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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”

m is for martin

heard: “martin looks almost exactly like me” (said by a blond, blue eyed girl “martin has every part of the face like me…except for the moustache” “martin smiled even though there was so much to be sad about” “i am making martin have a sad face because i am sad for him” we made collageContinue reading “m is for martin”

m is for milk lid

preschool families and friends have been collecting milk lids for us. thank you! since it is m week we’ve been sorting by color. we’ve noticed that in the tens of milk lids there are, there is only one brown lid. come on, let’s drink some chocolate milk! the next phase of this activity is arrangingContinue reading “m is for milk lid”

j is for jingle bell

we used j week to explore metal vs non-metal with huge bags of thrifted wooden beads and more bags of jingle bells, we made necklaces and tree ornaments. before we made them, all the bells and wooden beads were mixed in a large bucket. when we sunk a magnet wand in and pulled out, itContinue reading “j is for jingle bell”

i is for instrument

thank you families for bringing cardboard tubes for show and tell. again, much counting (one day we were able to count in 5 languages…english, spanish, indonesian and then my dad who was visiting added german and french). we used duct tape, more foam strips, masking tape, old rice, stickers to make shakers and blowers. weContinue reading “i is for instrument”