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w is for washing

note: this activity was done during a week long camp called “way back when…” for 4 & 5 year olds at our local museum. oh, joy of joys. a praire delight. on the day we learned about clothing way back when, we washed our picnic cloths (so they would be clean for dress up asContinue reading “w is for washing”

w is for writing

someone down the hall donated a stack of yellow notebooks. perfect for yellow week! the kind of writing that happened was unique and so fun to see. the “office” expanded quickly from one table to two.

y is for yellow water

there was only one child who said what i was thinking… this doesn’t look like water… we change our water daily and add different things: yellow food coloring yellow paint (this makes an opaque yellow apple scented bubbles baby shampoo and my favorite of the week: banana extract we also move the mirrors to differentContinue reading “y is for yellow water”

e is for earth day

when i say EARTH DAY, you say EVERY DAY! we were graced with beautiful weather and moved as many of our preschool activities outside as we could. earlier in the week we did a two-part project of painting earths. first the children painted green land masses (VERY tricky to not paint the whole plate green!).Continue reading “e is for earth day”

c is for cleaning

i am a firm believer in having purposeful work available to children. if i pull out the spatula-turned-dried-glue-cleaner-upper and water, at least one child comes over. then two. then a table full. then they decide they need aprons and paper towels. then it is discovered that the spatula actually works as a flipper. then theContinue reading “c is for cleaning”