Happy Birthday to Me!!!

http://www.heidisongs.com/

Sunday July 31st is my birthday and to celebrate my Dad gave me money to buy some HeidiSongs DVDs and CDs for my classroom! I have the best Dad ever!!!!   How did or will you celebrate your birthday?
Remember, you aren't a year older, you are a year smarter!!!! Have a great weekend everyone! My husband is taking me and the kids to PF Changs tonight for dinner to celebrate! I love my family!!!



Color Mixing!

During the first 9 weeks we introduce colors to our Kindergarten students. At the end of the unit we teach color mixing. I LOVE this unit! It is so much fun! We start with the primary colors (red, yellow and blue) and we mix colors a variety of ways:

• use food coloring and water - mix and put in an ice cube tray - as the colors melt, they mix
• use water colors - they mix with paint on white construction paper
• use those fizzy tablets

We also read books about colors - Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh,  A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni, Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera, White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker and, of course, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle.

A teacher at my school made a cute song to help the students remember color mixing and I made it into a file. You will need to print it on a Legal sheet of paper to get it all on one page.

Color


Here are some great color idea websites:


http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Colormixing.shtml

http://www.kidzone.ws/science/colorwheel.htm

http://prekinders.com/color-ideas/

http://childrensbooksguide.com/color

How do you teach colors and color mixing?

Chalk Talk Giveaway

http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/2011/07/back-to-school-giveaway.html

Chalk Talk is having a Back 2 School Giveaway! Head to her blog and check it out! Good Luck! =)

400 Follower Giveaway!

http://seusstastic.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Dillard First Grade is giving away some fantabulous products! Head over to her website and check her out! She is creative and fun and you don't want to miss this giveaway!!! =)  Good Luck! =)

Giveaway!

http://peacelovelearning.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-iversary-celebration-giveaway.html
Do you love emergent readers? Do you love a giveaway?  I know I do! If you are a teacher ;)
then you will want to head over to Peace, Love & Learning and download her adorable readers (only available until Thursday) and enter her awesome giveaway! Good Luck! :)

A New Wonderful HUGE Giveaway!

http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2011/07/huge-scraptacular-give-away-huge.html
Oh Boy! Oh Boy 4th Grade is giving away some wonderful creations!!!! LOVE IT! Go check her out! :)

A Giveaway You Don't Want to Miss!!!!!

4th Grade Frolics is giving away an adorable bracelet!

http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2011/07/giveaway-you-dont-want-to-miss.html?showComment=1311628515048#c3715404993393096826

And if you don't win, you can always check out the cute Etsy Store - Sophie's Beads

http://www.etsy.com/shop/sophiesbeads

Good Luck! :)

New Shoes Unit

Well, I may be too late, but just in case....
Just Another Day in First Grade is giving away a cute unit!

http://anotherdayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2011/07/um-shoes-shoesa-mini-unit.html

Head over and see if you can get the cute unit! If not, check out her cute blog! She has some great ideas! :)

Teaching Heart Mom Giveaway!

Every year at this time, Teaching Heart Mom has a wonderful Giveaway! If you are a teacher, you do not want to miss out! :)

http://teachingheartmom.blogspot.com/2011/07/b2s-party-2011-prize-2.html

Here is a link to her website at  http://www.teachingheart.net/ or her blogsite at http://teachingheartmom.blogspot.com/  . You can also catch her on Facebook:
at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Teaching-Heart-wwwteachingheartnet/111345987534?ref=ts

Good Luck! :)

Back 2 School Bonanza!!!!

http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/2011/07/back-to-school-bonanza-contest.html?showComment=1311559655821#c4120919568444709278

Erica is having a HUGE Back 2 School Bonanza Giveaway! Check out her blog and enter to win!

(Make sure you read all the directions!) Good Luck! :)



A Freebie!

All my school stuff is at my school computer, except for this one thing I created at home. This is my first time to add a file from Scribd - hope it works! I used DJ Inkers artwork and fonts (don't you love DJ Inkers!)  You can leave me a message and I will email you if it doesn't work.  I plan to create a few more things before school starts! Follow me so you can add them to your personal collection! :)

 (NOTE: I am sorry, but I had to remove this freebie, because DJ Inkers changed their T.O.U and no longer allows you to post your creations) :(

Enjoy! Until next time! :)

Teaching Heart Mom Giveaway!

Teaching Heart ( www.teachingheart.net ) is hosting their annual back to school party on July 24th till July 30th.  Each Day a new prize!  Gift cards, Books, Teaching Heart Products, and more!!!  Plus a free printable will be posted during the week.  You need to visit the blog at; http://teachingheartmom.blogspot.com/ 
daily to check out the prizes each day and enter for the ones you want to win!!!

My New Kindergarten Blog!!!

I finally started a Kindergarten Blog! I am so excited! I have learned so much this Summer and wanted to share with everyone else! I can't wait to get started! :) Thanks everyone for all the cute things this Summer! I love Kindergarten and I love to teach!!! :)