Tag: preschooler
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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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Designing our Cakes (bakery project, 5)
Sometimes we stick to 2D art. Sharpies and watercolors are always a good choice. I am proud to say our kids have mastered the process. They know not to use sharpies once they start coloring the picture in with watercolors. They know that if they count to 10 while picking up the paint with their brush,…
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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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Acrylic Paint Pour
Mesmerizing art in a cup. This is such fun (and highly addictive) activity! We tried it once and we knew we were hooked. It’s so easy. First, you need to mix your paint. You need a cup and a Popsicle stick to stir it (for each color). Then take: acrylic paint little bit of water…
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Slime Paint
It seems that there are more and more kids that would benefit from some form of sensory integration therapy. I have a lot of kids this year that are bothered by the sound of the fan in the bathroom, taste of anything unknown, touching anything messy or sticky, physical touch of their classmates… or they…
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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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Two-feet Tall Wooden Snowman
We don’t work with wood as much as I would like (aside from our glue gun days). So when I saw somewhere a snowman out of plank of wood, I knew I want to try it. I got really lucky – I went to Home Depot and found the 2x4s in the clearance section –…
Artree: online preschool 