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c is for color wheel

a big piece of cardboard. remaining paint from our rainbow stripes. found objects. 3+ bottles of glue. ahhhhhh. color wheel.

to the tune of “if you’re happy and you know it…” when you mix red and white you get pink when you mix red and white you get pink when you mix them you will see a new color magically when you mix red and white you get pink with a squirt of red andContinue reading “p is for pink”

w is for writing boards

here is the best $20 i’ve spent in a long time. we’re working on letter formation, holding the marker comfortably and moving towards holding it in the “kindergarten way,” sound recognition, upper and lower case differences, and simple exploration. it is satisfying to watch the them go through the steps of choosing a board, gettingContinue reading “w is for writing boards”

y is for yarn

the preschoolers having been showing consistent interest in cutting. more specifically, cutting yarn. more specifically yet, cutting the yarn from our weaving project. so since it was winter white week, we had white yarn in the tub table and tied some of it to an embrodiery hoop hanging from the ceiling (where the magnet usedContinue reading “y is for yarn”

r is for recycled snowman

this was a group project based on opening the craft cupboards to find any white things. again, thank you thrift shop! i painted a white snowman outline , then set out the white things and glue. at the end of the day i poured about 2 bottles of glue over the whole thing (kind ofContinue reading “r is for recycled snowman”