Author Archives: Ms Kristin

we think that even without us telling you, you will know if this person likes bananas: and we think you will know if THIS person likes bananas: we learned about the “no” symbol and i drew some signs that i thought would be familiar to the preschoolers.  turns out, no one knew what the “noContinue reading “b is for banana (and the “no” symbol and vowel work)”

when we have a letter of the week, there are always new things related to that letter around the room.  this week we had beads in the playdough to sort by color. and when the beads are mixed up on the tray, it takes some careful work to sort them out again! :: :: ::Continue reading “b is for bean bags, beads, and balls”

just like every year, the season changed!  here in our corner of the world, we are blessed by being able to see the seasons change by watching the leaves.  while we still have quite a few green leaves, they are starting to turn yellow and orange, red and brown. fake leaves, tongs and scissors fillContinue reading “a is for autumn!”

remember all that paint from our golden letter paintings?  well, this week they got cut up into butterfly wings. then there was stacking in sequential order biggest to smallest.  when a line of glue was made along the center each time and folded just so and let to dry, we had beautiful butterflies by theContinue reading “b is for butterfly”

we did “golden letter” paintings on everyone’s first day of school.  this is the whole “masking tape on posterboard in the shape of their first initials, then painting on top of it, then peeling off the tape.” however, there was so much paint on these that before we pulled the tape off we put anotherContinue reading “g is for golden letter paintings”