click on the photos to be taken back to a time of paint mixing, hand printing, mailbox decorating, yogurt tub repurposing, valentine rainbow making, hearts raining , surprise mirror peeking, and valentine quilting. we’re celebrating at preschool this week…lovely it will be!
when the calendar turns to february, our classroom turns to valentines.
we’ve had wonderful two toned pink playdough and heart cutters. the play dough even had some glitter and jewels hiding in it!
i love this next picture for what i remember about the moment. there is great conversation and kind debating going on over some topic i don’t even remember. these are three pre-k kids engaged in what i want our classroom always to be: a place where each person is worth listening to. good stuff.
those two blocks with green duct tape are actually a “play dough oven” that has doors (2 more flat blocks) that open and shut. never mind that we have a play oven, this one works much better.
there’s a valentine corner filled with lace, paper, glue, stickers, tape, markers, crayons, fabric, tape, yarn, fake flowers, foam bits, …
and oodles of handmade valentines that only a child could make.
next week we’ll add the mailbox to the valentine corner and pull out all the red and pink legos we can find.
this is my version of the preschool field trip survival kit…all tucked in a basic black bucket.
bandaids
napkins
notepad
sharpie
masking tape
name tags
hand sanitizer (aka “hanitizer”)
wipes
snacks
kleenexes
paper cups
camera
wallet
sunglasses
phone
…and by the end of the field trip you’ll have added things like american flags, lost hair bows, used kleenexes and wilted bits of grass “flowers.”
…and if you leave this bucket in the lobby of the police station, they will kindly put it behind the desk until you’re done with your tour.
what else, what else could go in the survival kit?
UPDATED IDEAS:
from Barbara:
ziplock bags (in case someone gets sick)
extra sets of clothes
whew! now THAT was a good time. so much work, a little worry, totally worth it.
armed with map name tags of our actual destinations, oodles of parents and grandparents, we set off for downtown!
i gathered some interesting facts about our town and the places were would visit.
and after caravaning our way, we met up for our tours!
every field trip included a stop at pages bookshop for snacks and a book shop/tea lounge/coffee shop/art gallery tour.
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thursday morning we went to visit a preschool mama in her job at the court house.
{a real judge!!!!!!!!}
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thursday afternoon we went to the public library for our own special story time.
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friday morning we went to the police station for a tour. it was amazingly in depth!
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and then-just like that-we were done. home again, home again.
we have a couple of online forms for you to use. one is our enrollment form and one is a survey to help us discern if we should make our T/TH afternoon class a PreK class. feedback, please!
note: if you don’t see the forms below, refresh the page and they should appear!
newcreationpreschool.com