Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Week in Review: Bears


Salt Shaker

Color Sorting buttons


Thumbs Down if they don't make the correct pattern.


With my handy dandy spinner!


Feed the bear. I couldn't find a lunch bag lol 


These are our felt shapes with a little brown piece is the bear 
that we hide behind the shape.
They came from Target.



I made this alphabet bottle-- the letters were too big lol
I bought new letter beads at Dollar Tree.


Gummy bear letter fill.


Teddy Bear picnic. 


Beary rhyming




I turned my pocket chart sideways and went from there.
I have no idea where the 10 frames went...


These charts came from Dollar Tree.
We tossed a bean bag. If the bean bag didn't land on a letter, 
we read the letter that it was closest to.


We used regular sized clothes pins for a change.


Here we used the coconut bra from Dollar Tree for 
our bear caves lol


We did what was on the blue cube as many times as the number on the green cube.




Invisible letters
I didn't have parchment paper, so I used waxed paper.
It took a bit to get all of the paper off.
I used about 3ish mini-glue sticks.


Here was the Dollar Tree experiment.
They are about the size of a quarter, but not as wide.
We "grew" them in a plastic cup.
They took up most of the cup.
Pretty impressive.
There are 2 or 3 more packs in there.


Gummy bear science


Water made the bubbles.
Vinegar made the red one expand.
Salt made one shrink. 

Friday, January 26, 2018

Kinderpond Goes to Space

Learning Board

Letter U


Color  Gray


Shape- Oval


Numeral- 21


Name Practice- Binder


Monday-


Poem: Carpet Games


Alphabet Study: Discovery Toys ABC  
I used ESGI to assess and we are definitely lacking in our letter sounds :(
To use this, we say apple apple /a/ /a/ /a/ (sounds)
This made a HUGE difference when I taught kindergarten.  We did this one every day!  On Friday's we start at Z and go backwards.  One of the reasons they can all say the alphabet backwards!  
apple
baby
cookie
dolly
elbow
flower 
garden
hammer
igloo
jelly
kitten
lion
monkey
necklace 
ostrich
pumpkin
quarter
rabbit
scissors
tiger
underwear (we whisper.each.and.every.time. lol)
vacuum 
window
x-ray
yoyo
zebra





Fine Motor: Letters Punch Sheet

Science: Space Video



Art: White crayons on black paper
We rarely use white crayons or pencils, so today is the day!!

Writing: Tracing Cards

Theme/Life Skills: Space Toys
I got a Space Toob and these toys



Tuesday
Story: Space Flannel Set From Target to make our own story


Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Make a constellation on a Lite Brite
Add a black piece of paper to your Lite Brite and create your own Milky Way!

Science:  $T "Space" Crystals 

Math: Space Kids



Art: Draw/paint a rocket ship  
I am going to print out a very simple rocket ship and leave it by the easel. 


Writing: Writing  Flight Plan


Theme/Life Skills: Space Shaker 
I have a bigger nut container filled with rice.  I added these into it and the kids shake it around to find everything on the gameboard.



Thursday


Poem: Number Formation Poem  So we do the 2 and the 1 and say 2,1 to make 21. 

Alphabet Study:  Star Sensory Bin
Fine Motor:  Scissor Skills


Science:  Moon Rock Drop
Find different rocks from the moon.  
In a shallow bin add flour/powdered sugar/cornstarch as the moon's surface.  From at 2 or less feet, drop rock into moon's surface.  See how big a hole it made.  Shake bin to flat again, try with a different "space rock"


Math: TaraWest



Theme/Life Skills: Pouring Water into containers
I got this pitcher from Dollar Tree.  We will be working on pouring into cups today.



Friday
Story: Aliens



Poem:  5 Little Astronauts





Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Shape Clip Cards



Science: $T Science check experiment.

Math: TaraWest

Art: Mad Matter Sand


Writing: Tara West Letter Tracing


Theme/Life Skills: Straw Rockets



Shopping List:
Space Toys
White Crayons
Black Construction Paper
Lite Brite
Colored Rice/Pasta ect
Shaker bottle
Star erasers
Straws and Milkshake straws (WalMart soda aisle)
Black Play-doh!

Mad Matter- Amazon (link above)


Dollar Tree
Crystals
Pitcher- kitchen section
Black Sand
Black Rocks
Glow in the Dark Stars
Flour/cornstarch/powdered sugar

Space Rocks of different sizes