Mother's Day Tea {freebie included!}

I hope everyone had an amazing Mother's Day!

I had so much fun playing games and the Wii with my two awesome kids! They made me cards and took me to lunch!
I love my sweeties! I feel so blessed to be their Mom!

I always have a Mother's Day Tea to celebrate Mom's! My class had their Mother's Day Tea on Friday! It was so much fun!

First, let me show you pictures from {Mother's Day Tea 2012}:

We made Mother's Day Coupons from childcareland.com

My Mom and Me book from Lil Country Kindergarten

I used A Cupcake for the Teacher craft to make our place mat

Mother's Day Purses from Miss Kindergarten

These are our Mother's Day Cards

We used HeidiSongs directions to draw our Mom

Here are pictures from this year {Mother's Day Tea 2013}:

I used Pink Bulletin Board paper and tied a bow using Pink Tulle for our chair covers

I used a white paper bag and stapled a cute drawing

of their Mom to make their gift bags

{click here to get the freebie from Simply Kinder}

We use HeidiSongs directions to draw our Mom

and I made this freebie for them to write about their Mom

{click here to get this freebie - you can tuck it away for next year}

My class sang the song I Love Mommy

{to the tune of Are You Sleeping}

This year's Mother's Day cards

I sent home a few cookies for my Kinder's to have

a party of their own at home with their Mom!

The labels are from Kinder Craze!

One of our local stores gave away these cute Brighton boxes,

so I die cut hearts and had my sweeties write

Hugs and Kisses and I filled with a few Kisses!

The labels are from Kinder Craze's Mother's Day Tea Party Pack

I love that it's editable!

Here is their plate of goodies!

These are Miss Kindergarten's Mother's Day Purses!

Aren't they adorable!

I didn't have time to use ribbon on them, so I put Velcro dots on the handles to keep them closed.

We glittered them!

We LOVE glitter!

These cute signs are from Kinder Craze's pack!

I hope you got some great ideas!

Feel free to pin and save for next year!

Make sure you follow me ~

I have a great craft coming up on my next post!

My Newest Literacy Station, a Sale and a freebie!

My sweet Kinder students have really been busy, busy, busy learning how to sound out words. Some of my students have it down and others are having a little struggle with this concept.
We have been having "spelling" tests to help them {They love it when I tell them they are taking a first grade spelling test! They feel so big! It is so cute to see their smiles!} 

To help them with this concept,  I made this little CVC "Spelling Test" freebie that I thought I'd share with you. The hard hat is for the vowel. We use ZooPhonics in my classroom and we learn that the vowel is a hard worker, so the hard hat! This helps them remember to put the vowel in the middle. {If you like this, please leave me a little note letting me know how you plan to use it with your students!}




Here is a picture of one of my students in the station:

My students did so awesome! They adore this station!

They even like to play it during free choice time!

I have a list of CVC words and one of them pretends to be the teacher.

Here is a picture of the cool dry erase pockets I use!

I love all the colors!

I got mine from MyBinding.com 

{click Here if you want to check them out for your classroom}

They are so colorful and well worth the money!

If they get a little dirty, I just clean them up with a little Expo Cleaner and they are like new!

And they are super durable - My Kinders are really rough on them and they are really holding up!

I love them!!!

The cute markers and erasers are from Target's Dollar Spot last summer!

And Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to you! I hope you enjoy this week {and remember TpT is having a great sale!}
On Tuesday May 7th and Wednesday May 8th you can save up to 28% using code TAD13 don't forget to use the code at check out -
I would hate for you to not get the full discount!
Click the picture below to head to my store!

This cute button is from

** Disclosure:  I received the awesome dry erase packets from MyBinding.com for free to review on my blog. All opinions are purely my own! I really do love them!

What We Have Been Up To {and a Freebie!}

We have had such a great week! Yes, my students have been super active {Spring Fever!} and I have been super busy with my own family, but overall it was a great week!

We worked on Past, Present and Future this week.  We picked stuff on the calendar that happened last week (and I had them point behind them), today (they pointed to the ground) and next week (and they would point straight ahead). They totally got it! I have such smarties!!

I had them draw themselves in the Past, Present and Future. They were so cute!

Here is a sample:

I love that she is "old"! :) So cute! I just love Kinders!

And here is a freebie for you!




I also received some sweet love this week {From such a sweetie!}

Don't you just love their sweet notes! It makes a bad day turn into such a great day! :)

Well, I am headed to my son's baseball game!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Freebie time!

I am sooo sorry I have been MIA lately!  My kids have been keeping me extra busy!  I am working on doing better in the future!  Has this Spring been just as busy for you?  I am sure it has! :)

I have some wonderful news!  Would you like some freebies? TBA (Teaching Blog Addict) has some freebies for you! 

If you teach Pre-K to 6th grade - they have the freebie you need!

If you love those freebies, I have another one for you

This one is from my I Can Read the Alphabet pack

If you download, will you leave me note? :)

And make sure you follow me!

I am working on a few Spring things! :)

Quick Freebie!

I am on Spring Break and spending lots of quality time with my two children, but wanted to share a quick freebie with you! 

When I return to school next week, my class will be working on the letter Uu, so I made this for my morning work {while I check folders first thing in the morning, they do a little review work - they will probably do this on Thursday or Friday, after we have done lots of learning about the letter}.



I hope you can use it! 

And, have you heard about Educents?  They are a daily deals site for educators. They will have daily deals 30 - 90% the latest educational products! They launch April 2, 2013 and, if you sign up now, you can earn a $15 gift card!  Just click here to learn more! 

And because I love a sale, Carson Dellosa is having a big sale right now!
What a great way to get some new pocket charts or Bulletin Board sets! And there are over 100 items under $2! Click here to check it out!


Now, if my children give me a spare moment to visit with you, I will be back later in the week!  '
I hope you have a Super Happy Week!!! :)

Valentines Week! (and a Freebie}

We are getting ready for our Valentine's Elegant Party on Thursday!

Here are few pictures from previous years:

 

Our chair covers are just pink butcher paper cut and slipped over the chairs and then tulle that I have tied around the chairs in a bow (I do this for our Mother's Day Tea also).

All the students get dressed up in their best Sunday dress - {here is my little one from his party last year} -

 The boys escort the girls into the classroom and to their chairs. {They even pull the chair out for the girls}. The students use their best manners while seated and eating {which we have discussed at length}.  Then the boys ask the girls to dance and they dance to elegant {slow and classical} music.

It is a fun event! 

In the afternoon we sort our conversation hearts by color and count and graph.  I got mine from Carson Dellosa years ago, but here is a super cute one from Babbling Abby {click here}.

Of course, I had to decorate my classroom, and I made these from First Grade Blue Skies (these are from last year - I forgot my camera)

Click here to get it from her TpT store

and I had to make the cute Valentine craft from Miss Kindergarten {well, I forgot my camera - but they are super cute!}

We also made these cute Heart Men! {Whew! This has been a busy month!}

Want to make one? Click here to get your Heart Man!


With President's Day coming up, I can't wait to make the cute President craft from Erica Bohrer!

What are you doing for Valentines?

CVC words in Kindergarten {Freebie}

Hi!  If you are visiting me from the Kinderland blog - Welcome! I am so glad you found me!


My class has been really working hard on sounding out words.

We began our first 9 weeks working on sounding out VC (vowel-consonant) words.  The second 9 weeks, we moved to CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words.  This was a much harder concept for some little ones in my class. 

This 9 weeks we will be moving right along to CCVC and CVCC words. Knowing that I still have some struggle with the CVC words, I made a CVC mat to help them. {See freebie below - you can download it from Google Drive} I plan to work one on one to help my Kinders grasp this concept.

If you enjoy my freebie, keep a look out! I am currently working on a bigger CVC packet that I will put in my TpT store!

If you can use this freebie, please leave me a comment and let me! I love hearing from you!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_YzxXBxooahdlJOWjdER2R3aU0/edit



I am linking up with Teaching First - head over there for more Freebies!

Day 9 Christmas Blog Hop

I hope you have been having a great weekend!  I have been super busy!  I want to announce the winner of my Kohl's Giveaway!

Congrats to Jennifer S.!  I hope it helps make Christmas shopping a little more fun! :)

Now on to the freebies! I hope you have been enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!
If you missed the first day, you can go see Tiffani at Time 4 Kindergarten and get caught up!

My class is working on learning their numbers! I love letting them put them on a sentence strip and wear them as a hat! So I created an ornament number order freebie for you!  Just print it out, let your class color it, cut it out and glue it to a sentence strip! Then staple the ends of the sentence strip together and they can wear it on their heads! My class loves to do this!

I hope you enjoy this freebie! If you aren't a follower, I would love for you to become a follower of my blog! :)

And if you need more Christmas Math Centers, you can find my I See Christmas Reader and Math Pack at my TpT store! This freebie is included in the pack, along with numbers 11 - 20!  They would be great for a center!

Kristen's Kindergarten is Day 10 of our Blog Hop! Visit her tomorrow and see what goody she has for you! 

  

Ten Little Ghosts Freebie!

Is your class working on learning their numbers 0 - 10?

Do they need help putting them in order?

Well, I have come to your rescue!

Just click on the above picture.

Print out the file.

Copy for your class.

Let them cut it out and glue it to a sentence strip or construction paper!

What a fun way to learn! :)

I am linking up with Teaching Blog Addict's Freebie Friday (only on Saturday - yes, I am a day late and a dollar short!)

  and I am linking up with the amazing Mel at Graphics from the Pond She created the adorable Ghosts I used in this freebie and my packet below     and I am linking up with the amazing Miss T at Journey of a Substitute Teacher!    

And if you need more October Math ideas -

Take a look at my new Ghostly Math Pack at my TpT store

Happy Counting!

Update, Freebies, Pinterest - Oh My!

I have to first thank you so much for visiting my TpT store yesterday!

If you visited the Teachers pay Teachers sale yesterday - Did you find something that you really, really wanted? I know I found an item I have been wanting, but waiting for a sale! Woo Hoo! :)

And if you did buy my I Can Read the Alphabet book, please go and re-download it! I updated the instructions and added some lowercase worksheets!

Also, Debbie from Rainbows Within Reach posted some amazing freebies from some amazing people and I really want to share this with you!  

I am sharing the list at the bottom of this post, but you can visit her {here} and send her some love! She is amazing and has such wonderful ideas!

She also had a great Pinterest link up! Please visit her and tell her I sent you! :)

This was a very quick post, but I really wanted to share this with you!

I hope you have a blessed day!