Exploring the sweet smells of Christmas
Over at Kindy Ready, we recently read the book, "The Sweet Smells of Christmas" which is a story I love to share with my students every school year. [...]
Gift box centers will keep your child busy for days!
Spending a day putting together a few gift box centers can help keep your child constructively busy all through the holidays. I've already shared a few gift box centers and [...]
How to set up holiday activities in a snap!
Gift yourself a set of gift boxes and you will be ready to set up your very own gift box centers for some quality play and exploration! We are all [...]
Let’s make a rainbow together!
Rainbows are all the buzz when it comes to my classroom during March. On any given day, I come across all kinds of rainbows and they are absolutely beautiful! As [...]
I Heart Math: Graphing hearts for Valentine’s Day
Have you ever invited your students to make their own graphs? Young children are so capable of doing things but sometimes, we get in the way of helping them reach [...]
Easy to set-up valentine water play for preschool
Water play is always a win in the preschool classroom and the perfect addition to add to your Valentine's Day to do list. It may sound contradictory to add water [...]
A simple way to celebrate MLK Day!
Coming up soon is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and in case you are looking for a simple way to celebrate this day in your early childhood classroom, this post [...]
Invest time in pretend play and watch the learning begin!
Pretend play inspires imagination... that's where the learning really begins. Our preschoolers are developing their interest and abilities in pretend play more and more throughout our classroom. From making [...]
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 [...]