Planting our beautiful flowers in play dough
I have enjoyed sharing the interactive books of Christie Matheson with my pre-k class over the past few weeks. As with most books we share with the children, we like [...]
Fill your classroom with opportunities to write!
I am a huge fan of inviting young children to write all throughout the day. In order to get my students writing all through out the day, I fill my classroom with lots of opportunities to write.
The weather helper in preschool
Every morning after the children come to preschool, we settle into our morning group time and talk about the weather. It's been interesting how much learning takes place and how much growth and development I have seem stem from this simple process of documenting and talking about the weather.
A portrait of bear
The children were invited to draw and frame a portrait of their bears as a very nice way to celebrate the first day of spring with their bears. See how we wrapped up our Wake-Up Bear Party!
Map game and drawing in preschool
As we continued our exploration of maps, the children were invited to explore this simple DIY table top map and drawing game. Like with most games I make for the children [...]
Yarn drawings in preschool
Inviting children to expand their drawing skills by adding simple drawing prompts!
Mini-plexiglass easels for the preschool classroom
Mini-Plexiglass Easels are a terrific tool for inviting young children to color and write!
More colorful rainbow fun in preschool
Simple and colorful rainbow art for preschool!
Add the picture after you frame it up in preschool
Today, the kindergarten class tried out our new window markers.... Only we didn't use them on the windows - instead we used them on the glass cover of a picture [...]