Schedule Cards and Job Helpers

I finally finished my classroom visual schedule and helpers chart. I LOVE how it all turned out. My kiddos LOVE using the visual schedule throughout the day. It also really helpers with children that need that extra reminder of what is coming next, or how long till I get to go home. We can go over to the schedule and count the activities we still have to do in our day. Check it out. 

I put pictures of the kiddos next to each number so they know what group they are in. 

I order a bulk amount of bottle caps on Amazon and painted them white. I put a magnet on the back of each one and then the child's picture on it. We rotate through all the magnets. 

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Back to School

I finally got most of my classroom finished, other than some minor details. I REALLY can't believe it is coming together. Here is the semi-final product. 

Y'all, LOOK at this bench. My hubby made it and I can't even believe how Awesome it turned out. He went ABOVE and beyond and I LOVE it. (And, I know the Y is missing) 

This looks kinds empty, but I will take family pics of all my kiddos and add to this board. 

I love how cute my art center turned out. 

Calendar

This is our moveable picture schedule.  I have velcro pieces out to the side

of each picture. The kiddos use a star with velcro on it and move it down

our schedule through out the day. They love it. 

 This is our moveable picture schedule.  I have velcro pieces out to the side

of each picture. The kiddos use a star with velcro on it and move it down

our schedule through out the day. They love it. 

Homeliving

Writing

Science (Still working on getting a few more large rocks and things)

Computer Station

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100th Day of School

The 100th day of school is ALWAYS an exciting milestone to cross, and yet lets face it! When you work with 4 years olds, the day is just crazy and full of chaos.  I have learned over the years to embrace the chaos and KEEP THEM BUSY! Yes, I planned so many fun things for the 100th day of school. I had options to fill their excitement. 
We made super Hero capes, Painted, wrote our names in the number 100, made 100 legs for our centipede, sang songs that counted to 100 and read many books. Oh, AND we made a 100 day snack. 
ENTER.....chaos....happy chaos! 

100 day crowns and super hero capes. Each cape said 100 and they each got 100 stickers. They spread out all over the room and LOVED decorating their capes. 

Our centipede. It had 100 legs. Each child helped decorate and make patterns on legs and glue them on. 

Writing our names, ANY practice we can get. 

Just a few of the 100 day projects brought in...

Just a few of the 100 day projects brought in...

Alphabet Journals

Alphabet Journals
Learning about letters and more importantly, phonics;  is the foundation of Pre-K. We do so many fun hands on activities with letters and letter sounds on a daily basis in my class. 
My kids LOVE to write. I made these journals and have them in a few places.  Some I leave out for them to sort through and grab any letter they want, and others I put into a folder like a journal. That way they can grab the journal and off they go to write! 
These are also great to use for small group. After the children practice writing and finding the letter on their page, you can talk about the pictures and the sound the letter makes. 
I laminated these and leave dry erase markers, or Expo Vis-A-Vis wet erase markers out for them to use. 

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All About Science!

Investigating WORMS
Spring is here in FULL force, and what a better what to learn and OBSERVE than with HANDS on Science. My kids LOVED this unit about worms. We used real worms to feel and observe using our senses. They could measure and weigh them and wanted to feel them for hours. 
We then used gummy bears, which were equally a BIG hit, to measure many classroom objects, as well as compare living and non-living.  

 I got GREAT comments such as, "They are slimy, and slippery. One peed on me."

SO MANY... W...O...R...M...S

Taking a "Closer" look!

Circle Map for students to draw what they saw. Teacher dictated. SO GREAT! 

Observation Sheet. "I saw dirt and feel slime." What do you see and feel. CLASS BOOK! They LOVED looking at this and talking about the worms. 
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All About Numbers-Pre-K

Number Sorts

My students had so much fun with these number sorts. I separated each number sort into a bag and labeled the bag. Some of my students could pick two numbers and sort them own their own. They wanted to quickly grab two more and see how many they could do. 

Other students, I could easily scaffold and I would start the sort by putting the numbers on each side of the file folder. The student then would mix all of the other cards up and we looked through them together. I would help her count as she would decide which side the cards went on, 1 or 2. 

Number Puzzles

The puzzles can be cut like a square and used as matching pieces, or you can cut the puzzle piece out on each side so that the pieces fit together like a puzzle. (I took the extra time to cut mine. My kids love making puzzles.)

They had so much fun matching the monsters to the numbers. Some kids could do this very quickly, and others were able to practice counting. They played over and over again. 

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