i dabble in the handwriting without tears curriculum. mostly i am fascinated by the desire to make letter writing easily successful for children. one thing we do that is handwriting-withou- tears-ish is give craft sticks or wide gross grain ribbon strips to form the letters. here we have a 5 stick capital E:
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l is for line
one of the school concepts i introduce the children to is “standing in line.” like most of the skills and concepts , i don’t expect mastery. a spontaneous game of store during work time was a great opportunity to practice. i made a path of colored duct tape that was only wide enough for oneContinue reading “l is for line”
t is for tree
techincally this should be a is for apple tree, but we make these trees for many reasons during a school year. one class made the trunk, one class made the leafy top, and then we added apple print apples. this was the first painting project of the school year. i intentionally gave brushes, but gaveContinue reading “t is for tree”
l is for leaf
touching on the concepts of symmetry and leaves changing colors in autumn, we made leaves. on a precut leaf shape out of big manila paper, preschoolers drew with red and yellow crayons where they wanted the paint. a teacher covered their lines with paint folded over and rubbed like crazy (without worrying about paint thatContinue reading “l is for leaf”
r is for rice bottles
my kids were glad to help drink 26 bottles of gatorade and vitamin water so i could have wider-mouth bottles. the preschoolers help me fill bottles with rice and then i hide something inside correlated to a letter. i tape the lid on with colored duct tape and write the letter on the lid. soContinue reading “r is for rice bottles”
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