This stained glass cross is a simple art project for very young children, even toddler age children. This is one variation of the project.
Cut a cross shape out of the center of a black sheet of construction paper. Use clear contact paper on the back of the black paper. Fill in different colored tissue paper squares in the open cross shape. Cover the other side of the black paper with another sheet of clear contact paper.
The colored paper will show through the open cross shape.
This is a simple art project for toddlers based on the Eric Carle book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Draw a leaf shape on a piece of construction paper. Have the student dip his finger in paint or an inkpad and stamp his finger on the leaf. Draw small legs and a mouth and dots for the eyes and lines for the antennae.
Young children can be apprehensive about going to kindergarten. In preschool, the pre-k students are the big men on campus. When they go to kindergarten, they become the youngest students in the school. Many of them go from a small preschool to a much larger elementary school. This can be very overwhelming to young students.
These preschool students had a visit from a kindergarten teacher in their school district. She read a book about going to kindergarten and talked about what to expect in a new class at a new school with a new teacher and new classmates. She helped them to understand that everything they do and learn in pre-k is preparing them for kindergarten. She reassured them that many of their kindergarten activities and routines are similar to pre-k activities and routines.
The pre-k students loved this visit from a kindergarten teacher and they have visits scheduled from teachers at other district schools as well. They may just have one of these teachers in the new school year to make their kindergarten transition smoother with a familiar face.
Preschool students love guest speakers at school. One of the best guest speakers to visit pre-k students is a police officer. These pre-k students had a special visit from a DARE officer. He usually speaks to 5th graders in the Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) program. 
He made a special visit to preschool to talk about Stranger Danger. He talked about what to do (or not to do) when a stranger approaches them. He talked about gun safety and to never touch or play with a gun if they see one at home or a friend’s house. They learned a simple song to remember if a stranger approaches or they see something dangerous: Run and Tell.
A big highlight of the officer’s visit was seeing his truck. He was a police officer the students usually see around town in a normal police vehicle. The DARE officer had a truck loaded with big speakers and a big stereo system all acquired from drug dealers (bad guys or strangers).
He opened the speakers hatch and cranked up the stereo system and led the students in a line dance.
