Today we drew pictures of our family and then made a book out of them. Each page says _________ has _______ people in ______ family. After drawing their pictures I filled in the blanks with them. It might say Debbie has 4 people in her family. These little projects are great for the kids. […]
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We are family !
Danielle’s first day was today. She joins us to play with the kids from 9-11:30 ( our busiest part of the day ) and then she has other duties to do. As […]
Busy Friday – I need the weekend to rest !
We had a particularly busy day today. I had four parent conferences before 8:30 am. At 8:30 Malia’s dad arrived with his HUGE semi . I was as amazed as the kids were. I couldn’t believe how much room was in the cab. He had a bed in there. All 16 kids got up in […]
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 […]
D is for Dinosaur
Parent teacher conferences started this morning at 7:45. I love visiting with my parents and sharing the little bits of knowledge that I have about raising children. I think every parent thinks it is just them – alone – makingterrible decisions as a parent. STOP! You are all good parents. Perfect ? No.. neither was […]
Dinosaurs !
We have had a fabulous day! I decided to be a rebel this weekend and pull out a theme box that I have not used in a long time. DINOSAURS! In early education we are taught it is preferable to teach kids about things that are relevant to them. A great example would be in […]
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Today we read a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin. After reading it we used picture cards to practice sequencing the life of a pumpkin. We also did a little science experience. I cut the top off the pumpkin and let the kids explore the seeds and goop for a while and then […]
Candy Wrapper Fun
Today we had fun with candy wrappers. During small group we sorted them by color. We picked out what letters we knew on our candy wrappers and we counted them. After all that fun we made a book called ” Our Favorite Candy” . Making books is a great literacy tool for […]
Pumpkin Jack
Today we have had a great day. We had more fun with the ” 5 Little Pumpkins ” Poem. We stamped 5 pumpkins on a gate and we talked about first, second , third, fourth and fifth . We also ran our fingers across the words as we read the poem. […]