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 I would love for you to stop by my store during the sale.  

While you're there,check out my new St. Patrick's Day product!

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Warning! Preschool Booby Traps!

During centers a couple of weeks ago, one little guy went over to the yarn and started quietly stringing it under, over and around everything in sight.  Instead of jumping in to make him stop I sat back and watched for a few minutes.  He stayed focused on his work as the other children played around him.  I finally asked him what he was working on.  He looked up at me with a smile and replied, "I'm making booby traps!"  He wasn't trying to catch anything or harm anyone.  Just simply making booby traps for fun.  This went on for a few days and soon half of the class had joined him!  I couldn't bring myself to stop them.  It was so much fun to watch the creativity, teamwork and problem solving unfold.  

So I decided to join them!

  One morning when they arrived they found a note on our door warning them that our classroom had been booby trapped. Enter at your own risk!

They had so much fun passing their coats and backpacks to friends on the other side so they could belly crawl into the classroom.  

(This was high enough for them to have to go under but low enough for me to step over!)

 I also had a "Laser" maze set up over our rug.  

This was a fun way to reteach positional words.

 (Crawl under, step between, jump over)

FREEBIE and a SALE!

This is my 3rd snow day this week!  

Finally, some extra time to make some new products! 

 Here's what I made this week.

Grab the freebie and enjoy 20% off in my TPT store until Sunday!

My students love the "Wheels on the Bus" song.  One little guy asks to sing it EVERYDAY!

This is for him....

Here's the Freebie!

We've been working on drawing shapes lately.  

Some of my kiddos are still struggling with straight lines and corners.  

This is for them...

Enjoy!

High Wire or Balance Beam?

Each day this month we are reading a different fairy tale or folk tale.

  Earlier this week we read "Mirette on the High Wire" by Emily Arnold McCully.  My students loved learning about Paris, hearing some French, and learning about the art of walking on a high wire.  

We pulled out the balance beam and tried walking it ourselves!

Next we made balance birds.  

Super easy to do, cut bird pattern (old file folders work great) then attach a paperclip to each wing.  

We discovered we could balance them on our fingers and even our noses!

What else could we balance them on?

Great way to incorporate social studies, gross motor and science into story time! 

Snow Update

Dinosaur Snow Gauge

Sensory Bottles

With the cold weather and indoor recess welcoming us back to school, 

I was thinking of something fun I could add to my classroom.  

Sensory bottles!

I collected different sized bottles for variety.  Some are liquid, dry, noisy, bright, or just cool!  These are a great addition for my science area.  I can't wait until my students get back from Christmas break!

Tip: I hot glued the lids on, just in case.

I hope everyone enjoyed their break and time with family.