Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Hey everyone -
In case you didn't know, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's b-day! So the kids and I had a great time celebrating his life and his collection of books. What a phenomenal children's book writer! Enjoy the pictures!

The kids had a blast with these color puzzles. They pieced together each puzzle which ended up spelling a color word. This was great for fine motor skills, color and letter recognition.

"Fried Green Egg" :) Simply tint tacky glue green, pour onto wax paper, put a green pom-pom in the middle and let dry for a couple of days. Super easy and fun!

Some of the classics we read this week - the kids especially loved "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" :)

More fun with the color puzzles! We had one made for each color represented in Dr. Seuss's book "My Many Colored Days".

Thanks for reading - I hope you all have a great rest of your week and weekend!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Monsters Week

Enjoy the pics!

Monster pizza - yum!

Oscar the Grouch craft

Books we read this week - my favorite is "Leonardo the Terrible Monster" by Mo Willems

Toothy Critter craft

Thanks for checking out the blog - have a great weekend!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

A School Filled with Love

Hey there -
Check out our new bulletin board display! The kids made heart-shaped fish for Valentine's Day last week. Super cute!


Have a great day!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Valentine's Week

We had a blast celebrating Valentine's Day this past week - enjoy!

Valentine's Day Mailboxes :)

Cute craft for mommy. The flowers are actually the kid's fist prints.

Yummy treats for our Valentine's Day party! Jello hearts - yum!

Fishing for Valentine's!

I love my Valentine's Day box!

Have a great weekend!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Five Senses Week

Hey there -
Enjoy the pictures from our 5 Senses theme 2 weeks ago!

Fun using our sense of touch!

I love shaving cream and paint!

Using our sense of hearing with our newly made paper plate shakers!

5 Senses books...

Thanks for reading - enjoy the evening!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Fun Teaching Tools

Hey there-
Here are some pictures of some of my favorite teaching tools at Monarch Kids Preschool. Enjoy!

Letter Muncher - This is probably one of the kid's favorite activities! I spread out the letter cards, and in a silly voice I ask for a certain letter to eat. Once the kids find that letter, they feed it to the muncher (there's actually a slit in the tennis ball!) and I make yummy eating sounds. They think it is SO funny!

We have "Calendar/Weather Time" each day at Monarch Kids. This is a great teaching tool for numbers, counting, days of the week, chronology, months, seasons, weather... We love it!

Here is our seasonal bulletin board. We'll be changing this soon to fit a Valentine's Day theme. So cute!

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Birthdays and Groundhog Day!

Hey there!
This past week we celebrated 3 birthdays! And of course we celebrated Groundhog Day - one of Miss Kendall's favorite holidays! :) Enjoy the pictures!

Here's a sorting activity we did - sorted candles based on color groups.

Another sorting activity - sorted candles based on stripes or solids.

Literacy activity - matched up lowercase and uppercase letters.

A cute groundhog craft to celebrate a great holiday! :)

Here is one of the b-day boys playing with play-dough!

Thanks for reading - have a great day!
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool