Guess what?!! I am a contributing blogger to mom.me. I am loving the opportunity to share my ideas with parents. My latest post is my Picasso's Playdough Project. I took loose parts, playdough and inspiration from Picasso's abstract portraits. The level of...
This is a super fun playdough center – perfect during the fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs. I make a big batch of brown playdough and put out the three materials the three pigs used to build their houses. I let the children know that they can build a house...
I love love love putting weird and wonderful things in my sensory table. This is an old farm milk strainer. I set it in the wire holder of an antique apple strainer. It worked perfectly. It is magic. . . This was just a little sensory table that created big...
Begin with plain playdough. No color, no scent. Just plain old simple playdough. I set out little bowls of old grains and spices. Flax seeds, chia seeds, basil leaf, a flower tea. . . . All set out with a zen like peacefulness. Sniff. Pick. Mix. I added a mortar...
One day, while a few children were exploring clay, the notion of building house emerged. Several children pulled out some of the log blocks. Pieces of clay were placed in the log “forest” as one child called it. The piece with the hole in this photo was...
The following photos are from two classrooms at Rosa Parks Preschool, Mrs. Winters and Mrs. Terry. A huge thank you to the teachers!! 4 It begins with one slice of clay. A blank canvas receptive to endless explorations . . . Squishing and pulling pieces off. Using a...
