Work Stations Update

Here is a peek at some of our new stations for this week.  First, here is the Playdough Station.  Students draw a card with a sight word on it.  They then use the stampers from Lakeshore Learning to build the word.

Another station is our Retell Station.  This week we are using the felt board for the Five Little Monkeys series.

Also, I found this fantastic  freebie from Kindergarten Rocks!                  for our Word Building Station.  I used our die cut machine for the mittens and then my circle cutter from my scrapbooking supplies to cut out the circles.

Marshmallow Snow Globes

Here is a project that we completed over the course of two days.  They are snow globes!  First, each child cut out a pre-traced blue circle and glued on marshmallows for a snow scene.  We used permanent marker to add features to the snowmen.  Then, an adult stapled the plastic and the cut out paper plate to the scene.  The plastic is a Ziploc bag with circle traced on it.  When you cut the circle out you have two for two students.  The base of the snowglobe is from Ginger Snaps!  They turned out great and will make a wonderful hallway display!

Today we also completed this CVC puzzle for Jan Brett's book, The Mitten.  Students cut out the boxes, read the cvc words, and then glue to the matching pictures.  This one results in a picture for The Mitten.  This was found at Kelly's Kindergarten.  She has other themed CVC puzzles that the kids love to do!

Winter Writing

This week we are reading The Jacket I Wear in the Snow for letter J. Here is neat writing activity that I have used for this book.  The kids love the end result!  You can find the printables for this at Kelly's Kindergarten.  I just love her!

MLK Giveaway!

Donna over at Peace, Love and Learning is a having a giveaway for a Martin Luther King, Jr. unit!  She will pick a winner for every 20 comments made!  Hurry and check it out!  You have until Tuesday to enter!

Sunday School Art Project....A Little Late!

Happy  Sunday everyone!  So, I know that this is WAY late.  However, maybe you can file the idea away for next year!  I kept forgetting to snap a photo each time I was at church!  These are currently hanging on our bulletin board.  

Each year we have our Christmas program on a Saturday evening.  Then, the following Sunday for Sunday School I do a group project with all of the grades together.  This is the project that we did. 

 I saw it on Blogland.  I can't seem to find the link where I found this project from!!  Totally Tots shows part of the project, but not the part with baby Jesus laying in the manger.  This blog also has several other related activities that may be helpful to you next year!

New Blog Alert

Hi everyone!  I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend!  My sister-in-law came to town with my nephew for the weekend and it has been great to spend time with them!  
As you may have read previously, one of my resolutions this year is to exercise in some way everyday to help with my weight loss goal and to live healthier.  Well, I just found a new blog:  Will Jog for Cupcakes!  This is a group of women who are working to encourage each other to meet their weight loss goals.  They have shared a bit about each author and I just love how they willing to share their journey with us!  Laura Starnes from Kinder Kraziness is one of the authors!  Check it out!

Did You Hear the News About Pete!?

Did you hear the great news?  A new Pete the Cat book is coming in May!!  You can pre-order it here!  Gotta love that Pete!