September Morning Work

 

Grab these fun bears here.

Target puzzles

Target blocks

Blocks Area

We read several books over the course of exploring the blocks center.

One we might read 

We always of course read Pip Builds.

I have a binder with a cute cover from HERE.

Week 2 or sooner, in the blocks area, I intro build challenges.

One because then I take their photo and later display it on our smartboard.

Two because I print out the photos and pop them into a binder.

My plan is to print out at least 4 different pictures to each page.

I do want to send home their pages at the end,

so I will make a page for each child and personalize it.

So in the beginning, I used THESE posters to spark their interest.  

I intro those quickly at our morning meeting.

 

Last week of September

 In our last week of September we:

*Made a writing chart )I tried making it a marker/crayon box. 

I still have to draw/make visuals next to words.  

In our block area,

I have two building ideas.

When they build a tower they get their name on the

Frog Challenge Board (it's just a piece of cardstock)

laminated and on the line it says what the challenge is.

On the shelf above are additional cards

for the beginning of the year.

Here were our morning bins last week.

They move to our centers the following week.

I do that the first month of school.

Here are our morning bins for the week:

Cards from HERE $

Cards from HERE $

I printed 4 sets- dark green, light green, red, and yellow.

an action shot :)

Printable from HERE $

Target lacers

We have our "what we do in the morning" visual schedule.

The famous "Zipper Club"

when they can zip by themselves, we write their name on the sheet :)

Gingerbread Centers

 Centers for our gingerbread unit

Here is our sensory bin:

filled with oatmeal with cinnamon sprinkled in

cups

purple and pink letters

gingerbread mini erasers

whisks

plastic scoops

measuring cups and spoons

clear scoops (not photoed)

Writing center with cool papers

One of our books shelves.

Printables from here $

I used mini gb and candy erasers.

In the pack, she included some house clipart.

Here are those candy building set.

GB Houses puzzles from here. $

Color by number. Grab it here $

Wooden houses from Bullseye's Playground.

Decorate the GB house next photo shows the tools we use:

There are a couple of those red and white rollers are I think ornaments? 

anyways from Wal~Mart. Cookie cutters too!

Spin and color sheets from here $

My reading buddies

Some pointers to choose from.

I used white pom poms for the marshmallows and for the chocolate, I used brown fun foam! 

Build the Number 

Weeks 1 and 2

 We started school on a Wednesday and day two was Thursday. We don't have school on Fridays!!

Here are our morning bins.

We rotate daily.

Our first bins were these exact toys- minus the cards.

We play first- I mean we explore the tools first.

In the next rotation, I added the cards- it's not like a week, but sort of it is :)

We go to school 4 days a week and we only have three rotations, last year, I had 5 lol 

The year before, I had 4, it was perfect!

 

When we are done with these morning bins, they go into our centers.

I have a 9 cube shelf, that we store our centers on.

They know how to use these toys correctly, they can play.

I use a Pip the Pup book to introduce pretty much everything in my classroom.

It's how I plan my small group lessons to start with too!

One of my students told me "We don't get to use it unless you teach us how to use it first!"

Such a smartie!!

We introduced pretend and library the first day. I had help :) 

On day 2 we explored blocks. 

We could play in pretend or read in the library while half were in blocks with me.

We are having so much fun!!!!

Not too many photos to share, those have my students faces to share with families :)

Classroom Tour: Centers

Center Time!

I share my classroom, so I store my centers in that 9 cube shelf. 

I may have 3 extra centers on top.

In the photo at the end of the post, you can see

one unit that was totally out of control lol

So many centers to choose from! 

I like to have options, so I give my students options too!

I usually have math, writing, letters, fine motor, science, ELA, 

sensory, art, dramatic play, blocks, light table,

pocket chart, and interactive board.

No, I do not have all of those going at the beginning of the year.

We introduce our centers basically one at a time.  

We read a Pip the Pup book about that area.

Then we practice that center.

Click HERE to read all about Pip and our first week of school.

For our ROOM CENTERS

These centers don't move :)

We have our:

blocks

writing 

dramatic play

science

library loft

light table is under our loft (it's darker)

I try to have something to add to the room centers for each theme.

So in the beginning, I use THESE posters to spark their interest.  

Before I put our binder in the center with design pages inside,

I think when they have built one of these structures, 

I will put their name on a Post-it Note.

The cube shelf centers stay on one side of the room.

When they are done with the center bin, they return it to the shelf.

Sometimes I add wooden toys to our block area.

If you want to see what was in this photo, hop over HERE.

Hop along with us as we discover all the centers in our room.

Classroom tour part 1