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n is for nut buddy

totally crafty. totally not child-centered (all they did was choose a nut with eyes already hot glued on and an acorn cap for the teacher to glue on). except for the moment they carry their nut buddy around the room and it enters their play.

a is for address

again, a skill that we do not expect mastery of. this is simply planting of the seed. each house has an address. if you have a house, you have an address. we made our paper houses again (many, many different designs!) with paper shapes and glue. adding the photo in one of the windows wasContinue reading “a is for address”

z is for zoo

what a week! in the midst of the last days of school and mother’s day prep, we turned our classroom into a zoo (quite fitting, actually!). children were invited to bring pretend animals from home. this was a favorite of the day. we did show and tell at the first circle time (instead of atContinue reading “z is for zoo”

h is for hungry animals

during our the very hungry caterpillar week, even the animals that usually live in the block corner got hungry. they moved to the play-doh table and left instructions. good thing. p.s. can you see how our play-doh is all mixed up like the butterfly’s colors at the end of the book?

a is for april fool’s

oh, it was a silly few days (we had to give every class a chance, not just those who actually attended on april 1!) 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 ofContinue reading “a is for april fool’s”