because i found this fake hair at the thrift shop, we made hairy heads during h week. i must admit i glued the hair on ahead of time as soon as i handled it myself and realized how the hair would stick to fingers and needed a long time to dry. each preschooler chose aContinue reading “h is for hairy head”
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g is for glitter
around christmas time and then again at valentine’s day time, we invited the children to draw or write on pre-cut shapes (stars at christmas and hearts at valentine’s day). then a teacher would use a hot glue gun to trace their shapes and press in glitter on a tray. the kids liked helping press theContinue reading “g is for glitter”
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)”
p is for pet day
preschoolers were invited to bring a pet…alive or not, real or pretend…to preschool. we had some real live golden fur visit us…meet josie the dog and goldie the hamster. “what we don’t know is why we can’t pee in our bedrooms.” d is for dog and h is for hamster, too : )
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