Lighting up our Names

This cute activity really brightened up our hallway. I wish I could hang them in the classroom from the ceiling, but that luxury was taken away this year :(

The students cut out a variety of colored bulbs, they had to count the letters in their name and cut out that many. They added tin foil to the top.  We wrote their names, one letter on each bulb.  Students traced the letters with glue, added some glitter, some string, and we ended up with these. :) ENJOY!

Lighting the Tree

Just created a center for my lovely Kinders.  This one has 20 bare trees, with a number in the star.  They need to place a specific number of lights on the tree, matching the number shown in the star. The trees go up to the # 20 and there are three different sheets of colored bulbs.  Check it out on TPT if you are interested... 

Lighting The Tree

ENJOY! :)

Elf on the Shelf Tears

Oh my... We started our Elf on the Shelf this week, and if you have done this you know the rule.  DO NOT TOUCH THE ELF!  Of course there are always certain students that have to "test" and see what they can get away with... and of course that happened.  HOLY TEARS! The students were crying that a student touched him and he couldn't return home.

So what to do??!!  Well I couldn't take him away from the whole class, so I came up with this poem and made it look like he wrote it out (very small scribbled writing... harder to do than I thought haha)  I figured it would look more realistic if it was written out.... otherwise you could always place him at the computer to make it look like he was typing it.

Either way, here is the poem I wrote (he wrote):



Please stop touching me,
It made me so sad.
I couldn't fly home,
and miss Mom and Dad.

You have all been so good,
so please let me be.
I want to tell Santa
All that I see.

If you don't touch me
My magic can grow.
Then at night...
to the North Pole I'll go!

Sincerely,
(name of your elf)


Hope this helps...ENJOY!

Halloween Four Corners

Halloween Four Corners

Halloween is almost here!  I have created a quick and easy game that anyone can use in any classroom.  Just click the link above.  It is a wonderful time filler/saver that students ask to play again and again! ENJOY!!

The Dollar Tree Strikes Again!

I swear I just can't walk out of that store with spending under $10... but my "findings" today were well worth the money spent.  THE DOLLAR TREE HAS JUMPING BEANS!  I may have let out a squeal when I saw them.  If you are not familiar with Jumping Beans, you need to check them out; Mexican Jumping Beans. Sounds kinda gross but they are oh so neat and interesting. :)  Happy Friday!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom has taken over our room! The students LOVED reading this favorite with me. I created this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree for a Word Work activity.  I used thick cardboard cores, painted it with magnetic primer, spray painted it brown, put an umbrella on top, and glued on some fleece leafs.  The students LOVE sitting under it to read, or using the magnetic letters to build words on the trunk.

Hats, hats, wonderful hats!  After reading the story students made their Chicka Chicka Boom Boom hats.  I had the patterns pre-traced.  Students had to cut them out and stamp their names on each of the leafs.

 

ENJOY!

Just A Quick Note

Like so many others, I have switched grades this year.  I am now back to being a Kindergarten Teacher!!  YAAAAY... but I do miss First Grade too!  This blog will remain First Grade Exploration, because it is just easier. But, I will be posting my Kindergarten ideas... as I continue to get settled in. :)