Tag: play based
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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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Head in the Oven (baking project, 6)
Our bakery needed a new oven. We decided our small wooden oven does not cut it for 12 kids. So when I brought home this huge, sturdy box from Costco – I knew it will make a lot of kids very happy. And it did. First day, I just brought the box in the classroom…
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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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Silly Susie
Last week I went to Value Village and they had a pile of Styrofoam heads by the registers. It was like something from Dr. Who. I could not decide if I like them or they freak me out a little bit, but I could no stop myself. I knew the kids would have a blast…
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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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Orange Sun for the Holidays
Back to my heritage. Another project that I remember very fondly from my childhood was making an Orange Sun. It always made the classroom smell so nicely – orange and cloves just meant that Christmas was coming. I decided to try to do a similar project with my classroom this year. I simplified it a…
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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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Gingerbread House
Every year we take the biggest box and change it into a cardboard gingerbread house. It is so easy and the kids love it. I just ducktape a roof on top of it and cut some doors and windows. The kids do the rest. Every morning I offer something else to decorate it with: paint,…
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Chestnut and Acorn Animals
Another day with glue guns. This time around we decided to embrace the season and use all the amazing fall treasures the kids have been collecting. Plus, I must admit that I really enjoy this! When I was little, I loved making these animals… hiking and picking up chestnuts with my grandma, cleaning them and…
Artree: online preschool 