Author Archives: Ms Kristin

we’ve been watching the calendar.  today we checked the computer.   we looked at maps.  and…. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow! so we took some crafty little puppets (groundhog printable glued on old cracker and cereal boxes with a craft stick hot glued on…thank you ms hanna for your factory-like work in getting them ALL cutContinue reading “g is for groundhog!”

it was ten years ago today that a fire broke out in our church basement also known as preschool classroom, kitchen, storage, library. i was still on maternity leave with micah, reeling from a previous miscarriage and generally feeling like i couldn’t do it all.  then there was the fire.  it was quite a journey.Continue reading “f is for {the 2002} fire”

we have our own photos to share and our own stories to tell, but while those are waiting, here is what our local newspaper has to show: (click on the photo above) thank you, ms wendy!

hee hee hee…one of our very own preschool baby dolls was on the news! my friend, christy, is the director of the SIDS network of kansas and they needed a doll for one of their news segments. much to our delight (and confusion!), we watched our doll on the news!  we looked at the calendarContinue reading “m is for movie star baby”

we got a double m out of a project this week by using old editions of the mennonite magazine for cutting and gluing into capital M shapes! there were varying techniques. :: :: :: :: we practiced m writing along with pointy and bumpy mountain line shapes. :: :: :: :: we cut and tapedContinue reading “m is for magazines, maps and mountains”