The Daily Update – Page 194

s is for symmetry…or same : )

what i like about these projects is the versatility…this can be done with many colors of paint as b is for butterfly or white paint for e is for egg. quite simply the preschooler gets to squirt or spoon blobs of paint on a paper, then the teacher helps fold it carefully in half, thenContinue reading “s is for symmetry…or same : )”

f is for fire

we make pretend camp fires on the playground nearly daily (this also cares for the direction from the state surveyors to keep the playground “free of sticks”). during parts of the year we bring the camp fires inside and offer our red, yellow and orange scarves. then there are always a couple who ask forContinue reading “f is for fire”

h is for hairy head

because i found this fake hair at the thrift shop, we made hairy heads during h week. i must admit i glued the hair on ahead of time as soon as i handled it myself and realized how the hair would stick to fingers and needed a long time to dry. each preschooler chose aContinue reading “h is for hairy head”

b is for birthday

i love to honor the birthday child in the classroom. we bring the knitted cupcakes from katie to the housekeeping corner and bring out the birthday puzzle to the puzzle corner. at circle time before snack, we make a little cake out of playdoh (and joke that if they don’t watch out their mamas andContinue reading “b is for birthday”

t is for tornado

using some thrifted rope-like-crinkly paper (i’m sure there is a name for it), we unrolled and unrolled to make a classroom-size tornado. it took a couple of tries to make it strong enough for little ones to handle, but we got it. hot glue and a couple of old rulers to wrap the top aroundContinue reading “t is for tornado”