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o is for owl

whooooooooooooooooo loves you? these owl friends do. each preschooler cut the eye shapes (since it was O week, this was a good time to practice cutting on a circle line…hard to do, i must add). we discussed shapes and then gave each preschooler a pile of pre cut shapes along with their circles. it wasContinue reading “o is for owl”

w is for writing boards

here is the best $20 i’ve spent in a long time. we’re working on letter formation, holding the marker comfortably and moving towards holding it in the “kindergarten way,” sound recognition, upper and lower case differences, and simple exploration. it is satisfying to watch the them go through the steps of choosing a board, gettingContinue reading “w is for writing boards”

k is for kansas

we had a week of celebrating kansas and nature around us. we used our fingertips to make the seeds in the center of a sunflower shaped paper. it is harder than it seems to make our fingers go up and down instead of round and round. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::Continue reading “k is for kansas”

y is for yarn

the preschoolers having been showing consistent interest in cutting. more specifically, cutting yarn. more specifically yet, cutting the yarn from our weaving project. so since it was winter white week, we had white yarn in the tub table and tied some of it to an embrodiery hoop hanging from the ceiling (where the magnet usedContinue reading “y is for yarn”

w is for wooden snowpeople

more thrifted wooden pieces. first was painting them with glue (it looked like icing!) with any brush you choose. then rolling them in tiny snips of white paper. then letting them dry. then having to get them off the paper that they dried on. if hitting doesn’t work, then use a paintbrush to get itContinue reading “w is for wooden snowpeople”