DIY Blocks! So Easy!

by Jenni Caldwell | Dec 14, 2015 | Block Play, Imaginative Play, Sensory Play

When I made the move up in grades from PreK to First grade, I was a little taken aback that blocks would not be an item that was provided by the district I worked for at the time. I cannot use the word shocked as that would be exaggerating, but I was definitely...

5 Reasons You Should Take Your Class Outside

by Sally | Oct 22, 2015 | Nature Play, Science & Sensory, Sensory Play, Waldorf

If you should ask me – What do you remember about your childhood? – I would answer: playing outdoors.  I remember, like yesterday, creating a little hide-out under a group of tall bushes.   I would spend hours with my friends gathering twigs and rocks to...

Picasso’s Playdough

by Sally | Mar 29, 2014 | Art, Art Projects, Artist Study, Loose Parts, Playdough & Clay, Sensory Play

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...

Multi-Dimensional Sensory Table

by Sally | Nov 4, 2013 | Science & Sensory, Sensory Play, Sensory Tubs

There is something magical about boxes.  Add those to the sensory table and it is pure magic! Tubes and funnels where attached to a large boxes taped between two small sensory tables.  I put openings on all sides of the box so the children could move the rice in...

The “Three Little Pigs” Playdough

by Sally | Sep 25, 2013 | Playdough & Clay, Science & Sensory, Sensory Play

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...

Sensory Table Mojo – Part 1

by Sally | Sep 16, 2013 | Playdough & Clay, Science & Sensory, Sensory Play, Sensory Tubs

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...