Dental Health in the Kinderpond

 Sensory bin

In the upper left corner- there are those plastic cups (you can barely see lol)

measuring spoons

cupcake liners

mouthwash bottle

white letters

teeth from those tooth necklaces

Sad Cavity

I used this as a transition activity and later put in centers to play.

In journals, we made our own toothpaste trails.

We made rectangles and added a line to

make toothbrushes in journals. 

I have frog challenges.

Then when my students try out the center, we write their names

on the sheets. I draw simple pictures on them with a name.

So instead of calling these tracing lines, 

I call them toothpaste trails lol

Inside the center bin.

We erase with a toothbrush.

I used those sparkly pom-poms because I think they look like cavities lol

I added a pail to hold the teeth.

Children will place the number of teeth on the game boards.

These are playdough heads.

Shrek and the guy.

The guy was my son when he was younger, it was 

his toy. He called it Randy, his dad's name.

Now we also call it Randy.

Random coloring sheets

We color on the front and the back.

Toys

top ones from Dollar Tree

bottom one from Target.

Cavity Count

roll the number cube

add that many cavities to the teeth

erase with the toothbrush

Writing center

printables from HERE.

Science items HERE. 

Science Center: Magnets

 I  have so many of these Kindergarten Crate boxes,

so when I put together the units, more than just printing,

I pop all the extras in these boxes.

All the printables in the science area are from here.

There are a ton of cards- the smaller ones hanging,

have the same photo plus more words :)

Close up

Since I shared my science center, 

I thought I'd share my math area too.

Here is my math area.

We are a Pip the Pup classroom.

I am trying to convince Tara West, to make some additional

shape cards lol

I take these down each and every year.

When I introduce a shape,

then I hang up a shape card.

February Bins and Centers

 This week in centers and in morning bins:

Hearts from HERE.

Grab these and more here.

Morning Bins 

Centers this week:

Two different pots for our stews.$

Tic tac toe games from Target.

These are number and letter sheets.

I used pink/magenta gems from Dollar Tree.

Trace the number /letter and cover the same ones on the side.

Grab these play dough mats here$

For the block area items from Target.

We will build towers with these red cups.

Here is our science center. Printables here.

All About ramps.

Here are the new pencils for our writing center.

Some are regular pencils and some colored pencils.

They both were from WalMart.

PS I added purple tape at the top, 

so I know that they belong 

to the writing center.

Here are some of the "new" pens I am adding.

I take them out each year and then pop them 

back into the theme box for next year.

Those cute little ones are Scentos- like the smelly ones!

In small groups we are working on:

This uses an egg carton.  

I use garage sale dots and add whatever skill 

I want to work on or review.  This week I might 

choose a heart, 15, pink, x's. 

Then either make doubles or add different 

shapes, numbers, or letters. 

Print out, and tape it on top of an egg carton.  

Add items to garage sale dots, and stick them inside the egg carton.  

Add a red/pink: eraser, pony bead, heart, or glass bead.  

Close cover. Shake. Open. 

Read what is on the sticker in the cup 

where the item landed. Close and repeat.

Read more about the Shake-Up games HERE.

Shake Up

These shake-up games would be great for a transition too.

  Valentine's Love 

 Cupid's Arrow

Non-Standard Measuring

Candy Hearts 

Many Hearts

Cupid's Arrow

X's and O's 

Nocturnal Animals

New unit calls for new pointers:

either from Dollar Tree or Bullseye's Playground

I have two bookshelves, one in my loft and one on my main level. I have nocturnal books along with books on shapes as part of our calendar.

 As I do with most units, I read a letter.

Grab some word cards here.

Using all the stars mini erasers.

Printables from HERE.

spider counting

possum counting

spikey hedgehog

Cover the letter with more star mini erasers

Read write and build

I added blue markers and some spiders because I can't find my bats lol

Measuring animals

pattern blocks

Here is what's going on in our science center:

printables here.

In one lesson we talk about the cards:

We did this as a transition activity and then

it goes into the science center.

In another lesson, we labeled a bat.

We use that blue sticky tac.

We sorted these cards on diurnal/ nocturnal animals like this:

we did it as a science lesson and then into the science center.

After we talk about them, they go into our science center.

In one of our sensory bins, we made Shape Stew from here.

I couldn't find any nocturnal animals for the block center, 

so I printed these from HERE.

In our fine motor journals, we made spiders one day.

The following day we made spider webs:

I draw mine first and then the children trace mine.

It was also octagon day too lol

This is our writing center

Night Stew from HERE

Here are our morning bins:

We are reviewing shapes and working on fine motor with the clothespins.

The following cards are from here.

We used this spider web from HERE.

Kids write their names, one letter on each square.

One must put the whipped cream on top of my pumpkin pie from HERE.

Here we are adding play dough for the feathers.

We are tracing letters form to build muscle memory to form letters.

These are colorful head-scratchers.

I think I used Model Magic for the pot part.

I added the number cube for added fun.

Roll the number cube and place that many beads on the wires.