Fun in PreK-1 & Kinder

Become a Facebook Fan!  I whipped up these cutie pencil gift tags this morning for my class.  They were pretty easy to hole punch and slide onto some cute Dollar Spot pencils! You can snag these cute freebies by visiting my Facebook page and becoming a fan here .  Happy Halloween everyone!

I know what you're thinking... the last time I posted was at the end of Week 2!  Yikes!  I honestly don't know where the time has gone.  And I'm pretty sure I've never been so tired in my life.  This year has just been a roller coaster! I absolutely love my little kindies, but there are definitely some things I miss about PreK (daily dramatic play and nap time being in the top ten!)  Kindergarten is a blast though too.  Last week with nocturnal animals was definitely a "hoot!" Here's a look at the some of the fun things we did... All I can say is thank heavens for freebies from you friends!  :)  The Batty Beginning and Ending Sound activity can be picked up from Cara Carroll at The First Grade Parade by clicking here . Another fun freebie to be had from Jessica Williams- grab her cute spider survey by clicking here ! The ten frames are from my fabulous friend Marsha over at A Differentiated Kindergarte n and the count an...

Yes, you saw right... I'm double linking up this post because it contains a FUN IDEA and a FREEBIE! One of the few Pinterest projects I got around to this summer before school started was a cute classroom welcome sign!  I first saw the idea from Krista Walden of The Creative Chalkboard.  Don't you just love it?  You can click on the pic to see the rest of her awesome classroom! And I just knew I had to make my own!  Here's what I used... 8" Cake Doilies White Paper (Cardstock Works Best) Laminate Ribbon Hot Glue First I went hunting for some cute cake doilies.  All I could find was white!  But then I stumbled on these great 8" zebra ones at Hobby Lobby.  I used the ribbon to eyeball the space I wanted to take up on my door, laid it out on the floor, then made sure the 8" circles would work. I whipped up some cute letters inside 6" circles on my computer and printed them onto plain paper (in hindsight I should have printed on...