Tattle Tale!

Source: gigglesgalorenmore.blogspot.com via Little Miss Kindergarten on Pinterest

Source: gigglesgalorenmore.blogspot.com via Little Miss Kindergarten on Pinterest

Boy was this the topic of discussion last week on the playground... When I ran across this I HAD to post this one. I saw this and loved it on Growing Kinders. I had no idea so many people knew about this and had pinned it. I want one so bad I am seriously thinking of just removing the Kleenex and getting out the craft supplies as soon as I run to my room tomorrow! I might have a few of these visible during Kinder conferences... hmmmm. 

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

KELLY B AKA Queen B! You are the winner of the GIVEAWAY! Shoot me an email to claim your prize! 

Halloween Phonological Fun!

Here's a quick game that you can make in a flash to be ready for some Halloween fun. 

You will need:

A seasonal bag or bucket

Sentence strips or index cards with names of your children printed on them

Music 

Music player

How to play:

Start the music and have the children pass the bucket around. When the music stops, the person holding the bucket pulls a name out of the bucket and shows the group. Everyone says the name that is printed on the card and then the class claps the syllables in the name. The game continues until all names are pulled. I LOVE this game and we have had so much fun with it. And I love the easy prep! 

A special thanks goes out to CW in my district for providing us with engaging and fun ways to meet the needs of our children. 

Are You Flipping?

Are you flipping or flipping out? 

Join me to find ways to flip your classroom! 

Right now you can sign up and get a discount to the expo! This expo is presented by four of my favorite teacher bloggers that have shaped my teaching this year and these four teachers provided me with a full summer of inspiration and motivation through their mentoring and blogging. 

If you register now you will get the pre registration discounted price! But what is more exciting than that is the expo GOODIE BAG that is filled with goodies you can take back to your classroom and use right away. This expo is filled with topics that will transform your way of thinking and help you flip your classroom to benefit you and your students! The expo topics include:

Buckets of Fun: Creative Teaching Tips to Splash Excitement into Your School Day

Organizing for Effectiveness

Surviving Response to Intervention (RTI)

Beyond Flipping Cards... Creating a Classroom of Independent Learners

These are some of the most critical components to meeting the needs of the children in your classroom! 

The best part is... You attend the expo events from home - no travel required! You can watch a video of our speakers and view their presentation on any number of devices - your computer, your iPad and even your phone! Even your phone? Well, how fabulous is that? With each unique Expo, you get access to our phenomenal speakers. That means direct access to their presentation, ideas and you have a link to ask questions on their websites. Right away you can apply or dig deeper about what you learn. You attend when it's convenient for you! 

I hope you join me and my teaching friends for the November 12th Expo! You may get your pre registration tickets HERE. And I hope to hear your fabulous ideas, tips and tricks that you have learned about how to flip your classroom instead of... flipping out! 

Your friend in teaching and learning, 

Thank YOU Sale!

I am having a Thank YOU Sale this weekend in both my TpT store and Teachers Notebook stores just as a small way of thanking you for your support, kind words, feedback and inspiration. I am so blessed to be a part of your teacher collaboration.  

Recently Added To My Stores! 

For more information and to read about subitizing click here. What a great way for a quick review! 

Happy Fall Bulletin Board

We had tons of fun making these plants, plant parts and scarecrows! We finally got the bulletin board up just before we start looking at animal parts. We have had tons of fun getting down and dirty with some fall growing. 

Thank YOU Sale!

I am having a Thank YOU Sale this weekend in both my TpT store and Teachers Notebook stores just as a small way of thanking you for your support, kind words, feedback and inspiration. I am so blessed to be a part of your teacher collaboration. 

EXPO News

I wanted to share this exciting news with you as soon as I got it. I will post specific details tomorrow! I just wanted to post this flier as soon as I could after having lots of trouble getting anything to post. I hope you join me in participating in the next expo. I am so excited about "flipping my classroom". You can find more information and register at virtualteachingexpo.com ! And when you visit that link you will see the four FABULOUS presenters! I have gained so much knowledge from these ladies and their incredible blogs. 

Top 50! Best Early Education Blog

Just got home only to find this little award in my mailbox! 

A Little Something FREE!

Hello friends, 

I have just added something fun for the week for FREE on my TpT store. Be sure you grab it quick because it will only be free for a week! OM~gosh... it is so cute you have to go grab it! Have a great week and if you are feeling real Kinder friendly please leave feedback! 

Feature Teacher Esmeralda!

This week we have been having some milestones in Kindergarten so we had to share with a little video. The "teacher" in the video is Esmeralda, barely as tall as a yardstick, standing on a step ladder to reach the document camera, ready to show the class her newly mastered skill VPM! Great job Esmeralda! 

November Number Corner!

I have had lots of emails about the October Number Corner post from a few days ago and one of the most popular questions was teachers asking what my pattern would be for November. I finally decided I would use the book Setting the Turkeys Free for some inspiration because I LOVE this book. So, here is my plan... I am going to paint the children's hands with the palm brown and each finger a different color. The hand prints will be turkeys and I will just substitute the turkeys for the butterflies that is posted on the Bridges Blog for Number Corner. So basically I am following all of the advice part of the Number Corner but just changing the butterflies to turkeys. My turkeys will be put in the positions just like the butterflies they use. I will also back each turkey with a color pattern that will be determined by my class. Just click HERE if you would like to follow along and see the Bridges Blog for more information! 

Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act!

The Senate has taken on the "Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act." Send an E-mail to your senators, and urge them to stand up for teachers, police officers and firefighters by voting for the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act! 

Please click HERE for more information! 

Number Corner October

I hesitated posting these photos because the quality of the photos were not that great. I have had some requests for the post so here we go! We followed our calendar pattern ABB and through tons of discussions we decided to make pumpkins with our hand prints and then add the pattern elements to that. Our pumpkin leaf was little, big, big and our pumpkin face color was black, yellow, yellow. 

We used pre cut shapes to save time on this part because we spend so much time discussing and correcting our patterns as we go. I have learned that when the children are working on the calendar pieces and they can't see them all together, it is hard for them to visualize the pattern or patterns. It is hard for me also. We have had to go back to the calendar pocket chart and put the pieces in to see if we are correctly making the pattern. Doing this takes some time but the conversations and discussions are powerful problem solving discussions and believe it or not, the children fully take part in the problem solving process. 

Using the pocket chart as you finish each step has been very helpful. So after we painted our pumpkins and then added leaves we put our pieces in the calendar pocket chart. We discussed the pattern for the faces while the unfinished cards were in the pocket chart and then we added the faces. We have done this so many times that the children can set up the calendar with minimal help. I have also learned that starting two weeks before the end of the month is also helpful especially when you are adding two or three different pattern elements. 

If you are looking for more information to plan for November Number Corner in Kindergarten you can see the Advice for November information here. I found this information on the Bridges Blog. I LOVE the calendar pieces they offer and have used them in the past. You can get those calendar markers free so if you are running short on time, you can use those markers! When we make our own markers we use the calendar markers from the Bridges Blog just like a flash card. You can also use those markers to sequence numbers because they are perfect for that. And what about letting the children put the markers in the calendar OVER your existing markers as practice? I think I am giving that one a try! 

If you love Number Corner as much as I do and have info or photos to share I hope you write to me! I would love to see what you do inside of your classroom. 

Just A Little Giveaway!

Welcome to our little GIVEAWAY! Each winner will have the opportunity to select an item from each of our TpT or Teachers Notebook stores! How fun is that? That's FIVE products in all. Best of all, you have 11 chances to win. 

Here is how:

Follow each blog and comment stating that you do. And that counts as FIVE entries. 

Follow each store and leave a comment stating that you do. And that counts as FIVE entries.

Blog about the giveaway and leave a link in your comment. That counts as another entry! 

Five lucky winners, one from each blog, will be announced October 28th! 

Are YOU ready? 

(no need to have a blog to play)


The Little Miss Kindergarten TpT store!





The Creative Apple TpT store! 

Ashleigh's TpT store! 

Tales of Frogs and Cupcakes Teachers Notebook store!

Mandy's TpT store! 

Sensory Integration Help!

Source: countingcoconuts.blogspot.com via Beth on Pinterest

In class we have been working on our Science Center makeover and putting on the final touches before moving on to the next area that needs a makeover and I keep looking at my sand and water table that is really just a table at this point. I have wondered what I could do with it. I have searched for inspiration. I have asked every teacher I know what mysterious objects are hiding under their sand and water table top? It seems that we tend to overlook some areas of development because there is so much focus on other areas in order to prepare our children to move on to the next level. But I wonder how could we combine a sensory table and some letter identification, letter sounds or maybe even some syllable practice? 

Freebies!

Stop by this Freebie Friday and grab all of your goodies!