My daughter wanted to do a fall craft today. We looked on Pinterest for a fun activity. The idea we found was for using old crayon pieces and melting them into heart shapes for Valentine’s Day. Since it is almost Halloween we decided to make ours into pumpkins. We chose to use mostly orange, yellow, […] Read more…
Last week was Pastor Appreciation Sunday at our church. I have been working with the children’s Sunday School class this month on making a gift for our pastors to help show our appreciation for all they do. We made fall wreaths for each of them. The children and adults traced their hands on colorful scrapbooking […] Read more…
Each day in our classroom as a part of our “Brain Smart Start” we share greetings. Greetings offer a great opportunity for students to connect with one another and for teachers to connect with students in a fun and playful situation. One of my students is the greeter each week and giving greetings is a […] Read more…
One of my favorite fall stories is Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. This imaginative story leads into so many fun activities for preschoolers! The first day we read the story and spent some time exploring fresh and dried leaves. We looked at the colors, shapes, and details of the leaves. We listended to the dry […] Read more…
As a part of our study of Fall and reading the story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert we practiced different kinds of blowing. On “Tickle Tuesdays” we practice various oral motor skills in our classroom. Today we pretended to be the wind like in our story and we blew feathers, bubbles, and leaves. Blowing feathers […] Read more…
We have a friend in our morning class who is blind. Our Consultant for children with visual impairments stopped by today to help us learn more about what it would be like to be blind. The children volunteered to wear blindfolds and discover how their other senses were enhanced while their eyes were covered. We […] Read more…
Reinforcing the Safekeeper Agreement:Last week we enjoyed many explorations with dinosaurs and fossils in our preschool classroom. The children really enjoyed the book How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?. I found inspiration in this book that helped us reinforce the agreements we have made as a School Family to help keep everyone safe. Since the brain likes contrast, we […] Read more…
Introducing our School Family:Our School Family is called the Shining Stars. We have a School Family song that goes like this: (sung to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)We are the Stars we sparkle and shine,When we’re together, we’re feeling fine.We want our brains to work to the max,So smile, take a deep breath and relax.Eyes and […] Read more…