Category: <span>Winter</span>

Today we started our advent calendar. We are counting down to Christmas. If you are keeping track it’s 23 days until Christmas. We are using a new little advent calendar. Tucked in each day is a number and a symbol. Since the symbol was a Christmas tree we painted our first of the season We […]

We mixed it We smashed the Graham crackers for crust We had it for lunch. Some liked it. Some did not. So much fine motor work in this process. Do you see it?

In the end what is on my daily lesson plans do not matter. Now hear me out – that doesn’t mean I don’t have goals for each child. Lucy – writing her last name , letter recognition Avery – writing her last name , letter recognition Alia – 5 conversation exchanges back and forth Kynslee […]

If you are new here you might not know – games are so hard for me. Have you ever played games with a preschooler ? Especially hard is a young preschooler. It’s literally like playing a game with a squirrel. Keeping them on task. Going over and over the rules. Sometimes they just get up […]

The girls were all about the water in the rain barrel today. Watching their creativity really amazes me How do we get it from the water barrel to other places ? And then the fun begins What a fun water day.

With the dreary weather outside, it was a perfect day to talk about Thanksgiving and all the preparations for that. We looked at the calendar to see how many days we would be off for our holiday. We talked about the food of Thanksgiving. These guys aren’t old enough yet to have that core memory […]

Today we took our turkey game outside. The girls love this game. It’s also an easy way for me to assess what letters / sounds these littles already know. The most joy for them and me is watching and listening to them gobbling around the front yard. My older preschoolers were accurate on almost every […]

Today we did the obligatory handprint turkey. We talked about whether turkeys were actually rainbow colored like we seen in so many crafts and pictures. The girls thought they were. Can you imagine a child’s surprise that has made cute crafts all of their young years and never been exposed to real things? Like wait […]

Today the calendar reminded us that it was National Kindness Day. We talked about what kindness means. Sometimes terms like this are used without children really knowing what they mean What is kindness? Child – Being Kind. Until we use words in context it’s hard for them to understand. We say “ are you being […]

Today we played a game called turkey in the bag. There are little cards with letters on them and cards that have turkeys. We took turn pulling a card out. whoever pulled the card out told her the letter was and we talked about the sound. But if you pull a turkey out, the whole […]