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Sewing Sprinkles on Cookies (bakery, 3)
I have been looking for another chance to bring sewing into the classroom, and when the kids asked to make cookies, I thought – YES! I cut the little plastic mesh into circles to make the cookies for them and then spent two hours threading the needles and making knots. I worked with 4-5…
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Clay Donuts (bakery project, 2)
Our bakery project is in full swing now. Every day kids add more and more ideas and creations to their bakery. Now they realized we need donuts. So we decided to bake some. We had some vanilla clay I made for the kids to play with… and we figured, if we make donuts out of…
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Baking Sponge Cakes (bakery project, 1)
I have been observing the kids closely to see what theme, or an idea would inspire all of them. It was difficult. I would always get one or two interested in something but the other kids would wonder off after couple of minutes, not engaging anymore. Then I had a revelation – baking! That was…
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Snowy Days at Preschool
Yet another snowy day at school. It is grey and rainy outside but it is January… and it January we love exploring snow. Kids usually get to the mountains over the weekend – skiing, sledding, tubing or just building a snowman. They always come back and tell us all about their adventurous and are eager…
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Happy Pi Day
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a computer keyboard? Well, my little engineers don’t need to wonder anymore – they know! 🙂 We celebrated Pi Day yesterday by opening two old computer keyboards and popping all of the little keys outside. It kept 5 kids busy for over an hour so I think it was…
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Pink glasses for everyone!
What color glasses would you wear if you had a choice? We explored light, colors and color mixing with these awesome glasses. Kids had a blast and tried one, two and even six of them at the same time. ‘It is orange!’ cried one. ‘I made it really dark! It’s so dark I don’t even…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Today we were sitting at our table, eating snack, reading books and talking about Valentine’s day. What it is and what it means for us. I asked the kids how we celebrate it. They looked at me for a while and then said: ‘by loving everyone!’ I love that answer! (Even though I totally did…
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Building an Igloo
Would you like to build an igloo? This is just a tiny little provocation that I set up for the kids – to go along with our winter theme. We are exploring ice, snow and polar animals… and since the block area is a big part of our preschool experience, I set up this little…
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Borax Snowflakes
Would you like to make some amazing crystals? It’s much easier than you may think. Here is how to make the snowflake: First cut a pipe cleaner into three pieces and combined them in the middle. Then mix hot water and borax (1 cup of water and 3 tablespoons of borax) and tie the…
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Driftwood Animals
How much doe it take to encourage kids to see extraordinary in the ordinary objects? Usually not more than a couple of words. In this case, it took even less. I just collected some driftwood and brought it into the classroom. I showed the treasures to the kids and let them play with it. Suddenly the…
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