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m is for multi-age classroom

this. is. why. i. love. the. multi-age. classroom. our youngest student with one of our oldest. connecting, honing compassion, learning new skills, modeling patience, finding common ground. while there are no doubt challenges, this is the environment i find ideal.

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)”

p is for pizza

we painted paper plates with red paint (sauce) and added torn paper bits (toppings). i wanted some traditional “pizza parlor” music while we painted and couldn’t find what i wanted on pandora. i googled “pizza song” and found dear uncle moishy. maybe some of you know him, i didn’t until now. but this song hasn’tContinue reading “p is for pizza”

d is for dry erase

some dry erase boards erase so nicely. some do not. our display cases erase beautifully. here we are using one that aren’t on the wall. huh, i don’t know what they were all looking at.

m is for martin (luther king jr blocks)

yes! this wasn’t in my lesson plans, but it made a way for dr. king to enter into our dramatic play a bit more. “look, dr. king, this is you!” i heard murmurings of why he was smiling sometimes and why he was serious sometimes. we spend a lot of time looking in mirrors duringContinue reading “m is for martin (luther king jr blocks)”