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s is for suitcase

thanks to a friend, our preschool was given this sweet suitcase. while i am sure i will share it for some vacation play, i am using it daily as a “project suitcase.” i load it with the supplies we will need for our project of the day. the anticipation on the part of the preschoolersContinue reading “s is for suitcase”

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”

s is for symmetry…or same : )

what i like about these projects is the versatility…this can be done with many colors of paint as b is for butterfly or white paint for e is for egg. quite simply the preschooler gets to squirt or spoon blobs of paint on a paper, then the teacher helps fold it carefully in half, thenContinue reading “s is for symmetry…or same : )”

g is for glitter

around christmas time and then again at valentine’s day time, we invited the children to draw or write on pre-cut shapes (stars at christmas and hearts at valentine’s day). then a teacher would use a hot glue gun to trace their shapes and press in glitter on a tray. the kids liked helping press theContinue reading “g is for glitter”

t is for “tie-dye”

this is a great example of when the process is more important than the product…though the product was spectacular. instead of trying to “make a flower” or “make a cloud” we focused on using as much paint as we wanted…most preschoolers had the clear goal of no white showing. we could also make these differentContinue reading “t is for “tie-dye””