Monthly Archives: January 2010

t is for tube

Posted on by kristin
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i had no idea the joy this tube would bring.  i expected cars racing through.  i expected blocks racing through.  i’m surprised it hasn’t been colored or covered with tape.

tube hauling

but i didn’t expect kids to figure out how to launch cars simply by slamming it down on a shelf.  yes, it was loud.

tube hauling

and i sure didn’t expect the sheer JOY that the kids show in simply hauling this thing around.  all classes.  they just walk around with it.  all around the room.  no one has been knocked down yet.  no tables cleared either.

tube hauling

tube hauling

amazing.

tube hauling

thank you, mr rob, for taking a break from cootie to bring us the tube.

cootie

h is for haiti

Posted on by kristin
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when a preschooler’s mama has traveled to haiti, it provides the perfect opportunity to hear what kids know.

letter to dr jenny

just like the public service announcements on pbs cautioning parents in terms of children seeing too many images of the destruction of haiti, i hesitate to burst bubbles of protection that parents have created.

letter to dr jenny

but in vague enough terms with plenty of compassion, preschoolers shared what they knew about the devastation in haiti.

and dr. jenny, we wish you well as you travel home.  thank you for sharing your gifts with the world.

o is for outdoor dreams

Posted on by kristin
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i want this (all images from progressive early childhood….i wish i could visit in real life!):

i also want a huge pvc pipe for the kids to roll around in.   and huge boulders for the kids to climb on.  and a little stream running through the playground.

playground moments - 02 by you.

i am so grateful for what we have.  safe equipment, lots of green space, sidewalks for rainy days, big trees…

IMG_2281.JPGplayground moments - 08

and for the new rock that will protect while jumping and be loaded in dump trucks.

playground moments - 06

but seriously, if you are close enough to drop some of this other stuff (logs, tree trunks, slices of tree trunks, tractor tires, an old wooden boat, pvc pipes, a concrete tube…)off on our playground, please do.

thanks for the inspiration and the reminders of what we have.

d is for dry erase

Posted on by kristin
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some dry erase boards erase so nicely.

some do not.

dry erase

our display cases erase beautifully.  here we are using one that aren’t on the wall.

dry erase

dry erase

huh, i don’t know what they were all looking at.

n is for nut math

Posted on by kristin
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we reintroduced the concept of “math sentences” again.

nut math

after using real nuts to demonstrate that no matter how you group them, ten nuts will always add up to ten nuts, the children had paper nuts to glue in and/or out of the basket.

nut mathnut math

nut math by you.

for some reason, this one is the “silly” one:

nut math

but not quite as silly as when there are no nuts in the basket.

r is for remodel

Posted on by kristin
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what do you do when your house isn’t big enough and money isn’t an issue?  you add on.  : )

p.s. i will admit, when i see their little legs on that hard floor, i want another big carpet.