Author Archives: Ms Kristin

this is one of the best things i’ve done this year.  so often i’ve wished for a really shallow sensory table type tub that can’t be slid off the table, etc.  one day i realized that one of our hula hoops would fit perfectly on top of one of our small tables. so, hula hoopContinue reading “t is for table-with-an-edge”

some church friends (one of whom is also a preschool dad) put in a new hot water heater for our church/preschool.  the sturdy box was left for us.  we bring all the blankets and pillows from the whole classroom in it.  we reinforce it with colored tape.  we cover the opening with fabric.  we poundContinue reading “b is for box {a.k.a. why do we have any other toys in our classroom?}”

with halloween over, we thought we’d try something a friend posted on line: growing pumpkins directly from the pumpkin.  let me know if you try it, michigan friends! we cut a hole in the top, just like one would to carve a pumpkin, and added dirt: (ooooh, and the DANGER of this experiment.  i hadContinue reading “p is for pumpkin planting experiment”

with our hands-turned-turkeys, the return of turkey rob and conversations of home, we anticipated thanksgiving. turkey rob’s rainbow feathers were plucked and “planted” every day. when his red “gobble maker” fell off, it was repaired with candy corn duct tape. he had a lot of love this year.  and he was the centerpiece for allContinue reading “h is for happy thanksgiving {and hands and homes and homeless shelters}”

along with a real egg laying hen in our classroom, we also spent time with good old humpty dumpty.  i read from this book every week and love the photos to accompany these olden time rhymes: we did a few different projects to represent good old humpty.  one involved real egg shells, so guess whatContinue reading “h is for humpty dumpty”