Graduation Picture Frame Freebies!!!!

Hi Friends!!
I'm getting ready to wrap things up!!! My last day of school is next Wednesday, the 22nd. While I'm excited for Summer-the anxiety of getting everything ready before then is almost more than I can take!! Ahhhhhhhh!! Slideshows, portfolios, report cards, keepsake boxes....the list goes on and on....
Anyway-Here is a little something I made to include in my keepsake boxes.
It's a little frame:) Just print, cut out the inside-slap a picture in the back and you're ready to go:) These frames will hold a 4x6 photo. You may choose to laminate also:)
 ((Look at the little GIRL warrior I made!!! Just put some pigtails on her!! LOVE!!!!))

I figured there were probably some of people out there that might like these frames...but, most of you wouldn't want a warrior on them! Ha! Sooooo....I made some for you:) There are plenty of color choices AND there are Pre-K AND Kindergarten options:) Just click on the picture below and you will be able to download all of the color and grade options!;) Hope you enjoy!!!!

Thanks to Ashley Hughes for the AMAZINGLY ADORABLE clipart:)

Seeds, Flowers, and a Garden of Math and Literacy Centers

I'm a little behind!!! Trying to catch up on posts!!  We did our plant unit a few weeks back.  On the first day of our unit, I like to give them a lima bean. We talk about the different parts of a lima bean and we do a little exploration of our bean.

I found these FABULOUS FREEEEE printables a few years ago at aimsedu.org!!! Click on the picture below for a direct link to these printables!!

After some seed exploration, it's time to "plant" our seeds. Each child gets three lima beans. They put them between a napkin and give the napkin a few squirts with the spray bottle.  The napkin is then placed in a plastic baggie. Be sure to leave the bag open so than air can get in!!

Next, we staple the bag to the back of our sprout houses!! I made these little sprout houses to display our seeds in. Makes it easy to see who's seeds are whose and just adds a bit of cuteness to it:)  You can click on either of the pictures below to grab a free copy of my sprout houses.

Well, let me just tell you that I made my little sprout houses and thought they were so cute and fun and was excited to  offer them as a freebie and THE VERY SAME WEEK I hopped on over to Kindergarten Crayons and guess what?!?! Fran had a Sprout house too...and I'm pretty sure it's way cuter than mine!!!! Ha!!! So, go check hers out too!;)

The next day, after we plant our beans-I read Jack & the Beanstalk. I don't have a copy of this book-so, I asked teachers around my school if I could borrow a copy of theirs. Well, if you decide to read Jack and the Beanstalk to your Kinders-BE CAREFUL which version you choose!!!!! Good thing I previewed this book before I read it!!!!!  Ha!!!!

After we read the book we did this writing activity. Would you climb the beanstalk???

Then we made this adorable craftivity!! You can get this super cute craft and writing prompt from Laura Martin at Peace Love and First Grade!! Soooo cute! ;) Thanks, Laura!

I LOVE this adorable little book called Tops and Bottoms!!

Here is the anchor chart that we made to go with the book! I got this idea from First Grade Fever!

I also snagged this freebie from  Plants Press!!

Here are a few of the centers we did this week. You can find ALL of these centers in my Growing a Garden of Math & Literacy Centers Pack!!!

Measurment:

Quantities to 20

Number Bonds-Here's an example of the differentiation that you will always find in my centers packs. The above/on level student get this:

My approaching level students match the number bond to the ten frame (matching colors) The dots help them to see what the number sentence will be. There are 6 dots-how many more do you need to make 10?

Adding and subtracting:

 counting syllables....it's funny how adding a pair of garden gloves to clap your syllables with can make this center soooooo much more fun and exciting! ;)

 Building sentences:

The BIGGEST sale of the Year is Finally here!!!! (& some new stuff:)

I'm sure by now EVERYONE knows about the amazing TPT sale that is going on over the next couple of days:)

Yep, it's a Teacher Appreciation sale and I appreciate you so, so much!!! You can enjoy 20% off of ALL of my items!!! If you use the code TAD13 you will receive an additional 8% off!!!!! 

Yahooooo!!! 28% off?!? Can't beat that!!! So, make sure you stock up now!!!

(Thanks, Hope at 2nd Grade Shenanigan's for the cutest sign EVER:)

Here are just a few of my new and/or newly revised items:)

Many of you asked.....so, here it is!!!! Erin Eberhart from Eberhart's Explorers and I decided to bundle our Homework packs for you!! These usually run at $8 a pack! We have bundled them for $64 for all TEN packs!!!! That's right!!! You will receive ten packs (June will be coming soon)...That's like getting 2 packs for free!!! BUT WAIT!!!!!

You get another 28% off of that!!!!! That's  like getting almost 4 packs for FREEE!!!! What a deal!!!

Click on the pic to check out this FAB bundle!!!

Our Homework bundles have actually caused many requests!!!!

Each monthly homework pack contains a monthly family project!!! Some teachers have just been interested in the projects and were wondering if we would bundle those seperately....well, sure!!!!! I think these would be FABULOUS for a Pre-K classroom!!!  Such a cute, fun little family homework project!!

This packet is posted in Erin's store! So, click on over to check it out!!!

Here are a couple examples from the packets....

October is "Pumpkins on Parade" Don't you just LOVE the Little Old Lady Pumpkin?!?

December is "You Can't Catch Me!" a Disguise your gingerbread man project!

November is "shake your tail feathers!"

and for March the kiddos make leprechaun traps....

Also, included in our earlier packets are letter homework pages. We had MANY requests to bundle the letter pages together into their own pack....So, we did!!!! AND, we added a bit more to this one:)  This pack has everything you need to review letters, teach letters, make a letter dictionary, practice handwriting, get your students' tongue twisted, or incorporate into a Literacy Work Station.

Click on the picture below to visit Erin's store and check this out!

My class had a BLAST with my baseball Math and Literacy unit!!!! This is SUCH a fun Springtime unit!!! AND it includes TONS of activities for your little boys and even some for your girlie girls too:)

 I also just revised my handprint calendar pack!!! This makes the CUTEST parent gift that you have EVER seen!!! It now includes calendars for 2014 and will be continually updated for you to download again and again each year:)

And here is my newest pack of math and literacy centers:) As always, it includes many different options for you to differentiate and make every center work for every student:)

 Happy Shopping, you fabulous teachers, you!!!!!!

Best Earth Day Experiment EVER!!!!!!

Need an experiment for this week?? I LOVE this Earth Day Experiment!!!! It is such an amazing hands-on activity and GREAT visual for the kids to see just exactly what reducing and recycling means!!!
First we read this book that you can find in my "Where does Garbage go?" pack.  This book talks about how when you throw trash "away"-it doesn't really go away!! It explains the difference between dumps and landfills. It also talks about things you can do to help...

Here is one of the pages from the book:

The book gets the kids thinking about what they can do to help.

There is also an activity in the pack where kids can sort different household items that they can recycle every day.

Last, there is a cute activity about tires. Did you know that tires take up TONS of space and can sit in a dump for thousands of years and NEVER break down??? This activity tells them ways that tires can be recycled.

So, then comes the experiment. To begin, each group gets a "Tiny Landfill" filled with tires.

The kiddos are given a marker and told to smash up their tires.

Wow!!!! Look how we've reduced the amount of tires that we had!!!!!!

Now, we take what's left of our tires, mix in a couple of other ingredients, mix it all together and......

Make a road!!!!!!!

 Here are all of our roads!!! Isn't that AMAZING?!?:) The kids think so!!! AND, they've reduced and recycled!!!!

Here is some of our learning:

Check out this experiment and all of the other activities in this packet! Just click on the picture below!!

 Happy Earth Day!!

My Very First EVER Five For Friday!!! ;)

 Hello there!!! I'm so excited to do my very first ever Five for Friday!! Although, I've popped in and hopped around and read some before, I've never participated! Soooo, here goes.....

#1 Here is a quick photo I snapped of one of my bulletin boards today. It's not the best picture...taken with my phone:) This is a TLC-type craft where we made our favorite baseball player-Yadier Molina!!! Go Cards!!! You can find this project in my baseball Unit and customize it for any Pro Baseball Player:) Check out my previous posts that tell ALL about my baseball unit:)

 Here is a picture of Finn! I just ordered this hilarious little diaper cover for him!!! LOVE it!!!!! Go Cards again!!!! :)

Here is Finny on his first ever mushroom hunt!!! We live out in the woods. This picture was taken on our property. Can you see the Morel poking up from behind the log?;)

It's about that time of year!!! This past week we did our plant unit and next week we will be doing our insect unit! This experiment is the PERFECT little activity for both units!!! It's a cute little science experiment using cheetos and bee finger puppets to teach pollinatin! It's been my top selling product for the past couple of weeks! Click on the image below to check it out!

This picture was not taken this week....but, I've been dying to share it and never got around to it!! We had a day at school where we had to dress as our favorite story book character...PETE!!!! Who else???? We got the idea for these costumes HERE from Hello Literacy!!!! Aren't they awesome!!! The  dude on the left is Mr. Hempen!!! He's an individual aide in my class this year and is just AWESOME!!! He is so handy and helpful and crafty...yes, crafty!!! I just showed him the picture of the shoes and he whipped them right up out of poster board!!!! He also made his own "Groovy Buttons" shirt!! Just got a yellow T-shirt and cut it up the middle. Then, he sewed some groovy buttons on it! Genius!!!!! I'm going to miss Mr. Hempen soooooo much!!!! He's leaving us May first. Got a job at a prison teaching inmates. He will be GREAT-but it will be a sad last couple weeks of Kinder without him!! :(

Hope you enjoyed my Very first Ever Five For Friday!!! TGIF!!!!