Olympics Centers

 

Printables from Pocket of Preschool's Olympic Winter Games

writing on foil on clipboards

Gold Bar letters

I used to drink coffee, and the lids were gold.

When I taught first grade, they had words on them.

I used foam beads and pipe cleaners.

Pokey pins :)

Fine Motor journal ideas

How a hockey puck moves

Skiers skiing around gates

I used garage sale dots.

torch

 for curling:

I gave everyone a "rock," aka a bottle top :)

My example :)

Morning Work- May Ocean Edition

 

This week's morning bins:

I read Pip the Pup: Glue Stick

We are practicing our glue stick skills.

We usually use glue sponges.

Sandcastle name craft

I put letters 4 in a container.

What I really wanted was large coloring pieces

for our ocean mural. I copied this out of a

wait for it... a book! 

In our journals: 

We drew Z-words.

Zucchini, zig zag, zero

zebra, and zipper.

When we began our 

ocean unit

I had them draw and write ocean words

These were the ocean magnets from Target.

Target

I grabbed a pack of sandwich containers- I think

it was a 3 or 4-pack.

I used those Target alphabet clips.

I {think} the sheet came from here.

Polar Animals Study

 We started off the year by traveling to the Arctic.

We read a letter introducing the whole unit. Then each day we met new animals. 

I added some winter-themed pencils and blue markers to our writing tool turn-about.

Here are some of the books we used:

We made icicles in our journals.

We have to at least make as many as we are old.

This was one of my transitions. They spun the paperclip and put some "ice" on that animal.

The "ice" are glass beads- blue, clear, and frosted.

Polar animals spin

The tray came from Dollar Tree.

All of our centers are stored here.

I share my classroom, so everything is stored here.

I cover it with a pocket chart after my class is done.

The large empty space on top is for our stews, 

which I put up high on a shelf. 

Penguin roll

Penguins are from Dollar Tree

penguin mini erasers from the KinderCrate.

Kids roll the number cube and add that many penguins to the penguins.

Pokey pins are From the Pond.

I make my students lay on their bellies to poke these.

Random blocks and animals from Target.

Roll and Build

The matching play dough cards are underneath the key card.

Winter magnet tiles

Penguins

I thought they would be hard like those counting bears,

but these are more pliable.

This game.... the pieces are good...when not used together lol

It is supposed to balance, it is more frustrating than anything.

Watch the video.

Polar and Snowman Stews HERE

but just get the bundle HERE.

Week 2 I added this one :)

Directed Drawing:Turkeys Kinderpond Style

I did these directed drawings

within small groups.

I have two small groups. 

I drew a circle/oval in the middle of the paper.

Then I went around the table and 

had one child give me a color.

I drew the feathers that color.

Then around again for what kind of lines 

we should use to decorate the feathers.

Then we added the eyes, beak, waddle, and legs.

This child's photo is there if

you look very closely.

Here was group two: