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a is for airplaine

in our conversations about travel and transportation, we discussed airplanes. figured out was that they can go over water, but they can also go over land. they can go from country to country, but also city to city. one answer i didn’t have was what is the SHORTEST distance an airplane can take us. howContinue reading “a is for airplaine”

t is for tracks

my idea was to have trays of fine colored sand to move trains through to make tracks. i even matched the train cars with the color of sand. i didn’t expect it to stay seperate, but i was curious how long it would. the children were interested in this for about 15 minutes. then theyContinue reading “t is for tracks”

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 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 sink

we had water in the tub table this week. some days it was colored with food coloring. some days it had baby-safe soap in it. some days it was tea water (herbal tea steeped in warm water). every day we put in fresh warm water…by about 10:30 it’s cold. the milk lids (all of them!)Continue reading “s is for sink”