Crayons for Students

Hello! Like many other teachers out there, I am already thinking about "back to school!" I do enjoy the extra time in the summer to be creative with cards, scrapbooks, and craft projects. I used old crayon pieces to make happy face crayons to give my students when they come to our August parent teacher confernces.

I used my candle warmer to melt broken pieces of crayons. While one was melting, I had another color on deck, ready to go. The most time-consuming part of this project was peeling the crayons!

I poured the melted crayons into a happy face candy mold. It only takes about 15 minutes for them to cool enough to pop out. I teach in a Catholic school, so I thought I do something along the "Jesus loves you" theme. I will probably add some cuteness like coloring or a ribbon and a personal note to the students from me. I just put this one together quick to give you an idea. Thanks for looking and have a super day!

Looking back on fun projects...

Bubble Prints

Painted noodle necklaces

Turkey patterns

Monarch Headbands...our state butterfly.

Thought I'd share a few projects I did with my class this past year. Thanks for looking! = )

Fall Leaf Math Center

I'm sure many of  you are familiar with Mrs. Lee's awesome center ideas. I created a fall leaf center based on some of her ideas. I printed out leaves on colored card stock. I added stickers for the children to count. The goal for this center is for the children to count the stickers and print the correct number.

I also made this corresponding activity sheet; the children color the leaf to match the one they chose, then write the correct number in the square.

This is just a snapshot of the document, not a download... : )

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sports Bag Letter

Just trying this to see if I can get it to work. I am sharing a picture of the letter for my sports bag. I originally wrote about some of my homework bags quite awhile ago, and would like to share some of the pages I have made. Thanks for looking! Here is a screen shot of the document:

What we've been working on...

Hello! I thought I'd share a few classroom photos of things we've been working on in the past month or so. Of course, we've been working on all kinds of patterns.

I am using the "Zero the Hero" packet from Kinder Lit. Here are a few of our first few "Zero" projects:



We did M&M graphing.


And we made a scarecrow glyph.




I also have some fun October games and activities available for the children to use during free time; we made this candy corn art project. They look really cute hanging from our ceiling.




Hope you enjoyed a glimpse into my classroom. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Classroom Party!

Hi! I thought it'd be fun to link to this party at Kindergarten...Kindergarten! I've had so much fun looking at all of the creative classrooms out there. Teachers are great at sharing! Here a few photos of my room:


This is our "build a word center." I have magnetic letters in the container on the shelf, sorted by letter.


This shelf holds our math manipulatives, math books, and file folder games/activities related to math.



A picture of our birthday graph....


Here are some of my classroom pointers for the children to use for Read the Room. Right now I have the children's names in the pocket chart.

This is our reading area...I also have some pillows and reading buddies for the children to use.
This is a suitcase in our dramatic play area...it holds dress up clothes. I have a very small classroom. Our elementary students moved into the high school building, so I just have an average size classroom...no sink or bathroom, although they are close by. My dramatic play area is kind of small, so the suitcase helps me keep everything in a small area.

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed seeing a little bit of my classroom. Feel free to browse around my blog for other classroom ideas! Have a great day!

DJ Inkers and a few more pics...

Hello! I entered a contest at DJ Inkers a few weeks ago. I LOVE their clip art!! I didn't win the contest, but thought I'd share a pic of my entry:


I made cards for the pocket chart that show our "special" classes for the day, like Music and P.E. That way the children can see what we have when they come in the morning. I laminated the sentence strips so I can use a dry erase marker to fill in the time of the classes. You will find all kind of fun ideas if you visit the DJ Inkers website!