Today we slowed down our gears a little to talk about ” who’s birthday is it anyway ? ” Yesterday McKayla’s grandmother brought me in […]
Category: <span>math</span>
Group Art ?
Patterning is an important math skill for kids. Is it important in preschool .. maybe not but if they can ” get it ” why not ? I especially like to pattern with real objects like shoes or stuffed animals but in my dinosaur box was a patterning game. It had little toy dinosaurs so […]
A Look Around Our Room
It is Friday and we are all doing the Friday dance. I am SUPER excited today that my daughter , Danielle will be flying in tomorrow morning to LIVE in Siloam Springs . She has lived in Hawaii pretty much for 5 years. I caught McKayla in the loft today listening to music. She had […]
5 Little Pumpkins
Today I focused most of our activities on counting. In small groups we read a counting book called two little witches. It is great for getting the kiddos to begin thinking about addition. After reading the book I laid the pumpkins number cards on the table and we took turns seeing which numbers we […]
Rainy Days Can Be Productive !
Today started out with rain. You would think we would dread rainy days but for some reason rainy days are usually good ones for me. I wouldn’t push my luck to have too many in a row but one every now and then is perfect. We had time inside to play with our […]
Friday
> We made it to the end of our first week. I could tell many of the kids were really getting worn out near then end. There is very little ” sitting and relaxing” while the kids are here. These kids go 100 MPH for the most part. Hopefully the weekend will give them time […]
Happy Mothers Day ! ( Spoiler Alert )
> The spoiler alert is for any moms of my preschoolers that read this blog and plan to wait until Sunday to open their gift from the little ones. STOP NOW and wait until Monday to read this! Nolan brought his ” water turtle ” today for us to see. I am so thankful I […]
Jelly Beans and Hair Cuts
> Today we did some math activities with jelly beans. I had forgotten to get them last night so Williams mom rescued me. Thanks MARY! We estimated and graphed and of course… we are them. We also took brought our grass inside. Remember the grass seeds the kids planted. Our grass heads were ready for […]
Spring Break… not really !
> Today we had 11 kids show up for school out of 16. I was able to spend some quiet time watching the kids play and was really touched by their kind spirits. That doesnt mean that everyone was happy all the time and got along but for the most part it was calm and […]
One Potato Two Potato
>What a busy day! Today was my moms birthday so I took the afternoon off to celebrate with my brother while she celebrated on the streets of Heaven. But before I left….. We made leprechaun finders to help us tomorrow as we go on our traditional hunt ! We talked about potatoes and how they […]