Glitter Clothespins

I made these cute clothespins with glitter tape that I got at Joann Fabric and Craft Store. I just put the tape on the clothespin and trimmed the edges. It costs about $6.00 to make fifty of these adorable clothespins. I used green glitter tape because my classroom is frog themed. My students love them so much that I am going to make glitter clothespins in various colors and put them in my prize box.

Class Auction Item Update

We are almost done creating our class auction item. We just have to finish making our winter tree. I am so pleased with how these trees have turned out! 

December Fun

It has been a busy month! Last week we had our class Christmas play. Unfortunately, I was so busy directing the students that I did not get a chance to take pictures. The students learned to sing Silent Night, Away in a Manger, What Child is This, The First Noel, While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, and Adeste Fideles. They learned The First Noel and While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night in sign language too! The kids did a great job!

Last week, we learned about penguins and the kids made this cute penguin craft by A Cupcake for the Teacher.

We also learned about more than and less than. The kids decorated a Christmas tree cut-out with two different colors of ink. Then, the kids had to write which color had more ornaments. 

Class Auction Item Update

Our class auction item is coming along great! This is our summer tree. The kids has a lot of fun putting their fingerprints on the tree.

October Fun

This month has been busy! We made candy apples for cooking. We used a melon baller to make apple balls. Then we pushed a cake ball stick into the apple ball. Finally, we dipped our apple ball into caramel sauce. The kids had a great time making candy apples.

We also did a math mini unit with a pumpkin. We measured how tall it was with unifix cubes, measure the circumference with a piece of yarn, put it in water to see if it would sink or float, and counted how many seeds were inside of it! The students had a great time!

Spring Auction Update

I have been working on my spring auction item. Here are the trees printed on the canvas. I used a sharpie paint pen to paint the trees. I had to use three coats of paint, but I am really pleased with how they turned out!

More Apples

Here are some more fun apply activities that we are doing. In the dramatic play center, the students can pick apples off of trees and make apple pie.

We have our September words on a board so the students can practice reading and writing them.

We tried apple slices, apple sauce, apple juice, and apple jelly and made a graph of which snack we like the best. I was surprised that the students liked apple jelly the best.

We also sang a song about Johnny Appleseed. If you have ever see the Disney cartoon about Johnny Appleseed, then you have heard the song "The Lord's Been Good To Me". I used the same melody, but changed the words. Here are the words that I made up.

John Chapman was his name.

Born 1774

He planted seeds and helped those in need.

He traveled all around the land.

Yes, we remember him.

We made these two cute crafts that I bought from A Cupcake for the Teacher. The kids did a great job!

 This is the Johnny Appleseed hat.