Learning about real life through small world play
What is small world play? Small world play is an activity where you create a miniature real life scene using real objects. In the past we have used different types [...]
Discovering spectacular things in preschool
We read a book this week that inspired us to hunt for our own spectacular things. This past week we read "Sam and Dave Dig a Hole" by Mac Barnett. [...]
Construction truck sensory play
This idea was inspired by one of my students who loves construction trucks. When one of my students came up to me and asked, "Miss Lauren, can I take these [...]
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 [...]
Washing up apples in the water table!
Each year, we collect apples from an apple tree near where I live. Some of the apples have already fallen off the tree while others we pick off the tree. [...]
This DIY sand table stand worked great!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a DIY roll with making different kinds of PVC stands for my classroom and this DIY sand table stand worked [...]
A crazy cool DIY water play stand
I spent about an hour at our local Home Depot store in the PVC pipe section trying to figure out how to make my own crazy cool DIY water play [...]
DIY Outdoor Sound Wall
With the weather nice, my students want to be outside as much as possible and it is also a great time to add fun details for them to explore like [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]