It's a Party

It's a Party to bring in the New Year!!   Everything in my stores will be 20% off today through January 2, 2013. 

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Top Post for 2012

I wanted to close out the year and highlight some of my most popular post.  It always amazes me to see how many amazing people have stopped by to read little old me.

  On the Road

Transitions in Preschool

Water Wall

Writing Center Makeover

Thank you to all of you that stop by to read little old me.

Pumpkin Spice Creamer

This time of the year Pumpkin Spice is my favorite kind of creamer.  So this year I made my own pumpkin spice creamer to pass out as by gift to all the girls at work.

Pumpkin Spice Creamer

1 large can of Libby's 100%  pumpkin

3 cans of evaporated milk

2 cups of sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

whisk together and pour into canning jars.  Makes 5 16 oz jars.

Dear Santa,

This year I would really love...

Flip Video Camera

 I would love to have a flip video camera for creating video's for workshops and also as an assessment tool.

iPad

 I would love to be more Mobil with my work as well as being able to create my own art work for books, lessons and much more.

Bamboo Stylus 

 To use with iPad for creating my art work.

May all of your wishes come true

Silence for Sandy Hook

Freaky Friday Freebie Blog Hop

 Bells are ringing, lights are blinking so let's bring in some holiday cheer with a freaky Friday freebie and blog hop.

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Children will be giggling when they play Santa's in Town lotto game with their friends.  This simple game will help your children build on their vocabulary while having fun.

Blog Hop Party Rules

Your link must go directly to a blog post with photos and a link to your free item.  The post must also include the image above and a link back to this post. 

Apple Carton Trees

I wish I would of thought of this years ago, because they turned out beautifully.  We cut apple cartons in the shape of a tree and let the children paint to their hearts content.  Once they had painted their tree shape we had them sprinkle glitter on top of the wet paint.  These beautiful trees are now hanging around our classroom and bringing us some holiday cheer.

Bring in Some Holiday Cheer!

Holiday Teaching Tips & Freebies Gift Book

If you are out of ideas for this holiday season then you have stumbled along a great resource to get you out of that slump.  These books are packed full of teaching tips and classroom freebies that you can start using right away.  All you have to do is go to Teachers Pay Teachers and down load your book that was created by some of the best sellers on TPT.   

PreK and K Edition

1st and 2nd Grade Edition

 Happy Holidays from all of us at TPT.

Green Light, Green Light Freebie

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Trees are going up and lights are being turned on.  So what better way to bring in the season then with this lap book to big book Green Light, Green Light.  It is my gift to you for the holiday season.  Just go to Teachers Pay Teacher or Teachers Notebook and download it for free.

Happy Holidays!

from Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers

Monthly Madness Blog Hop

Now that we have all enjoyed our families and have stuffed ourselves with turkey it is time to start planning for the month of December.

We will be starting out the season with the Gingerbread Boy.

 Color Bingo using colored pom poms and tweezers to help build those fine motor skills.

One to One Correspondence We will be using different kinds of plastic cookies and kitchen tongs to place the cookies onto cookie sheets.  

 Gingerbread Craft, children will be creating  their own gingerbread person.

 Gingerbread Small Group Activities

Say It, Count It, Write It Math Game

Counting Buttons

Grid Board and Path Board Math Games

Sound Sorting and Letter Sorting Games

All of these activities can be found in the Gingerbread Pal Lesson Plan

 Before we head off to winter break we will be ending with Santa's in Town.

 We will read the book Green Light, Green Light

This is a free resource

 Paper Plate Wreaths

 Small Group Activities will include

ABC Lotto Game

Letter Match Game

Trace and Write Sheets

Santa's in Town Lotto Game

 Paper Plate Santa Craft

Just remember to enjoy the season and have fun!!!

Maps in the Block Area

I added maps to my block center along with clipboards and the children have been deciding where they will be traveling to (Disneyland, San Francisco and the beach).  Along with making their own driving directions.

Cyber Monday Plus Tuesday TPT Sale!

Black Friday is over and you need to put your feet up, because those dogs of your are tired.

Now is the time to starting thinking about Cyber Monday.  Teachers Pay Teachers is offering a cyber Monday sale and there are a lot of really great teachers offering sales.

My store is offering 20% off and TPT is offering 10% off so if you include the promo code CMT12  you will be saving 28% off of everything in my store.  You can view what's in my shop by clicking the picture below. 

"Giving-Back" Sale with Teachers Notebook

Teachers Notebook is "giving back" to all its members. Make a purchase from a teacher shop and Teachers Notebook will take off an additional 10% from your ENTIRE ORDER!. With so many shops running sales, you could get up to 55% off!.