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Friday, October 8, 2010

Fall Theme Activities

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We've been doing a lot of fall related activities--especially for our 2 and 4 year olds. We've had a lot of fun with this unit so fa...
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Fall Theme Activities (Indian Corn Experiment)

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 A teacher shared this fall-related science activity -- soaking Indian corn in a bit of water to see what would happen.  We have a large ...
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More Fall-Themed Activities

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The girls really liked this crow popcorn seed counting activity.  DD and I worked on counting by 2s (up to 10) and 10s (up to 100).  Meanw...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The Prepared Environment

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I love visiting people's blogs when they share a good overview of their daily activities (workboxers call it "What's in the Box...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Mentioning Some Favorite PreK - K Websites For Creating Themed Units

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I've been kicking myself because several of my favorite websites were not in my sidebar (or in my bookmarks) and I just spent ten minute...
Friday, October 1, 2010

Japan Unit: Zen Garden

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Yesterday, I showed the kids a few pictures of Japanese Zen gardens before we settled in to make our own. We listened to a couple of beautif...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

First Instrument: Glockenspiel (and Japanese Folk Tale--Momotaro)

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I have found the glockenspiel   (affiliate link) to be a wonderful first instrument for LD and DD. (LD has since moved on to the piano.) I...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

White-Tailed Deer

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Sorry for yet another picture, but we're just thrilled watching the deer!  We're at a timeshare with Grams and Gramps for a few da...

Mom Stories: Scary Adventure on the Trail

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This is another Mom-Story I'd like to share with my kids/family/friends (well for the kids, maybe I'll share this when they're M...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Fabulous Fall

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We had fun on our nature walk and found such beautiful things!!  We have a full grocery bag of acorns and pine cones for crafts in the com...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Mosquito Life Cycle

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We've had a lot of mosquito larvae in our make-shift frog/toad habitat.  We watched a fascinating,  informative video about the mosquit...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Japan: Geography, Music and Culture Unit (PreK; Grade 2)

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The theme of our music class these next two or three weeks is Japan.  Each week we sang the continent song together.  This week, we pulled o...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Mom Stories -- Attack of the Bees

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Everyone has amazing stories that make them unique and interesting.  I've had the itch for a long time to write down some of my stories ...

Piggy Bank Counting; Odd Man Out (odd-even game)

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Piggy bank counting -- In this activity, the kids each had their own sets of coins and 'piggy bank.'  (DD had nickles and pennies;...