masking tape strips on our unit blocks encouraged tower building. i turned one of our mirrors over to give a hard cement-colored surface. we collected cartons and boxes for making our own skyscrapers. it looked like christmas eve watching ms. vilia wrap all the cartons with manila paper. then the children cut and glued windowsContinue reading “s is for skyscraper”
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s is for seuss
dr. seuss that is. his birthday was march 2…the same as a preschooler…what fun that was. i demonstrated the play of words when only one letter changes to make new words. i try to make my teaching subtle. i want the children to feel as though they are playing. to learn writing by tracing inContinue reading “s is for seuss”
c is for color wheel
a big piece of cardboard. remaining paint from our rainbow stripes. found objects. 3+ bottles of glue. ahhhhhh. color wheel.
v is for valentine station
we had an ever-expanding “valentine station” in the classroom for the first half of february. paper hearts, pipe cleaners (or am i not supposed to call them that anymore?), glue, red and pink crayons, colored pencils, scissors, tape (!!!!), bulletin board borders, doilies, stickers, etc. we added an owl card for o week. we addedContinue reading “v is for valentine station”
p is for pink car
we almost never have “regular” cars in the classroom. but in honor of pink week, i scrounged the thrift shop and my kids offered their own pink cars. again, the yarn weaving is used for something i never thought it would be used for. here are two of the stash.
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