Setting up the Toddler and Preschool Classroom for the Easter and Spring Themes
CLICK HERE to see all of our themed classroom tours! Last week we had so much fun with our spring animals theme that we kept some of the decor while we set up our classroom for the Easter and spring themes. While the weather continues to be drab outside, we have lots of color inside, and that makes my heart happy. Come see how we’ve set up our toddler and preschool classroom for this week’s theme! I also found some very tiny chicks at Michael’s Stores and decided to use them on a tray with an egg carton. A fun 1:1 correspondence activity! This is why it’s important to observe how your students are interacting with what you’ve set up. If you feel they would appreciate another week with an activity, let them have it. Oh, those sales. They know how to get me every time. But I know that my kiddos will love toting these baskets of eggs around…. and dump them. Over and over. Who am I kidding? I came up with a fun spring art activity that involved lots of fine motor. In fact, you can see the process here. This has been a tradition for most of my 19 years of teaching. You can see the process here: Homemade Watercolor Easter Bags Okay, well, I didn’t know at that precise moment. It came to me later. But I just knew something fun could happen with these bunny eggs! I got them at Fred Meyer. And then I found the bunny egg tray at the Dollar Tree. Meant to be! So I color-coded them with colored masking tape and put together a tray of different paints. (These trays are also at the Dollar Tree and I love them!) I cut paper in oval shapes and invited the children to stamp the sponges onto the paper.
Blocks
Last week our children loved our mama and baby animal matching that we had on our science table. They are perfect for the play dough table! So we decided to move them to the block are with some tree blocks. Click on each graphic for more information: Here is my Privacy Policy
