Easter/Spring Ideas with Chicks, Eggs and Peeps

Link up time!

{1} First up, the FREEBIE!

My kinders love to play this sight word game. You can find more information on this product with EDITABLE words HERE.

{2} Come on baby...let's do the twist!!!

With a few addend combinations on the left side of a plastic egg and one sum on the right side, students twist the eggs until they find the correct equation. They then record their results on paper.

{3} Scrambled Eggs

Another way we like to practice sight words is with sight word letters inside of eggs. Don't have time to prep it? I have students who finish their work early do the prep. They get the benefit of extra practice with sight word spelling. Everybody gets time to crack open an eggs, "unscramble" them, and write words. They refer to our word wall as needed.

{4} Hatching Chick Art
I found this adorbs chick art over at Crayons & Cuties Kindergarten's Facebook Page.

We did them

on 12" X 18" white paper. With black crayon and a little yellow and orange paint, we created cuteness galore!

I couldn't decide if we should mount them or not, so I let my kinders decide. Just 2 girls chose to mount. One chose purple and one chose pink!

{5} Cruis'n Peeps
How cute are these pink Peeps in their roadsters??? 

HERE is the recipe.

Party time:)

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice weekend (and spring break for some of us:))!

FREEBIE ~ Editable Chicks for Sight Word Game

Sight Word Shell Game

Here's our sight word shell game for this month.

My students LOVE this game. Unlike the traditional shell game I don't shuffle the boxes. Instead we work on reading and memory. I (or one of my parent volunteers) hide the chick and they must read the word before I lift the box. This is very motivating for students who need more practice on sight words! If you would like to play this game, you can pick up these adorable EDITABLE chicks HERE. Thank you to Cutesy Clickables for their talent and oh-so-cute clip art!

I scored the wind up chick from the Dollar Tree store, but any toy or colorful egg will work. Use what you have!

I found the ice cream cups in the party section at the Dollar Tree at just 8 for $1. You can also do the same game with colorful take out boxes found in packages at the Dollar Tree or large styrofoam or paper cups. 

This product can be used for oodles of other games as well. Make two sets of sight words chicks and you have a matching (memory) game. Sorting, ABC order, number sequencing would all work. Type in CVC or CVCE words or numbers and let your imagination run wild! 

Enjoy and Happy Spring!

 

Hoppin' Along {{{Ideas for Easter and Spring}}}

Link up time!

{1}Eggs in the Basket 

This is a super engaging activity that combines math with fine motor concentration. There is something about moving jelly beans around in a plastic bag, that has a calming effect. We could all use a little of that effect in our classrooms! I'm so proud of my students. Every one of them was able to decompose 10 this year using this manipulative bag.

The printables for decomposing 5-20 are available HERE.

You can read about other fun ways to use the printables HERE.

{2} Free Easter and Spring Fonts

Hop over HERE to Lil' Luna pick these up.

{3} Sculpture for Kindergarten

I have to try this cool art. Hop over HERE to Art Actually to find out more. 

{4} Easter Recipes

Hop over to The Frugal Girls.com to find some treats for the classroom or home.

{5} T-Shirts of the Week

St. Patrick's Day seems like eons ago, but my kinders came sporting such adorbs Irish spirit, I had to share a wee bit.

!!!HAPPY SPRING!!!

Eggs in the Basket/Five for Friday

        Thanks for the linky Casey!

Today I would like to share ways to work on discovering combinations that make 5 through 20, aka decomposing 5-20. This works for K-2 common core standards K.OA.A.3, 1.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2 and uses some inexpensive, fun manipulatives for spring!

{1} Jelly beans and portion cups, styrofoam cups, sample cups, or whatever you have handy

Count out a set number of jelly beans (10 in this case), separate them in and out of the cup, then record findings. You can find the printables HERE.

{2} Dollar Tree

These were Dollar Tree finds. The blue and pink cups are ice cream cups from the party section. They are 8 for $1. I love the little green one because it has a handle and resembles a basket! It's from the baby shower section and is also 8 for $1. Here it is with the jelly beans.

OR... {3} Make a basket with a pipe cleaner

{4} My Favorite
No more lost eggs (if the bag stays zipped:))! This is a cool method because students get some extra practice with fine motor skills. They push the "eggs" around in the sealed bag, putting some in the basket and pushing some out. 

I drew the baskets on ahead of time. Older students could do this part if you trust them with permanent markers:)

{5} Eggs in the Basket Printables
If you would like all of the printables for all combinations of 5-20, hop on over to pick up this product HERE for just $3.

  

Love

February is full of love and today I am linking up with Miss Nelson and some things that I love about Fridays.

I love that my kinders get some time to express their creativity with our sparkly play dough.

I love that we have Chrome Books this year and my kinders love doing Raz Kids interactive ebooks.

I love that we show our school spirit by wearing our school colors on Fridays.

 Never thought I would love black and gold but maybe it reminds me of Friday and now I love it!!!

You too can link up and spread the love HERE.

Five for Friday/Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Chalkboard by my beautiful goddaughter

I was talking to a refi guy today on the phone and he said he remembers kindergarten and Valentine's Day as a day when everyone loved everyone, but unfortunately adulthood isn't quite the same. I told him to just hang onto that memory:)

This is just a quick post to say Happy Valentine's Day to you and enjoy the cuteness of kindergarten love below:)

{1} Our mail bags

Don't you just love kindergarten art?  I couldn't have done anything as beautiful if I tried!!!

{2} Valentine Kabobs

A yummy and somewhat healthy snack that was so fun to make!

{3} Loving the cuteness

 

{4} CVC Playdough Word Building

My kinders have become awesome at building CVC words with magnets, beads, letter tiles and playdough. 

To keep track of their progress, I use these record sheets which we stamp or dot when they are successful. I have four levels (picture pages) of these CVC pictures and some of my students are already finishing up level 2...Woohoo! You can find the freebie sample of the record sheet with the pictures HERE. I used the generic version from THIS ONE and hand wrote "Playdough" on it. I found my lower case letter stamps (a little hard to find) HERE.

{5} T-Shirt of the Week

Love my kids!!!

Thanks again Casey!

Snow Day, California Style

 Thanks again for the linky party Casey!

                            {1} Snow Day!!!

Being a Beantown native, I've been thinking about all of you northeastern teachers back there that got a snow day or two this week. Even if it was cold enough here, we've received a grand total of 0" of precipitation for the entire month of January. But that doesn't stop us from having our version of a "snow day". A few generous daddy volunteers jumped in their pickups at the crack of dawn, shoveled up some shaved ice from the local ice rink and got our party started!

Okay, don't judge...we do our best:)

The party continued indoors with some festive stations.

{2} Fun With Olaf
I have the most wonderful parent volunteer who made this precious Olaf for us.

 We played "Pin the Nose on Olaf".

  
{3} Making Words from "Hot Chocolate"
We did Kathleen Pedersen's FREEBIE.

You can find it HERE.

{4} Decomposing with "Snowballs in the Igloo"

You can find this product HERE for just $2.

{5} Sparkly Playdough

 You can find the recipe HERE.
We actually did not cook it, as the recipes calls for. We used hot water though and it still came out perfect. My kinders love it! 

Our snow day ended with hot chocolate, cookies and the charming video "The Snowman".

Time to think about February. We'll start decorating today with this.

You can read more about this HERE.
 Thanks for visiting.
Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy the Super Bowl!