This past Friday we had an introduction to Apple Week Activities with the Mystery Jar. Say what? Let me explain. We have a blast stepping into apple week this year with a super fun introduction lesson. I want to share it with you so you can take this idea and turn it into learning fun in your classroom as well. How? Well, it all started with a mystery jar. Apple Week Activities with Linking … [Read more...]
Easy Tissue Paper Leaves Art
Check out this fun art project for the fall that even the littlest learners can complete: Tissue paper Leaves Art. You Will Need These Items for Tissue Paper Leaves Art Here are the items you will need for Tissue Paper Leaves Art: Craft Set Up for Tissue Paper Leaves Art Here is how to set up this art project for success. How to Complete Tissue Paper Leaves Art 3. … [Read more...]
Get Ready for Apple Week with Apple Activities
Let's Get Ready for Apple Week with Apple Activities. This week is one of the best weeks of the entire school year. This week we get to celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day and integrate apples into our classroom. Let's break down TONS of teaching ideas and activities to help you to get ready for Apple week with Apple activities. And the best news is how HUGE of an update this Apple unit received. … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Activities for Kindergarten
Are you looking for some fun pumpkin activities for Kindergarten? Check out these engaging pumpkin-themed learning activities that you will help you practice skills with your little learners. Pumpkin Number Recognition Activity My little learners are rocking numbers 1-10, but we always struggle with those teen numbers. I know if we don't continuously practice teen numbers, we seem to … [Read more...]
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Here is the FUN book, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. Of course, I love to use literature to meet more educational needs and ideas. We use this sheet and crayons to complete the listening and following direction activity for the book, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. I love to record the directions and set the audio file on a CD so this station is independent. … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hi guys! How is your fall going? I am LOVING the GA fall weather ALMOST as much as the kids are. LAST week, we covered the Letter Ii, which is part of this bundle. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat, check out this bundle. Nocturnal Animals, and we are working to make teen numbers using tens and ones. Yellow Table Our yellow table was all about using these Bat themed … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hey guys! Are you ready to talk about centers this week? Math centers to be exact! {I am still getting use to math centers only but my students are LOVING it.} This week we focused our learning around our theme of Nuts and Squirrels, the letter Hh, which part of this bundle. And practice tons of math skills we are working on. We are working hard on number words and ordering numbers. The yellow … [Read more...]
Lovely Leaves Art with Leaf Rubbing
Have you ever tried leaf rubbing? I love using art to tie together science concepts and other skills we are working on. One of the art projects we do each fall involves using these leaf-rubbing plates. What is Leaf Rubbing? We talk about how each leaf can tell us the type of tree. Of course, all my little ones enjoy hunting and discovering leaves. We usually find several kinds of trees and … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat
Take a look at my newest activities I am prepping for the upcoming week. We are using a sure-fire hit... There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat We are sequencing the story using these cards and a sequencing sheet. We also played the classroom's favorite reading comprehension game... We also use the word wall and writing prompts to make writing fun! More Old Lady Bat Activities We also … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Welcome to October. I love this month's learning themes of fall, pumpkins, nocturnal animals, and perhaps scary fun. {We are allowed to do Halloween themes at school! WOO HOO!} This week we learned about the letter Hh, the word look, sorting and the number 8, and Columbus Day. My centers are color correlated so look at the colored border and read the description of it below. Yellow- … [Read more...]
Write Me Three Fall Writing Pack with a FREEBIE
I am working away on the to-do list you guys have given me this summer. This item is something I have been looking forward to for a while because my students and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I finished the newest Write Me Three pack! This one is perfect for the fall these you teach. It has themed word walls for back to school, lunch room, recess, bats, spiders, nocturnal animals, community helpers, … [Read more...]
Apple-Themed Learning Activities
Apple-Themed Learning Activities: I am preparing as many fall activities for my class now. Here is what I am going to b doing during the 4th week of school while learning about the letter Aa. I hope you love these Apple-Themed Learning Activities that are perfect for Kindergarten. Apple-Themed Learning Activities First, I just finished this simple Aa Activities letter pack. {I updated this … [Read more...]