Ms Kristin

t is for tornado

using some thrifted rope-like-crinkly paper (i’m sure there is a name for it), we unrolled and unrolled to make a classroom-size tornado. it took a couple of tries to make it strong enough for little ones to handle, but we got it. hot glue and a couple of old rulers to wrap the top aroundContinue reading “t is for tornado”

t is for “tie-dye”

this is a great example of when the process is more important than the product…though the product was spectacular. instead of trying to “make a flower” or “make a cloud” we focused on using as much paint as we wanted…most preschoolers had the clear goal of no white showing. we could also make these differentContinue reading “t is for “tie-dye””

u is for umbrella

here we have colored rain on pre-cut umbrella shaped paper… we made rain by mixing liquid watercolors. a teacher poured little pools of paint and the preschoolers blew through straws to move the paint around. we were sure to take breaks for some deep, slow breathing. : )

v is for vehicle

using cars, trucks, anything with wheels, we made tracks by running these wheeled vehicles through blobs of paint. i taped paper on the entire table and drew a simple “road” ahead of time. then i would drop blobs of paint as needed….you can imagine those became oil slicks (time to talk about pollution), rain puddlesContinue reading “v is for vehicle”

s is for store

or g is for grocery store or f is for food store or m is for market or… on the last days of school i put out the cash register, pads of paper, pencils, receipt books, and a sign showing the symbols of money (how exciting for those who have mastered the “s” and “c”Continue reading “s is for store”