we always have playdoh…
it has different colors and scents (and sometimes glitter or sand!) and is an amazing tool for play and learning. favorite recipes are on the sidebar.
it is definitely something to love.
p is for playdoh
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Daily Archives: May 1, 2008
p is for poem
this was kind of like mad libs for preschoolers…there were rhyming words to choose from…some made sense and some were so funny. oh, there was a lot of laughing…i mean really, “sit to eat a rake”? hee hee hee.
t is for ticket
it was worth the $4 to buy a roll of tickets.
there was incredible fine motor practice as tickets were torn apart, the imaginary play took off, and with glue, there could be a visual reminder that t indeed is for ticket.
p is for parmesan cheese pitcher
when we needed a pitcher that would pour only a little water at a time, a parmesan cheese container and duct tape to cover two of the three holes worked perfectly!
w is for water, too. : )
p is for puppet show
we have a piece of furniture that can be a puppet stage, a window to crawl through, a store front, and more.
the most motivated puppeteers put numbers on the back of chairs with tickets to match. tricky stuff!
t is for tape
the preschool room is one place where it can be okay to use as many rolls of tape as you need to block a doorway. but this is only okay if the other doorway is left open…imagine the negotiations!
m is for magnet
magnets to hunt for things hidden in our recycled rice (outdated so it is safe to play in, but not safe to eat) is quite the dig.
and since everyone is beyond the everything-in-the-mouth phase, we could use these metal rimmed bingo chips.
r is for recylced rotton rice, too : )
s is for sewing
we practiced our sewing skills with toothpicks taped to yarn then poked through old styrofoam trays. i like to think there was fruit on the trays, though i think it was probably raw meat.
we moved on to real embrodiery floss, mini hoops and big needles.
e is for embrodiery and y is for yarn, too. : )
p is for pet day
preschoolers were invited to bring a pet…alive or not, real or pretend…to preschool. we had some real live golden fur visit us…meet josie the dog and goldie the hamster.
“what we don’t know is why we can’t pee in our bedrooms.”
d is for dog and h is for hamster, too : )
