Sunday, January 29, 2012

Huge Giveaway!!

I am team up with some very talented preschool teacher bloggers who also have some amazing Teacher Pay Teacher products for a huge giveaway.  Wouldn’t you love to have all your planning done for free!  Enter and it could be you.
 Here is what we are giving away…     

Julia from Loving and Learning in Pre-K is giving away her Valentine’s Day Activities-Math and Literacy


Kimberly from Creative Teaching is giving away her Celebrating Valentine’s Day a Multidisciplinary Thematic Unit
 

Erin from Creating and Teaching is giving away her brand new Dental Health Mini Unite


Tami from Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers is giving away Math and Literacy Fun with Hearts
                                         Teachers Pay Teachers


The rules are simple and easy and you can enter four ways--enter once or enter all four times, it's up to you!
  • One entry for following all of our blogs. (Mandatory) Leave your comment on (Tami’s blog)   Your comment would look like this: "I now follow all blogs" or “I already follow all your blogs”
  • One entry for following our TpT stores.   Leave your comment on (Tami’s blog)  Your comment would look like this: "I follow all your TpT stores."
  • One entry for sharing this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, etc. and leave a comment saying that you do.  Leave your comment on (Tami’s blog)
  • One entry Tell us what you plan to do with your kids for February.  We all love to hear about new ideas!  Leave your comment on (Tami’s blog)
    This giveaway will end on February 3rd at 9pm Pacific time.
    One follower will win all 4 PRIZES.  The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Saturday, February 4th, 2012!!!!
If you would like to enter this fabulous giveaway head on over to Tami’s blog Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers and leave your comments

Transportation Pocket Chart Stories

Get your students reading with these fun transportation pocket charts stories.


Pocket chart stories are a wonderful way to get your students actively involved in the story telling process.  When using pocket chart stories it helps to bring the stories alive and capture the attention of the students.  Students are able to participate in a hands-on way as children are able to move the text around to create different versions of the same story.



Booklet Includes:
I can ride in a …
Color Airplane Pocket Chart Story
We rode in (using children’s names)
On My Road Trip
Color Dragster Race





Saturday, January 28, 2012

Clutter-Free Classroom Project Week 4

This week we were suppose to concentrate on our Teacher Desk area but I choose to do my group meeting area since it is the hub of my classroom.

Before Picture
All of my CD’s were on top of my stereo area even though you can not see it in this picture and all of the under cabinets had teacher stuff in them from previous teachers that I have never gone through since being back in the classroom.  So this area was a big one for me because I would keep all of my stuff on top of cabinets and were every I could place them.  (This was not working I could never find what I need in a hurry)

After Pictures

 Everything is now organized and in the cabinet below or in the TV cabinet picture to follow.


The side doors were full of cassette tapes (I know who uses those now days, but that is what was in there)  I had to remove black strips so that the CD case would fit in there.  Once I had all of my CD’s organized by artist I labels each section so that I can find what I am looking for in a snap.
In the middle of my cabinet I now have my transition games, storytelling kits, dancing ribbons, mini maracas and rhythm sticks.


The closed door TV cabinet that sits next to my stereo cabinet now houses VHS tapes, Pom Poms, transition dice, dancing scarves, dramatic props for retelling stories and sacks for sack races.

The Finished Area



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Friday, January 27, 2012

On the Road

In the Air and on the Road bulletin board
Creative Art Cars




 Truck Load Math Mats
Children identify the number on the truck and then load it up with the right amount of cargo.

Truck Letter Match


Children match up all the trucks with the matching letters.

Race around the Track path game



 Have the children race around the track with their car.  Children roll the dice and move their car around the rack until the cross the finish line.




Sunday, January 22, 2012

In the Air


We are getting ready to start our unit on transportation and community helpers.  I was going through some pictures and came across my pictures from last year that I wanted to share with you since I was in the planning mood. 

During our creative art workstation for in the air the children came up with these amazing air transportation creations.

Helicopter

 Hot Air Balloon

 Airplanes


 In the writing center children found cloud cut outs with transportation words that they could write on their own and this is what they did.  I turned the writing clouds into the boarder for our transportation bulletin board.  (Will be posted at a later date)

Say It, Count It, Write airplane passengers
 Let each child pick out which airplane mat they would like to use. Have the children roll a number dice. Have them identify the number on the dice. (say it) Once they have identified the number have them count out the passengers. (count it) After the children have counted out the right amount of passengers have them write the number on the math mat with a dry eraser marker. (write it)

 This 125 page lesson is filled with ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom. This lesson covers all learning domains for preschool children. Including: Story Extension, Math Games, Science Activities, Creative Art Project, Language and Literacy Activities and Movement Ideas. 

This plan includes:

Word Wall Cards
Game boards
Bingo Game
Math Mats
2 Flannel Board Stories
14 page Early Reader I can ride in a ….
And that’s not all

Go to Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook to purchase Transportation and Community Helper Theme Lesson Plan for $5.75.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Math and Literacy Fun with Hearts

I have posted a new Valentine Unit to Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook.



With this 87 page Math and Literacy Valentine workstations your students will be counting and recognizing the numbers 1-20, making patterns, graphing, recognizing letters and beginning sounds before you know it with these fun heart math and literacy centers.  This heart packet is packed full of ideas for workstations and small group activities.

This Packet Includes
Say It, Count It, Write It Math Mats
Heart Candy Sorting and Graphing
Heart Pattern Cards
Candy Heart Pattern Cards
How Many Hearts
 Monster Love Number Trail
Dice Game Worksheets
Same and Different Cards
Heart Number Bingo
Monster Love Letter Trail
Heart Letter Puzzle Match
Heart Letter Bingo
Letter and Letter Sound Cards
Worksheets Printable

Go to Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook to purchase Math and Literacy Fun with Hearts for $5.75.



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