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n is for name cards

the first thing preschoolers do when they arrive is find their name card. we’ve added a strip of magnet to the back and now the preschoolers match their name to their photo (except on april fool’s day when we put them on other photos…boy, that was funny).we sing through the names and figure out whoContinue reading “n is for name cards”

c is for color (ed markers)

in the spirit of maria montessori, i take care in PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT. today it was setting out colored markers for our writing boards. beautiful and constructive!

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”

r is for rainbow in a jar

thankful for a couple of sunny days, we found a rainbow in a jar. actually, not in the jar (as some tried to find), but by sunlight shining through the water in the jar. then we took rainbow crayons, drew what we saw along with the capital R shape. who would have guessed the nextContinue reading “r is for rainbow in a jar”