Children’s Books

More read it and cook it!

March 21, 2012

More about cooking with kids in my preschool classroom!

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Read it and cook it!

March 21, 2012

Cooking is not something I consider to be one of my special gifts but cooking with kids is a must in the preschool classroom!

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Painting a rainbow of flowers : Lois Ehlert style

March 12, 2012

Creating Lois Ehlert style bouquets in our preschool classroom today. A great opportunity to explore the illustrations from the books we love!

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Weather word wall art in PreK!

March 4, 2012

Talking about the weather with young children during the month of March!

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Exploring feet with Dr. Seuss

March 1, 2012

Reading Dr. Seuss “The Foot Book” then using our feet for painting in preschool!

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Exploring teeth with Dr. Seuss

February 29, 2012

Following up Dr. Seuss’ “The Tooth Book” with a little tooth math and art in preschool!

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Paper quilting in preschool

February 23, 2012

Exploring the beautiful texture and color of quilts and some paper quilting in our preschool classroom!

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Multi-folded paint rubbings

February 21, 2012

Creating blot paintings by folding the paper with multiple folds first then adding the paint…

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We read Harold and the purple crayon in preschool

January 31, 2012

Reading and coloring with a purple crayon just like Harold did!

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Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool

January 25, 2012

Our own retelling and acting out of the mitten book in preschool!

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Going on a lion hunt in preschool

January 17, 2012

Reading the children’s book “Going on a Lion Hunt by Margery Cuyler then going outside on our own lion hunt…

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More fun with penguins in preschool

January 13, 2012

A preschool day filled with simple and fun penguin play and activities…

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Playing on the tabletop train station in preschool

January 8, 2012

We explored a little boxcar math and decorated our boxcars for our train station in preschool!

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Making Lois Ehlert style paper plate snowmen in preschool

January 3, 2012

Reading Lois Ehlert’s “Snowball” book and making our own paper plate snowman faces in preschool!

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Exploring birds that are not-alike in preschool

December 30, 2011

Today was a wonderful exploration of birds and nests but this post also shares a few observations on creating a successful preschool experience.

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Preschool activity | Animal tracks are not alike

December 30, 2011

One of our final activities in preschool for exploring things that are not alike!

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