Christmas

Happy Holidays from Teach Preschool

Wishing you and your family a wonderful and peaceful holiday season! Merry Christmas! PS. I enjoyed reading all of the other blogs and the wonderful holiday wishes made by all of you! Thanks for all you do! I am going to enjoy my family for the weekend and get some much needed rest too! I [...]

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We made a shapely Santa in preschool

While having fun with holiday arts and crafts, we also used the opportunity to review our shapes… We reviewed triangles and circles by making a Santa puppet from construction paper… The children simply added a triangular shaped hat, some eyeballs… Some of the children really like those eyeballs… And of course, we added cotton balls [...]

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We made Santa in preschool!

We made all kinds of Santas this past month. I wasn’t able to catch all the action but I did catch some… These little ones colored a paper bag with red markers… Then the glued on construction paper eyes and a hat… And added cotton balls for Santa’s beard and one for the tip of [...]

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Cookies for Santa cookbook

Our Kindergarten class made these wonderful “Cookies for Santa” cookbooks to give their parents as a Christmas gift. We happened to have a bunch of brown hot pads in a box that was supposed to be used for another project last year but never did. So our kindergarten teacher, Mrs. R., decided they would make [...]

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We made Christmas tree paper pillows in preschool

This simple Christmas tree was made by our four year olds. The children started by coloring and decorating two green construction paper Christmas tree shapes. Next, they stapled the two trees together leaving a little hole for stuffing… Next, the children gathered two tissues and wadded them up… And then the children stuffed the tissue [...]

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We made pine cone trees in kindergarten

We made pine cone trees in kindergarten but all I got to see were the final results! So here is a photo of what we made! If you want to learn more about how to make your own – you can check out Kara’s post at Little Learners Lounge and this terrific post on Kiboomu [...]

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We made paper plate Christmas wreaths in preschool

The kindergarten class has been busy making all kinds of fun holiday goodies to decorate their room and when I stopped by today, I was able to catch them making these pretty paper plate wreaths. They cut out the center of a paper plate then added lot’s of green tissue paper and a touch of [...]

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Holiday activity boxes for preschool play

One of the most invaluable employees in our preschools is our curriculum coordinator. She has a huge responsibility and is amazing at her job.  One of her many jobs is to create and prepare what we call mini- “centers” or they could be referred to as “work boxes” or as “activity boxes”. Mrs. F is [...]

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Making Christmas gifts in preschool

I posted this on my old blog and wanted to repost this here. These are some Christmas gifts my daughter made when she was little and some suggestions for you to keep in mind as you consider what your preschoolers can make as Christmas gifts this year…. Photos are always treasured Hanging on my tree [...]

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