Hearts at the easel
Of all the painting experiences I share with my students, the one they most enjoy is anything that has to do with painting at the easel.
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Of all the painting experiences I share with my students, the one they most enjoy is anything that has to do with painting at the easel.
Here are five simple heart math ideas our prek students explored this week.
Exploring a new art process with a book and a pair of real chopsticks!
We’ve all heard of the “Name Game” song, but this is a fun large motor game with lots of different possibilities!
The step ladder game is a simple game that we made up and added to the end of our ladder exploration day.
The subject of ladders came up in my classroom a few weeks (or longer) ago and my class has been asking for me to bring a ladder in that they could climb ever since. So today, I brought in a ladder and we explored the ladder along with drawing our own lines and letters for math.
Continuing with our interest in listening, I set up the easel for my students to enjoy a little listening time as they painted as the easel.
We have been exploring our sense of hearing by listening around the classroom but we started our day by listening with our simple to make listening tubes.
You quickly learn that if you don’t want a preschooler to do something then just start your sentence with the word “Don’t!”. Come see what my preschoolers are saying, “Don’t push my button!”
We are introducing two unique and inexpensive art materials to our class. Perhaps you even have them around your house!
Cooking in the classroom can be challenging, but it can also be fun! Â Our children love any opportunity to take part in preparing their own
Stop by and read all about our daily schedule in preschool. Then be sure to share your own schedule with us too!
Part of our morning routine includes signing in on our clip board. Come and see how the process is going in our preschool classroom.
You won’t find a game sweeter than our hugs and kisses tic tac toe!
We recently introduced the letter Kk, and with Valentine’s day coming soon, we thought it was most appropriate to explore hugs and KISSES.
What can you do with a bag of marbles and a whole bunch of left over wrapping paper tubes? Our prekindergarten kids figured out something fun to do!
Today we put our math tokens to good work by making a DIY junk bingo game in preschool!
I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for a new or unique tool for painting for making the process fun and interesting
Last week I shared our shape hunt activity as an introduction to our unit on shapes. Â First up on our list of shapes to explore
While learning about the letter “P” we decided to explore with pizza! Pizza is an all-time favorite food for many preschoolers, and activities involving pizza
We want to share some ideas with you as you get ready to go back to school! As summer winds down and you prepare to
Cardboard yarn creations are a fun way to repurpose cardboard and build fine motor skills! This week, we decided to explore with yarn and enhance
Fourth of July is almost here! We have gathered some of our favorite ways to celebrate with young children. We love these ideas from fellow
Are your kids into bugs? We have some great ways to investigate bugs in your home or classroom. Our class really seems to be fascinated
Invitations to Draw are a wonderful way to spark creativity in young children! We are so excited to share with you the newest book by