we brushed our teeth with water all week long. some children brought a toothbrush from home, some used one from ms. stacey and a dentist in town (thank you, again!).
one of our projects was teeth counting and drawing.
every single preschooler had 20 teeth!
•••warning: real snake photos to follow•••
s week was made better with a real snake visiting all week!
cooper is a 5 year old corn snake.
cooper was brought out of his cage for each class to get up close.
children did not have to pet cooper, but could if they wanted to.
thank you, ronni, ms. jennifer, ms. christy, mr. austin and mr. greg! you made our week very memorable!
at christmas, there was a super long piece of packaging paper that i saved.
with masking tape, santana the snake was born.
i added a plastic jar filled with beads for a rattling tail:
then baby snakes were born (made with tissue paper and tape):
silly, slithering, not slimy, sweet snakes.
we were on spring break for st. patrick’s day and the first day of spring, but we snuck a little spring project in beforehand.
this was a simple grass cutting project. who knew me explaining the project would be so interesting?
the children were encouraged to cut as skinny of pieces as they could.
not in the plans…but perfect.
and when limbo was over, the tape was added to the teacher chair.
did i mention, that just like cootie, connect four can also be a one person game? : )
it was fun (and therapeutic!) to poke holes with a pencil in a couple of boxes. then we cut the boxes apart and used them to thread ribbon/fabric strips in and out of.
those finger muscles got a great work out.
