Top o' the morning to ya!

I didn't really explain what Spring Break is to my kids. They know we didn't have Life Group and soccer practice this week because of it....but I might have failed to mention that other students don't have school! We really didn't do much work ourselves, we took one morning off to go to the zoo, another whole day to meet some of my family at a nearby campsite for the day, and tomorrow we're off for a short vacation to Galveston! But, we did spend a little time learning about St. Patrick and why he has a holiday. We read a short biography about him and talked about leprechauns and rainbows :)

I cut out pots from construction paper and glued them on some white paper, then had the kids use their fingertips in paint to make a rainbow!

Then we used gold craft paint to dot on some gold coins. This picture is when it was still a little wet, but when it dried, it was super shiny and looked great! 

And you know they love the mystery pictures! 

This is the 120 chart leprechaun I made, which is part of the Spring Pack you can get here. 

And next time I'm at the store, remind me to buy PLAIN paper plates! We keep doing these great paper plate crafts that end up with flowers or designs all over them *sigh*.  At least the kids don't care, they just love craft time :-) 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

March Winners!

Congratulations to our 2 winners!

$25 TpT gift certificate - Shannon Elder
$10 TpT gift certificate - Susan Lyn

 

We will email you two today with your prize! Thanks to ALL who entered!! Don't forget you will have another chance next month!! And look for more freebies and giveaways on facebook!!

Lauren & Haley
Mrs. Thompson's Treasures, The McGrew Crew

Feeling Lucky?? A March Giveaway!!

Are you feeling lucky this month??

I hope so because it's time for a giveaway! This month I'm teaming up with my sister, Haley McGrew at The McGrew Crew, to bring you 2 more TpT Gift Certificates! The top prize is $25 and the second prize will be $10.

There are many ways to enter to win! Try one or increase your chances and try them all! Good luck!! Winners will be announced on Monday!

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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

There are so many things to do to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and Read Across America! This week we read several of his books and did some activities and crafts!

After reading The Cat in the Hat we made -at word hats, posed as Thing 1 and Thing 2, and drew a picture to this prompt, "If the Cat in the Hat visited our house..."

We read There's a Wocket in My Pocket and made up our own silly rhymes and illustrated them, like "There's a SMED in my BED," and "There's a DANTRY in the PANTRY."

Finally, we read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and I created a fun activity pack that uses Goldfish crackers to go with it! We sorted, tallied, graphed, worked on sight words, made a cute fishbowl craft, and had a great snack :-)

We also made this fun fishbowl craft. Cut the top off of a paper plate and tape it to the bottom. Paint and let dry, then glue some goldfish crackers to make your fishbowl!

 “The more that you read, the more things you will know. 

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”  

Looking for some new Dr. Seuss books? Here are some of our favorites!

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March Currently

February seemed to draaaag by this year! Maybe it was the weather and being stuck inside the house a lot! But I know now that spring is almost here, our days will likely fly by! I'm excited about this month for sure! We have a lot of fun stuff we can do with school, plus we are planning a family trip to Galveston during Spring Break!

I'm linking up with Oh' Boy 4th Grade with this month's Currently!

 

 

The last one is only an answer....you have to guess the question!! Leave your guess in the comments!

President's Day!

There's so many fun things you can do to learn about the Presidents and celebrate President's Day, but we just did a couple of simple things this year. I think in a few years the kids will be more ready to tackle the information, but for now we just stuck to knowing that George Washington & Abraham Lincoln were presidents and they each did special things to help our country. We did this color by number of George Washington and then did a paper plate craft to make his face! Things always look cuter on Pinterest...but oh well, they had fun :-)

 

For older kids, I  have this cute Abraham Lincoln Mystery Picture Graphing Activity!

 

 

Since we lived in a country that had a king (Jordan) for several years, it was a great springboard for discussion about the differences between a king and a president. They were asking some great questions! I love curious little minds :-)

Valentine's Fun!

We had fun this year during Valentine's week! We did a lot of art, which the kids love, but we don't usually get to it everyday! Here's some of the things we enjoyed:

 

Heart Symmetry Painting: Put paint on one side of the heart,

then fold in half to create a symmetrical picture!

 

 

Pop Art Heart by Art With Jenny K

 

Dot Marker Heart Art: Tape a paper heart with the center cut out on white paper. Use dot markers all over the page, then gently take off the taped heart!

 

 

Conversation Hearts Sorting & Graphing by Pocketful of Centers

 

 

Valentine's Mystery Pictures using Hundreds Charts & 120 Charts!

 

 

I hope your week was great!



Olympic Painting

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To celebrate the first day of the Winter Olympics we did a little Olympic style painting!

 

I put some red, yellow, blue, green, and black paint on a tray.

 



Then we used small cups dipped in the paint to make circles on white paper to look like the Olympic rings! You could also use toilet paper or paper towel rolls, but my kids always squish those up so fast, so the cups worked better to keep a perfect circle shape. 

 

The kids loved it, and it was a great way to introduce the winter games!

February Giveaway!

It's time for this month's giveaway! I'll be giving away not one, but TWO $25 gift certificates! One for Target and one for Teachers Pay Teachers.

 

There are several ways to enter!

-Like my page on Facebook

-"Share" my post about the giveaway on Facebook

-Leave a blog post comment here

-Follow Mrs. Thompson's Treasures on TpT

-Follow on Instagram

-Repost my picture about the giveaway on Instagram

and tag #mrsthompsonstreasuresgiveaway

 

I'll announce the winners on Monday! Good luck!

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February Currently

It's that time again for Currently with Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade!

Right now I'm currently:

 

 

Yes - my husband and I decided it was time to detox a little from sugar! So we are doing one month with no "extra sugar" like desserts, candy, soda, etc. For me that also means no diet soda which I am completely addicted to! We're on day 5, and both surviving :-)

 

Did you figure out the fib? Well, if you know anything about me or read my profile you know that I lived overseas for 5 years and have traveled many places around the world....so I have definitely been on a few airplanes! I truly have never gotten a speeding ticket, or even pulled over for speeding! I just like going the speed limit! And, yes I went bungee jumping when I was 14. I was vacationing with my friend and her family in South Padre, and we did it. I told my parents afterwards. Better to ask forgiveness than permission. :-)