Bunnies, Chicks, & Jelly Beans!

Yikes!  I did it again.  It's Sunday evening and the weekend has flown by with nary a post from me about what we did in class this past week.  So, without further ado, here is my Five for Friday (on Sunday) offered by Doodle Bugs Teaching.

 We began the week making these adorable bunnies by gluing on Marshmallows after tracing around a template with a black marker.

 We then added a pom pom nose and circles for eyes.

 I love how they turned out.

We also made chicks by gluing on a cracked egg shell over an oval.  We then added wiggle eyes, feathers, grass, and decorations for the egg shells.

{I forgot to get an unclose picture, so I tried to zoom from my door photo, so please forgive that they are blurry!}

We sorted and graphed jelly beans {a favorite activity of the littles}

It's always nice to sneak in a little learning when the learners just think they are having fun!

Speaking of jelly beans, we did a few more things with them this week….

I was so pleasantly surprised when my afternoon sweetie pies actually were able to read color words with no cues or prompting while sorting by color.  It was amazing!  They are going to be so ready for kindergarten in the fall!

Another great activity was finding the same/different jelly beans from a freebie by Kate and Fun in ECSE.  

And last, but not least, we decorated bags and went on an egg hunt at the end of the week.

Up next…..spring break!!!

Thanks for reading!  Have a great day.  :)

Community Helpers!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for the weekly Five for Friday to showcase our week in school.

 We continued learning about Community Helpers.

A local police officer visited our class and explained the duties of his job.  

 

He was wonderful with the little ones, taking the time to explain how he uses all the equipment and answering all the questions everyone had.

The little ones were totally enthralled.

We made these police cars by painting paper plates blue,

then cutting the bottom off and cutting two triangle shapes at the top.

We added a siren, windows, star, and wheels.

The littles loved them.

Since it's assessment time, I had the sweeties cut out shapes and match the vehicle to the community helper.

I kept the finished product to add into their portfolios.  It's amazing to see how much growth has taken place with cutting skills since the beginning of the school year.

Another job we discussed and role played was that of a veterinarian.  Everyone was so excited.

They picked an animal and filled out a well check or illness sheet.  They took the animal's temperature, heartbeat, pulse, looked in the ears, and gave a shot, if needed.

Ans, last but not least, we took a brief break from our community helper theme to listen to 'The Cat in the Hat' read to us this week.  

It was fantastic!  The cat captured everyones attention for a full 30 minutes.  Gotta love kids getting into books.  :)

I hope you had a fabulous week.

Thanks for reading!  Have a great day.  :)

Mail, Garbage, and Bones!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching's Five for Friday linky party.

 It's been a busy and fun week.  Our theme has been community helpers.  Take a look at some of our activities.

We learned about mail carriers and then made these mail pouches.

The little writers then filled out postcards, practicing writing letters, abc's, and drawing.

There were so many stages of writing happening in this activity.

 

 It was exciting to see.  The next day everyone wanted to make more postcards and deliver them to their friends.  I always love to see my sweet ones get excited about writing.

After reading 'I Stink', we made these adorable trash trucks.

I love, love, love how they turned out.  :)

  

I love the different characteristics each truck took on.  :)

We also played an alphabet game based off the book.  Each little learner picked a card that had a picture of something the trash truck ate.  They had to decide what letter of the alphabet the picture started with and then bingo dot the letter on a garbage truck.

The little learners loved this activity.  They think the pictures from the book are hilarious!

After learning about the medical field, we made these 'x-rays' of our hands.

We started off painting our hands and wrists with white paint on black paper.

Then, we squeezed glue and placed q-tips to look like the bones in our hands and wrists.

I just posted my 'I Stink' ABC Activity and Garbage Truck Craftivity on Teachers Pay Teachers.  You can find it HERE, if you are interested.

 

That's it for my week!  Head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching for more Five for Friday.

Thanks for reading.  Have a great day.  :)

Teachers Are Heroes!

Just a quick note to let everyone know of a sale offered by Teachers Pay Teachers this Wednesday.  I am putting all items in my store on sale 20% and when you add the promo code HEROES You will get 28% off all my products. 

Click HERE to take you to my store.  Thanks for reading!  

Have a great day.  :)

Five for Friday!

I'm linking with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.

Since I wasn't able to post last week I thought I would combine the past two weeks to show what we've been doing at school.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to snap a lot of pics but you'll still get an idea of what we've been up to…..

The week before Valentine's Day, we worked on pairing rhyming words by matching heart halves with pictures of things that rhyme.

I was thrilled with how well my learners did with this.

 

We also made these adorable 'love bugs' for Valentine's Day.  

 

This week we have been reading different versions of 'The Three Bears'.  We made this art project by sorting circles by size to make 'Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear'.  We added a bow tie, bow, and bib to complete it.  

{I had to add the picture of this handsome boy with his bow tie, just like Papa Bear :) }

I love how they all turned out a little bit differently.  :)

To finish our bears unit we painted construction paper black, brown, or white to represent black, brown, or polar bears.  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the finished product yet.

{I promise to be better next week!}

I hope you have been able to take advantage of all the fabulous freebies this month.  Just click on the date at the top of the page to take you to a fabulous freebie!

Thanks for reading.  Have a great day.  :)