tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post5927899989217708200..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: Something That Needed To Get DoneTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-73301881395457189492012-07-27T04:58:51.475-07:002012-07-27T04:58:51.475-07:00Love how this became a multi-day activity.Love how this became a multi-day activity.JoAnn Jordanhttp://www.music2spark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-71002494967237417212012-07-26T23:10:12.322-07:002012-07-26T23:10:12.322-07:00We tend to use shaving foam for drawing and writin...We tend to use shaving foam for drawing and writing. Sometimes we add foodcolouring but I love your idea of using shaving foam for mortar - brilliant!Dezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801548297598997006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-74167422781675511082012-07-26T15:26:10.965-07:002012-07-26T15:26:10.965-07:00Absolutely wonderful! This is going on my to-do li...Absolutely wonderful! This is going on my to-do list. I haven't heard anything re. the use of shaving cream (I teach in a Kindergarten in Ontario)...but will just keep my mouth shut about it (we spread shaving cream on baking trays for drawing and tracing letters)...The Knitty Gritty Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890656094078973552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-32787624172995607492012-07-26T11:04:20.732-07:002012-07-26T11:04:20.732-07:00I will have to do this. We love shaving cream over...I will have to do this. We love shaving cream over here but it's normally just a fun sensory experience. I'm sure my builder would love to add this in. And washing is always an added bonus for them. =)Cave Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446689918377947144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-89432226387362152572012-07-26T09:01:35.447-07:002012-07-26T09:01:35.447-07:00Along the lines of ridiculous...The licensing reps...Along the lines of ridiculous...The licensing reps around here have decided that if you let kids go to the bathroom by themselves you have to keep the hand soap outside the room, have an adult put some on their hands and then have them go back inside to wash. This is after a regulation that says they can only go by themselves if they can handle the whole process by themselves. The only exception is if you can find a brand that doesn't say "keep out of the reach of children" on the back. (Soft Soap if anyone needs to know) Never mind the fact that a kid old enough to do the whole bathroom thing alone is unlikely to taste the soap. And if he did he'd never get enough to do harm and he'd be unlikely to do it again.It's a wonder that my generation and the ones that followed ever survived childhood! Be glad you are not running a licensed program in NY. They'd pretty much hate everything you do.jwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848946240656789799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-45534608106259151522012-07-26T08:47:10.468-07:002012-07-26T08:47:10.468-07:00I don't know what the regulations are in the U...I don't know what the regulations are in the USA, but at the centre I used to work at in Australia, shaving cream was temporarily banned until we could find a brand that didn't contain traces of peanuts (nut products of any kind are banned from most centres here). Who would have thought that there would be traces of peanuts in shaving cream?Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-38612921066394462902012-07-26T07:03:50.059-07:002012-07-26T07:03:50.059-07:00I do this in my classroom. I have samples from a ...I do this in my classroom. I have samples from a store that sells granite countertops. The samples are all different colors, but a uniform size and shape. They are my favorite blocks. They make a very satisfying 'clack' when you stack them together. When I use them with shaving cream, I also put out wooden craft sticks as spreading tools. I love this activity.<br /><br />We were told last year that children ages 2 and under can no longer use shaving cream. This came from or licensing inspector. We were written up for it. Nobody knows the reason why. Even in classrooms with older children, the can must be *locked* away between squirts, and only an adult can touch the can. I am convinced that the inspector was over-applying some small regulation, and that it was misintrepretted. But we must comply with what the licensure tells us to do. Personally, I think the only real danger would come from the fact that the can is 'contents under pressure' and they are afraid that a child might somehow cause an expolsion, lol. I swear, they are suffocating us with safety.Naomi Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-44610727270071834322012-07-26T06:33:04.353-07:002012-07-26T06:33:04.353-07:00You're at Woodland Park?! I teach up in Edmon...You're at Woodland Park?! I teach up in Edmonds. Found you via Deborah Stewart's blog, Teach Preschool. Would love to visit your school some time!Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680367927726322665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-27216114642301914922012-07-26T06:28:35.219-07:002012-07-26T06:28:35.219-07:00I saw Lisa Murphy, aka The Ooey Gooey Lady, presen...I saw Lisa Murphy, aka The Ooey Gooey Lady, present this idea at a conference. It had never occured to me - love it.Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680367927726322665noreply@blogger.com