Sometimes the simplest activities can be the most fun!  This past week for our cooking activity (life skills, measurement  reading) we made lemonade and then delivered it around the building (social skills & communication) and the kids loved it! It was so easy, but we got so much out of it. We started with gathering the items we would ...

Yes, I know Easter was 2 weeks ago, but things have been a bit hectic around here (more about that in another post) and I want to share 2 of the activities that we did in my classroom prior to Spring Break. Can you find the eggs?The first was an egg hunt.  Now, I had to make it educational, so I put sight words in the eggs to practice reading the ...

Wow, it seems like every year during March I get bogged down. Of course last year I was 9 months pregnant by this point and very ready for my 3rd little boy to arrive. Anyway, last year our cooking activity for Read Across America was based on the book Green Eggs and Ham.  (You can check out that post by clicking here. )  This year, we ...

We have been working on our 5 senses and for the sense of taste I wanted to have the kiddos try different foods. We were going to have banana, pretzels, lemon, a sour patch kid or two, and probably a few m&ms. However, in traditional busy mom/teacher fashion I forgot to buy bring the tasting items to school. So what is a teacher to do? I ...

So I found this decorating kit at Target for 1/2 off after Christmas. I was excited because I thought this would be super fun for my kiddos to make for our cooking class. Well.... the box at least made it look easy.  We used Oreos to attempt to make the pops. Well you have to melt the chocolate and then dip the stick into the chocolate, attach ...

I saw a post on pintrest a few weeks ago about making puffy snowmen and decided I have to try that out. It was the easiest thing I have done with the kiddos in awhile. It addressed so many skills (fine motor, sensory, vocabulary, language, math....) and the kids enjoyed it. Although one of my little fellows kept licking his fingers. Ick! (This ...

Last week we read the story The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. This book is a class favorite. I will write another post to explain some of things we do with this book. Anyway at the end of the week we did a cooking activity to make our own scarecrows. I found the original idea here. If you click on the link there is a list of ...

For dental health month (yes, yes, I know that was in February) I made sure to take a week and focus on tooth health. I received a free teachers kit from Colgate that had a big book with matching books for the kids, a cd of teeth songs, and a toothbrush and toothpaste for the students (this little packet also included coupons, a definite plus in ...

Well, I actually did this activity for Dr. Suess's birthday, but I never shared. The kids LOVED it. I found the idea on pintrest. We orginially were going to use vanilla pudding and add green food coloring, but when I went to the grocery store, I discovered a new pudding, Mixcheif, color changing pudding . It was great! We all The kids thought it ...

So I really feel like I am neglecting my blog and all of my followers. I have just been crazy busy with school and by the time I get home, I am ready for bed. I have made a few new games to go with Thanksgiving. I am trying to post a game called ''Oh Turkey'' on TpT, but I am not have good luck with that. When I do, I will post a link so ya'll ...