My educational path

Winter is my favorite season. I adore the cold weather, the cozy clothes, the fireplace. But my favorite part is the way nature dies and reborn. Our ancestors believed in the myth of  Persephone. She was abducted by Hades. Demeter-her mother-searched for her, but none knew where she was. Demeter forgot the earth and nothing could grow. Only Helios, the sun knew and told to her what happened.Zeus forced Hades to return Persephone. But she ate pomegranate in the underworld and she was obliged to remain three months of the year (winter) with Hades and the other months with her mother when nature blossoms. You may read this myth in the classroom, you may talk and  dramatize it. Then you can present them paintings from the  Persephone's abduction and you may discuss about them. Who are they? What happened? How each painter presents the Persephone's abduction? Which are the colors? Which are the similarities and the differences between the first ...

A lot of my kids parents asked me what to do for them during Christmas vacation. Well I tried to find some easy to make but interesting and educational activities for your toddler at home. Number one activity: Make your sensory bin In this sensory bin I used snow which I made it from 1/2 cup shampoo and 3 cups of baking soda. When the kids saw it they got thrilled! Then I put stars from felt, Pom Pom and wood bore. Number two activity: Drawing on the sand I made cards with shapes and the kids drew them on the sand with Christmas candy cane! They loved it!! They focused on it more than 15’! Number three activity: Maths I cut Christmas Trees and I wrote on cards numbers (1-5 for my kids).  The kids should put as many stars on the tree as the number says. Number four activity: Make your Christmas Craft Tree  On a cardboard I drew a Christmas tree and the kids glue green, brown and red papers. Then they glue the tree on a blue card...

Christmas are the most amazing time of the year! I love the trees which are decorated with beautiful ornaments and lights. I like the Christmas songs, the love and happy feeling of all people. The kids are excited about Christmas and the parents are bright from their children’s happiness. So our classroom cannot be unaffected by the Christmas spirit. This year I wanted something different to decorate my classroom. So I concluded in these two bulletin boards which I believe that they are very easy to make. I hope that they will inspire you and will help you to make brilliant things!!!

Due to the changes of the weather we discuss about winter in the classroom. A child asked me “Miss what are the colors of winter?”. This gave us an opportunity to go out in the nearest park, to notice the sky,the tree,the nature. When we returned I put from YouTube  “The Winter” of Vivaldi  and I let children move and dance like they wanted and felt from the walking. Then the kids searched in google  photos about winter and winter colors. The children voted their best colors. After they created per two students the winter craft using the winter watercolors. Toddlers wanted snow in their craft so they added salt! We let the crafts dry and winter came! Let’s discover the word winter and it’s letters! In this activity the toddlers walking and dancing like a snowflake with the song “The walz of snowflake” of Tchaikovsky . Then the kids put the letters in the correct order so as to make the word winter. Winter is...

I love kids’ handprints crafts because make kids stand alone without needing my help. The Christmas handprint Craft which my students created was a reindeer. This craft is similar to Christmas Tree Craft which you can find it here . In the beginning the toddlers painted their hands with brown tempera and they left their handprint on the white cardboard. After the kids put their fingers in red and green tempera and left their fingerprint as background. Kids glue the red nose from cardboard and the eyes. At the end the kids decorated reindeer’s horns! Watch the video—->

We are going to decorate our classroom’ s Christmas Tree the next week so kids decided to make their own ornaments. Their favorite handmade Christmas ornament is the following. To make this I cut bottle corks (each one in three pieces). The kids have been divided in two groups. The first group painted the corks with light green tempera whereas the other with dark green. When the last group finished I sprinkle the corks with green dust. Just the corks dried kids glue one light green cork and one dark green cork together alternate in the shape of circle. Finally I glue a red bow at the middle of the Christmas Wreath and a rope just behind the bow! We are looking forward to decorating our Christmas Tree!!!