tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77482683535727012722024-03-04T23:54:38.376-07:00Seedlings Nursery School"Where Children Bloom!"Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-50583637040102775812017-06-03T14:22:00.001-07:002017-06-03T14:22:27.735-07:00Seedlings is BACK!!On August 1, 2017, Seedlings will be back in action!<br />
After being away from home this past school year, I realized how much I was missing with my youngest kiddo and decided to reopen the preschool for a year to focus on starting my Master's degree and spend time with my daughter.<br />
We've moved to a gorgeous new home that provides a beautiful space for play and learning, and I'm excited to bring the blog back to life!<br />
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Keep an eye out for all our new adventures!Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-62562431690350708352015-07-21T20:20:00.000-07:002015-07-21T20:20:35.426-07:00Gather 'Round the Campfire!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Camping week was great fun and filled with tons of imaginative play! I started by creating a campfire using tree blocks and playsilks and added a s'mores tray for some fine dining.</div>
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Here is a closer look at the s'mores. I used chopsticks, cardboard, brown paper and cotton balls and the kids thought it was amazing! they had a blast making s'mores all week!!</div>
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The highlight of our week, however, was the addition of a giant tent, which was so huge, we had to put some of our toys and furniture INSIDE!</div>
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My Pre-K kids created woven checkered picnic blankets with red and white paper.</div>
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I wish I'd gotten a photo of the finished product, she drew the most adorable little ants on her picnic blanket!</div>
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All the students also created binoculars, which I neglected to take a picture of - actually, I didn't get many pictures all week - but you can see the binoculars being used here as we went on our bear hunt!!</div>
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My older kids, who had been camping, took it upon themselves to tell scary stories around our campfire and set up beds and other necessities inside the tent. Camping week, though lacking in photographic evidence, was a blast! The kids are STILL asking me for the bear hunt song!</div>
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We had a pretty low-key week here at Seedlings summer camp. Our theme was 4th of July and at the preschool level, when you ask children about Independence Day, they generally associate it with one singular (and totally awesome) thing...FIREWORKS! So, we spent our week finding creative ways to make fireworks - and a stellar American flag!<br />
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Balloon fireworks are quite possibly one of my favorite projects. I do it every year. The children love it, I love it and they always come out gorgeous!<br />
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If you are brave and not completely glitter-phobic like I am, go ahead and sprinkle some of the shiny stuff on there after your balloon printing, it'll be great!<br />
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Ok, so maybe I'm not COMPLETELY glitter-phobic. My older kiddos made glue and glitter fireworks this week and I must say, they came out so, so pretty. I might have to change my mind about glitter...maybe.<br />
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I had a special request to finger paint this week, so we used some red, white and blue paints for our pictures. We've got a theme going on here, ya know!?<br />
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My toddlers created some paper plate 4th of July wreaths for the occasion. When doing this project with the little guys, I suggest using a more inner section of the plate, rather than the slanted outer portion which makes gluing difficult for little hands.<br />
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I challenged my Pre-K class with a group project, a giant American flag. I painted the red, white and blue sections on a large piece of cardboard and then they were tasked with filling in each section with the appropriate colors by cutting apart magazines.<br />
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I loved this project. We practiced cutting, gluing, teamwork, responsibility with classroom tools, conversation, problem-solving, and so much more and we ended up with a truly amazing flag!<br />
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And no 4th of July week would be complete without Fireworks in a Bag! For a complete explanation of how to do this project, visit last year's post <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-literary-summer-week-1.html" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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I will add that using very high quality bags makes a huge difference in the POP! So get the good bags!</div>
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Who doesn't love dinosaurs?? All the little Seedlings couldn't wait to get their hands on our activities during dino week at summer camp this year! We had a blast...from the past!! ;) Take a look!</div>
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We started our week with some play dough fossils. This activity sparked some great discussion and I was surprised, but not really, at the vast dino knowledge the kids already had! They were teaching ME new facts and pronouncing dino names like true professionals.</div>
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This really awesome dinosaur play set is hard to find in the US, but I lucked out and bought it second-hand a few months ago knowing we'd need it for dinosaur week!</div>
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Fun textures and a perfect way to demonstrate how fossils are formed!</div>
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This 3-D T-Rex puzzle was a challenge, but a few of the older kids were up for it!</div>
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We had a few options for dinosaur excavation in the classroom.</div>
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This <a href="http://happyhooligans.ca/cloud-dough/" target="_blank">cloud dough</a> was popular and loads of fun, but very messy! Be prepared!</div>
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The children were supplied with brushes and safety goggles (optional) and there were bones hidden in the cloud dough to be carefully excavated. If you want to recreate this activity, be sure to <a href="http://scienceprojectideasforkids.com/2010/cleaning-chicken-bones/" target="_blank">prepare and clean your bones properly.</a></div>
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Our other option for excavation was a kit from Scholastic similar to <a href="http://store.scholastic.com/Toys-and-Games/Science-Kits/Dino-Excavation-Kit---T-Rex-Skeleton" target="_blank">this one.</a> Using the enclosed tools, the children carefully scraped away the dirt until each bone was found.</div>
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Then we cleaned the 'bones' and assembled our dinosaur!</div>
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And because we love cooking around here, we made our own delicious dinosaur bread for snack!</div>
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Our week of space adventures was truly out of this world!!!! We packed so much amazing stuff into this week of summer camp that the kids actually complained on Monday that it wasn't STILL space week!!!</div>
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We had some awesome play invitations set up around the classroom.</div>
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A set of astronauts and aliens and a beautiful play silk dyed by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KitchenDyeworks" target="_blank">Kitchen Dye Works</a>. Buy her stuff, it's gorgeous!!</div>
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I whipped up a few batches of <a href="http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/glue-borax-gak" target="_blank">goop</a> after I was inspired by <a href="http://www.two-daloo.com/night-sky-activities-preschool-galaxy-slime-borax-free/" target="_blank">this post</a> from Twodaloo. I couldn't capture the awesomeness of this stuff very well, but it was a hit with the kids!</div>
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Since I ran out of liquid starch and had to use my trusty goop recipe, I decided to rename this masterpiece Galactic Goop!</div>
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I used clear glue for the gold batch and it was sooooo fun to use and you get to use big words like 'translucent' when you are playing with it!</div>
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We had a blast mixing up all the colors and watching them swirl and blend!</div>
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My Pre-K class used mirrors (as suggested in the original idea) and some marbles to create planets and galaxies.</div>
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By the end of the week, our Galactic Goop was mostly grayish/purplish, but it was still loads of sensory fun!</div>
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And for more sensory fun, we dug our hands into some water beads, with a few marbles thrown in for textural exploration!</div>
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The kiddos also got busy with some creative and colorful projects!</div>
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We created our own constellations using star stickers and forming pictures and shapes with pencils and crayons. Some of the older kids even named their constellations!</div>
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My Pre-K class, repeated this project using a star-shaped paper punch we received in a <a href="http://www.kiwicrate.com/" target="_blank">Kiwi Crate</a> a couple of years ago. We also got those handy constellation cards that I laminated so the children could see a few examples of real constellations.</div>
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We used liquid watercolors and spray bottles to make beautiful stars! I recommend getting the spray bottles with the handle and not the ones with the press-down style top, but the kids made it work and this was our final product!</div>
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We also practiced being Earth by rotating around the sun (table) while simultaneously rotating on our axis (spinning until we're silly). Scientifically accurate portrayal? Probably not, but it resulted in hilarity and laughter, which all add up to a valuable learning experience.</div>
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And we finished out the week with some shaving cream marbling. Since I'm not all about tutorials and such, you can visit <a href="http://artfulparent.com/2014/06/shaving-cream-marbling-with-liquid-watercolors.html" target="_blank">The Artful Parent</a> for handy instructions if you'd like to try this at home. Basically, we drop...</div>
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...press, lift and scrape to create the most amazing planets ever!!<br />
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Our oceans and beaches week was cut a bit short due to a very unexpected hospital stay on my part. All of our unfinished activities will be saved for some Parents' Night Out adventures, but here is a quick look at our three days of sea fun!</div>
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We used dot paints to create colorful fish that can be found <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=17211&keyword=liquid%20watercolor%20shape%20fish&scategoryid=0&CategorySearch=&Brand=&Price=" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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We created some sea creature crayon rubbings with <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=30570&category=633&CategorySearch=&Brand=&Price=" target="_blank">these plates.</a><br />
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How about some adorable hand print fish?? Absolutely!!<br />
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No ocean week would be complete with some actual water play. The children were much neater about this than I expected, I had towels galore on hand, just in case!<br />
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My Pre-K kiddos got some hands-on learning activities courtesy of <a href="http://www.homeschoolcreations.net/2014/10/preschool-ocean-theme-preschool-and-kindergarten-community/" target="_blank">Homeschool Creations</a>.<br />
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Pom-Pom Tweezing<br />
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And we also got some fine-motor water exploration with a pipette activity. Check out the cool shell-shaped bathtub applique!<br />
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We had a very busy first week of Summer Camp here at Seedlings. I was so busy, in fact, that I neglected to capture all of the awesomeness with the camera. I did get a few great shots, though, and I'm excited to share them with you!!</div>
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Everyone loves play dough, so we started our week with some glittery 'sand' play dough and a few beachy toys.</div>
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We read a Let's Find Out classroom magazine from Scholastic and created our very own sun-shaped suncatcher.</div>
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My adorable toddler class created watermelon art that you can see in <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-literary-summer-week-1.html" target="_blank">this post from last summer.</a></div>
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Meanwhile, my Pre-K kiddos cut and painted another sun using a plastic wrap painting technique I found <a href="http://mrskarensclass.blogspot.com/2012/01/lets-fly-to-moon-or-jupiter.html" target="_blank">here.</a> We skipped the extra sheet of paper and opted for some extra cutting practice instead.</div>
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Quite possibly my favorite project this week was our ice cream cones. Usually, I do this project using shaving cream paint as I did <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-literary-summer-week-3.html" target="_blank">last summer,</a> but this year, I purchased <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=703&keyword=foam%20paint" target="_blank">foam paint</a> and decided to give it a whirl. The children LOVED it and it looked almost good enough to eat!!</div>
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And speaking of good things to eat, my Pre-K class is 100% responsible for their own snack preparation. Monday is bread day, so I created a pictorial recipe for the children to follow. You can create your own with pictures of the brands you use, but if you are lacking a bread recipe, <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/04/miss-lindsey-had-farm.html" target="_blank">this one</a> is pretty close to the one we use these days.</div>
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Wednesday is veggie soup day, so the first activity of the day is chip-chopping lots of delicious veggies - some fresh from our garden!</div>
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And after a couple of hours of hard work and play, we are rewarded with this:</div>
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So delicious!!</div>
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<br />Friday is usually Fruit Salad day, but this week, our Let's Find Out and an older Scholastic My Big World magazine all contained ice cream activities, so I sprung for a real ice cream maker and we were saved from shaking our usual <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-literary-summer-week-3.html" target="_blank">Ice Cream in a Bag</a> and got to enjoy a tasty cool treat to finish out our week of summer fun!</div>
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Due to an unfortunate incident in our garden, we ended up with one of our sunflowers inside in a vase and we tried still life with oil pastels. The children were captivated by the new art material and I can't wait to continue using the oil pastels with a variety of different techniques.</div>
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I'm looking forward to another 7 weeks of fun and learning with my little Seedlings!!</div>
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Everyone loves Dr. Seuss and we spent a week reading, creating and snacking, all in Dr. Seuss style!</div>
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We started the week with Dr. Seuss' classic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Cat-Hat-Dr-Seuss/dp/039480001X" target="_blank">The Cat in the Hat</a>. </div>
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We spiced things up and created the zany stripes on our hats by painting with balls. Mix it up, try marbles, golf balls, tennis balls....bowling balls??</div>
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Next, we tackled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oh-Thinks-You-Can-Think/dp/0394831292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425709891&sr=1-1&keywords=oh+the+thinks+you+can+think" target="_blank">Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!</a></div>
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We thought up our own thinks after getting some Seuss-ified inspiration from the book!</div>
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And we had a delightful snack of 'Beautiful schlopp with a cherry on top'. Shhh, it's really vanilla pudding. :)</div>
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No one can forget the amazingly beautiful Truffula Trees in the book, and when I saw <a href="http://www.theseasonedmom.com/what-were-doing-making-the-loraxs-truffula-trees/" target="_blank">this idea to make our own</a>, I knew we had to try it.</div>
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We made take-home truffula trees with craft sticks and tissue paper.</div>
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Don't these look delicious? I thought so too, when I saw them <a href="http://www.theseasonedmom.com/what-were-eating-the-loraxs-truffula-tree-treats/" target="_blank">here.</a> And the kids devoured them!</div>
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We ended the week with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fox-Socks-Beginner-Books-Seuss/dp/0394800389" target="_blank">Fox in Socks.</a></div>
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I made some blue goo, but neglected to take pictures, so I borrowed this one from <a href="http://ourbestbites.com/2010/09/kids-in-the-kitchen-slime/" target="_blank">here.</a> There is also a handy recipe on that site if you choose to make your own blue goo! </div>
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I missed out on pictures of our 'cheese trees' for snack - hey, it was Friday - but just pop a cube of cheese on a pretzel stick and voila! Tasty!</div>
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The Seedlings loved our fun sock matching game. Each kiddo got a colorful sock, then I hid the matching sock somewhere in the classroom. Ready, set, search!</div>
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So much Seuss-y fun this week!!</div>
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February was all about transportation at Seedlings! Here is a look at what we were up to:</div>
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'Road' play dough with cars</div>
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Lots of vehicles in the classroom and tons of team city-building.</div>
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Transportation timeline.</div>
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Painting with cars.<br />
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Cars, blocks and....shaving cream? Sure! Why not?<br />
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Science exploration with homemade parachutes!<br />
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Race track flash cards! Drive your car down the track and watch!<br />
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The kiddos loved this game!<br />
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My little Seedlings love their Scholastic magazines! A few times per month, we read an issue together and do lots of fun related activities. In January, during our animal studies, I pulled out an old issue about eggs and we got to work.</div>
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In the classroom, we had a tray for exploration with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Safari-Ltd-Backyard-Birds-TOOB/dp/B00BKWKZ52" target="_blank">birds</a>, and a nest and eggs that Monkey made <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/05/birds-all-around-us.html" target="_blank">from his Kiwi Crate.</a></div>
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After reading our issue of My Big World, we made our very own nests using bowls, yarn and glue.</div>
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They take quite a while to dry, but they turn out adorable!</div>
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And to finish off our day, just because I really enjoy special snacks. We made tasty biscuit nests with grape eggs. </div>
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When our Scholastic Classroom Magazines arrived in January and I found an issue related to one of my very favorite winter books<span style="color: #0000ee;">: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Mitten-Jan-Brett/dp/0399231099" target="_blank">The Mitten by Jan Brett,</a></span> I couldn't wait to find some exciting activities for the little Seedlings.</div>
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Of course, we had plenty of opportunities to explore winter animals with classroom materials such as arctic animals, wintery play silks and related books.</div>
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We made our very own little pine cone snowy owls.</div>
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And we got our fingers working with some mitten lacing.</div>
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Monkey is obsessed with 'explosion' experiments....seriously....obsessed. He attended camp last summer and was given a chance to make a volcano erupt and has repeated the experiment a number of times at home. In his kindergarten class this year, he had an opportunity to renew his interest in 'explosions' when the class conducted a similar experiment. I've had to come up with new and interesting ways of combining baking soda and vinegar, so why not make some baking soda ice?</div>
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I wasn't exactly sure if there was an appropriate way to make baking soda ice, so I mixed up a solution and poured it into the ice trays. At first, it looked a bit too watery, so I tossed another dollop of baking soda into each mold and hoped for the best.</div>
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I supplied the children with some vinegar mixed with liquid watercolor and they went to work.</div>
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The reaction is somewhat slower than you might expect, but once it begins, the children are delighted. And it's quite lovely.</div>
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Bear wanted to find out what would happen if he dumped all of his vinegar into his tray.</div>
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And, of course, Monkey was thrilled when class was over and he got to finish up the rest of the baking soda ice cubes.</div>
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Next time, we might try to freeze the vinegar instead!!</div>
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Need a super simple preschool science experiment? Try Ice Cube Color Mixing!</div>
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Make ice cubes in primary colors, have the children each choose two cubes and observe!</div>
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I had the children write their own labels so they could stop back and check on their cups.</div>
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We were SO excited to see our results!</div>
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Melting and color mixing all in one experiment! So simple!</div>
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No time to make colorful ice cubes? Need science NOW? Ok, try this one: Solid, Liquid, Gas Demonstration. All week, we talked about the three different states of water, but it is a fairly abstract concept for preschoolers until it is demonstrated.</div>
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I slid my two Learning Towers over to the stove so the children could get a good (but safe) view. Add an ice cube to a shallow pan and turn up the heat! Observe!</div>
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We talked about what was happening to the ice, it was melting, it was becoming steam, it was evaporating - oh, the language development! I even held a glass lid over the steam to 'catch it in a cloud' and then allowed it to 'rain' back down into the pan. The children were particularly overjoyed with the very last little puff of steam once the water evaporated completely. They literally yelled, 'Do it again!' in unison. So, we did. </div>
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I've been teaching for over half my life and it still never ceases to amaze me how the simplest things to us as adults can be the most wondrous to a child.</div>
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So go try some science! Be amazed!</div>
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Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-59388895214507163282014-12-16T21:32:00.000-07:002014-12-16T21:32:00.056-07:00Easy Icy Sensory Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of years ago, I had a co-op option at Seedlings. Parents could volunteer their time in the classroom in exchange for reduced tuition. I also asked for lesson ideas from my volunteers. Icy Sensory Play is one of those ideas. The wonderful Mama who suggested 'just letting the kids play with ice' was so unsure of her idea. She worried it was boring or 'too simple' and even I wondered how long the ice would keep the children engaged, but this activity was one of the first things on my lesson plans this year for a good reason: it IS simple, but it keeps the children's interest for a very, very, VERY long time.</div>
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The set up is easy too, just have lots of ice available (I made some in different shapes this year) and provide various bowls, cups, large utensils and tongs and let the kiddos loose!</div>
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I tried to get a picture of my adorable penguin ice, but Bear simply HAD to have that particular piece at that exact moment!</div>
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We made some seriously stellar art this week and used lots and LOTS of ice!! I'm sure my hubby is glad to be able to open the freezer without a bag of brightly colored or fun shaped ice dropping on him. :)</div>
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Our first project we've done before, but it's too awesome not to repeat: Watercolor Ice Balls! A preschool parent found this idea <a href="http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2011/08/preschool-science-cool-ice-art-for.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and it was a huge hit with the class the first time around. I must say, the second time around was equally amazing.</div>
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We had just read our <a href="http://letsfindout.scholastic.com/" target="_blank">Let's Find Out</a> class magazine from Scholastic about a city made completely from ice. The ice buildings are lit up with colorful lights, so we made our very own colorful ice! Part science, part art, all FUN!</div>
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Sprinkle on some salt, watch the cracks and crevices form and fill them with liquid watercolor - easy!</div>
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I also discovered that this activity lasted much longer if I gave the ice balls an occasional rinse with water. Once the children had a blank canvas again, they were eager to continue adding colors. Monkey sat with this one for a good half hour!</div>
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For our next icy art project, we colored with markers and then 'painted' over our pictures with ice. The ice causes the markers to bleed, softening the drawing and making it look like watercolors.</div>
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How about some ice cube painting??!! I used my star-shaped ice cube trays with water and some liquid watercolor and added tiny craft sticks to make it easier (and warmer) for little hands. Here's a tip: let the cubes sit for a few minutes before starting to paint. Once they've begun to melt, the color glides onto the paper smoothly.</div>
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Our final icy art project, Ice Sculpture, isn't actually ice at all.</div>
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These are corn starch packing peanuts that just happened to show up in a box last week. I decided "ice" sculpting sounded like a wonderful way to start our next class. Just a tiny dab of water and these peanuts stick together to create anything a child can imagine!</div>
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Even toddlers can get in on the sculpting action!</div>
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My students went home with extremely impressive sculptures! I wish I had pictures of all of them!</div>
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We had a blast last week exploring all things water and ice! I think next year, I will have to expand this topic for at least another week, we did so much and there is still so much left to discover!</div>
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We started the week off with an Absorb/Repel Exploration Station, inspired by <a href="http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/preschool-water-science-experiment/" target="_blank">Little Bins for Little Hands</a>. I set up a variety of items including foil, foam, a sponge, a tissue, a cloth napkin, a plastic bag, a wooden block, a plastic block, parchment paper, construction paper and bubble wrap. I secured everything to the table and gave the children a bowl of water and a pipette and the testing began.</div>
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As they tested, we used the words ABSORB and REPEL. Bear was surprised that the parchment paper repelled at first, but after a while, absorbed the water he had put on it earlier. He kept testing and testing, just to be sure it would happen every time.</div>
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After all of our testing was complete, we documented our findings in our science journals.</div>
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To further demonstrate absorption, we built sugar cube towers and added some water and food coloring. Then we watched.</div>
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I think I got a bit excited about the rapid absorption and we ended up with a puddle.</div>
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But then we added a new word to our science adventures: DISSOLVE!!</div>
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The second time around, I was a bit more conservative and our towers stayed upright.</div>
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It took a loooooooong time, but that color did finally make its way up to the second cube.</div>
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I used a few fun holiday items we had around the classroom as well as a penny, rock, marble, plastic lid, wooden bead, plastic shape cutter, etc. Anything would work as long as there is a balance of items that will sink and float.</div>
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I nearly had to drag the kiddos away from this one to document!!</div>
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Part of our December curriculum is focusing a bit more on the kiddos' names. I created a magnetic letter sensory bin - also known as 'fishing for letters'.</div>
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The bin contains <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/colors.html" target="_blank">leftover rainbow rice</a>, magnetic letters, magnetic wands and laminated name cards for each child which match the letters.</div>
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Basically, each child finds the correct name card and uses the magnet wand to 'catch' a letter. They either match the letter to the card or 'throw it back' until they have filled their whole name. </div>
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At first the children were a bit thrown off by the contents of the table. Usually, there are ways to scoop, pour and measure our sensory items, but after a quick explanation and the addition of a 'table' to hold the name cards, they were off and 'fishing'!</div>
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We recently revisited Seasons and Weather in our lessons and activities. Check out some of our previous adventures here:</div>
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We did some of the same activities and added some new ones for good measure!</div>
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Last year's favorite was definitely rainbow rain, so we had to repeat that one for sure!</div>
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We made our own 'snow' using <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Be-Amazing-Insta-Snow-Makes-Gallons/dp/B000FA6APE" target="_blank">Insta-Snow Powder</a>. While it doesn't feel exactly like real snow, it's pretty close and certainly fun for Arizona kiddos, many of whom have never seen real snow. As an added bonus, it's a science experiment! Just look at that concentration trying to figure out how that itty bitty bit of powder is turning into snow!</div>
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When everyone was finished playing, I put all of the snow into our big sensory table for everyone to share!</div>
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This totally rad kid-made Sun Bread was our snack one day during weather week - so yummy!!!</div>
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Another activity we usually can't do in our area is leaf rubbing. While there are some trees around with larger leaves, I don't personally have any nearby. However, I do have an awesome preschool parent who was kind enough to bring me leaves when she went on vacation and I laminated them and have been using them for a couple of years now. I was surprised to find they make absolutely perfect leaf rubbings despite being laminated! My block crayons also make shading easy-peasy for even the youngest kiddos. :)</div>
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Whether the weather be fine,<br />
Or whether the weather be not,<br />
Whether the weather be cold,<br />
Or whether the weather be hot,<br />
We'll weather the weather<br />
Whatever the weather,<br />
Whether we like it or not! </div>
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I very often hear remarks such as, "Your school is play-based, so how are they going to learn anything?" or "Do you teach the children letters and numbers?" or "I do think children need to play, but what do you do for academics?"</div>
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In writing my own curriculum this year, I set out to prove that play and academics are the SAME THING! I wanted to show that it was absolutely possible for children to learn (mostly on their own) a wide variety of things with a little help from a planned environment and opportunities for expansion when their interests were piqued.</div>
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In November, we got into some serious alphabet work. There are always opportunities for letter work around the classroom, but this was our month to really focus. Since Monkey is in Kindergarten this year, I've had a chance to see what the expectations will be for my students entering school and trust me when I say, things have changed since I was in school! I had to start by learning the phonograms for the letters of the alphabet, each of them also has a corresponding hand motion.</div>
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At circle time, we quickly go over the basic phonograms using these beautiful <a href="http://www.amazon.com/eeBoo-Fairies-Garden-Wall-Cards/dp/B0008236L0" target="_blank">cards.</a></div>
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The children enjoy the hand motions and it makes learning the sounds fun. Of course, we also have to stop and talk about the flowers and the various insects on each card, so I suppose we're getting a botany and entomology lesson as well!</div>
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Children entering Kindergarten do NOT need to know all of the letter sounds, they don't even need to know all of the letters, but some children are ready for this information, so I offer it.</div>
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Here are some other letter activities:</div>
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Alphabet Sorting Box</div>
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I printed out some word cards and pictures for those children ready for the challenge. My youngest students love to empty the tiny boxes and then try to put the letters back in their homes.</div>
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Magnetic Letters</div>
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Another perfect activity for a mixed age classroom. Younger kiddos love to match, sort and line up, my older ones spell their names and end up teaching their younger classmates simply by interacting and talking.</div>
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Magnetic Alphabet Maze</div>
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An amazing fine motor/pre-writing activity. The letters are all uppercase, making it a perfect first matching work for my little ones.</div>
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Alphabet Object Matching</div>
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I adapted this activity from something Monkey does at his Montessori school. In the Montessori classroom, each grouping of letters is assigned a color and all of the materials are organized beautifully so the children can choose the correct work depending upon the color grouping on which they are currently working. Visit <a href="http://trilliummontessori.org/are-sandpaper-letters-enough/" target="_blank">Trillium Montessori</a> for more examples of these activities.</div>
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Not all of my students will move into a Montessori program, but those who do will have a point of reference as my trays and letters correspond to the Montessori color groupings. </div>
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Here, the children match upper case to lower case and then match word cards with the appropriate beginning letter. They finish up by matching the objects to the correct word card - L for Lion, J for Jaguar, etc.</div>
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I adore activities like these puzzles because a child can feel successful with very little help. Bear is just over 2 and he is able to complete all of these puzzles based on the pictures, but he has also already learned that letters make words and words give objects their names. Though he can't recognize most of the letters, he will often complete these puzzles, point to the letters and say, "E, L, Y....car!!" It absolutely doesn't matter that he's totally wrong about the letters, he understands the concept of print.</div>
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Since we're on the subject of puzzles - let's talk about floor puzzles. I am currently still trying to reach my goal of owning a floor puzzle for every single concept in my curriculum - and there are a LOT of concepts. Floor puzzles are amazing in so many ways, but I especially love this one because it's a train, meaning it is looooong and the children get their whole bodies moving while trying to complete it. They are up and down and over and crawling and side-stepping and all the while, they sing the Alphabet Song over and over so they can figure out what letter comes next. :)</div>
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Writing Sand/Salt</div>
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I have laminated cards with letters, numbers and shapes for writing practice, but the children can really write or draw whatever they want. This sand will get changed out for sand or salt with different colors, scents, accessories, etc. just to keep things interesting. And look at that sweet face and perfect chopstick grip! ;)</div>
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I don't know about your kiddos, but mine would seriously work with play dough all day every day if I let them (and usually, I do). I make fresh play dough every couple of weeks adding color, scent, texture, even taste sometimes! We have play dough mats that I printed for free <a href="http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/08/playdough-mats-alphabet-letters-from-to.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> Just search for 'printable play dough mats' and you will hit the jackpot!</div>
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And there are just a few of our awesome, playful alphabet activities!!</div>
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I am pretty sure my New Year's Resolution should be 'Blog More Frequently', but I've never been all that great at sticking to my resolutions. I will, however, endeavor to try my best. :)</div>
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Since I'm a couple of months behind, here's just a quick glance at what we've been doing here at Seedlings.</div>
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The Phoenix Zoo brought a wonderful Zoo to You program to Seedlings and we got a chance to see a few colorful creatures up close! It was an amazing experience for the kiddos and I plan to have the Zoo back again next year!</div>
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In October, we worked quite a bit on measurement with the help of our handy measuring tools.</div>
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We even had a HUGE ruler on the floor so we could measure ourselves!!</div>
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Our outdoor area got a bit of a revamp....it's not much....but the kids love it!!</div>
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We took a closer look at plant life with our <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=2963" target="_blank">Root-Vue Farm</a>. Despite my best efforts, our garden never really bloomed, but we did get a chance to see some roots forming. I think I should just stick to growing <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-literary-summer-week-2.html" target="_blank">beans in a baggie</a>. :) We documented our observations in our Science Journals, though, which always makes the children feel very official and scientific.</div>
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In November, plenty of our old favorites returned. You can see them <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/11/november-round-up.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-were-up-to-in-november.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></div>
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We also did some popcorn transferring - check out my beautiful multicolored popcorn! It tastes delicious too!!</div>
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And we had some Native American and English Settler small world play.</div>
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If you'd like to know where this idea came from and see it executed in a much more artistic and beautifully photographed way, check <a href="http://crayonboxchronicles.com/2013/09/12/native-american-small-world-drum-craft/" target="_blank">HERE.</a> The original idea used water beads and lots of wonderfully detailed elements, but I needed my table to last a few weeks, so water beads were replaced with blue sand for 'water' and I kept it quite simple.</div>
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I will work with joy, until my task is done</div>
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Persistence and pride, purpose unfolds</div>
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I will work with joy, until my task is done.</div>
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Classroom chores are an important part of our day at Seedlings. We work together to care for our shared space so we can take pride in our school. The most important aspect of our chores is that we work with joy - while also singing the song above. Do you grumble about your housework? You are likely passing that distaste for chores along to your child without intending to do so. Seedlings students LOVE chores, so much so that they argue on a daily basis about who gets to do what. Here is a look at a few of our daily tasks.</div>
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I doubt many people use a wash board these days, but it is a wonderful tool for children. There is a very specific sequence to follow when doing our laundry, which is a memory-building exercise that involves concentration and patience. Each place mat is rinsed, scrubbed, rinsed again, wrung out and hung to dry on our child-sized drying rack. All that squeezing and scrubbing is excellent for finger strengthening and fine motor skills needed for writing.</div>
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Yes, we could just put our snack dishes in the dishwasher and call it a day, but why do that when we can take an opportunity to play in a tub full of soapy water?! In case I haven't mentioned it previously, we use real glass bowls, plates and jelly jars as glasses for snack and the children very carefully wash those dishes after snack time. Of course, the point here is not to get the dishes clean and they are rewashed after class. Washing dishes is another concentration exercise and serves as a reminder that we have made a mess that requires cleaning up in order to move on with the rest of our day....and, again, tub full of soapy water....enough said.</div>
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We do a variety of dusting and sweeping activities throughout our week. We have a wool duster (pictured above), two child-sized dustpan and brush sets and a few child-sized Norwex cloths for when the classroom needs a good wipe with a wet cloth. I can honestly say that dusting is my least favorite chore, but the children love it, especially when I break out the wet cloths!</div>
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Yes, that is a real vacuum...with the telescopic handle down, it's a nice child-sized tool. My only complaints about it are that it is quite loud and a bit heavy for the younger children. We aren't able to vacuum as much as I'd like because someone is always sleeping in my house and again, it is quite loud, but we do get to bring it out on occasion and I just make sure I leave enough time for every child to have a turn!</div>
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In addition to our formal 'chore time', the children are also responsible for cleaning up their work when they have finished, clearing their dishes after snack, cleaning up their own spills, pouring water at snack time, pushing chairs in, and straightening up as needed. My goal is always to help my students become confident, self-sufficient little people and giving them responsibilities only moves us closer to that goal!</div>
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Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-30702182085467259512014-10-03T21:17:00.000-07:002014-10-03T21:17:07.636-07:00Healthy (ish) Edible Play Dough <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As part of our 5 Senses theme, we worked quite a bit with play dough. We got a surprise for our eyes with our <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/colors.html" target="_blank">Color Surprise Play Dough</a>; we had fun with touch with our <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/5-senses.html" target="_blank">Silly Textures Play Dough</a>; we used our noses for our <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/aromatherapy-play-dough-with-essential.html" target="_blank">Aromatherapy Play Dough with Essential Oils</a> and we finished out the month with edible play dough - every child's favorite!!!</div>
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In preparation for the week, I researched tons of edible play dough recipes, but most were full of sugar in a variety of forms. My little Bear is a child who doesn't really understand the meaning of 'just a small taste' and I knew I didn't want him eating a giant glob of sugar as the first activity of our day, so I thought about other recipes I could use to make a somewhat healthier version of a classroom favorite.</div>
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Before I share my recipes, I would like to advise AGAINST eating an entire ball of play dough. What I told my students was, "Tiny tastes are ok, but the play dough is still for playing." Of course, as predicted, Bear ate his ball of play dough about three minutes after I gave it to him, but I didn't feel too terrible about it since it wasn't made entirely of horrible ingredients. :)</div>
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We started with a recipe I've been using for years, Peanut Butter Play Dough.</div>
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This recipe makes enough for three children. I divided it and placed it in plastic baggies in the fridge overnight.</div>
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Next up, I tried my hand at a Strawberry Coconut Play Dough.</div>
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(I used dried coconut chunks that I pulverized in my Vitamix, but if you try this one, you might want to just try coconut flour or some other form of coconut - flakes, shredded, etc - which may also result in a different texture)</div>
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This one made enough for 5 kiddos.</div>
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Finally, I made Peppermint Play Dough</div>
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And on our final day of edible play dough, I finally managed to get a picture BEFORE Bear ate all of it!</div>
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Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-73824667685804828342014-09-25T21:32:00.000-07:002014-09-25T21:32:17.320-07:00Aromatherapy Play Dough with Essential Oils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time to take a look at our scented play dough!!</div>
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I always start with my favorite basic recipe:</div>
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Here are the variations we used:</div>
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Peppermint is refreshing and uplifting and can even soothe upset tummies - it was my morning sickness cure of choice during all three of my pregnancies. :)</div>
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Take a look at our other activities from this month, <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/colors.html" target="_blank">Colors!</a> and <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/5-senses.html" target="_blank">5 Senses!</a></div>
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We're moving into week 3 of our lessons on colors and our 5 senses, so we still have lots of fun in store, but I want to share a few activities we've done so far.</div>
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Colorful maracas for a hearing-inspired craft.</div>
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Our <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/04/diy-montessori-inspired-sound-bottles.html" target="_blank">DIY Montessori-Inspired Sound Bottles</a> are back!!!</div>
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Textured paint - just add Epsom salt and end up with some lovely sparkly art!</div>
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Remember our <a href="http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/colors.html" target="_blank">Color Surprise play dough??</a> </div>
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It got a face lift when I added some googly eyes, rice, glitter, salt and sequins.</div>
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My wonderful friend, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/amandasews" target="_blank">Amanda</a> was kind enough to dig into her fabric collection and provide me with a variety of textured material. We spent some time touching and describing each fabric to work on our descriptive language skills!</div>
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This is part of a <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=24910&keyword=scent%20match&scategoryid=0&CategorySearch=&Brand=&Price=" target="_blank">Scent Sort Match Up Kit</a> I purchased. The kit comes with 30 different scent jars and cards, so I broke them into more manageable groups of 5 for the children to use independently. These can get tricky, but we'll be expert smellers by the end of the month!</div>
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This week, we will be coloring on some textured paper I had left over from my scrap booking days.</div>
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After this week, I can officially say #1: I'm exhausted and #2: I'm in LOVE with my new curriculum! It's always tricky writing an entirely new curriculum from scratch and then attempting to implement it when neither the teacher nor the children have experienced it before, but after working out all the kinks in August, we've settled nicely into a routine and we're really starting to get into learning through play!</div>
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September at Seedlings is all about colors, 5 senses, descriptive language and finding out more about our friends and how we are alike and different.</div>
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We had a veritable color explosion this week, here is a look at what we did!</div>
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One of our sensory tables was completely filled with RED items! I will switch the color each week, so we will also have a blue table, a green table and a yellow table this month.</div>
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Our other sensory table was filled with rainbow rice, which, of course, only looked like this for three seconds before it became this:</div>
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Still lovely! And the most popular place in the classroom this week!</div>
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Part colors, part 5 senses; I created a rainbow water xylophone for a bit of musical fun. A feast for eyes and ears!</div>
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Our second most popular activity this week was our color mixing tray. I'm pretty sure I reset this tray about 15 times per class, but I was so thrilled every time I heard, "I made green!!" from that area. This one will be switched out each week so we can create all of the secondaries and by the last week of September, the kiddos will have all three primaries to work with.</div>
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We start many of our days with play dough. Everyone loves play dough and it's a great way to get the kiddos involved and talking immediately. Our 5 Senses theme this month offers loads of options for play dough additions and this week I opted for Color Surprise play dough that I saw posted a while back <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.org/2013/03/color-surprise-play-dough.html" target="_blank">here.</a> We start out with white dough with a surprise inside and as we play, we see it begin to change.</div>
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Eventually, the whole ball of play dough is a solid color. I started with just primaries for my first class, but because I have multiple classes and different kiddos each day, I wanted everyone to have a chance to make a new color, so we eventually ended up with a fun mix of doughs.</div>
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Next week, these fun colors will be getting added textures!<br />
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Miss Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379772577918303948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748268353572701272.post-17001715988617514162014-08-29T20:55:00.000-07:002014-08-29T20:55:42.127-07:00Emotional Intelligence in Preschool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Emotional intelligence sounds like a really fancy shmancy thing to be teaching at the preschool level, but it's actually quite simple and something most people probably do without even realizing it. At Seedlings, we work on emotional intelligence every single day, but this month, it was a major focus as we got into the swing of the school year.</div>
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Part of increasing our emotional intelligence is recognizing feelings, in both ourselves and others. We accomplished this in a variety of ways this month, here is a look at a few of the tools we used.</div>
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<a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=29726" target="_blank">The Excellerations My Feelings Chart</a> was a big help. We took turns making faces and talking about how the person was feeling and what could have caused those feelings. The very best thing about this chart was that every child used the eyebrows as mustaches - awesome!! :)</div>
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We used these <a href="http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=30489&keyword=people%20and%20emotions%20cards&scategoryid=0&CategorySearch=&Brand=&Price=" target="_blank">People and Emotions Photo Learning Cards</a> to spark discussions about feelings and what might cause them.</div>
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We made our own Feelings Books, which gave the kiddos good practice making happy, sad, angry and scared faces and talking about all the things that make them feel certain ways.</div>
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Of course, the best way to practice and improve emotional intelligence in preschoolers is through personal experiences. Sometimes we have disputes among friends and that is a wonderful opportunity to point out how each child looks and have each child explain how he or she is feeling and what caused those feelings. We can also find ways to comfort each other if we are feeling sad, scared or lonely.</div>
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We're off to a wonderful start towards emotional intelligence at Seedlings!!</div>
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