Tag: journaling
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Our Skittle Experiment
The scientific method is defined as a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from this data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested. And that is what we did yesterday in our Skittles Experiment. We gathered our candy, looked at it, described it and saw how the color melts.…
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Journaling with Preschoolers
We have decorated our journals with a Henri Matisse inspired collage and now is the time to start filling them in. When my son started going to preschool (a long time ago), his teacher did this amazing thing. Every month she would ask the kids to draw their self-portrait and sign their name. It was…
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Matisse Self Portraits
Henri Matisse is always a hit with the kids. They like the idea of painting with scissors and they absolutely love guessing what animal is hiding in his painting (though they rarely think it is a snail). We are starting our journaling next week. I got the primary journals for the kids all ready…
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Traveling Gnome
I have been going back and forth with the idea of a stuffed animal being sent home with the kids every week, logging its adventures. I know the kids tend to love it. I know the parents sometimes don’t. It can encourage literacy but it can also become a ‘competition. I have been torn on…