Author Archives: Ms Kristin

better late than never, eh?

to me a “child centered” classroom means allowing the children to take things to another level… instead of just using one piece of paper to write her name, she wrote the names of her entire family… :: :: :: bringing chairs from the snack table over so they could make their tower higher… :: ::Continue reading “c is for child centered classroom”

kansas has a birthday! we took a loooooooong picture walk through the picture book version of little house on the prairie. there are times when it doesn’t seem that i’ll be able to keep a group’s attention with reading a story, but picture walking through it seems to work.  maybe the drama of, “ooooooooo-look byContinue reading “l is for log cabin”

with sharp knives and real lemons, we did some taste testing…here are the faces to prove it: then graphs for who liked the lemon and who did not: then painting with yellow liquid watercolor over white crayon on paper plates.  i attempted to scent the paint with lemon oil and lemon juice.  it did smellContinue reading “l is for lemon”

this was simple and aromatherapeutic.  i added lavender oil to lavender paint (purple + white). we looked at photos of lavender fields (amazing!) by passing my phone around since i forgot my computer. we used these finger sponge paint things  (i tried to find them online to link over and can’t!) and made lavender flowers.Continue reading “l is for lavender paint”