Summer School

Well after the horrible thunderstorms last week delayed our start, summer school finally began this week! I'm teaching kindergarten in a 2nd grade classroom so as you can imagine everything is a bit big for my kiddos but they like it! Here are a few pictures of my room. Updates to come about my experience with the 4 and 5 year olds in a bit!








- Lindsey

End of the year!!

5 more days to go!! Today was my last regular Tuesday of the year, next week our last day is a half day!! So tonight I worked on my end of the year gifts for the kids. Many thanks to Pinterest for ideas as Target's summer section for the $1 crazy straw water bottles!


I also used my Scholastic points to order each of my kids a copy of the book, I Knew You Could!



Let's just say what I learned this year is that having 23 kids adds up to making everything more expensive instead of the 17 kids that I had last year. I love them all but don't know if next year when I'll have even more kinders if I'll be able to continue to afford all the fun activities I do with them. Guess I can't worry about that now. TTFN!
- Lindsey

Dinosaurs

So a little while back my math dinosaur which I used for addition and patterns appeared on Pinterest and I have been asked for the pattern to make it. I will first say the original idea is not from me, I found it online somewhere last year, but I do have a tracer for the body.If anyone knows who I got it from please let me know and I'll link up to give them credit.
























So I took a picture with hopes that it would help!

I'd recommend saving the picture of the tracer and putting it in a word document and stretching to get the right dimensions. He is 16 inches long and 6 inches tall. I hope this helps teachers who were looking for my dinosaur!



- Lindsey

Mother's Day project

So I've been brainstorming for Mother's Day this year and thought I'd post one of my projects I did last year to help others with ideas.



Last year I also had the kids make a breakfast in a bag with oatmeal and tea but I think I'm going to pass on that project this year and am looking for new ideas. Any good ones out there?
- Lindsey

Teacher Appreciation Week - TPT

It's Teacher Appreciation Week!  

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I know I have my  wishlist ready for shopping on my TPT ready to go!  HAPPY SHOPPING!!

-Lindsey

Earth Day

So many thanks to Pinterest I tried some new activities with my kids this year that I hope to continue next year. So I made the earth cupcakes ( split white cake batter in half, add blue and green food coloring and then alternate pouring into the cupcake trays with a spoon). They were very yummy! The only problem I ran into was the humidity in my classroom today actually caused the red hearts I iced on top to literally melt away! So by the time the kids got them it looked like something died on top. I won't do this part next year. Definitely a learn by doing experience!






We read, Recycle, and made a list of ways we can save the earth. Then the kids made the handprint My Earth Day Promise pages I found on pinterest they loved it!!
We followed it by each kid making a hand print or two  on a white earth to make our planet for our bulletin board in the hall. Then using old index cards they wrote and illustrated how to save the earth! I love this idea and will have to do it again next year!

A few close ups of the kids work

I love the blue one of the recycling bin!

When I taught 2nd grade this was one of my earth day projects they wrote a promise to the earth about what they would do to save it. I did something similar with my kinders last year and had them color an earth and glue on a plate then did the same folded strips.

One of my teammates did this with her kids she took a picture of them reaching up really tall and then on earth day she had them color and cut out the earth and make a card with their earth day promise.

I know this post is after earth day but it might help with ideas for next year!






- Lindsey

Spring Forsythias and Money Clip-It Activity

Happy Spring everyone!! I wanted to share the beautiful forsythia art one of my kids made this week! I was very impressed with how hard the kids worked after returning from spring break. I just posted a new Clip-It Activity about Money on TPT. It focuses on counting pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. My kids love these self correcting activities and it's nice from my side to know they are getting the answers correct. Please check out and follow my store at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Additionally I have my Time Clip-It and Measurement Clip-It activities posted on TPT if anyone has units coming up on those topics.

Happy Shopping!!

-Lindsey