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f is for float your boat

during our t is for transportation week, we looked at our world map. i would suggest two countries and ask how we could travel from one to the other. let me tell you now that these children BELIEVE they COULD build a bridge across the ocean. they BELIEVE that there are strong enough materials toContinue reading “f is for float your boat”

t is for transportation

oh, how i wish model magic was more affordable! since it isn’t, our friday class was the group to sculpt transportation. we named the colors, counted together as i cut them apart (since that couldn’t be done ahead of time in fear of it hardening), then gave each child a plate of pieces. there wereContinue reading “t is for transportation”

s + h is for sheep

nothing like those silly sheep in a jeep to mesmerize a bunch. we used our fists in this little chant again: here is S (one fist) here is H (the other fist) pound them together (do just that!) shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (make a long /sh/ sound)

s is for skyscraper

masking tape strips on our unit blocks encouraged tower building. i turned one of our mirrors over to give a hard cement-colored surface. we collected cartons and boxes for making our own skyscrapers. it looked like christmas eve watching ms. vilia wrap all the cartons with manila paper. then the children cut and glued windowsContinue reading “s is for skyscraper”

s is for seuss

dr. seuss that is. his birthday was march 2…the same as a preschooler…what fun that was. i demonstrated the play of words when only one letter changes to make new words. i try to make my teaching subtle. i want the children to feel as though they are playing. to learn writing by tracing inContinue reading “s is for seuss”