Take a Break and Pamper Yourself

We are not just teachers, we are…

·         Moms

·         Wives

·         Daughters

·         Sisters

·         Friends

·         Co-Workers

So take a break and do a little something for you.

Pumpkin Spice with Honey Mask

It is pure heaven on your face.  If you enjoy pumpkin and the aroma it has then you will enjoy this pumpkin mask for your face and body.  This mask will helps to rejuvenate and return firmness to the skin, while hydrating and restoring elasticity for a younger looking you.  You will be glad you took the time to pamper your self!

It also makes a great gift for all your friends.

Pumpkin Facial Mask

1 cup cooked or canned pumpkin

2 Tablespoons of honey
4 Tablespoons powder milk (makes a richer texture)

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Face and Body Scrub

Add raw sugar or brown sugar for a sweet scrub.

Keep Refrigerated 

Pumpkin is high in Vitamin A which helps skin heal, Vitamin C which is an anti-oxidant and zinc.  The pumpkin builds and heals the tissue to return its firmness

Honey is an antiseptic, which means it inhibits the growth of bacteria and honey will help hydrate and restore the elasticity.

Milk will help with moisturizing and it is also a alpha hydroxyl acid.

Friday Night Lights

We are not just teachers, we are…

·         Moms

·         Wives

·         Daughters

·         Sisters

·         Friends

·         Co-Workers

So take a break and do a little something for you.

After a long week of work it was time for my break for the week.  I spent my break under the Friday night lights of our homecoming football game where my youngest son was up for homecoming king along with his girlfriend.

We spent a fun filled evening with family (children home from college) and friends.  

Now take the time for you it can be anything, just do something you deserve it!

Monster of a Time

Monster Mash Theme Lesson Plan

We have been have a monster of a time learning in preschool.

Monster Emotions

Finger painting or roller painting butcher paper and then collaging our monster emotions.  Sometimes we feel happy, sad, mad or even silly.

White Board Math  

We add monster together that were going to bed and subtracted monster that were jumping on the bed.

Say It, Count It, Write It Monster Math Game 

Download Monster Say It, Count It, Write It Math Mats

Give each child a Monster mat and a number dice or dotted dice, and wiggle eyes.  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 wiggle eyes (count it). After the children have counted out the right amount of eyes have them write the number on the math mat with a dry eraser marker (write it).

Monster Colors Pocket Chart 

Monster Draw 

For more monster fun go to Teachers Pay Teachers

Monster Math Theme Lesson Plan $5.75

This 62 page lesson is packed full of ideas that will turn your classroom into a Monster Mash Ball.  This lesson is full of hands on approach at learning through play that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom and give them the joy of life long learning.  This lesson will cover large group activities, small group activities, science and math activities, language and literacy activities along with creative art ideas.

You will find in this lesson:

Color Bingo Game

Word Wall Cards

Math Grid Mats

Math Dice Game Mats

Flannel Board Story

2 Pocket Chart Story

Writing Center Cards

Letter sound Cards

Monster Memory Game

Fairy Dust Teaching: A Dash of Power E-Course

Dash of Power E-Course

You can never have too many tricks in your bag of tricks when it comes to classroom management.  That is why I am taking an E-Course on Classroom Management called a Dash of Power.

Fairy Dust Teaching: A Dash of Power E-Course: Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times ...

Remember a good teacher is made by the teacher next door.

So come on over and check out the class description.  I hope to see some of you over there at a Dash of Power E-Course.

Check out the link below

Learning with Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen is one of the first stories I like to read with the children in my class.  I feel that this story helps children understand how import it is to help one another and how to be a good friend.  It also helps with showing children how to create a learning and caring community in their classroom. 

Down Load Little Red Hen Lesson Plan Theme

Use this song for make the rules in your classroom.  It is a fun way to get children’s attention

and to get them involved in what you need them to do.

This is the way to Help (tune: Mulberry Bush)

Written by Kids World Exploration

This is the way we pick-up our toys

Pick-up our toys

Pick-up our toys

This is the way we pick-up our toys

So that we can help and learn

Repeat with these lines and any others that the children came up with

This is the way we wipe up our spills

This is the way we share with our friends

This is the way we take turns

This is the way we stand in line

This is the way we wash hand

This is the way we push in our chair

Take pictures of the children do the things in the song.  Place the pictures in a pocket chart with the written description to give the children a visual about what they can do to help.

Set up a dish washing table so that children have to help one another wash and dry the dishes from the dramatic play area.  Every one can have their own job to insure that all the dish get cleaned.  Children will see and learn how much fun it is to work together.

Another way to get children work together is to set up an art table and have two children work together on one project.  They will have to take turns and also collaborate on how they want the project to turn out. 

You can find all of these ideas and more in the Little Red Hen Lesson Plan Theme packet on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5.75.

You will also get in the packet

Pocket Chart Story

Word Wall Cards

Bakery Word Wall Cards

Letter Sound Cards  (C and H)

2 Flannel Board Stories

Bakery Menu for Dramatic Play

Bakery Bingo Game

Hen Counting Mats

Rhyming Word Game

Hen House Letter Match Mats

Writing Cards

Who Will Help?  Early Reader 9 pages

Little Red Hen

Sample Printable

More Pocket Chart Stories Using Children’s Names Booklet 2

More Pocket Chart Stories Using Children's Names Booklet 2

The children in my class just love to hear their names used when reading stories or using pocket chart stories.  I find that it helps to keep them activity engaged and intuitively listening.  I also find that my English language learners are able to catch onto the story faster with the pocket chart stories because of the words with pictures and they are also able to recognize their friend’s names.  This helps them feel like they are part of the learning group.

You can find these pocket chart stories on Teachers Pay Teachers for $2.75 the booklet includes 6 pocket chart stories that can be used during large group or for small group readings.

Packet Includes

·         I Caught a Fish

·         Picked a Bouquet

·         At the Zoo

·         I Went Walking

·         Sports Fun

·         In The Tall Grass

Booklet $2.75

Building Math Skills With Say It, Count It, Write It Math Games

Say It, Count It, Write It Math Games for Children

Build number knowledge with this fun for children math games.  Say It, Count It, Write It math games are a great activity for children to build an understanding that numbers represent a quantity. 

Includes 15 math mats

Snowman

Gingerbread Boy

Soup Pot

Transportation

Fall Tree

Spider Web

Barn

Fish Bowl

First Aid Bag

Pumpkin

Cup Cake

Sunflower

Christmas Tree

Sample Pages

     Use with plastic animals          Use with birthday candles

All math mats need to be used with game dice

Download for $2.75

Just for the Fun of It

We are not just teachers, we are…

• Moms

• Wives

• Daughters

• Sisters

• Friends


• Co-Workers

So take a break and do a little something for you.

Here is my break for the week….

With all of the hard work and sweat that we have been giving to our jobs lately, we decided to take a break and show the children that we too can have fun.  They loved it and thought it was funny to see the teachers laughing and having a good time at play.

Take the time to have a good laugh this week and do something that makes you feel young again.

Pocket Chart Stories Using Children's Names

Another way to use pocket charts to enhance language development.

Add to the interest by adding the children’s names to the pocket chart stories.  Children enjoy hearing and seeing their names in print.  All children get the biggest kick and laugh out of hear their name and their friend’s names being used in story form.

Retelling Stories using Children’s Names and a Pocket Charts

On sentence strips write the base words (story) and a line that the children can fill in.  Next have sentence strips with the children’s names and words with pictures to make the pocket chart story.  Have the children place the names and words in the pocket chart where the lines are.  Then have the children retell the story by reading the pocket chart aloud as a group reading experience. 

Packet Includes

• I went Camping

• Down on the Farm
• Race Car Drivers
• When I Grow Up
• I Can Ride In…
• I Went Swimming

 

You can purchase it on Teachers Pay Teachers  for $2.50

Sample Pages

Building Literacy with Interactive 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.

Pocket charts help to build:

·         Literacy skills

·         Grammar skills

·         A print-rich learning environment

·         Understanding that print carries meaning

·         Motivation to learn about reading

·         Math skills

You can download this 25 page packet on Pocket Chart for $2.50 at  Teachers Pay Teachers

Assessment Tools

Here are some free resources to make assesses the children in your classroom a lot easier.  These tools will help to free up so of your valuable time and give you more time for what the children need and that is your time.

This resource gives you lots of checklist form to make assessing class groups a snap.

This resource is designed for what all the kindergarten teachers want to know when they get our students from us.  This is a collection of school readiness skills that will lead to like long learning.

Down load them for free on Teachers Pay Teachers