all six classes helped add stickers to these numerals.

they’ve been rearranged to make the number 20 or 301 or 12 or 32….good times.  and mind blowing, a abit.

and many, many times we’ve lined them up to show 2013.

in honor of what would have been dr. king’s 84th birthday, i share these thoughts with you.  these were collected during loud and chaotic brainstorming sessions with 25 preschoolers. during these sessions, some kids are on their bellies with me around the paper on the rug while others continue work time.  we’ll call out their names and listen really carefully to see if they have ideas to share. i really love those experiences.

the tender conversations around racism and the injustices that still exist give me hope. not included in the letter, but said at the end of the day by one friend:  if i ever hear people making fun of someone because of their skin, i know what to do now.

may we all be so brave.

we’re deep in “m is for martin” activities this week…more to come!

my family’s order of bantam chicks arrived a day early. I was already at preschool and didn’t have time to pick them up from the post office and take them home, so I brought them to preschool.

I feared it would be crazy…but after rigging up a warming light with a christmas decoration and cooking them an egg yolk, they ate and settled.


plus it probably helped to have so many “chick guards.” I’m curious about the stories they will tell.

reports in on “illness in our families” january 8-10:

if this doesn’t make you want to wash your hands, what will?

: )

wow! preschool families! way to go!

in a few weeks we collected all of this:

as usual, i think these kids have more figured out than adults at times:

then we packed it all up and brought it over.