Five fun ways to teach with tape
Since I shared with you how my students enjoy the exploration of tape in our classroom, I thought I would share with you how I like to use tape in the classroom. For me, tape is a valuable resource so...
View ArticleBuilding fine motor skills at the apple tree play dough table
As part of our fun with apples, I thought it would be a good time to set out our homemade red play dough and invite the children to practice their skill of rolling the play dough to make apples for our...
View ArticleExploring and designing stained glass art
In my previous post, I shared with you our stained glass easel starter and this process really is almost exactly the same idea only for this process our Pre-kindergarten age children designed their own...
View ArticleAt play with marbles and tubes
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 and all we needed to add to the mix was a roll of...
View ArticleLet’s listen with a listening tube
We have been exploring our sense of hearing by listening to things around the classroom but we started our day by listening with our simple to make listening tubes… Each child got their own listening...
View ArticleMore fun with fixing
Continuing with our morning of fixing things by fixing plates, knives, forks, spoons, and a few pictures too!
View ArticleKaleidoscope art (tape rubbings)
Introducing the artful process of tape rubbings as we continue our exploration of kaleidoscopes in preschool.
View ArticleL is for lines
Learning about the sound of the letter L was a fun experience as we played games on lines taped to the carpet and traced lines on the light table.
View ArticleCreating a mini-greenhouse in preschool
Creating a mini-greenhouse and planting beans! Now we can watch our beans grow in preschool!
View ArticleThe magic of tape
Somewhere towards the middle of the school year, I put all of our colored tape on a paper roll holder for our preschool class to use for a project that I can't even remember. I hadn't intended to keep...
View ArticleMore fun with fixing
As mentioned in a previous post, we read the book “Fix-It” by David McPhail then explored different opportunities and tools for fixing things all around our classroom. Today, I want to share with some...
View ArticleKaleidoscope art (tape rubbings)
This activity is really just called tape rubbings but since we were spending our morning exploring kaleidoscopes and because these pictures are kind of an abstract art process, I decided that this...
View ArticleL is for lines
Learning about the sound of the letter L was a fun experience as we played games on lines taped to the carpet and traced lines on the light table… The children arrived at preschool one morning to find...
View ArticleCreating a mini-greenhouse in preschool
Our class had the opportunity to take a class fieldtrip to a beautiful greenhouse, compliments of one of our parents, and it was an eye opening experience to see what all is involved in caring for and...
View ArticleThe magic of tape
Somewhere towards the middle of the school year, I put all of our colored tape on a paper roll holder for our preschool class to use for a project that I can’t even remember. I hadn’t intended to keep...
View ArticleFive fun ways to teach with tape
Since I shared with you how my students enjoy the exploration of tape in our classroom, I thought I would share with you how I like to use tape in the classroom. For me, tape is a valuable resource so...
View ArticleBuilding fine motor skills at the apple tree play dough table
As part of our fun with apples, I thought it would be a good time to set out our homemade red play dough and invite the children to practice their skill of rolling the play dough to make apples for our...
View ArticleExploring and designing stained glass art
In my previous post, I shared with you our stained glass easel starter and this process really is almost exactly the same idea only for this process our Pre-kindergarten age children designed their own...
View ArticleAt play with marbles and tubes
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 and all we needed to add to the mix was a roll of...
View ArticleLet’s listen with a listening tube
We have been exploring our sense of hearing by listening to things around the classroom but we started our day by listening with our simple to make listening tubes… Each child got their own listening...
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