New Year's Challenge

Thanks to Heather, over at Peace, Love and Kindergarten, I was directed to an awesome challenge for the new year and I wanted to also take the time to share it with you.  In addition to challenging myself to do some sort of exercise each day, I have joined the following A-Z Scripture Memory Verse Challenge.  I am looking forward to joining in on this awesome opportunity!  This may also be a challenge that my whole family may join in on!  Thanks for the idea, Heather!
          For all of the information, click on the button below!

Stations for our First Week Back

Here are a few of our stations for this week:
This is a large tub of rice.  They use the spoon to scoop out a letter and place them in the correct spot for our winter words.  I got the sheets a few years ago from Kelly's Kindergarten.  They are still there, ready to print and laminate!

This next picture is of our current Write Around the Room activity.  I die-cut the snowflakes and added sight words.  They fill out the sheet that I got from Mrs. Bremers Blog!  It was a freebie!

I know Christmas is over, but I just had to squeeze this one more holiday activity in!  Have students take turns placing a magnetic letter in a stocking.  Their partner reaches in to feel the letter and guess what it is.  Then,  they trace the letter on their recording sheet.  If you would like a copy of the sheet please leave your email in a comment.  I have not yet figured out how to do Google Docs.  I am hoping to teach myself soon!

Well, that is it for now.  Have a great day!

Catching Up!

I know that this is the second post of the day...but I can't help myslef!  I am now on my new computer.  As mentioned earlier today, my old one died over break and I have soooo missed blogland, Google Reader, Pinterest and all of you!  I am trying to catch up, but......
 Anyways, I wanted to share some photos of my almost finished kitchen.  I posted way back in October the ugly demolition picture.  Well, a lot has happened since then.  I am so grateful for my husband and father-in-law and their awesome talents.  They have done a fabulous job!  I am just loving my new kitchen!  Please note the dishwasher.  As a child and even up until now I have NEVER had a dishwasher!  I HAVE BEEN THE DISHWASHER.  I am so excited to finally  have one!

    

  
The refrigerator is still the original.  We hope to replace it in the near future. The oven is also the original, but is still fairly new and I am very content with it.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back to posting school related items very soon!

  

I Missed You!!!

Wow!  I so wanted to post over break, but then my computer at home died!  I am catching up on our first day back from break today.  I am supposed be back up and running tonight at home with our computer!  I was going through withdrawl!!!  I am SOOO behind on Google Reader again!
These pictures are from last year, but we will be doing the same projects today!  The New Year one was done at school and then a version for Sunday School.  The one posted is from church.  However, you get the idea!  I have seen this posted on MANY Blogs!  I have been doing this for a few years now. I found it on a kindergarten teacher's website...I will have to try and locate that to give proper credit. Enjoy!
**PS-Here is the link to the writing paper for the hats.

This penguin art project is from Heidi's blog.  I just love her!

Thank You!

To my surprise I saw two comments on my previous post letting me know that awesome teachers and authors of their own fabulous blogs had given me an award!

A BIG thank you to:

Ms. McBee's Kinder Bugs

and

For the Love of Kindergarten

This award is for newbies, and it's goal is to spotlight up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.  If awarded, you must:

♥ copy and paste the award on your blog

♥ thank the giver and link back to them

♥ reveal YOUR top five picks and leave a comment letting them know

♥ hope your followers will share the love with them :)

Here are my five newbie picks. Enjoy!!

1.  Coloring Outside the Lines

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 3.     4.   5.  Paste and Pearls 

 

CVC Words

Here is a quick post on our some CVC word that I did with the kids today.  We played a great freebie Gingerbread Race game from Kinder is a Hoot!  While students waited their turn, they used the Twist a Word Builders to practice CVC and nonsense words.  The yellow sheet is used when the twists are used as a literacy station.  Have a great weekend!

December Happenings

Well, I am working on posting more often, but life has not allowed that!  Here are a few pictures of some recent activities.


I is for igloo.....

and for ice cream!  We made ice cream in Ziploc Bags.  If you would like a copy of our recipe page that I send home with the kids, leave me a comment with your email.

                                                                             

Here are our adoreable reindeer that we made!  Aren't they cute!  This was a Reindeer Glyph that I purchased from First Grade Blue Skies TPT Store!  We will be using more from this packet next week as we study the letter R!

Here are our stockings!!!   Each year I grab the 50 cent stocking at the Dollar Tree at 50% off the day after Christmas.  The following year, I have a parent volunteer puffy paint their names on them.  We then hang them in the room for about two weeks.  Each child is invited to bring a SMALL item to place in each child's stocking.  Such ideas include a wrapped piece of candy, candy cane, holiday pencil, eraser, bubbles, bouncy ball, etc.  We also have a Writing Station that kids make cards for their classmates.  It is set up so that each child will get two cards from classmates.  Bringing in items for the stockings is OPTIONAL.  The nice thing about this is that if someone does not bring in an item, nobody will ever know.  At the party, they get to open their stockings.  It is so much fun for all of us to watch them ooooh and aaaah over all of their trinkets!


Here is our current bulletin board.  We decorated the trees in class and the gingerbread men were done at home as a family project.

I hope you are all doing well!  I will hopefully be back again posting soon!