Morning Work: October

 

Play dough cards from Tara West.

It's part of this BUNDLE

Family Counters and their houses

We are working on our tearing fine motor skills.

They can choose their own colors.

They need about half a sheet of construction 9x12 paper.

These are a staple for morning bins.

Just grab the bundle, you won't regret it!

Here are these though.

What it looks like when changing out morning bins.

An old box that holds most things we need.

The family counters and their homes don't stay in the box

 because I use them at other times.

Morning Bins

 

Puzzles from Tara West.

I punched them at the top and for storage on a ring.

I put different puzzles in each container.

Containers from Naeir see the haul here.

Monthly cutting sheets

Target felt lacers

Mini shape erasers that I added to the color copier.

The students will match the mini-eraser to the page.

It's on regular copy paper and inside a plain sheet protector,

and not those plastic dry-erase sleeves.

September Morning Work

 

Grab these fun bears here.

Target puzzles

Target blocks

🐸Here are some of the centers we are doing at the beginning of the year🐸

 🐸Here are some of the centers we are doing at the beginning of the year🐸

I picked things that would require little cleanup.

We were so busy, that we didn't

even use any during the first week of school.

During the first week of school, 

I use Jackie of Pocket of Preschool's

First Ten Days of school's plan.

I turn them into the first 11 because it 

covers the first few weeks of school.

We learn how to play in the pretend area 

after we read Pip Pretends.

We read Pip Builds and head to the block area.

Pip in the library and head to our library loft.

We try to get Pip certified for each area.

Since it is the beginning of the year,

it is more guided and the kids stay in one area for a time.

We play, I mean work in that area all together.

I split the class into half;

half went to blocks, and the other half went to the loft.

We play and then switch.

No time for our cube shelves.

I usually have small groups during this time.

It works out perfectly!

It was the end of the third week before we even used the cube shelves.

I added things that are big for easy pick-up.

After small groups and morning bins,

those items go into those shelves.

Week Two: morning bins

Week one is just plain toys,

In week two I added elements.

pattern block sheets

I ask them to try to do their ages 4 or 5.

Frogs

Bears

Cubes

 

First Week of School Morning Work

 The first week of school is always so much work, you are teaching so many procedures and rules. So I start with things that they typically have used before or that don't need much explanation.

Check your classroom for toys that will work. I have used snap cubes, pattern blocks, chain links, Unifix cubes, and teddy bears, this is all super low prep, find and put inside a drawer.

In week two, I add something to the drawer. Check back next week for our week two centers.

Open House 24-25

 Everyone on my list came to the open house!

Did I get another child after the open house? Also, yes!  

 Read about past open houses here.

  2019 Open House

2023-2024 Open House

Signs and numbers from HERE.

My all about me sheet from HERE.

Getting to know you sheet from HERE.

The real wish list is found HERE.

This year, I grabbed these cute bee marshmallows $$$ at Walmart.  

After I bought them, then I looked at the price lol

I had no plan for them, so I needed a plan.  I found some tags HERE. 

I have used this setup for the last 5 years...

why have I NOT thought to 

add some cute frog cutouts on the side????

These props came from Dollar Tree several years ago.

I can't find my play dough tag or my clothes tag,

so I had some school-aged kids make some labels!

I need a slippers tag too lol

Those bins were like $2.62 for all 5!!!!!

I had the children sort their supplies.