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j is for jump

a piece of fabric threaded through the ceiling tile (yes, carefully done and moved to make sure it wasn’t pulling too hard), handles made from duct tape, a trampoline borrowed from a family (thank you, otis, for sharing). really good times. really good static. really contemplative figuring out of things (notice the mirror being usedContinue reading “j is for jump”

j is for jigsaw

a big j cut from old mat board (thank you mr. randy) covered with a thrifted missing-pieces-too-hard-for-preschoolers jigsaw puzzle and about 3 bottles of glue. problem: i think there are preschoolers who left the week believing “j is for puzzle.” we have time to clear that up.

a is for april fool’s

oh, it was a silly few days (we had to give every class a chance, not just those who actually attended on april 1!) the teachers looked silly (oh, why didn’t i get a photo of ms. viliya in her pajamas?). there was bologna and peas waiting at the play-doh table (funny). the letter ofContinue reading “a is for april fool’s”

s + h is for sheep

nothing like those silly sheep in a jeep to mesmerize a bunch. we used our fists in this little chant again: here is S (one fist) here is H (the other fist) pound them together (do just that!) shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (make a long /sh/ sound)

r is for rainbow in a jar

thankful for a couple of sunny days, we found a rainbow in a jar. actually, not in the jar (as some tried to find), but by sunlight shining through the water in the jar. then we took rainbow crayons, drew what we saw along with the capital R shape. who would have guessed the nextContinue reading “r is for rainbow in a jar”