we used random wood pieces collected over the years for a little wood + glue free for all.

and if there was any doubt that using a glue bottle is good for those hand muscles, take a look at this photo:

i love it!

 

well, friends, it’s nice that corey brought us grilled cheese sandwiches for snack today.  i’m sorry that all our cups are missing so i guess you’ll just have to have glue to drink.  april fools!  it’s milk-NOT glue!

and april fools again…it’s CAKE AND FROSTING not GRILLED CHEESE!

there were quite a few refills…and quite a few drooping eyelids as they drank bottle style for the first time at preschool.

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we used this template for a sneaky coloring/red paper volcano project:

we scribbled and colored to make the shape look like a plain old mountain.  then we taped on an exploding lava piece of paper that could fold behind until we said BOOM!

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hey, friends, we’re going to do some finger painting for group time today.  we’ll use these plates because they are nice and sturdy.  it sure is a nice blue color, isn’t it?  let me check something…..(then i dipped my finger in the paint and tasted it…oh WIDE eyes!)

april fool’s!  it’s pudding NOT paint!

the perfect place for letter writing, scribble making, yummy finger painting.

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thanks to some of your comments, i can’t WAIT for next year!  share more ideas, please!

at preschool we have a few “real” toys as they call them:  a cash register, an alarm clock with the flip down numbers, a rotary phone, and this keyboard.

i’ll never forget the day last year when i found the keyboard seemingly undisturbed, but upon closer look:  all the keys were in different places, turned around, upside down, etc.

talk about a fine motor work out!

 

(i thought his would be a fitting post after almost a week  of my internet being hit or miss.  things seem to be better now…that in itself is a mystery.  so hopefully i can catch up a bit in this space!)

from home:

2008:

a little glue-as-milk-bowl-of-cheerios started the day.
the kids were so cranky and tired,
this was the one smiling moment of the morning.
no foolin’.

then a fake ponytail and huge paperclip earrings to preschool

2009:

the best april fool’s joke yet.

i washed and filled a glue bottle with cream…then added it to my coffee while preschoolers were watching…hee hee hee.

in naomi’s lunch…an orange

…filled with orange candy.

micah informed me this morning (after a fake banana, colored cereal milk and pudding as milk) that he knew all of my ideas before i even did them.

i’ll stick to preschoolers then.

please, if you are out there and have april fools ideas,  tell me.

 

i like having friends who call to say, “do you have green food coloring?…i need it to dye coconut to make pretend burgers…and i bought a lot of stuff so you can come make some if you want.”

hee hee hee

 

2010:

jello in a cup with a straw.  sneaky.

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then i turned our after school snack silly.

want some french fries?

oh, they don’t look cooked well enough?

well, that’s because they are apples peeled and cut to look like french fries and caramel dyed red.

it was good to see delight.  and truly trick my kids.

2011:

stay tuned.  hint:  it involves rocks and cool whip.

 

here are some favorite memories of mine on this fun, fun day!  you can bet we’re going to make some new memories today!  and you can bet i’ve washed out some glue and paint containers in preparation!

back in 2009:

the teachers looked silly (oh, why didn’t i get a photo of ms. viliya in her pajamas?).

there was bologna and peas waiting at the play-doh table (funny).

the letter of the week turned back to A (funny).

the calendar and the music said it was christmas again (funny).

the paint was edible (but i didn’t tell them that at first. instead i pretended the only funny thing was that we were going to finger paint. then i suddenly licked the paint! oh, wide eyes).

there were fake moustaches (funny)…really these are just strips of fake fur with a roll of masking tape.

but the best joke of all was the coffee cream in the cleaned out glue container (funny!!!).

a.w.e.s.o.m.e.