Glittery Pumpkins!

How about another "Pinspiration??" I pinned this apple idea from Kindergarten Smiles awhile ago....

...a little too late to do with our apples unit, so I adapted it to fit with our Fall/Pumpkin theme.

 I have to admit, my students have not used their white glue much at all this year...I've "stuck" (ha ha!) mainly with glue sticks to keep it simple, so this was good practice.  And who doesn't love glitter??? Thanks for checking in and have a great day!

Centers and a book of potions!!

Hello! We are certainly experiencing fall weather here in MN! It's been chilly and rainy the past couple of days. We had a short week and a long 4 day weekend....love it! I snapped a couple of pictures of my class involved in some fall activities...

The children have to count the correct number of leaves to put on each tree.

For this activity, the children just roll the die and collect the number of pumpkins rolled. When the pumpkins are gone, they count to see who collected more.

AND....since today was my day off and it was chilly and rainy outside, I thought it was a good day to catch up on a couple of creative projects....

I stamped a Halloween card...

Made a book of potions (inspired by this):

And filled a few jars for my mantle....

All I need now is a cup of hot chocolate to top off my day. = )

Thanks for checking in and have a great weekend!

Fall and Halloween I SPY bottles...

Hello again! I am still at home this week while my hubby recovers from surgery...so I thought I'd work on a few fun things for my classroom! Last year, I printed these great free Fall and Halloween themed "word walls" from Teacher Bits and Bobs.  (I've tried searching their blog for the direct link, but it says the page is not available....you may find other great word walls you can use for this as well.) I printed them full size to use in my writing center, but thought it would be fun to turn them into I Spy bottles, too.

I printed the pictures at a smaller scale to put inside the bottle.  The children can cross off the pictures as they find them on the larger sheet...I printed a few of them full size and will laminate them.

I absolutely LOVE making the colored rice to put in these bottles! I made purple for the Halloween bottle and orange for the Fall bottle. I used Gatorade bottles; they are very sturdy!

The children love this activity! Here it is in action:

Thanks for checking in and have a great day!

October Stamp and Count Pages

I started using stamp and count pages last year, around Valentine's Day. Walmart has Studio G stamps and stamp pads for $1.00 in their scrapbook aisle. They've had quite a few seasonal items over the past few months.

I picked up a couple of stamps to make October themed stamp and count pages. I like using the smaller stamp pads for individual projects like this.

Thanks for checking in and have a great day!

Favorite Halloween Books Linky Party!

Hey! I thought it would be fun to share my favorite Halloween books....I'm joining the Linky Party at First Grade Found Me.

Here are my top picks:

My ALL TIME FAVORITE has to be Big Pumpkin....LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the repetition of the text and the catchy tune to this one! I used the cassette with this book for years....now I finally have the digital version of the story.

My next favorite is Room on the Broom. FUN for rhyming and a good story of friendship...It's so much fun to read this one aloud...I usually read it more than once!

A great Halloween book for math is 10 Timid Ghosts. I first read this book to my son as a preschooler and now use it in my classroom.

My last pick is The Night Before Halloween. I have several of The Night Before...series and love them all.

Be sure to check out all of the other great Halloween books at the Linky Party! Thanks for checking in!

Apples!

I know I say this almost every time I post...but really...where does the time go? I cannot believe we are already in the last week of September. I am currently taking a little time off from school to help my husband recover from surgery, but  have some apple projects to share with you!

You may recognize some of these ideas from Pinterest...I have a few of them pinned on my September board. The craft project on the top left is from a book I've had for a few years...the bottom left Johnny Appleseed activity is from Musings of Me.  We did the whole scientific method process for our sink/float experiment and the graph shows the predictions of the students. You should have heard the shock and surprise when they found out apples float!!! Fun! Another reason I love kindergarten!!! Thanks for checking in and have a great day!

Bus Graph

Hello! Here's an update on our week...
We did a short unit on bus safety and made this graph:

It was our first Zero the Hero Day!

We started adding names to our word wall. As each child takes his/her turn to be calendar helper for the day, we add his/her name. I have 13 students in my class, so it will take 13 days for everyone's name to be added. Each day we spell the name, talk about how many letters there are, compare it to other names that begin with the same letter, etc.

Thanks for checking in and have a good weekend!