St. Paddy's Day Freebie!

I will have a full lesson plan and unit coming up later today but for now here's a cute freebie created this morning. Just click here to download it!

St. Patrick's Day Clipart

Hey friends! I have finally gotten around to creating some St. Paddy's Day clipart and I think it turned out pretty awesome. Just click here. All of the clipart included in this pack are in color AND black & white.

Coming Soon (And I'm Sorry It's Been So Long)

Hello friends! I am so sorry that it has been so long since I last posted. My grandpa passed away two weeks ago and I've been playing catch up ever since (I took a week off for the funeral and to be with family). However, I think I'm finally getting things back together and organized. I'll be posting some Dr. Seuss items later this week and a great St. Paddy's Day packet I've been working on. I just wanted to let you know I have not disappeared :) Look for some fun things coming up!

My Grandpa and Me!

President's Day and More

First, I just finished my President's Day Unit. I realize it's a bit late, I've been using parts of it over the last week and will finish it up with my kids next week. If you would like it you can find it here at Teachers Notebook and here at Tpt.

Next, here is a really fun idea I found on pinterest for President's Day. It really didn't take me long to make it, maybe an hour and then I had all of my kids take a picture next to him. Next week we'll do a writing assignment about how tall they are and where they come up to on Pres. Lincoln. Should be fun!!!


Ok, here's a math idea that I used with my kinders the other day to focus on addition. We're going to be starting addition folders soon (where they are timed) and we've been spending a lot of time on just learning the skills. I actually have a really great lesson/idea for it as well that I'll be posting later: Cookie Math. The kids love it! Until I have it finished though, this is another way to teach addition.

The last thing I want to share is: HUG JUGS. These are the containers we used for our Valentine's Day party to take our Valentine cards home. They were WONDERFUL! None of them ripped, lost cards, etc, like many of the paper made ones do. I just had students bring in empty jugs for two weeks and by the end we had enough. I do have to admit that this was not my idea though, I can not take credit for it. The other kindergarten teacher at our school came up with it, and it was perfect! The kids traced their arms and hands on colored paper, cut them out and then glued them around the jug to give them a HUG. Then they decorated them with stickers. So cute!

New Clipart

I just created some really cute Owl Valentine Clipart, just click here.

Also, over the weekend I worked on some Popcorn Word Clipart (or Sight Word Clipart). You can get it by clicking here.

BLENDING LESSON PLAN

I am so proud of this lesson plan--I have been working on it consistently for the last two months, adding things, changing things, and making it just perfect for my classroom. I have already started teaching blending in my classroom (I usually start the third month of school), however, I still have quite a few students who are struggling. They just don't seem to get it and I started to realize it was because I wasn't making it "fun" for them, so that's when I started coming up with this lesson plan. I absolutely love the clipart and the activities. My kids love them as well (I started using it just this last week). My kids love that there's a boy blender and a girl blender--it's their favorite part. If you don't need the lesson plan you can purchase the clipart separately by clicking here. If you are interested in the lesson plan please click here from Tpt, or here from TeachersNotebook.

Very Sticky Vowel Clipart

I just made some very sticky, icky vowel letter clipart and I think it turned out pretty cute:) Just click here.