Phew! Thank goodness the weekend is here. It has been a busy week, even though it was only 4 days long (yesterday was a PA Day thankfully!). Report cards are due at the end of the week, so guess what little old me is doing now...???? I'm sitting in front of this computer in my pj's (yes, still haven't showered) and decided I needed a much deserved break from those dreadful things. Hours in front of the computer is so DRAINING! Well, unless you are blog hopping! HA! Here's a little look at my week. We continued our Penguin Unit by making these adorable penguin glyphs from Deanna Jump's Penguin Unit. This was the highlight of my week...I asked one of my little sweeties to draw an "eye" on his fish. This is what he drew! Adorable! We are just about finished our unit on 2D shapes. The students went on a shape hunt around the classroom and completed this activity sheet. Click on the picture to download. We really enjoyed singing this song (and my kinders are excellent at describing these four 2D shapes in detail thanks to this song! I didn't write it by the way. I've had it for years.) This was a great tactile activity. We made shapes using various things. Seems easier said than done - nothing stuck to the paper so it ended up being a teacher activity more than a student activity. I adapted it so that the kids used the pieces to build their shapes and described them to me and then I taped everything together. Phew! Glad that's over! I had the students use geoboards to create shapes. I was honestly thinking they wouldn't like doing this centre...boy, was I wrong! Everyone wanted a turn using the boards! I created a whole blog post all about how I teach 2-D Shapes HERE if you'd like to read about it! Finally, I put out this cute activity all about more or less (great way to reinforce numbers which we have been learning about). I found this online from another teacher blogger...I just can't remember who! Please let me know if it was you so I can credit you! So I just had to make this for myself...the kids loved it! Enjoy your weekend! Back to report card writing for me. Next week it's all about winter fun with activities from my Winter Wonderland unit. You can view it by clicking on the picture.
Learn about 2D shapes with these four free printable activities!
I created these activities to teach shape vocabulary to my young English language learners. I used them with my mixed-age, mixed ability class (pre-K to G2) and they all loved it. The activity works for English-speaking students as well as ELLs. The children will learn to name and recognize basic 2D...
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Practice color and shape recognition with your toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners using these fun bee themed shapes coloring pages! There are twelve shapes included in the printable worksheets: circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, stars, ovals, diamonds, hearts, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and crescents. The four colors included are red, orange, yellow, and green. Preschool Shapes Worksheet With Color Coded Key: Circles, Squares, Triangles, Rectangles Shapes Worksheet: Stars, Ovals, Diamonds, Hearts Preschool Shapes Worksheet With Color Coded Key: Stars, Ovals, Diamonds, Hearts Shapes Worksheet: Hexagons, Pentagons, Crescents, Octagons Preschool Shapes Worksheet With Color Coded Key: Hexagons, Pentagons, Crescents, Octagons
Here are a few of my flannel boards. I haven't photographed them all, so I can't post them all, but here are several fun ones! These are not...
It's always a pleasure to work with a super creative parent on any party. This past Saturday, we helped style a cute rock star themed birthday party for a little girl who was turning five. The mom had been planning on this party theme for a year. She had picked up the fun banners on clearance that coordinated with the whole theme of the event. Thrift stores also became excellent sources to pick up more party items. Like the fun cassette background to the cupcake table. Which was actually a duvet cover. The pillowcase was used as part of the centerpiece for the kid table. The pink polka dot table cover that the mom used for the cupcake table was another sheet. Cardboard paper amps were also thrift store finds. Vinyl records were placed on our glass cake stands and glittery purple ribbon created the perfect serving trays. Tying coordinating purple ribbon around the popcorn scoop dressed it up. The mom made a fun birthday sign which she placed in a black frame, as well as a coordinating number 5 which she placed above the cupcake table. We supplied the drum set, amp, mic and mic stand, guitar, and tambourines to help set the stage for this rocking fifth birthday party. The mom hung twinkle lights behind two black sheets and a silver tablecloth which she was able to pick up on clearance from Christmas! Feather boas, sparkly microphones, and fun glasses not only were great party favors, but also served as great photo props for when the kids sang up on the "stage". The birthday girl's mom made the cupcake wrappers and picked up cute colorful cupcakes from Sam's Club. We made star sugar cookies and iced them with edible glitter that the mom had also made. Tutorials can be found on the internet for making edible glitter. A simple recipe that consists of sugar, food coloring, and baking. A fun activity for the kids that attended was decorating their own guitar using magic markers and glitter glue. Yes, our creative mom painstakingly cut out twenty of those cardboard guitars herself. We provided the black glitter stars for the guitars.
Throughout the first week of school, our focus during math is introducing 2D shapes. I made some fun posters to help my students remember the names and properties of each shape {and they referred to them all year long!} {clip art from Love Two Teach borders from Teaching in a Small Town} My class absolutely loved these! We learned each poem and talked about the characteristic of each shape. We even learned that Sandy Square has a booooyfriend ;) {Download the shape poems here and ignore the fact that I clearly need more ink ;) I copied 2 to a page so that they printed out smaller than a regular sheet of paper.} After we learned about each shape, I hung the posters up in our classroom for future reference. We also played this super fun shape game! After we met our new friends and talked all about the shapes, we sat in a big circle {applying what we learned about circles!}. Then I walked around with a bunch of shapes in a bag and had each student pull out one shape. They told their neighbor what shape they pulled out {to practice identifying and to help their neighbor if they weren't sure} and then we played the Shape Game! After everyone had a chance to stand up, we switched our shapes and played again. It was a lot of fun :) To see what else we did during the first week of school, visit my blog, Miss Kindergarten!
Montessori geometric solid activities and free printables.
20 fun shapes rhymes, finger plays and action songs, including words and actions. Great for preschool, kindergarten and the early elementary grades.
Download these free Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star printable song sticks for the toddlers and preschoolers to hold during music!
Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!
FREE Shapes Flashcards For Kids! Fun colorful shape cards! Teach shapes easily with these colorful shape cards! Teach basic and advanced shapes!
Printable Handbell songs with large, bright colored notes to match the colors of your hand bells. 6 easy songs for kids and beginners.
Learn why and how children develop pre-writing skills in this podcast episode. Based on research, there's lots of information and links to free printables.
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