Halloween 2013

Happy Halloween, everybody! 

The day that I've been waiting all of October (and most of September, if I'm honest) is here!

"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... The smallest one was Madeline."

I dressed up as Madeline, my favorite literary character as a child, and while my yellow brimmed hat is not pictured, I do have one! 

Instead of wearing a hat to class, I opted to wear a big yellow bow:

My hair is super red in the sunlight! Just like little Madeline!

I even dressed Cannoli up as a banana, but she hated it so much that I just snapped a picture and let her run free. No banana suit for my pup!

  

A last minute decoration - found this last weekend for $1! Can you say super cute and such a steal?

Another view of my costume

I hope that you all have a wonderful night of trick-or-treating, passing out candy, watching scary films, or whatever you're doing to celebrate! 

Happy Halloween!

xoxo

Pre-K Wednesday: Welcome Week!

Our preschool has been back in session for a week and a half now, and we are finally able to get some crafts in with the kids! Last week was our welcome week, so we let the children adjust to their new school and surroundings.

With Autumn approaching, we will be doing many apple-themed projects. We did a dot-paint worksheet (pictured below; I found the worksheet here) and the kids did a great job learning the first letter of the alphabet! We also had a fun apple snack: we used a twist apple corer, and the kids were able to "make" their own snack! It was lots of fun for the kids and teachers.

Since the majority of the children are younger (age 2), we wanted to have activities that were fun but not too difficult! We decided upon painted hand prints with a poem below them (pictured at the top of this post, and below). It was a little bit tickly, which made the kids laugh! 

It was a very amusing sensory activity. They all enjoyed seeing their hand prints up on the wall!

We will certainly continue to see how their hands grow throughout the year!

xoxo

Quote of the Week: 8/19/13

Found here

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." -Joseph Chilton Pearce

Let go of your fears and dive in: immerse yourself in a new language, find yourself in a new book, splatter yourself in paint, cover yourself in ink... Just find what you love to do and pursue that interest. If you don't like it anymore, find something new. Life is too short to follow a dream that is no longer yours. Let go of your fears and follow your dreams. 

xoxo,

Caryn Elizabeth