when we have to wait (which i try HARD to avoid), i’ll invite the children to copy me.
sometimes it’s too strange to do more than stare or laugh, though.
thanks, carol, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a photo of this in action…they are so cute!
p is for pumpkin patch (inside)
we usually invite children to bring their own pumpkin to preschool for the few weeks before halloween (we always make sure there are plenty of extras!). we label them with names (and read them), count them, sort them, line them up, act out the 5 Little Pumpkins poem, pretend they are babies, cover them with blankets, load them up in big trucks, etc.
this year we have a friend who brought enough pumpkins and gourds for the whole school! his grandma and grandpa live on an apple farm (with pumpkins and turkeys too!), so he brought enough to share. we’re only disappointed that they live 15 hours away.
thank you, thank you…the pumpkin fun has only begun!
s is for spider
i know this as a song sung by raffi. (look on the right hand side for a “play” button for this song).
a spider starts on the floor…
then that spider goes up legs, stomachs, necks, faces and heads til he jumps off!
funny stuff.
w is for work
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”
Maria Montessori
e is for envelope
we took advantage of “e is for envelope” to bring a mail center to the classroom.
thanks to my thrifty husband, we have hundreds of envelopes that come in junk mail, etc. shame on me for giving him a hard time for saving them.
family corner purses quickly became mail bags, random corners of the classroom quickly became homes that needed mail, and we had envelopes stuck in the oddest places.
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and did you know that 5 envelopes can make a capital E?
tape lets those envelopes stick together.
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