earrings for the bunny

 This basket of rubber bands is set out for our vertical geoboard. Sometimes the rubber bands become bracelets, handcuffs, or money, and sometimes they become earrings for a bunny. 

cubes on a square

 

an invitation to paint with warm colors

 

the firefighters have come for tea

 

from color sorting to feeding the birds

 

happy birthday to you and you and you and you

 

dinosaur city

 

clipboards aplenty, clipboards galore

 

the sand man

 

tile shapes on the sticky window

 

that's one way to make gloves

 

button, button

 

messy math

 

Maybe? They tried to fit ALL the sandbox toys INTO the center of the tire. It was like a chaotic game of jenga, how high could they add things without toppling something below? 

pumpkin sorting

 

and stacking, carrying, hiding, selling, eating...oh my! 

emergent pumpkin play

 

We couldn't find the golf tees so we put out pushpins. One child found a button which prompted a button hunt, which prompted allllll the buttons coming out of storage so the children could poke and place away. A few days later, a rubber band was added, and a whole new curriculum emerged! 

spider transfer

 

paint with spiders!

 

tinted apple juice liquid transfer

 

a little blue, and little yellow collage

Those bead strands? Treasure! They got tucked into pockets, and placed on upper lips, and balanced on heads. The pompoms? More pocket stuffing. Same with the beads. Pockets! Pockets! Pockets! We even saw children making their own pockets when they did not have any on their clothes. 

Some of the bits actually made it to paper. Painted beforehand, and painted after. Let them play! 
 

invitation to paint: circle stamping