Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy!

Miss Simoncelli our student teacher has been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar with the class. Today they worked together to retell the story and sequence all of the fruits. The best part was when Miss Simoncelli brought out real fruit! The class cut up their fruit, added it to the bowl, mixed it up and then the best part...ate it! What a fun and yummy way to practice our retelling.

Cutting up the ingredients

Putting it in the bowl

 Mixing it up

It was delicious! 

"Eggcelent" Behavior

Have I mentioned how much I love Room Mom 101. It is a great blog filled with such creative ideas! Here is a new one that I am using in my classroom that came right from her. It is a new seasonal reward system. The children, when spotted being kind, using their manners, following directions and overall being a productive member of our classroom they have the opportunity to choose an egg from the basket. Inside is a special surprise. I have tried my hardest to get away from rewarding with food/candy so the eggs are filled with little toys, stickers, and trinkets like erasers. The kids love them and it was fairly easy and inexpensive. I know that on Room Mom she switches it up for each season and I think that is such a great way to change it up and keep the classroom festive! 

Weekend Projects

Did you know that some LOWES stores offesr a "Build and Grow" Clinic on Saturday mornings. You can sign up HERE

The program starts at 10:00am and the children make a wooden project and each participant also receives a free apron, goggles, a project themed patch, and a certification of merit upon completion of their project.

What a fun way to spend a Saturday! This month the projects include a wooden carnival/basketball hoop and a chalkboard art station.

HomeDepot also runs a similar program once a month. This month you can make your own race car! Check out their program HERE.

Happy Leap Day!

SKIP Counting!

Wait...don't skip counting! I'm talking about counting by numbers other than 1. With the 100thth day of school almost here, we have been learning how to count up to higher numbers different ways. This week our focus have been counting by 5 and 10's which the kids are really enjoying. . We have sang some songs and looked for the pattern on the hundreds grid. This week ask your child to count to 100 by 10's and watch the video's below.


How to teach skip counting at home video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBeKY5wtBA

Counting by 10's song (a class favorite)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr57TCm4w60

Counting by 5 (School House Rock Version)
http://youtu.be/NUHFzH06HqU

Count by 5 Action Video
http://youtu.be/_awKlEMyleA


Count by 10 Action Video
http://youtu.be/uYRTtwZGwj8
Counting by 10's on a number grid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5lxO67E2M

Counting by 10's (nice visual)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMJ4SnIHjk

Counting by 10s in the sand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83itN3vfCc

Mean Girls

Check out this interesting article about bulling in the lower grades

click here

Computer Savy

Did you know that in our school all children learn how to use the computer safely? Each child is assigned a log in username and even a password. Sounds a bit overwhelming for kindergarten don't you think? The amazing thing is that they can all do it! In the start of the year I give them a library tag, it has all of their information on the back. They use this to check out books but also to access the computers. If you are interested or want to make your own, I posted about how to make these tags HERE.

 The kids learn how to log on the computers and then how to access the Library webpage with help and practice from our Library Media Specialist, Mrs. Carraba. The children navigate through the district page to locate games and activities that are both educational and fun! The best part is that they can access these activities from home as well to practice their skills. Check out the District Page HERE and see what your child can show you!