Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one.  Well, it is in my class anyway.   I used an entire bottle of glitter to make this for the doorway: We sang our hearts [...]

With February fast approaching, that means Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  I know that many people are gearing up for parties and celebrations but, eh, that just isn't me.  I shared with you last year that I really don't make too big a deal out of this day of love, but I do like to do two little things that the kids really enjoy.  ...

Here's a fun ''Build a Snowman'' computer game called Operation Snowman.A word problem is displayed on the screen and students need to determinethe correct operation: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.If correct a part of the snowman is displayed on the screen.Happy Snowman building!

A few days ago I shared with you what I was *going* to do at school in math in this post.  Well, I finally did it and it came out too cute not to share with you! My students are learning about triangles, their characteristics, using a protractor to measure the angles, and how to find missing angle measurements when two are known.  So, ...

Over the course of my Thanksgiving Break, I was busy looking for things to do that would enhance my already preset lessons (we have 3 weeks before winter break and I basically know what content will be covered because of the pacing plans).  So where did I turn for inspiration??  Pinterest of course. Since the holidays are coming up, ...

Bright and colorful feathers are a fun addition to the preschool classroom. See how we made one turkey happy with this simple and fun sticky paper patterning process.

My class practiced multiplication with this spring themed multiplication mat 

Top of the morning to you! (or more likely evening....since I know that is when I do *my* blog hopping!)  Welcome to Day 13 of the Blog Hop.  Welcome to everyone from Sub Hub...thank you for hopping over! Today, I have a math project for you to use on St. Patrick's Day.  Since my students have to work with multiple operations, I ...

Tuesday, as we all know, is Valentine's Day.  I honestly don't have very much planned.  I tend not to get wrapped up in the holidays (that is a product of my year-round years....I was always off-track for the major holidays!)  But I do have two Valentine's Day projects planned. Of course, the students will pass out valentines to their ...

There are many, many different winter activities you can have your students engaged in till the countdown to Christmas.  I normally have a countdown to Christmas break anyway and small worksheets and group activities helps bring a little more holiday cheers in to their lives. In my classroom we do anything from big activities such ...