Centers and Fun Science

I can't believe I'm still sane.  This time of the year is always crazy. Here's some of the things that help break the monotony.

We did a fun science experiment.  This is the food coloring, milk and dish soap experiment.  I loved the amazement on their faces when they saw the reactions.  THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK!!

Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras and here is one of the beginning sounds centers using symbols from my state.

We are doing more writing.  This project took multiple days.  They did the four corners page for ideas, then used it as a reference to create the story. 

And of course I'm still using the Sit Anywhere Pass for good behavior.  We also have a No Shoes Pass.  

Happy Thanksgiving from my Kinders to yours

What a week.  I'm not even sure I survived.  I'll let you know in week or two.  To end our study of thanksgiving we made Thanksgiving story bracelets.  They enjoyed it and were able to retell it later.  What do you do special for Thanksgiving?  I'd love to get some new ideas.

What have we been doing lately?

 Geometry for starters.

 We used marshmallows and pretzel sticks to try to make 3-d shapes.  It was harder than it looks on Pinterest, but lots of fun. 

Of course, everybody did something for Dr. Seuss' burthday.  This is a couple of activities I made for TPT.  The "One fish, Two fish, Yellow fish, Green fish" was a real challenge to finish because it had the entire alphabet and took quite awhile to finish. 

 Springtime is almost here.

The activity above is a syllabication game using springtime pictures.  Below is a beginning sound activity.  This was made pre- computer era.  Can you tell? 

I'm still learning

I'm posting 2 of the activities I've posted on TPT.  The one on top is a noun activity where they have to sort by people, places and things.  I used American and Louisiana symbols.  It addresses vocabulary.  The next shows how I can't figure out how to turn shots from my phone yet.  There's always something to learn.  It's a Mardi Gras real vs. nonsense word sort.  This is GREAT help for Dibels practice.  I use it as an indicator for who needs more help.  

Roll and count Gingerbread man

We've been doing a Gingerbread man unit this week and I made a quick counting page.  I hope this loads.  If it doesn't let me know and I'll try again.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_B7MhGB0krfOTRhZTM2MTEtMDllOS00MGZiLTg2ODYtYmNjOTVhNmNmMTAx
I didn't realize there was a second page, but I don't use it.