Gift Tags

 
 
 
 
Using water color pencils, I'm having fun decorating holiday tags between completing book illustrations.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
In PEACE,
Jennifer

Thanksgiving...thoughtful Thursday

 

Just finished. Cut paper illustration. Title: Wonder
actual size 8X11
materials: Trader Joe paper bag (hair), wrapping paper (grass background), and other various scap-book papers.

Enjoy! Comments welcome :)
Jennifer

To My Toddler Class:

 

Turkey Feathers

Sung to the tune of "Are you Sleeping?"
Turkey Feathers, turkey feathers,
brightly colored, brightly colored,
Who has the red one?
Who has the red one?
Add it now.
Add it now.
At the start every child picks a turkey feather (be sure to have enough for each child)
then you sing the song above. The joy on their faces when it is their turn to add their feather, is precious!
 
 
 
Simple and fun way to introduce color naming with toddlers.
Try it out!
In PEACE,
Jennifer

Stone Fruit Salad take II

Yep! It's that time of year again. Here are some photos from today's toddler room celebration. We began the Stone Fruit Salad lesson with a craft of gluing fruit shapes onto a bowl. These are now on display as you walk into the classroom. A note to parents went home saying what fruit each child had offered to bring in. I contributed some fruit too, and yogurt also and of course the STONE.
This year I made the stone from felt and passed it around the circle before we began the preparations.

 

 

 

 

The special stone fruit salad feast was delicious! The children prepared the fruit for the salad: they sliced bananas and cut apples, pulled and washed grapes, drained and rinsed the canned peaches, they set the tables and put out our special snack mats, one for each guest.
Although many a blueberry was eaten before it ever made it's way to the fruit bowl,it was a salad made by them, children 18 months to 3 years and a good time was had by all. Never underestimate a toddler! I am forever thankful that they remind me of this fact each and every day.
In PEACE,
Jennifer

Lullaby and Goodnight

You HAVE to hear and see this song!!!! Visit my dear friend Amy Robbins~Wilson at her blog or site, Lullaby Journal and you'll come to love her as I do. Visit her Lullaby Link page and you can order your very own copy of her newest CD! She is an amazingly talented singer and song writer and WOMAN! I am so proud of her and all of her contributions to this earth. How very blessed are we that she has such talents and shares them with us all. Thank you Amy ~ I love you so.
Jennifer

Bird Seed in the Sensory Table

Birds of a feather stick together!
Every student spent some time scooping and dumping, pouring and measuring bird seed today! Oh what fun they had, There is something very Zen about letting small bits fall through one's fingers. Some friends did pour the bird seed on the floor, allowing others to practice sweeping! It was a win~win situation. When outside time arrived the bird seed table followed us out too. The children loved this activity. Here's hoping you have hungry birds in need of seed!
In PEACE,
Jennifer

What's Happening in the Nest...

 

Teaching Opposites: Open ~ Closed
This mirror and photos set up is on the back of a shelf at toddler hight. The faces delight in "being the tiger".

 

Fall Color Tweezing

 

Leaf Crowns!