10,000 Followers Celebration!

 

Wow! I'm so thrilled to have reached 10,000 followers on TpT! It's an honor to know that so many parents and teachers have faith in my resources for their kids' education! To show my appreciation, I'll be celebrating with a sale this weekend and a giveaway here on my blog!

Everything in my TpT store will be 20% off 2/20-2/22!

Enter below for a chance to win one of these prizes: $25 Target Gift Card, $25 Starbucks Gift Card, or $20 TpT store credit at my store!

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Groundhog Day Activities

I've never really done anything with the kids for Groundhog Day, but this year I thought I'd round up some fun ideas to try! Anytime we can mix things up a bit with a fun theme, the kids are more engaged and excited about school.

First, I created this new freebie that you can grab HERE in my TpT store. It's a 120 chart mystery picture of a cute little groundhog!

 

I love this cute snack idea from www.we-made-that.com You could prepare it beforehand, or bring in the ingredients and have a lesson on measuring and mixing! 

 

 

Here is a cute class graph you can make, free from Miss Kindergarten!

 

 

 

My girls LOVE coloring pictures, so I always try to find them some color by code pages so at least I feel like they are practicing something along with coloring. :)

 

For these pages from Sight & Sound Reading, you need to sign up for a mailing list, but they are free.

 



 

This is another freebie, a cute informational emergent reader from KidSparkz. 

 

 

And finally, I love these craft ideas, compiled on Crafty Morning.

 



Secret Santa Blog Hop

Today I'm joining my friends at The Elementary Entourage for our Secret Santa Blog Hop!! So...I wasn't actually able to participate in the Secret Santa part, because my family lives overseas, and sending and receiving packages is super expensive and not very reliable! But, I am excited to read about all the other fun gifts that everyone received!

And I would love to share with you a few freebies I have in my store, along with a GIVEAWAY for a $20 TpT Gift Certificate!

Click on the pictures to see some fun penguin freebies that you can have ready for back to school in January.

     

Enter below for a chance to win a little Christmas gift to yourself - $20 to TpT to spend in anyone's store!

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Grinch Party

Last year the kids and I had "Grinch Party" where we watched the original cartoon, and had some grinchy snacks. This year I'd like to expand it to a "Grinch Day" and include more fun activities! So, I've been looking around and here are some great ideas that I've found to include in our "Grinch Day!"

Of course you start with the book and watch the movie at some point during the day!
(Click the pictures below to grab them from Amazon if you need a copy!)

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Grinch Kabobs - This is one we did last year and the kids loved it! You can have all the ingredients ready, and let the kids assemble their own Grinch kabobs on a toothpick. 

Of course you have to have a drink! You can use a lemon-lime soda (or koolaid) and add green food coloring, or you can throw in some lime sherbet for a little more of a sweet treat!

Pin the Heart on the Grinch Game

Grinch Dust - Students can also make their own Grinch dust by shaking up some sugar and green food coloring in a Ziploc bag. Then add the directions (found online) to the top!

Play Doh Challenge - Divide the class into groups and give each group a set of materials (playdoh, buttons, cotton, string, etc.) and have each group make their best representation of the Grinch. Then have all the students vote on the best one!

And finally, to incorporate some writing into your day, you can do this cute craftivity where the students write about a way they would make the Grinch grin! What a cute bulletin board display.

{I only found this picture as an image online, so I apologize for not giving a link or credit to anyone!}



Gingerbread Man Free Activities

Today I'm sharing with you 7 FREE activities in this fun Gingerbread Man Activity Pack. Included are an emergent reader, color by code pictures, math practice and more!

Click the pictures below to download!

These are taken from my larger Gingerbread Man Pack which you can find HERE!

These pages are great to work on after reading a gingerbread story. Here are some of our favorites:

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Thanksgiving Activities: Turkey Time!

This week was all about turkeys! We started off by reading Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. Such a cute book! Then we spent the week doing all kinds of fun turkey activities incorporating math, language arts, science, and art!

We summarized the story using this freebie from Rowdy in Room 300.

and did this free sequencing activity  from Kimberly Miner.

I made up 5 sentences about the story, then cut them up and paper clipped each sentence together with a number on it. Then I recorded myself reading the sentence correctly onto my phone, and the kids listened to the recording while putting the sentence together in the pocket chart.



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Of course we had to disguise our own turkeys! This is the first year we tried it and I love how they turned out. 

We made a Can-Have-Are chart to learn about real turkeys. I just cut the head and feathers from construction paper and glued them on the back. 

For some math fun, we did some color by addition pages, and also this activity from Miss Kindergarten called My Turkey Family. We practiced drawing turkeys and got some practice skip counting as well!

Something I love doing with the kids is directed drawing. We've only done a few, mostly because I keep forgetting, but we got one in this week. They are great for kids to practice listening, following directions, and learning some basic art skills. Here is one for a cartoon turkey from Art Projects for Kids. Click the picture to visit her blog and get a free pdf tutorial. 

Here is how ours turned out!

I love how festive our wall looks now with all our turkey stuff!