listened toContinue reading “r is for rubber band (shooting)”

p is for puddle

we were given hundreds of HUGE coffee filters a few years ago. i fear we may finish them up this year. we used them with colored water (food coloring and liquid watercolors) and pipettes. when they dried, we added the text strip: “here is my puddle, oh what a muddle.” the kids loved saying thisContinue reading “p is for puddle”