Sight Word Turkey Craft

Brrrrr! November is here...

It has been a chilly few days here in MN. However, mittens & warm drinks get me in the mood for Christmas! Before Christmas though we get to do Thanksgiving (pre-Christmas). We have already started talking about the thanksgiving story and turkeys in my kindergarten classroom. Have you?

Here is a cute turkey craft that is "justifiable" because it incorporates sight words. Click on the picture for the link. Happy Turkey day (anticipation) everyone! 

Happy November Everyone!

xoxokindergarten

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

I hope your night was filled with spooks and endless treats! Our family had the most fun and magical night! Here is a glimpse of what we did. My daughter Penny is 2 and has always been obsessed with Frozen. When Trygve was born, she would cry in the night and ask for “fro-nen” and would fall back asleep to it as it was our only survival tool with two kids under two! She can now sing along to all of the songs and she just is my little frozen girl. When we moved, her daycare provider at the time gave her an Elsa dress as a going away present (how thoughtful) and Penny loves it! As cliché as it may be, Penny just had to be Elsa this Halloween – so the rest of the family followed suit!

Here is our family dressed as the Frozen characters:

I hope you had an excellent night too with your families! I can’t believe we are already to November! Time just flies so fast. Here is a November homework calendar freebie. I send this home with families for extra practice and to build a homework routine. Click on the picture for the link to TpT.

Enjoy the weekend! Happy November! J

xoxokindergarten

Nature Trays

Hi everyone!

It’s been wild here! I feel like I haven’t really had a chance to check in and let you know what I’ve been up to! Last week our kinders went on an outdoor field trip to explore MN nature and learn about trees. We had the best guides – the teachers basically sat back and made sure all the kids made it back on the bus! ;)

I wanted to share one of the great ideas I learned from the trip:

These are “Nature Trays” – the students each got an egg carton to walk around and collect smooth, fuzzy, soft, etc. items found on a prairie! What a great way to explore nature. I ran into a mom at target and she said her daughter came straight home and started taking all the eggs out and setting them on the counter one by one. She ended up hard-boiling a few so her daughter could explore the back yard! Sweet little kinders! J

Happy fall to everyone!

xoxokindergarten

Batty for Bats

Hi Everyone!

Happy MEA to MN teachers! I am going to be busy-busy over the break. On Friday, my cousin is getting married in the Twin Cities. My brother and I were asked to sing at the ceremony! Then on Saturday, we are headed to Rochester for my grandpa in-law’s birthday party! Lots going on – wish we had more time to rest but I am pumped to see everyone.

Next week I am going to be doing some bats, spiders, pumpkins, and pre-halloween fun! 

Check out my Batty for Bats printables!

I also love singing “Vowel-Bat” by Shari Sloane with my students and working on the short vowel sounds! 

Wishing everyone a relaxed weekend and a spooooky October!

xoxokindergarten

October Freebie

Happy Fall Everyone!

We had a beautiful weekend with highs in the upper 70’s! Now its back to chilly and rainy… Hard to wake up on a Monday morning with gloomy rain.

This week is exciting though because it is my birthday! My special day is October 1^st and I’ve always loved being a fall baby. To celebrate, I’m giving out an October freebie! I created an October Homework Calendar for my students so they can practice skills at home each night. I am using it with my pizza hut “book-it” certificates.

I entered in things I thought would be relevant for this time of the year. I hope it works for your classroom too! Thanks for the page view.

xoxokindergarten

Apple Week!

I am so happy that fall begins tomorrow! I spent the weekend at my cousin’s beautiful wedding at a place in Moorhead, MN called Rustic Oaks. MOST BEAUTIFUL VENUE EVER! It was fun to have caramel apples and pumpkin pie at their desert bar! We also spent some time out at the beautiful bonfire! I LOVE FALL! J Here is a picture of her beautiful, rustic, fall wedding.

Even though the weekend was magical, now it’s back to the daily grind. Apple week is here! We will be doing many apple activities over the next few days including my newest beginning sound matching game.

ABC Apples works on matching a capital and lowercase set to a picture with a beginning sound. Check it out here!

We will also be reading many Johnny Appleseed books and doing activities from Kindergarten Smiles Apple Unit. (GREAT RESOURCE!)

Our classroom families are bringing in green, red, and yellow apples in for a shared snack. We will be graphing our favorite apples. Perfect to go along with the graphing we are working on in Math Expressions. By the way, I am loving my new school and colleagues! A LOT to learn and figure out still but I’m starting to get the hang of it all J

I hope you have a fabulous Apple Week!

xoxokindergarten