George Washington Activities

Last month we learned about George Washington. We made this cute craftivity by A Cupcake for the Teacher. (Oh, and look how cute my sparkle clips look on our clothesline.)

The kids also made a cherry and labeled the parts of a cherry.

Here is the anchor chart that we made when we were talking about the parts of a cherry.

My students loved the sparkle clips so much that I made some to put in our prize box. I also made these cute flower clips to put in the prize box.

Open House

A few weeks ago we had open house at my school.

When the parents walked in I had a paper about our kindergarten program that they could take home with them. This was mostly for prospective parents. I also put a sample of various activities that we do in class on each table. The first table had sample art masters portfolios on it.

The second table had some of the students' reading logs on it.

 The third table had pictures of activities that we do during small group.

The fourth table had samples of our task homework, class newsletters, workbooks, and our Friday folder on it.

The fifth table had samples of our music masters portfolio so that the parents could see what the kids are learning about in music class.

The sixth table had some of the students' journals on it.

It was a very busy day. The parents loved seeing all of their student's work that was hung up around the classroom.

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!