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i is for indonesia

what a treat to have someone from across the ocean to give us new perspective. ms. vilia is from indonesia so we looked at our maps again, drew some land shapes, then practiced writing. some of the preschoolers were satisfied making their i shapes while others went on to add 8 more letters! when preschoolersContinue reading “i is for indonesia”

l is for letter

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:

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”

i is for ice

i did this for micah’s birthday once with a dinosaur theme. at preschool we use this for any letter of the alphabet since we can hide anything in the ice (except maybe u or x things…ideas, anyone?)! appleseeds, counter bears, coins, dinosaurs, elephants, fake flower petals, green things, horses, jewels, keys, lace, money, nuts, oContinue reading “i is for ice”

m is for mouse cheese

we were reading lots of mouse books during m week and brought in a woodworking element. with my power drill, the preschoolers helped drill several holes through a block of wood (the cheese), then used a piece of yarn with tape on the end (the mouse), then had the mouse eat through the cheese!