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m is for milk lid

preschool families and friends have been collecting milk lids for us. thank you! since it is m week we’ve been sorting by color. we’ve noticed that in the tens of milk lids there are, there is only one brown lid. come on, let’s drink some chocolate milk! the next phase of this activity is arrangingContinue reading “m is for milk lid”

c is for christmas card station

with a word wall, pencils, old cards and envelopes, there is a lot of writing going on. we make this type of “station” for other reasons too (e is for envelope, v is for valentine, p is for pencil, a is for address, t is for telephone number, etc).

v is for vowel

we took advantage of i week to talk about the concept of vowels. we sang this song (to the tune of “bingo”): then i had each vowel written on a piece of paper and when i took one (or more) away, we clapped in its place. these preschoolers got pretty good by the end ofContinue reading “v is for vowel”

i is for imagination

this is part of what i love about my work. we have this weaving hanging in our room. it has been basically untouched for months. until this day. this was complete cooperative work. incredible imagination. i never completely understood the game. but there was a lot of fine motor muscle work wrapping little animals aroundContinue reading “i is for imagination”

h is for hat, hair, hand and house

preschoolers brought their own hats this week. i felt like i was on elmo’s world when i asked them one at a time during show and tell: how do you put a hat on? if they wanted to, preschoolers took a turn to stand on a capital H taped to the floor and show usContinue reading “h is for hat, hair, hand and house”