Tag: preschool
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The Butterfly Cycle
The preschoolers have recently learned about the life cycle of butterflies. Check out this info sheet to see what they thought!
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Real Tools, Real Work
Sarah Adams-Kollitz and Andrew Rowan We are a group of big feelers. For 3-5 year olds, every day contains a range of emotions: missing a parent, saying goodbye to a beloved teacher who is moving on or a friend who is now in kindergarten, moving to a new school and feeling uncertain about who to trust…
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“The Monster Project”
Curriculum and writing by Natalie Stroud Over the past 6 months my students and I have been working extremely hard on “The Monster Project.” I have adapted the project from http://www.themonsterproject.org to be developmentally appropriate for preschool aged children. The gist of the project is for the preschoolers to draw monsters and then send those…
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Potion Making
Shaking glitter into the potion as a final touch, Photos and curriculum by Natalie Stroud
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Shadow Box Stories
At the beginning of the year, we began an exploration of light in all its forms. As we moved through the discovery of transparent, translucent, and opaque materials, experimenting with flashlights and overhead projectors, it wasn’t long before students were working with shadows. To deepen their understanding of shadows and provide more rich material for…
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WHY NOT ME? WHY NOT US?
WHY NOT ME? WHY NOT US? BY NATALIE STROUD This year in the Green Preschool we have been reading biographies and writing autobiographies in the classroom. This group of children created the curriculum through their genuine interest in the true stories of remarkable people throughout history. As we all know, preschool aged children love telling…