We are finishing up the year with our Zoo Unit !
I'm taking lots of these activities I Teach K Las Vegas!!
 I hope to see you there!

Last week we had a great time visiting the Santa Ana Zoo!

We learned lots of great Lion Facts to go in our 

"All About Lions Booklet!"

We used a Glossary, Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers to have lots of interesting facts to write about! I was so proud of my kiddos with how much they could write at this time of the year.

These darling Zookeepers were used for

 book covers and paper dolls.

We also used our thinking maps to write about giraffes. 

Did you know giraffes sleep standing up?

Under the Deep Blue Sea!

We all live in a yellow Submarine!

Many of these Ideas can be found in Kinderbykim's Oceans of Fun

Scuba Diver, Scuba Diver What Do You See?

Hand-print  Quilt Glyph!

 Blue water: you like the pool to swim in 

Sand: you like the ocean to swim in

Beads on octopus: is your age

Sequins on fish: you are a girl 

Glitter on fish: you area boy

Our TK made Paper Plate Killer Whales! 

They have writing o the back.

More deep sea adventure coming soon !

May Quilt and Mother's Day Craft!

Just put my May Quilt up! I't makes me feel like Spring!!

I saw this cute butterfly and poem from Franklyspeakingblogspot and had to make it. Our picture frames below went inside! I also have a dear friend's granddaughter in my class and she came and made these sweet little clay bunnies for each one to give their Mommies!

Below is our darling mouse for our Jazzy Math Journal!

Happy Mother's Day weekend! 

Pinwheels and Pets!

Last week I brought out this fun activity that uses pinwheels to practice sight words! Children blow the pinwheel read the word on the top and record it on their "Which way did  your word blow sheet!" (P.S. my little model is a cutie pie!)

Next they use those words to write a story a story on about a frog!

You can find this fun activity in my

 Froggy's Fantastic Sight Word Pack in my TPT store.

Monday we will be doing a unit on Pets.

 Here are a few of my literacy centers for next week.

My Kiddos will complete a "How To" on taking care of a fish and write all about pets in a mini book shaped like a bone. They will make a "puppy pouch" with my parent volunteers to put their dog bone in side! We will label a dog and make a little doggy/ poem to be used as a puppet or a book cover!

They will complete their Sight Word Rock and Roll 

for the week with the "et" family. They use wooden cubes to put onset and rimes together for "et".

I'll post more later this week! 

I'm off to a Sock -Hop with my little ballerina!

Spring Hats!

"Hang on to your hat wherever you are or the wild wind will blow it far!" I posted earlier this week my cuties below in their spring hats! Here is what the bulletin board looks like.

 Too Cute!

This TP roll bee idea I found on Pinterest a few weeks ago. For our "Bug Week" last week I added  a little writing assignment to go inside. My Kiddos made these during literacy centers. 

The yellow paper and black stripes were stapled on for them. 

The rest they did themselves.

These cute lions and snake are from my "Pocket Full of Zoo Fun" make and take! Come see me in Las Vegas for more Zootastic Ideas" 

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One final thank you to all the wonderful teachers who made my two days in New Hampshire so amazing!

Come See Me at the New England PreK-3 Conference!

If your attending my "Take Me to the Zoo" Make and Take be sure to bring scissors, glue  and a mini stapler. I have some darling zoo activities planned that I think you will LOVE! 

Also be sure to check the link on SDE for your handouts.

 I keep adding more goodies for you!

We going to have a great time in my bookmaking session!

 And I'm busy working on Jazzing up your Journal time with lots of  activities to get your kiddos excited to write!

These are just a few of the topics I'll be presenting.

 Looking forward to seeing you all in about a week!

Spring is Here! Literacy Centers for the Week before Vacation!

This week we will be sequencing  a chick hatching and then put it inside a plastic egg. I also put a little fuzzy chick from the dollar stores inside.

Napkin books are so easy and fun!

We will be searching with our magnifying glasses for tiny words. On the back of this page we write a story using the words we found! This is activity is found in my 

Froggy's fantastic Sight Word Pack.

We finished up  our Eric Carle Unit with this flow map and then my Kiddos made a butterfly on  a branch. The branch was a paper towel roll covered with brown paper. 

The Caterpillar flow map went inside!

The butterflies came out so cute!

Last week we also completed our Seahorse

 Opinions and Facts based on Eric Carle's Mister Seahorse.

Enjoy your Day! Happy Spring! 

Kim

We Love Eric Carle Literacy Center Fun!

Here are my independent Literacy Center activities for this week.   We are celebrating  Eric Carle. One of our favorite Kindergarten authors! We actually have so many great activities for Eric Carle we will do a second week of activities with his books.

 Above is what we did with The Mixed Up Chameleon . 

We used tear art, dot paints and markers!

The Honey Bee and the Robber 

is another one of our 

favorite Eric Carle books. 

Of course everyone loves The Very Quiet Cricket!

For Does A Kangaroo, Have a Mother too? 

We made these cute Mamas with their "joey" snug in the pocket. On the back we wrote what our Mother's love to do! 

These are a few of the activities in my 

Eric Carle Themed Literacy Center fun Pack available on TPT. 

I'll post more from this unit soon. 

We are busy enjoying all his amazing books and learning all about 

Eric Carle's special way he creates his art.

A Big Thank You!

I returned yesterday from this wonderful conference in Schaumburg Illinois

Thank you to Kim Adsit, Shari Sloane, 

Andy Adsit and Linnea Evans for being such wonderful friends! 

A Big Hug goes out to all of you who attended my sessions!

I had so much fun seeing so many amazing teachers like Angel and Joan, Angie and Kayln ( I hope I got that right) 

Many thanks to Kathleen Conn for all your friendship and support!

Kim

TPT is Having a SALE! Plus a Creative Depth and Complexity Activity about the Farm!

We are beginning to use "Depth and Complexity Icons" in kindergarten. Here is a fun way we introduced the language on a bulletin board about the farm.

We are learned about the "Language of the Discipline" 

the "Big Idea" and the "Details" about a Farm. 

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 Check out the Teachers are Heroes Sale !

Fancy Farm Open House 2015

Our Open House was very early this year. (I liked it better in May) But what ever time of year we still have a wonderful night! These little sheep were made with a cork and white paint. 

I saw it on Pinterest in several spots but I added some of my own details.We used this for the cover of one of our ordering number booklets. (Coming soon)

I love how these little chicks were made 

with a fork and yellow paint! 

They made a great cover for our 

Rhyming Little Chicks Freebie

I think the these cows are one of my favorites. 

The nose is 3D rolled like a t.p. tube.

These watermelons contain the facts to 10 in a little 

10's frame booklet. 

The pockets are the small paper plates painted and cut in half. 

We glued black beans to the front for seeds.

 My hayride board is not new but it always turns out adorable!

You can get the patterns for my fruits and veggies in

Kinderbykim's Fun on the Farm Pack 

I have more Farm Fun on its way. 

So check back soon!

Kim 

Oink, Moo, Quack the Farm is Back!

Its that time of year again where we begin to transform our room into a farm. We are busy learning all about what goes on at a farm. From the language used for farm animals like cattle and fowl. To terms like agriculture and produce. There is a lot to know if you are a farmer!

 Did you know frozen peas are much better to feed ducks than bread? We learned that bread is like candy for ducks. We wrote about the facts we learned and rolled them inside these little T.P. roll ducklings.

Pigs are my favorite farm animal. There are so many fun facts to write about piggies. We love to show off our writing skills on these crafty projects!