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b is for blue

or really it could be g is green or p is for purple or any other color. we fingerpaint first with the goal being to keep some of the paper showing around the edge (an exercise in self control) to make a “frame.” then we used these after all the foam got pulled out toContinue reading “b is for blue”

t is for “tie-dye”

this is a great example of when the process is more important than the product…though the product was spectacular. instead of trying to “make a flower” or “make a cloud” we focused on using as much paint as we wanted…most preschoolers had the clear goal of no white showing. we could also make these differentContinue reading “t is for “tie-dye””

e is for egg shell (and 25 others)

i buy these large cardboard alphabet shapes each year. then as we work our way through, we coopratively glue things on to represent that letter. here we have egg shells glued on the e. other favorites i can remember: apple seeds on a buttons on b crayon chunks on c dirt on d fake furContinue reading “e is for egg shell (and 25 others)”

s is for secondary colors

really, this can be called c is for color or b is for blue or y is for yellow or g is for green or r is for red or o is for orange or p is for purple, because it is an activity we do in the study of secondary colors. we put aContinue reading “s is for secondary colors”

y is for yarn

oh, joy. we made a HUGE spider web, working on it for a week. we used donated/thrifted yarn and with four points tied to furniture, we wove and wove. under and over. sometimes the balls of yarn would be thrown to a friend across the web. only one did a supporting shelf get pulled overContinue reading “y is for yarn”