
More fun with fixing
Continuing with our morning of fixing things by fixing plates, knives, forks, spoons, and a few pictures too!
I spend a lot of time reading the very best children’s books I can find and then build on the ideas, characters, or illustrations from those books. The goal of each read-aloud experience is to help young children develop a love for reading and to build connections between reading and their everyday world.
Continuing with our morning of fixing things by fixing plates, knives, forks, spoons, and a few pictures too!
Building on the book “Fix-It” by David McPhail, the children explore different tools that they can use to fix things in our preschool classroom.
I find that at the end of any holiday we celebrate at home or in my classroom, I often have a variety of different objects left over. A fun and
Reading the wonderfully illustrated book “Gingerbread Friends” by Jan Brett and making the best smelling gingerbread playdough ever!
We read the book “Penguin and Pinecone” by Salina Yoon then expanded the book into our art, science and other content areas throughout the day!
Retelling the story “Mouse Count” by Ellen Stoll Walsh with our story telling props and then playing a mouse count game!
Playing our own DIY Mouse Shapes Dice game in preschool as a large group and in free play!
A neat way to expand on a favorite children’s book! Anytime I find a children’s book that is really well written and I know my students will enjoy it –
Having fun reading the delightful children’s book “Pete the Cat” by Eric Litwin and making our own white shoes too!
Reading “The Popcorn Book” by Tomie dePaola and exploring the facinating world of popcorn in our outdoor classroom and discovery table!
Exploring gears as we take a look at the inside and outside of robots in preschool!
Enjoy the book “Blue Sea” by Robert Kalan then have fun painting these beautiful fish in the sea!
Working on our fine motor skills, patterning, and counting as we had more fun with bright and colorful buttons!
Reading “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” then we were off to have a little fun of our own with bright and colorful buttons!
A colorful and simple process to go with the wonderful children’s book “Lots of Dots.”
We explored a wonderful book about five senses and then followed it up by baking up our sense of taste!
Did you know a leaf can be much more than just a leaf? Come and see what our leaves turned out to be!
Taking a walk through our “forest” to gather up the colors of fall!
Exploring peas all around the classroom and the wonderful book “Little Pea” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal!
Exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin and planting our own pumpkin seeds in the window!
Making and exploring pumpkins with our very own DIY pumpkin heads!
Exploring the basics of graphing in preschool with the leaves of fall!