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t is for “tie-dye”

this is a great example of when the process is more important than the product…though the product was spectacular. instead of trying to “make a flower” or “make a cloud” we focused on using as much paint as we wanted…most preschoolers had the clear goal of no white showing. we could also make these differentContinue reading “t is for “tie-dye””

e is for egg shell (and 25 others)

i buy these large cardboard alphabet shapes each year. then as we work our way through, we coopratively glue things on to represent that letter. here we have egg shells glued on the e. other favorites i can remember: apple seeds on a buttons on b crayon chunks on c dirt on d fake furContinue reading “e is for egg shell (and 25 others)”

s is for secondary colors

really, this can be called c is for color or b is for blue or y is for yellow or g is for green or r is for red or o is for orange or p is for purple, because it is an activity we do in the study of secondary colors. we put aContinue reading “s is for secondary colors”

v is for valentine

we send home supplies for each preschooler to make ONE valentine…then we have a school exchange. when they bring back their valentines, they put them in this box…with a mirror surprise inside. b is for box and m is for mirror, too : )

s is for spin…

during our week of weather exploration, tornado safety talking, moving like the wind, seeing the wind on bubbles and fabric, we also did some spin art. it’s such a simple tool: wood on a turntable with a magnet in the center to hold paper on with another magnet. thanks to my folks to this donation.Continue reading “s is for spin…”