Touch

I tried to think of a cutesy title for today’s blog but I got nothin’.  Today we explored our 5th sense which was touch.  We touch things all day that […]

Do You Hear What I Hear

Our morning started off with much movement and vigor.  Pax’s mom, Rochelle , came and did a 20 minute workout with the littles.  She is so engaging and fun I […]

There’s Something Smelly Going On

Today we explored the sense of smell. We used smelling jars that had scents in them like lemon, lavender and cinnamon.  The kids for some reason though they were funny. […]

Do You See What I See

  “Children learn about their environment through their senses. They come to understand concepts through their sense of sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. Children understand “soft” when they touch […]

Do you like Sour ?

Today we ended our five senses unit talking about taste. We tasted sweet and sour and graphed which one we liked the best. Some of the faces were pretty priceless. […]

Do you hear what I hear ?

Today was the day we talk about listening  with our ears. The hardest thing to get preschoolers to understand that is to really listen you have to be quiet.  That […]

Things We Smell

Today we talked about our sense of smell.  Have you ever been in a room with a bunch of sweaty kids after they’ve played on a playground in the sun […]

Sniff Sniff

Today was our last day on the five senses. Is one of our benchmarks to know the 5 senses? No. I just use the themes as vehicles to work on […]

Feelings… no wait, I can feel things.

You never know what is going to show up at small group . Today it was a little chinese boy and a pirate. I spent some time just sitting in […]

Do you hear what I hear ?

> The kids enjoyed playing with some marionettes I picked up yesterday. I love looking around the room and seeing what kids have learned. See Andreas sorting skills ? Emeri […]