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Let’s Chat with Artists: Aline Bloch
In our free online lesson Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, we show you how to create art out of seemingly useless items that would normally end up in trash. The bright pink art piece that we made was inspired by Louise Nevelson, a famous sculptor who lived in the past century. We recently had the opportunity…
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Virtual Preschool – Music
This is our last week of online preschool. We are going to take a little break and be back in July and August with our summer camps. And we have decided to dedicate our last week to music and sound. To join us, you will need: – oil pastels (or crayons) – watercolors, brush, water,…
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Virtual Preschool: Jack & Beanstalk
We are talking about plants, beans and Jack. We read two versions of Jack and the Beanstalk this week, make a greenhouse for our beans and plant them in a pot with a castle in the clouds. For the first lesson you will need: – small zip lock bag – watercolor paper – scissors –…
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Virtual Preschool: Space
This week we talk about Space and planets. We will learn about the Moon, make a ‘milky way’ experiment and paint a space picture with stars. To join us you will need: – watercolors – watercolor paper – white paint – brushes, paper towels, water – optional but recommended: old toothbrush we will do…
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Virtual Preschool: Worms and Snails
This week we talk about our two favorite books: Superworm and Whale and the Snail. Earthworms are pretty amazing. Did you know that they have 5 hearts and some of them can be 12 feet long? (luckily these do not live in the US ;)). We will tell you all about them in this lesson.…
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Virtual Preschool: Butterflies
This week we are talking about butterflies. We will make a lapbook. I do not think we have made one yet this year… basically, you need a paper folder (or two sheets of paper taped together to look like a folder) and we draw, cut and paste a lot of things into it to make…
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Virtual Preschool: Three Little Pigs
Three little pigs have been my favorite story for a long time. I love the different versions of the books and I know kids just adore building the houses, knocking them down and pretend-play the big bad wolf. It is always a hit. This week we make puppets for our retelling of the story and…
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Virtual Preschool: The Gruffalo
Our first virtual preschool is going to be about The Gruffalo. Why? We were in the middle of our book-club project when the pandemic forced us to shut down… so we have not finished exploring all the books that we wanted to. The Gruffalo is one of the kids’ favorite books. I have read it…
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Homeschooling through Pandemic
I have been planning to home-school next year. I have been reading a lot of about it, comparing many different curricula and buying a lot of books and resources… I did not think I would need it for another 6 months but then Covid-19 came… and here I am, happy to have a full bookcase. …
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Color Exploration
Going back to school holding a pumpkin spice latte in the rain to do an exploration unit of color and you know it’s September. We always start that way in one form or another. All our kids love mixing colors, making new ones, giving them names… and are fascinated by the relationships of primary and…
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