Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great holiday! Here is what we have been up to in our classroom this month! 1. NEW YEAR’S EVE SENSORY BIN Here is a simple sensory bin that you can put together with left over New Year’s Eve goodies! The students enjoyed feeling and wearing the various…
Here are some things we have been up to in our classroom this month! 1. CANDY CANE FINGERPRINT ORNAMENT I was originally going to do fingerprint snowmen or reindeer but then I saw @creativekindergartenblogontpt post about her candy cane ornaments and these looked so much easier so we switched to these. I have to say…
Here is what we have been up to in November! 1. I KNOW MY BEGINNING SOUNDS – FALL WORDS I originally made these to use as a dry erase book but have been using them as mini sensory bins instead! This week I put letter beads in a small bin with split peas and had…
Hi everyone! When I posted about the Diwali centres and activities we did in class, many of you asked me to share more. All of the credit for these lesson ideas and activities go to my amazing ECE partner (she prepped everything, except the the word booklet and the fill in the blank information sheets). …
Here are some of the things we have been up to this month! 1. INVITATION TO CREATE – APPLES One of my teaching partners told me about this easy invitation to create and I love it! I love how the kids need to look closely and problem solve as they build their apple. I also…
Here are some of the things we have been up to this month! 1. ALPHABET STAMPING I wanted a recording sheet for the kids to practice using alphabet stamps with so I quickly made these up and they were a big hit with our class! I was asked by many people to share the recording…
We finally feel (some what) ready for Tuesday! This year’s classroom reveal is a lot less detailed. I’m coming back from mat leave for the first time, I have a new ECE partner and the classroom is new to both of us. So we’ve spent time lots of time moving things in, getting to know…
Hi guys! I’ve decided to try something different this year with the blog. I will make one blog post for the month and then add to it until the next month comes around. So anything new I post on Instagram for August will be added to this post until September rolls around and I’ll make…
Hi everyone! First of all I can’t believe this is my first blog post in over a year! My mat leave flew by, but I’m looking forward to being back at work in August! Speaking of being back at work, I recently posted to my Instagram stories about how I was starting to prepare my…
Hi friends! Today I want to share with you our dinosaur inquiry from the past few months! We originally had some dinosaur wonders on our February wonder chart, so we went back to those questions and I also invited students share more questions they had about dinosaurs. Here is what they came up with initially:…
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