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c is for campfire (valentine’s style)

when we had 3 bags of marshmallows come to preschool, we made time for a campfire to “roast” them. using our battery tea light candles, some smooth dowels (thank you otis) and a red scarf, we had a delightful campfire. i am grateful that no one got hurt with the skewers and i hope thereContinue reading “c is for campfire (valentine’s style)”

s is for sunflower

all i could find was a slightly neon-toned yellow paper. we put out yellow crayons and pens to soften the color a bit. then snowflake style, we offered the preschoolers a paper folded in fourths with one petal shape drawn on. some thought they worked better as airplanes. then gluing them around a center andContinue reading “s is for sunflower”

f is for friendship wall

the greatest thrill seems to be that the friendship wall is taller than the preschoolers. i heard someone say, “and that isn’t even all our friends!”

w is for winter

welcome to winter! feeling cold? how about making yourself a fireplace! still from this painting project, we cut flames and glued them to a big paper. (here we are showing our favorite pages from christmas books.) if you don’t have a bridge/boat, the kids think you could use chairs or a table on its side.Continue reading “w is for winter”

k is for ketchup paint

in anticipation of christmas projects, i wanted some painted paper that looks like fire. since it was k week, we started with red paint (in a ketchup bottle). this is almost as funny as this. we added a new color each day: red, yellow, orange. the yellow was glitter paint! the first day we paintedContinue reading “k is for ketchup paint”