Engaging with Nature – Notes

Matt
Notes
Dec, 11, 2017
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[Note- Here are the notes I took that day, edited for clarity] Notes – Day 2 Session 1 Engaging with nature Environmental Education for Children 1 1/2-hour session — limit 4 presenters Preschoolers 11/16/2017 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room B310 Georgia World Congress Center Lytha Roddy, Adjunct Faculty – Early Childhood Education Consultant, Santa […]

Metal Stamping

Matt
Projects
Dec, 06, 2017
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This week I thought I’d use those hammering skills we worked on a couple weeks ago. What you’ll need: letter stamp kit hammer steel block pennies eye protection needle nose pliers I brought out all the equipment and laid it on the table. To protect the table, I had a large piece of cardboard with […]

Dried Fruit Ornaments

Matt
Fails, Projects
Dec, 06, 2017
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Last year I brought my food dehydrator and sliced various fruit and dried them for ornaments. I used lemons, oranges and grapefruit- then I looped a piece of twine around it and had the kids hang it on the tree. It looked great! Of course, last year Los Angeles had a very wet winter.. […]

Christmas Tree Play Dough

Matt
Projects
Dec, 04, 2017
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I gathered the pine needles from a branch and either pulled or cut them into a little cup. Then once the dough was made, I had the kids stir it in. What you’ll need: 2 teaspoons cream of tarter 2 tablespoons oil Green coloring (I used 5 drops of water color) 1.5 cups flour (plus […]

Creating Storybook Journeys – Notes

Matt
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Dec, 04, 2017
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[Note- Here are the notes I took that day, edited for clarity] Notes – Day 1 Session 2 ——————– Creating Storybook Journeys to enhance your STEAM curriculum Curriculum–Theories & Approaches 3-hour Wednesday session — limit 8 presenters Preschoolers 11/15/2017 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Room A410 Georgia World Congress Center Melissa Russell, Preschool Director, The […]

Dale the Outdoor Elf

Matt
Projects
Dec, 02, 2017
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At the conference, they had a section where people posted the work they were doing in their classrooms. Usually it was a poster or something like that. This one lady from Arizona had a little house tacked to the presenters wall. She told me the house belonged to an elf named Knotty and the house […]

Natural Landscapes – Notes

Matt
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Nov, 27, 2017
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[Note- Here are the notes I took that day, edited for clarity] Notes – Day 1 Session 1 ——————– Natural playscapes: Designing outdoor play environments for the soul Environmental Education for Children 3-hour Wednesday session — limit 8 presenters All Children 11/15/2017 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM Room B306 Georgia World Congress Center Rusty Keeler, […]

Washboard

Behrens Galvanized Washboard I was looking up classic old time instruments, and I came across the idea for a washboard so I bought this one! Next I plan on buying a couple sets of thimbles and gluing them to our kid sized gardening gloves so the kids can practice playing the board, but in the mean time, […]