Memorial Day

For all those who've made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. 

Thank you. 

We will never forget.

Graphics from Microsoft Clipart

Snack Time Idea

Hi Teacher Friends!  Take a look at these cute snack butterflies.  A student's mom sent these in for afternoon snack.  They are so cute and simple to create.  I'm not sure where she found the idea but I'll try to find out so I can give credit where it is due.  The kids just loved these.

These would be fun to make for your Insect Unit.  You could set this up as a station.  The kids could follow simple steps to create their own butterfly snack.

Countdown to Summer

Hi Teacher Friends!  We have nine days of school left.  Wow!

Here is a fun idea shared by one of the first grade teachers at my school.  My kindergarten coworkers have been doing this countdown for the last twenty days of school.  I started mine with the last ten days of school.  Inside each balloon is a special activity written on a slip of paper.  Before we pop a balloon, we all take turns guessing what the special activity might be. Our treat for day ten was extra center time and the kids loved it!  Wonder what tomorrow's special activity will be? Maybe sidewalk chalk outside or shoes off in the classroom?  We will see!
 

Look how cute these turned out!  These little graduation kids are a TLC Lessons project from Kaye Espinosa.  She has the directions available as a free download on Teachers pay Teachers.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Lesson

We just love TLC projects in our class!  Thank you Kaye for sharing this cute project!

Hope everyone has a great week at school.  We know this time of year is busy, busy, busy!  Hang in there, summer is just around the corner!   :)

Happy Mothers' Day

Hi Teacher Friends!  Wow!  Has school been busy.  We have been working on a few special Mothers' Day projects.  The kids drew and watercolor painted a vase of flowers for their mothers.

We also completed the very cute Mothers' Day book from Deanna Jump.  These books turned out so special and cute.  Here are a few samples.

My mom is special because she takes care of me.

I love it when my mom plays games with me.

I love it when my mom loves on me. (Oh, so sweet!)

I love it when my mom plays with me.

It bugs my mom when a fly flies around her.  (Uh, oh.  We need to do a little more work on word meaning here.)

It bugs my mom when people bother her.

This cute thumbprint flower idea is from First Grade Fanatics.  They shared this on their blog from an idea found on Pinterest.  http://firstgradefanatics.blogspot.com

Happy Mothers' Day to all the sweet moms and grandmoms. 

 We hope you have a very special Mothers' Day.

Teacher Appreciation Sale

Hi Teacher Friends!  We are participating in the Teacher Appreciation Sale at TpT.   TpT is offering 10% and we are offering an additional 20% on our items.  Be sure to use promo code TAD12 at checkout.  This sale runs from May 6-8th.  We hope you find lots of great bargains.  Happy shopping!

Mrs. Wishy-Washy

Hi Teacher Friends!  Have I told you how much the kinderkids LOVE Mrs. Wishy-Washy?  This has to be one of our all time favorite book characters.   Mrs. Wishy-Washy ranks right up there with Clifford, Biscuit, Corduroy and Miss Bindergarten! 

We are allowed to substitute Saxon Phonics for the Word Study of our state C Scope Curriculum.  We have been learning about letter Ww.  We read Mrs. Wishy-Washy, Wishy-Washy Day and Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley.   The kinderkids had a blast.  We used some of the small book buddies to retell the story.  They didn't even say anything about the small red Christmas bowl with snowflakes on it here in the middle of April.  It made the perfect tub.  We used a small fingernail brush to scrub those animals clean!  :)

We used the "Woman" project in the TLC People book to make our own version of

Mrs. Wishy-Washy.

Dear Mrs. Wishy-Washy. 

Have a great week at school! :)

Sale

Hi Teacher Friends!  We are having a sale in our TpT store.  Everything is 15% off now through April 17th.