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Lots of drops
The word “drop’ all by itself is a fun word but to combine the word with other words like gum drops, lemon drops, and rain drops the word “drop” can lead to even more fun… I introduced the song, “If...
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Exploring robots inside and out
To explore the inside and outside of a robot, we recently read “The Robot Book” by Heather Brown with all of its moving parts and then we created our own robots with movable parts too… “The Robot Book”...
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Lots of lids
Offering a variety of bottles and lots of lids proves to be a challenging invitation for children to solve this puzzle… Deborah created a unique set-up for this activity by taping several bottles...
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Salt tray mazes
In our classroom, we have used salt trays in many different ways to promote handwriting skills. Come discover how our preschool children also used their engineering skills to create their own salt...
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Balancing bubbles in preschool
As mentioned in the previous post, we have been exploring two words: ”level” and “balance.” To expand on our exploration of level and balance, the children tried their hand at balancing bubbles… Each...
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Making simple boats that float
We have been exploring a broad range of under-the-sea type things from sea animals to water to boats that float in the water. For our exploration in boats, we read the book Little Tug by Steven Savage...
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Neighborhood under construction in preschool
The process of building our own neighborhood would have to be considered one of my most favorite or at least right up there at the top of the list of favorite studies we did last year. I will share...
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At play with marbles and tubes
What can you do with a bag of marbles and a whole bunch of left over wrapping paper tubes? Our prekindergarten kids figured out something fun to do and all we needed to add to the mix was a roll of...
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Brilliant block play
A staple that every home and classroom should have are building blocks! Building blocks are a fabulous open-ended toy that promotes creativity, engineering, logic, cooperation, the list could go on...
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Spools of fun!
Cardboard spools are such a fun resource to upcycle into all kinds of uses in the preschool classroom. The children and I started saving different sizes of cardboard spools about half-way into our...
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Using spools as tools for play
I have no idea what these great big cardboard spools were originally used for but after collecting six of them from the local recycle center, I used them as tools for play in both my indoor and...
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School starts back up for me at the very end of August but today, my youngest grandson, age 21/2, and I decided to spend a little time over in the classroom. I have piles of odds and ends stashed...
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Why your preschoolers should play with blocks
Have you ever heard someone say, “All they ever want to do is play in the block center!” Well I have some news about the block center that just might surprise you. In fact, instead of trying to figure...
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A crazy cool DIY water play stand
I spent about an hour at our local Home Depot store in the PVC pipe section trying to figure out how to make my own crazy cool DIY water play stand and this is what I came up with! I had several...
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How does music build STEM skills?
How does music teach STEM skills? Well before I go one step further, let’s be sure you know what STEM stands for. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. All of these content...
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Some ideas take a little tweaking like this DIY paint stand
Once I get on a roll with something, I tend to get carried away and my latest obsession is building DIY stands for use around the classroom out of PVC pipes. However, some ideas take a little tweaking...
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This DIY sand table stand worked great!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a DIY roll with making different kinds of PVC stands for my classroom and this DIY sand table stand worked great! DIY sand table stand I decided that I...
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Brilliant block play
A staple that every home and classroom should have are building blocks! Building blocks are a fabulous open-ended toy that promotes creativity, engineering, logic, cooperation, the list could go on...
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Spools of fun!
Cardboard spools are such a fun resource to upcycle into all kinds of uses in the preschool classroom. The children and I started saving different sizes of cardboard spools about half-way into our...
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Using spools as tools for play
I have no idea what these great big cardboard spools were originally used for but after collecting six of them from the local recycle center, I used them as tools for play in both my indoor and outdoor...
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