Tag: preschooler
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Salt Snow Painting
Watercolors and salt – two of our favorite materials. We have done salt on watercolor paintings to see how the crystals soak up the pigment and water, we drizzled salt on glue and then touched it up with watercolors to see how they spread on the paper… but this was the first time we made […]
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Suncatchers from DVD cases
I knew I wanted to do a project with these as soon as I saw them but I wasn’t really sure what to do. I didn’t want to make anything too crafty. I wanted to make something abstract with the kids. Something they would love making their own. In the end I decided to leave […]
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Beautiful fall leaves
Fall in Sammamish can be pretty beautiful. We have been admiring the beautiful fall leaves for the past couple of weeks. Kids have been asking questions about the leaves, commenting on the amazing colors, and every day they have been looking for the smallest and largest leaves from our huge maple tree behind the preschool. […]
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Top 5 Books in our Classroom
Holes in your nose We started our year with many books about ourselves and our bodies and this one – by far – the most favorite one of them all. Who wouldn’t be interested in holes in their nose? Did you know that some animals have just one? Did you know how boogers are made? […]
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Fill Me a Bag
What is your favorite ‘get to know you’ activity? I love to do ‘fill me a bag.’ It involves the families, lets the child talk about her favorite things in front of the whole classroom (in a non-intimidating way)… and most kids really enjoy the show and tell aspect as well. I found these great colorful […]
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Art Book review: Beautiful Oops!
There is no right or wrong in art. This is a message I try to teach the kids every time we create an art project. Art is not about right and wrong answers; it is about creativity, fun and self-expression. That is why I love this book so much. Barney Saltzberg did an amazing job […]
Artree: online preschool 