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All four seasons at the sticky table

A simple and fun way to explore all four seasons on the sticky table in preschool!

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A few minutes outdoors on a cold winter day helps keep the winter blues away

Dreading those cold winter days? See how just spending a few minutes outdoors can make your whole day a better, happier experience.

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Creating a rain jar

Exploring the rain jar for a little preschool fun with science!

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Weaving up a little sunshine and a blog hop

Our preschoolers are hoping to bring in some sunshine with this simple sunshine weaving! Come on over and join in on the weather blog hop!

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Rainbow sponge painting

A wonderful exploration in sponge painted rainbow art!

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Weather word wall art in PreK!

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

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Multi-folded paint rubbings

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

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Exploring weather patterns in preschool

To extend the weather graphing experience over time, the children help to create a weather caterpillar… Each day, the children add a new circle to their weather caterpillar and discuss the patterns in the weather. As you can see below, the weather pattern is “rainy, rainy, cloudy, cloudy” (AABB)… In the younger classes, the teacher [...]

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Graphing the weather with preschoolers

As I shared previously, graphing with preschoolers is a wonderful way to expand a child’s understanding of their world. The children have been exploring the weather with the use of a graph as well… On the top of the graph, the children answer the question “What is your favorite weather?” By titling the graph with [...]

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Rainy day chalk drawings in preschool

Today the children were exploring rain and the goal was to make a rainy day picture with chalk… First they were to create a picture with the chalk and then sprinkle some water, like rain, on top of the chalk drawing… The children were interested in making the rain but they were not grasping how [...]

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Black and white make gray for a cloudy day in preschool

Color mixing and painting clouds in preschool…

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Bring on some sunshine in preschool

Are you ready for a little springtime? These little sunshines will make your preschoolers smile!

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A rainbow of my very own in preschool

It is so hard to keep my opinions to myself as preschoolers create but today, I was thankful that I didn’t interfere as these children made their very own rainbows!

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Snowflake puzzles in preschool

There are lots of snowflake ideas out there and at the end of this post, I have collected a few links to other ideas that I would love to try. But first, let me share with you this simple snowflake puzzle we made this past week. The PreK children in this class were given a [...]

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We made spilt milk in preschool

  The book titled “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” by Charles G. Shaw has always been one of my favorite books to share in preschool. Today, the children read the book then we made spilt milk pictures… In one of our classes, the children used a bottle filled with white paint to make their pictures. [...]

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Let the sun shine in your preschool classroom

I enjoy coming in and observing the different ways each class puts their own spin on making a sun. In this class, the children painted their paper plates with yellow tempera paint mixed with salt to give a little sparkle and texture. After the paint dried, the children turned the plates over and added strips [...]

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