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e is for (volcano) experiment

yes, good old baking soda and vinegar. we used an old bottle (and covered it with plastic bags for a mountain feel). exciting times. the kids’ expressions are so wonderful. what i am sad about is that my camera battery died on thursday morning. trust me, their expressions were fabulous too (especially the one littleContinue reading “e is for (volcano) experiment”

i is for i’m a volcano…

hum “i’m a little teapot” and then use these words: i’m a volcano wide and tall (arms wide, then tall): i am so strong, i will not fall (show big arm muscles). when i am ready you will see (crouch down and tremble): lava bursting out of me (jump up and use arms as explodingContinue reading “i is for i’m a volcano…”

v is for volcano

oh, what a week it was! one of our projects was crumpling a piece of newsprint (from the local newspaper) and having a teacher put a piece of masking tape around the top to create the volcano’s “opening.” then more tape was used to adhere it to a piece of matboard. then we used ourContinue reading “v is for volcano”

v is for valentine’s day

happy valentine’s day. we enjoyed days of a mailbox made fancy and looking through valentines “show and tell style” (where i hold up each one to find out who brought it). just like gus didn’t give any valentines, but got one, everyone at school gets valentines whether you bring them or not.

c is for campfire (valentine’s style)

when we had 3 bags of marshmallows come to preschool, we made time for a campfire to “roast” them. using our battery tea light candles, some smooth dowels (thank you otis) and a red scarf, we had a delightful campfire. i am grateful that no one got hurt with the skewers and i hope thereContinue reading “c is for campfire (valentine’s style)”