play dough – Teach Preschool

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 [...]

By Deborah Stewart|2018-11-02T11:05:05-04:00April 6th, 2017|

Exploring oranges around the classroom

There are so many different ways to explore a color but when you have a fruit that has the color and the color word all built into one, like an [...]

By Deborah Stewart|2016-02-23T07:00:34-05:00February 23rd, 2016|

My, oh my! We like to make pies!

We had two different kinds of pie on our agenda but to start off our pie making experiences, we read the book "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie."

By Deborah Stewart|2013-11-27T06:00:28-05:00November 27th, 2013|

Discover and explore dinosaur eggs

This week our Discover and Explore team has chosen to share with you simple activities you can do to promote and talk about dinosaurs and fossils. As part of our dinosaur adventures, my students found this very interesting dinosaur nest sitting on the table in our outdoor classroom filled with dinosaur eggs.

By Deborah Stewart|2013-10-16T06:00:11-04:00October 16th, 2013|

Pumpkin seed play dough

My preschoolers enjoyed spending time exploring pumpkin seeds and playing with pumpkin seed play dough!

By Deborah Stewart|2013-10-13T06:00:45-04:00October 13th, 2013|

Building fine motor skills at the apple tree play dough table

As part of our fun with apples, I thought it would be a good time to set out our homemade red play dough and invite the children to practice their skill of rolling the play dough to make apples for our apple tree...

By Deborah Stewart|2019-05-13T15:27:01-04:00September 23rd, 2013|

Discover and Explore: Arranging a forest

Today our Explore and Discover theme is the forest and soon, my preschool class will be exploring our forest but for this post, I am sharing a simple idea my grandson and I came up with to explore our woods and to give grandma something to decorate the table.

By Deborah Stewart|2013-09-04T06:00:44-04:00September 4th, 2013|

Fun props for playdough

Adding props to playdough is just one more way to invite new interest in the playdough experience. Come and see a few of our props that we add to our playdough throughout the school year!

By Deborah Stewart|2013-08-03T06:00:33-04:00August 3rd, 2013|