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l is for legoland

when we bring out the legos, it makes sense to me that keeping them in tubs or on shelves isn’t practical. especially when there is a certain blue piece with a curvy edge that has to be found. so this year i set out a couple of area rugs and called them “legoland.” this isContinue reading “l is for legoland”

p is for pretty plates

quite simple and using several media, we made pretty plates. rick rack, lace, crayons, glitter and paper hearts. the lace and rick rack pushed and pulled through the holes. learning how to tie a knot. getting excited about p-p-p-pink and p-p-p-purp-p-p-ple (p sounds). adding layers of glitter. using them to sing our alphabet song (weContinue reading “p is for pretty plates”

d is for dream clouds

brought to you by the friday morning class: these are cloud shaped posterboard pieces that each child lined in cottonballs after sharing their dream. we listened to parts of dr. king’s “i have a dream” speech and then asked the childen what they wish for.

l is for listen to dr. king

i bought dr. king’s “i have a dream” speech on itunes to use at preschool. i had several photographs of dr. king to show as a slideshow while we listened. we turned off the lights and got quiet. it is a rare occasion to have screen time in preschool, but worth it. i located theContinue reading “l is for listen to dr. king”

m is for martin on m

with hundreds of tiny photographs of dr. king, preschoolers covered a capital M. First was the work of making a capital M shape with four strips of paper (how clever that it first looked like a lowercase L, then an upside down V, then a crooked capital N, then finally a capital M!). then choosingContinue reading “m is for martin on m”