Fun in PreK-1 & Kinder

Howdy friends!  Welcome to the second installment of Saturday Sweet Treats!  If you're new around here, here's how it works: Swing by the blog on Saturdays to snag a sweet free treat See a sneak peak of the Sunday super steal deal item (or items) Super Steal Sales start on SUNDAY and last all week! Facebook Fans have an additional opportunity to win the Sunday Steal Deal (make sure you're a fan!) Your sweet treat today comes from my new math survey pack.  There are 3 fun back to school math surveys included! Do you use surveys in your classroom?  If not, you should give them a whirl!  They were a top hit in our math stations all year.  My kinder kiddos (especially my boys) loved them, and they were a must-have for keeping my kinesthetic little learners engaged.  I know yours will love them too! If you're interested in snatching up all of these fun surveys, check out your next sale steal!  Snag an entire year's worth of mat...

Happy President's Day Long Weekend everyone!  I hope you're getting the chance to catch up on some sleep... planning... and posting!  :)  Here's what we've been up to this past Valentine's Week... Word Work I really need to get better at snapping pictures of our word work, but here's some of the sight word fun we had this week! We also played this fabulous and FREE game from Julie at Make, Take & Teach in small group.  My class loves her games and they are fun to spice up our word work time in guided reading! Math Stations Thanks Vickie for this fun candy heart graphing freebie!  Grab yours by clicking here . We also practiced a bunch of skills: measuring, counting/graphing, number writing and number sense! These math stations come from my new Loads of Love Math Stations pack.  Check it out below! Science We put conversation hearts in hot and cold water, made predictions and then observed!  This was a g...

I've totally lost count of how many weeks we've been in school!  All I know is the 100th day is drawing closer and I'm not ready... report cards are due in 1 1/2 weeks and I'm not ready... need to schedule an observation and I don't feel ready... (I'm sensing a theme here.  Seems like there's always too much to do!) Here's a look at some the things I actually LIKE to do in January... :) Shared Writing This week we learned the sight word "in" and made a list.  Look at all those kindie sentences!  :) Word Work Thank goodness for Marsha's differentiated activities, I couldn't do Daily 5 without her! Poetry My class loved this cute poem!  We had fun focusing on rhyming words and searching through to find all our sight words.  After reading the poem, we illustrate it and keep our poetry journals in our Daily 5 book baskets. Mitten Retelling Fine Motor Craft You can actually grab this activity for FREE from Jan ...

Hold onto your hats for lots and lots of math today!  Here's a look at the fun inside our December math workshop (with a fun freebie ahead too!) Christmas Tree Roll & Cover (Addition/Subtraction) Christmas Cookies Addition/Subtraction Game Christmas Tree Top It (Number Sense) Symmetrical Ornaments Longest to Shortest Christmas Trees (Measurement) Presents on Parade (Number Sense) Peppermint Patterns Sneaky Santa (Number Recognition) Candy Cane Roll Count & Write (Counting & Number Writing) Santa's Sack Find, Tally & Graph (Data) Roll & Build Santa Claus (FREEBIE!) That's all friends!  I hope you are enjoying the holiday and spending some time relaxing!  Don't forget to grab the other great Friday freebies.  See you in the New Year!  :)

I can't believe I'm back and posting somewhat regularly!  (We'll see for how long...) Totally missed my Bloggiversary AND my birthday though.  Sorry guys!  BUT I can promise a good long post with some fun ideas and freebies ahead.  :) Here's what we've been up to in Kinder Krazy Week Before Thanksgiving Land... Turkey Hand Prints and Picture Frame Gifts Aren't these adorable?!  And they were super easy to make.  I picked up the unfinished wooden frames at Michael's for only $1 (I also saw Walmart has some).  The buttons were ridiculously expensive though.  Why are buttons so expensive?!?! Pilgrim Craftivity I can't believe how many craftivities we completed this week!  I go back and forth with these things.  On the one hand I'd rather we be making something authentic, like a class book.  On the other hand I need cute things for our hallway.  Hence these paper plate pilgrim cutie pies (which ...