Tricks of the Trade

[kindertime]

Happy First Day of Spring, everyone!

Our project this whole week was to redo the welcome board at the front door. Every day was a different craft activity. Monday was painting the sky, Tuesday was green for grass (and St Pat's,) Wed. was the rainbow colors, clouds and the sun, and Thursday I took pictures of the kids holding umbrellas. I spent a good deal of time after work cutting out their pictures and umbrellas and the rainbow shapes and rain drops from the left over painted sheets of paper and glued them all on. And today they all colored letters to spell Welcome Spring. Every season gets a new board. I make sure the kid's photos are lined up right above their coat hook to mark their place.

The kids love seeing themselves doing something in a scene at the front door, makes them and their parents feel welcome and it helps to identify their own place. (On Monday, when I took the winter scene down to get ready for the spring one, the 2 three yos had a big argument about who's hook it is. Their pictures were gone! And their hooks haven't changed in over a year. It was cute.)