Tag: kids
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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: 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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Christmas Light Exploration
Christmas lights are fascinating for the kids to explore and engage with. We added some lights to our wall and kept half of the preschool in the dark. Kids loved it. Then we showed the the awesome glasses that change every light into a snowman, tree, gift… and they did not want to take them…
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Push Pin Pictures
Fine motor skills are very important skills to master for preschoolers. They need to practice their little fingers to make it easier to draw, write, feed themselves, button their shirts or zip up their jackets. We practice with so many different things – from board games to beads, from puzzles to sewing. And couple of…
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Salt Dough Cookies
I grew up in the Czech Republic and, especially around the holidays, I tend to go back to projects that I did when I was little, the ones I loved and cherished. There is a big part of me that wants to share them with the kids I teach. And salt dough ornaments are one…
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Writing is Their New Thing
I believe that three-year-olds and worksheets do not mix well. It is not very productive, nor it is useful to have them fill out paper after paper. They need to do hands on activities that relate more to their world and to their passions. That is why we do not really use them, aside from when…
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Of Pumpkins and Hammers
Last week I brought two nice looking pumpkins into the classroom. I put them on the table with 125 golf tees and couple of large wooden blocks. It did not take long before the kids started hammering the tees into the pumpkins. You could hear the knock, knock, knock all the way outside. And they…
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Leaf Making Factory
Watercolors and diffuse paper are always a hit. Sometimes we use pipettes and liquid watercolors, other times we do brushes and regular cake watercolors… but it is always fun for the kids. They love seeing how the ‘thirsty paper’ drinks up the paint. They love watching it spread by itself. They love to experiment with…
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Colored Glue Fall-inspired Tiles
Ever since we did our colored glue project, kids have been asking to do it again. And ever since one parent dropped off a huge stack of white tiles at our school, I was trying to figure out what to do with them. Today we decided to combine these two – and were pleasantly surprised…
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Salt Dough Mandalas
We have been collecting chestnuts, acorns, pumpkin seeds and berries for a while. We love fall and kids (and I) love bringing a lot of signs on fall inside a classroom. We have a big ‘fall treasures’ box by the door that we have been adding to… and it was time to start using these…
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