So, as I mentioned last week, I have been teaching a summer preschool program at our elementary school focusing on kindergarten readiness skills and I wanted to share some of my favorite things from this summer with you! Thanks to Pinterest, my new "teacher-hack" favorite is using pizza boxes to store art projects and work in the classroom! They stack perfectly, can be decorated a million different ways, and keep projects with paint or glue that need to be dried! Salvadore's Pizzeria in Erlanger, KY was more than happy to donate these for our group this summer and the parents LOVED going through the month's work on our last day!
We even added a surprise tic-tac-toe board on the bottom with colored masking tape so that they could play with toys or cut-out shapes at home!
Some of the projects from the summer that the families were able to see when they opened the boxes:
Paper plate painted peacocks (we made these after we read "Elmer and the Big Bird" by David McKee) just because peacocks are prettier than bullying vultures.
Here's a quick and simple, very colorful, Elmer the Elephant project with bingo dobbers!
Farm animal projects after reading Doreen Cronin books about those tricky ducks and cows!
Our last week of summer preschool has been a blast!
Farmer Georgia from Sunrock Farm in Alexandria, KY visited on Tuesday with goats, lambs, a bunny, piglet, and baby chicks for the kids to play with. Here's my little princess brushing Ginger the lamb :) I just love this picture!
We also had a great time with Ms. Joan from the Cincinnati Zoo's outreach program on Wednesday! She brought Nessie, a Chinese Water Dragon, and Mozart, an African Grey Hornbill to teach about everyone's marvelous adaptations and what makes us each special!
What a fun summer! Can't wait to carry over some of these fun projects with my kiddos during the school year!
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