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b is for BIG collage carrot

i decided to use a piece of cardboard and left over orange paper to make a BIG version of our collage carrots (in case that maybe real-maybe not real easter bunny is really hungry). again, we pretended there were no scissors. again, we used up all the glue we had (for real). and i shouldContinue reading “b is for BIG collage carrot”

e is for easter bunny food

i was inspired and changed plans. we pretended our school didn’t have scissors and we needed the paper to be small enough to cover the cardboard carrot shapes. hmmmm, shall we tear it with hands? rip it with teeth? both techniques were tested. tearing by hand won out. show and tell this week is “easterContinue reading “e is for easter bunny food”

f is for food

we had some caterpillars around the classroom who were very hungry. good thing there were also paper plates and crayons so we could draw them some food! not pictured here is these thrifted fake fur caterpillars stuffed in sections of thrifted (but new) pantyhose cocoons. : )

b is for (a very) beautiful butterfly

with more learning from the very hungry caterpillar we made butterflies. the paper used represented all the foods eaten in the book (the yellow for swiss cheese even had holes in it). the children used precut butterfly papers and glued the food papers on, trimming as they liked. at the end we layered circles likeContinue reading “b is for (a very) beautiful butterfly”

s is for snake

this was not in my lesson plans, but when we trimmed some of the puddle projects to make flowers, we were left with the outer ring. upon seeing one of them, one little friend piped up, “oh! i want a snake!” you got it! i think we also mastered the concept of saturation: that whenContinue reading “s is for snake”