I love playing bingo games with young kids. However, I sometimes struggled to find ones that preschool aged children can independently play. I wanted to try one as an icebreaker for kids during the first week of school. Since I teach a lot of science, I made this ‘Senses Bingo’ filled with everything children may...
I am so happy with how these clay animals turned out! I am going to be presenting “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn to my kindergarten classes in a few weeks (as a story play). I was having a lot of trouble finding or making raccoon figures. I decided to try Crayola Model Magic grey clay. I...
At the beginning of every year in kindergarten the Bucket Filler books tend to be read. I love the message that they send to kids and the behaviour that they encourage. For this activity I used the book “How Full is Your Bucket?” by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer. Since I like to make lesson...
I love teaching art and I am excited that I will be teaching more art this year in kindergarten. I have been using this art project for kids for many years, with many grade levels. I continue to use it because it creates a beautiful piece of art and students always enjoy doing it. I...
The idea of invitation to play, or invitation to create, is fairly new to me, but I have been trying it out over the summer. I have been setting something out for my kids to find in the morning. Sometimes I leave out a game or puzzle that they have not used in awhile as...
I remember in elementary school creating face masks from plaster cloth. I remember the experience very clearly and loved the mask that I made. Today my kids were interested in making a mask. However, they didn’t like the idea of their face being covered, which I understand. So, instead of putting the paster directly on...