New Years Centers

  

Roll a number cube and a color cube.

Magnetic bingo chips and a magnet wand.

Roll cubes and add that many of that color on that firework,

Our new calm down tools

our pointers (no idea why it's upside down lol)

Spinner games from Pocket of Preschool.

Pattern towers from Pocket of Preschool. 

Fill the balloon from Pocket of Preschool.

I was thinking those pom looked like fireworks

Color by Letter from Pocket of Preschool.

Light table there are mini cups too!

Pattern Block mats from Pocket of Preschool.

All the printables are 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 :)

Love Friendship and Valentine's! Oh My!

This week is all about friendship and (love) but don't tell the kids lol

We have these cool family counters and homes.

They are from Learning Resources.

People houses

Two different pots for our stews.$

Our playdough tray.

Did I find more for the tray after I took this photo?

Yes of course lol 

found and added lol

Here are playdough cards and games found here.$

I used those small counting cups from Dollar Tree and the kids add beads to the hearts.

Stamps to make patterns.

Calm down toys

Whenever I intro new toys/items for the calm down area, we practice first.

It's in my lesson plans- demo new items. We squeeze with ONE hand.

I have a whole box of "Hall of Shame" items that were wrecked. :(

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.

For the block area items from Target.

book shelf #1

Book shelf #2

Papers for our writing center from here$.

 

Week in review

 We did a directed drawing during journal time.

Their guesses are off to the side:

reindeer

bear

bunny

We read Not a Box

We drew rectangles and turned them into different things!

This is in one room:

This is in my other room lol 

We read Too Many Carrots.

We made carrots.

One of my frogs noticed we made a 7. Brillant!!

Here are some of our calm down squishy toys-

y'all, someone took a bite out of the egg!!!!!!!!!!!