Hello! What you see here is an exhibit for some of my creative ramblings, from my work as a Pre-K/preschool teacher for 13 years (having stepped away in the middle of last year). As I’m currently a “free agent”, additions to the page will slow down as I look for next opportunity but I thank you for visiting! See something that you have more questions about or other things that may interest you? Check out the ‘About’ tab for contact info and social media links 🤙.
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The ol’ football pull with Linus & Lucy
STEM activity designing boats, after reading the book “Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!” (with a shoutout by author Tim Kleyn on Instagram)
Purple jelly happy with the news of the themed day
took a crack at recreating Mickey/“Steamboat Willie” for Disney Day sign
display for STEM activity on cranberries, carbonation, and floatation
Display for some activities highlighting the brain & heart connection
Cozy/Reading Center background - featuring the Very Hungry Caterpillar (students also designed their own butterflies to include with the display)
challenging to match colors of the body, but happy with the finished product
sketching out the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Display for (C)onsonant - (V)owel - (C)onsonant sight word game we played
Filled different cups with paint & built a pendulum to create masterpieces!
handful of doodles for National Doodle Day
Display for bee scavenger hunt game we did on the playground
Made flowers using egg cartons & pipe cleaners. Display also featuring/connecting bees from “Hive Hunt” display
Creating art using drops of acrylic paint and running a small window squeegee over them
Springtime worksheet for Pre-K, working on pencil control & a few sight words
Pigs in wolf masks fooling the Big Bad Wolf. STEM Center challenge was using different building materials to create a pig hide-out!
Students created “hideaways” for turkeys using blocks/Legos/Magna-tiles
part of a display for a Gingerbread Man activity we did!
drew Man with the Yellow Hat (sans Curious George) for Hat Day
Cozy/Reading Center background - made right after reading “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!”
School bus I drew for a last day of school sign
Display for acorn mosaic art activity
“Rainbow Fish” coloring worksheet I drew for Pre-K
Coffee spill down the side of the cup, and I saw the opportunity for a drawing 🤠
group art project inspired by artist Jen Stark, where each student was given a section to color, then sections were layered
recreating the Disney Channel/wand promo for “Disney Day”
guitar play doodle I did, while listening to music
“It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”-inspired drawing for National Pumpkin Day 🎃
love doing this activity each year- learning about decomposition with the book “Pumpkin Jack”
display for a math activity we did with scarecrow & number of crows on a fence
Design I made on our themed-day board for Super Hero Day
Bird w/ babies coloring worksheet I drew for Pre-K
display for scavenger hunt we did on our playground, finding items like squirrels with acorns!
Display made after making candy corn catapults, using popsicle sticks and rubber bands
Learning about heart health ❤️
Interactive chalk art I did on our playground
Interactive chalk art I did on our playground
Drawing for a themed day at school!
Working on adding & subtracting problems with pizza slices!
Fun holiday art with tape-resist technique
“Where the Wild Things Are” background for our Cozy/Reading Center
made this Cozy/Reading Center background after we read “Curious George Visits the Library”
Working on sequencing, with numbers 10-20!
Students created ghosts with cut paper towel rolls and tissue paper!
purple octopus for “Wear Purple” day
bunny popping out of a magician’s hat to check out the sign for Hat Day
display for an activity on learning how bats fly/communicate
“Nibbles” monsters created by the class
Activity learning about the tapetum lucidum!
part of “Where The Wild Things Are” background for Cozy/Reading Center
Cozy/Reading Center background featuring “Nibbles”- the book monster!
quick sketch I did, since I use sugary cereals as ‘croutons’ over a mostly Cheerios base - and I imagine this is how that cereal relationship would be
Drew the Lorax for one of our themed day signs!
part of display for a math activity (adding & subtracting/frogs eating bugs 🙂)
themed day drawing featuring the witch from the book, “Room on the Broom”
part of a “Coffee Drop Thoughts ☕️” series I have been doing on Instagram
did our own versions of the “cut-outs” series by Henri Matisse!
Duck drawing for one of our themed days at school!
Drawing for one of our themed days at work!
Activity building boats to get the Gingerbread Man to safety!
drew Kermit for one of our themed days at work!
drew Pete the Cat for a themed day
Latest display for annual “Pumpkin Jack” activity
drew “Harold & the Purple Crayon” for Wear Purple day 🖍️
display after a visit from a plant scientist from the University of Tennessee, learning about gardeners and pollination
couldn’t resist drawing Bluey for “Wear Blue” day!
display for science activity observing mold growth on bread!
drew in the cover of “Goodnight Moon” for Pajama Day sign
part of a display for an art project we did, making holiday trees with cut-up paper plates 🎄
Cutting, matching, and gluing worksheet I made for Pre-K for summer time
Mixing Van Gogh’s “A Starry Night” with lightning bugs for an art project
drew Corduroy for a themed day at school!
featuring Arthur, Pete the Cat, and the Pigeon
working on a character for a display, where we powered a clock with lemon juice
Ocean floor coloring worksheet I drew for Pre-K
Ah-ah-ah yes, the Count himself for Wear Black day
worksheet I created for Pre-K (feat. “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”) focusing on writing numbers & drawing a line to the matching caterpillar
quick hot dog horror movie sketch I did 🌭
display for a science activity making bubbles move!
part of a display for Invisible Ink activity we worked on
Llama Llama in his red pajamas to announce Pajama Day!
💀 learning more about the bones in our bodies
love how this turned out, considering I freehanded it 🎃
Display for activity we did on predictions, observations, floatation, and Peeps!
quick sketch I did combining Stranger Things and an Indiana amusement park
part of a “Coffee Drop Thoughts ☕️” series I have been doing on Instagram
part of “Where the Wild Things Are” background for Cozy/Reading Center
characters from “Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!” 💤
painting I did, combining scrambled TV channel with The Simpsons on
display for activity we did on blueprints & Legos
featuring Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss 🧦
Cozy/Reading Center background featuring class favorites “Elephant & Piggie”!
Worksheet for fall time, focusing on pencil control
of course, Cat in the Hat to announce Hat Day
display for what I believe was an invisible ink activity with cranberry sauce
display for art activity we did, recreating Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
with Clifford, the Big Red Dog
“cake” I made as part of our Birthday Wall 🎂
display for science activity combing baking soda, vinegar, and corn kernels 🌽
display we did for activity using different materials to create housing for the Three Little Pigs 🐷
wide shot of two different displays I connected!
display for activity we did creating Play-Doh mazes to get ants to their food source 🐜
Pre-K art worksheet I created (familiar scene here in East TN), where students could trace the shapes and color in the picture
tried to draw the skyline from the credits of the ‘60s Batman TV series for our Superhero Day
Cozy/Reading Center background using characters from the book, “The Gruffalo”
another “wrap-around”/connection between two displays
Display for art activity we did on pointillism
display for paintings we did, creating autumn trees 🍂
🌋 display for the ol’ baking soda/vinegar volcano activity we did in class
quick sketch during a Trivia Night, envisioning an ad for Frankenstein’s monster drinking Monster energy drinks ⚡️
display for an activity themed around the book, “Good Night, Gorilla”
🧙♀️ STEM challenge, where students used blocks to build cauldron holders (made with cups/pipe cleaners)
display for math activity, solving addition/subtraction problems with “dinosaur eggs” 🥚
STEM challenge where students built hibernation hideouts for bears
Moon snoozing’ for Pajama Day
display for art we created using paint and window squeegees!
🐟 display for an activity where we learned about how fish breathe
A little painting I came up with, combining Fruity Pebbles with Animal from the Muppets
part of Pete the Cat-themed Cozy/Reading Center (using the book “Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie”)
Pete the Cat-themed Cozy/Reading Center to kick off a new year
display for a math activity we did, learning about animal diets
Display for activity where we went over the different colors of the radar during weather forecasts
Green Eggs & Ham-inspired drawing for Wear Green!