Showing posts with label Penny Stamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penny Stamp. Show all posts

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Penny Stamps Makeover!

The other day the children were working on numbers and number sets and they asked me for more "penny stamps" and I told them I had to make them and would bring them to school the next day. I didn't have a good collection of water or coke bottle tops so I began digging in my secret stash of tricks. I found foam geometric shapes I had previously purchased at Target Dollar Spot. I bought them to go in my Counting Jar when we were learning about geometric solids. I realized the bag had fifty shapes in it and I would not really need fifty in my counting jar. I decided to use the shapes instead of bottle tops this time around. I have to say I like the new improved version so I guess the new name would have to be "Double Penny Stamps!" Either way you look at it these are a lot cheaper than any stamps you will find in a store. If you need additional information on the original "Penny Stamps" please use the search feature on my blog sidebar. 
And I had a special request from ESMERALDA in my class to make a recording page. I wanted to share it with you. By clicking on the link it will take you to two free recording pages for your "Penny Stamps." I hope you and your class enjoy them as much as we are. I would love your feedback if you have time. On a recent trip to Target these shapes were still available. 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Mouse Count!

Mouse Count
When I think of the beginning of Kindergarten and especially the beginning of Math in Kindergarten, I think of Mouse Count. If you use Investigations I bet you are thinking the same thing too. I found some cute cat toys at Dollar Tree and snatched them up to put in my love of all loves... my counting jar. I have loved to count things since I was in Kindergarten. Which brings me to my next point, the now famous penny stamps. I have had so many emails about what I call a penny stamp. Basically a penny stamp is a small craft foam shape stuck on the top a a bottle top. Since you can get a bag of foam shapes at Dollar Tree with over one hundred pieces in it you can make 100 stamps. I call them penny stamps because they cost about a penny to make and I just love them! Which brings me to the last point. If you have the book and read it, have your mice and count them, use your stamps and make a mouse penny stamp then you gotta go the extra mile and record what is inside of that counting jar, right? Yep, so I made a handy recording page and you can get it right here at TpT for free!

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