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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Funky Sunglasses for Summer
by Cheryl Golangco on Jul 9th, 2011
Everyone, especially the kids, loves a good pair of sunglasses! Kids especially love trying them on regardless of the size or color! Hand them some shades and they'll wear them one by one! So if ordinary shades already work wonders for them, imagine how much more exciting it would be for them to create and design their own. What you will need Cardboard/Folder Celophane Sequins Paint Glue - What to do Step 1: Trac...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Featured, Messy art, Sand and Sea, Teaching Ideas
Giant Squids and Jellyfishes
by Cheryl Golangco on Jun 23rd, 2011
When working with little kids, you always want to go BIG! Not only is it easier for them because their fine motor skills aren't developed yet, but they are also very much amazed by it! At times, they couldn't even believe they're the one who made it! I always love that kind of reaction from the kids! - We intentionally wanted to make squids, but it's hard to limit the kids and tell them to just place 8 tentacles, so we just let them be and ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Classroom Designs, Featured, Messy art, Teaching Ideas
Big Art with Water Pistols and Spray Bottles
by Cheryl Golangco on Jun 18th, 2011
I always love using things found around the house when doing art activities. The kids always look surprise when I hand it to them and tell them to play with it. It's as if they're thinking, "Mommy's gonna get mad!".... "Are you sure?" - For this activity, I decided to make use of sponges, water pistols, spray bottles, roller brushes and scrubs! Whatever I saw lying around... I used! And the kids had so much fun using them too! - What ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Edible crafts, Featured, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Digging for Gummy Worms!
by Cheryl Golangco on Jun 16th, 2011
Worms are often a child's favorite play thing and an adult's worst nightmare! I remember playing with worms and caterpillars myself when I was younger...but now that I'm all grown up, I can't even imagine touching one! However, as a preschool teacher... I think this is one of the fears we have to overcome! - As long as none of my children ask for it or we don't into such a situation, I'd rather not play with worms! (haha) But I wouldn't wan...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
No Sand? Let’s make Colorful Salt Bottles instead!
by Cheryl Golangco on Jun 7th, 2011
I'm sure most of you have already seen sand bottles whenever you go to the beach or just randomly displayed in houses or restaurants. I've been very fond of these since I was young and have always been curious how they were made. As I grew older, I also slowly realized how it wasn't so difficult to make after all. - Now that I knew how to make it, it was time to let the kiddos try it out! The thing is, I didn't have enough sand! The sand I ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Featured, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Silly Foot and Hands Lobster
by Cheryl Golangco on Jun 1st, 2011
Summer reminds me of the beach and all the wonderful sea animals. Often, we do fish projects and crafts in school that we neglect all the other beautiful sea animals. So this time, why not try something new? Why not make a silly little lobster with those little hands and feet! I saw the idea from Moments of Mommyhood and I instantly knew I had to try it! - What you will need Red paint Paint brush White paper Eyes and mouth print o...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Featured, Messy art, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Salty Starfish Art Activity for Summer
by Cheryl Golangco on May 27th, 2011
I remember being so amazed with starfishes when I was younger. I used to think they were just star-shaped rocks! I was so curious how they moved and how they become "alive". It was only when I visited a beach during my teen years that I finally saw starfishes move and even piling up one over the other! They were really fun to watch and are something you can't miss during the summer season. - So for our theme on sand and sea, we decided to have ...Read More » Tags
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The Sentiments of a Preschool Teacher by Joy Waniwan
by Cheryl Golangco on May 21st, 2011
DISCLAIMER: I am not the author of this blog, rather, it is a shared blog by my good friend Joy Waniwan - I am supposed to be doing my project for my grad school right now when I realized the date – four more days until Moving Up Day, the final event of the school year. It made me look back on all that’s happened for the past ten months. - This school year has been really tough for me - maybe the most difficult year since I st...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Cooking in Class, Edible crafts, Featured, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Octopus and Squid Hotdogs for Snack Time
by Cheryl Golangco on May 20th, 2011
Yum! Octopuses? Squids? Now I wonder that that would taste like! No worries, it's not a real octopus or squid, but it sure is a lot of fun to make! Not only will the little chefs have fun preparing it, but I'm sure they'd have fun eating it as well! I myself enjoyed it like a little girl! - What you will need Hotdog (preferably balls or cocktail size) Spaghetti noodles (uncooked) Soup pan Stove - - Step 1: Cut the hotdogs...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Featured, Sand and Sea, Seasons, Summer, Teaching Ideas
Watercolor Jellyfish Painting
by Cheryl Golangco on May 15th, 2011
Our theme for the week was sand and sea! I saw several wonderful ideas that I wanted to try, and this was one of it! When I first saw this through TeachPreschool.org, I wondered if the little ones would be able to do it. It looked fairly easy, but then again... maybe not. Still, I decided to give it a go. Regardless of how it turns out, the important thing is that they tried and they had fun! What made this activity great is the unique way of ...Read More » Tags
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