Six crazy cool ways to explore with snow inside the classroom
The weather here has been all over the place from well below freezing to beautiful blankets of snow. I am not a fan of the freezing but the snow.... well [...]
Learning about real life through small world play
A great way for children to make sense of their world in the classroom! What is small world play? Small world play is an activity where you create a miniature [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]