An outdoor game inspired Father’s Day
Our students love playing outside, especially with their dads. Every school year, I have the pleasure of choosing the "theme" for our Father's Day celebration. Usually, I will go by [...]
Art gallery boards for graduation
Throughout each school year we save our favorite art pieces from each student. This art is then collected, fixed up and organized into some sort of gallery. The gallery is [...]
Promoting family involvement in preschool
Preschool is a special time of development for young children, that's why we love involving their family when possible. Various times throughout the school year we hold special events that [...]
Making the most of outdoor play, rain or shine!
We experience all four seasons here and sometimes they don’t line up with our agenda. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make the most of our outdoor space! I can’t [...]
Have you read this winter tree book before?
Finding books about winter trees instead of Christmas trees can be quite challenging. We’ve seen you say things like “What a cute idea, but we can’t do Christmas trees at [...]
Your students will love this book!
If you haven't heard of this book, it's adorable and our students loved it! Every month in the Honey Bee Hive, we share the best books for preschool and [...]
Putting together our art portfolios
Personalized art portfolios are a great way to document student growth and involve your children in the process! Our students have loved using dot dabbers, so that's what we used [...]
Discovering spectacular things in preschool
Your students will love the simple joys of discovering spectacular things! We read a book this week that inspired us to hunt for our own spectacular things. Expanding on a [...]
Construction truck sensory play
Following the interests of your children makes learning meaningful! This idea was inspired by one of my students who loves construction trucks. When one of my students came up to [...]
Planting our class tree
Bring nature into your classroom with this collaborative process! I don’t know about you all, but its raining acorns over here! So, we decided to plant a class tree. We [...]