Author Archives: Ms Kristin

:: :: :: :: when it was V week, we talked up the color “violet” and made some replicas of the grape hyacinth.  the days included trips around the church yard to find this pretty violet colored flower. one project was using old vegetables (celery!) to make prints.  to make one bunch go farther, iContinue reading “e is for easter flowers (aka grape hyacinths)”

well, we’ll be a couple of days late, but we’ll still do some of these tried and true pranks: 2008: a little glue-as-milk-bowl-of-cheerios started the day. then a fake ponytail and huge paperclip earrings to preschool 2009: there were bologna and peas waiting at the play-doh table (funny). the letter of the week turned backContinue reading “a is for april fool’s day round up”

  after a shaving cream/food coloring/water demonstration of clouds, we made our own. we used paper cups, flattened them, slathered them with white glue, pressed them on cotton balls, did the other side, and look at that:  a little cloud.  i hot glued a piece of yarn between the flattened cup ahead of time. i’mContinue reading “c is for cloud”

so, after coming in from a long outdoor time, the preschoolers were hot. during indoor circle time one little friend took off his shirt. no one noticed at first, it wasn’t silly, etc so we teachers ignored it as well. a little while later when i noticed some gigging about it, i tried to normalizeContinue reading “s is for shirts off”

this feels like a moment as a mom when you forget to record a first word, step, or a cute phrase.  when all those sweet things happen and aren’t recorded.  i’m finding photo after photo of fun stuff from days gone by.  enjoy the trip back down memory lane… like the time we made greenContinue reading “g is for green eggs and ham”