Magnets

During our last full week of school (last week) I got out the magnets for us to explore.  The first day, I gave the children a pile of things on their table to explore with.  That’s all we did!  We just experimented with how things stuck to the magnets and what things around our classroom [...]

Another Morning Message

Please tell me if you’re getting tired of seeing my Morning Message posts!   I’m trying to post them so you can get ideas and also so I don’t forget what I can use next year! I introduced simple Sudoku puzzles this week and I put an easy one in the MM to see if [...]

Clocks

Check out these clocks I got at IKEA for $2.99 each.  We chose China because we have a sister school there.  Ireland because one of my students’ family lives there and India because our principal is from there. I know they are out of order time wise, but I wanted to get them up there! [...]

LEGO minifigure crayons

My 7 year old is having his birthday on Saturday and it’s LEGO themed (his favorite!).  When I was searching for some ideas about games we could play at his party, I came across this idea to make LEGO minifigure crayons.  They can be done the old way–in the oven, but I had a silicone [...]

Jack and the Beanstalk

I found this great website that has an awesome version of Jack and the Beanstalk available for my K kids to watch.  They love it (and love the accent too!) and have watched it many times.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/stories/misc-jackandthebeanstalk/ There are also other stories on this site that your children can watch! Kristen

Promethian Boards

I’m soooooo excited!  I just found out that all the classrooms in my building will be getting Promethian Boards next school year!  So my question is…for those of you who have them, what are your favorite things to use them for?  I know about the Promethian Planet site, but where else do you look for [...]

Centers

At the end of each Kindergarten day, my students have the opportunity to go to our Discovery Centers–where they can discover new things.  Here is a picture showing each of my centers and how the children know which centers to go to.  My assistant and I stand by these cabinets everyday for the first 2-3 [...]

Bird feeder Visitors

We have four bird feeders right outside our classroom window and we’ve had some fun visitors in the past few days: This crazy squirrel hung there forever and the kids were so excited to see him! This red cardinal stayed for a few minutes, but caught the attention of everyone! Kristen

More Morning Messages

Here are a few more of our “new” style Morning Messages…again, sometimes all you have to do is ask!  I was running out of new ideas to introduce or practice (mainly because it’s the end of the school year) and so I asked the kids what they would like to practice… Here is another of [...]

The Quails have arrived!

Our quails have hatched and are “cute as a button” thus their name, “Button Quail”!    They are adorable and it will be sad to see them go tomorrow.  Here are some pictures of the fearless first being born (his name is Indy because he was born in Indianapolis, is fast like an Indy Car [...]