Author Archives: Ms Kristin

k week merged with our last week before christmas which worked well for the annual “what makes a king a king” talk. our alphabet box was a tricky one: four locks and 13 keys…tricky, tricky. you can see it in action here: this tape work kept some friends engaged for a long, long time. andContinue reading “k week”

h week brought new friendships expressed in heart cards, helping hand talks, paper hair cutting, and perhaps the greatest joy of all: a baby named harvey for show and tell. as usual, the week is best captured in our work time movie: and yes, we had a lot of talk about not cutting your ACTUALContinue reading “h week”

j week was full of jewels and candy canes that looked like the letter J and jingle bells. we jumped and juggled. and we watched the calendar change which means we finished with brown month and started with red month. whew! we made baby jesus ornaments with the acorns from our november tub table. andContinue reading “j week”

  i week our alphabet box had white inch blocks and not pictured are the tongs we tried using to make an ice cube tower eleven inches tall! i is for injury…i’m grateful a teacher reminded me about this journal activity: body shapes, red crayon marks for blood and band aids to go on top.Continue reading “i week”

true to history, when preschoolers (and teachers and dogs) show up in costume sometimes we have to guess who it is…then the masks come off and all is revealed. g week coincided with halloween so along with guessing there was giggling and games and goofiness. the five the little pumpkins showed up outside in ourContinue reading “g week “