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 [...]
Child-made ornaments hanging on the tree
The temperature is dropping, snow is falling, and Christmas ornaments are everywhere. As Christmas time is approaching we are very excited to get our classrooms prepared for the holiday season. [...]
The invisible candy cane stripes
Invisible Candy Cane Stripes I want to tell you about how Ms. Lauren introduced the children to their very own invisible candy canes stripes. Ms. Lauren began the morning by [...]
Turn your magnet board into a graph!
The Magnet Board If you happen to have a magnet board, you might be looking for something extra you can do with it. How about turning your magnet board into [...]
These gift boxes were not empty!
Throughout our two week focus on Christmas, my students gave me a ton of empty gift boxes. But wait a minute, these gift boxes were not empty! Well maybe [...]
This holiday light box is so simple to make!
Holiday Light Box This DIY light box is super simple to make and SO fun to explore! To make the box I poked a few small holes around one side [...]
How to create your own arctic small world play!
Small World Play by Meri Cherry A wonderful way to celebrate any season or holiday is to invite your students to create their own small world play! Today, my special [...]
Hang on to your candy cane tubes for this!
Hang on to those candy cane tubes! Over my many years of teaching, I am finally at a point where I don't save everything that I think I might use [...]
Exploring math with a holiday graph in pre-k
I have a nice collection of holiday trinkets that I have built up over my years of teaching and these trinkets make wonderful loose parts for play and exploration around [...]
Jingle bells really do rock!
The minute the children walked into the classroom, they headed straight to the jingle bell water play station. Let me begin by telling you that the children loved this water play [...]