Cookie Shop

Let the cookie-making BEGIN!!!!!!! 

We read a couple of books to introduce the cookie shop.

Betsy from Play to Learn!!

Most of the printables came from Play to Learn.

I designed my sign after theirs and used clip art.

I made the green frosting thing with real tips.

It is a piece of felt.

The white bag behind is a real pastry bag, with a styrofoam tree form(?) 

Most of the aprons are from Dollar Tree and I glued/taped badges on them.

to-go boxes

bowls are from Dollar Tree.

The bottom of the tray is labeled.

My chocolate chip cookies are felt with brown X's on them lol

Sugar cookies are from Target a few years back.

My GB cookies are foam and I think from a GB kit from 

Oriental Trading- a super long time ago lol

Most of the items came from Dollar Tree.

*white mixing bowls

*blue pot holders

*cooling racks

*cookie pans
*baskets to hold stuff

*take home container boxes

*aprons

*pastry bags

Morning Work week 3

Here are our morning bins:

Last year, we had 4 rotations of bins which was perfect!!!! Four days of school, four sets of bins.  This year, I have to have 5 sets lol more children.  I used to prep and change them on Friday's, now it's a hot mess and I am always forgetting to change them. Y'all I wrote it on the calendar.... never looked at the calendar lol

I need to figure out some sort of system, it's almost the end of the semester lol

 Trace and erase!

Purchase them here.

These are pattern cards from here.

Snowmen, fox, and penguin erasers :)

These containers are from Dollar Tree.

Children roll a number cube and put that many erasers inside.

Penguin and penguin erasers of course!

Snowmen and a snowman!

These cards are from here. 

I split the cards up between three bins

one got these cute erasers

these drawers are from my chest of drawers

more on my storage here.

One got polar bear erasers

one got walruses :)

Here we have snowmen with pom poms.

Normally, I would have the kids sort them by color,

but this year, I wasn't going to sort out the pom-poms lol

Kids will use tongs to put the pom-poms on the snowflakes.

Gingerbread

 This week we kick off our gingerbread unit. Most of the printables come from Pocket of Preschool (PoP)

Here is our play dough bin.

The decorate the gingerbread one is supposed to be a math game where you roll and add gumdrops to the house.  We are going to use play dough to decorate :)

Gumdrop spin and color

Spin the spinner and color that many gumdrops that color.

Trace and make from PoP

Use play dough, or Wiki Sticks or mini erasers. 

Puzzles from PoP

there are two different levels

Candy building set 

Build the number from PoP

I used mini erasers

Extend the pattern from PoP

I used different gingerbread and candy mini erasers.

I don't have house mini erasers, so I printed out the houses. 

My GB House sketch from PoP.

Color by number

I always make a guide and color

the crayons, so the children know which to use :)

I put it in a sheet protector.

Beginning sounds from PoP

We will use a pocket chart.

The two sheets (on the left side and bottom) are found at From the Pond.

The blank one is from PoP.

Gumdrop shapes from PoP.

The gumdrops and toothpicks are from Dollar Tree.

Color Letter from PoP

Children pull out a fabric letter and find that letter on 

their sheet and color it that color.

For the blocks area.

I think all the painted GB and houses are

all from Bullseye's Playground.

I am not sure where the plain GB come from.

Color by Number from PoP

roll the dice and color that part

of the GB.

Hot Cocoa Count.

I used white pom poms,

brown fun foam for the chocolate

and mugs from dramatic play.

Calm Down area

Safe Place

This is on the wall behind my mini couch

I grabbed them from Pocket of Preschool.

The middle "calm down choices" 

have changeable pieces to change the choices out. 

Here is the basket that sits on the couch.

I change out the bottles and squishy things monthly.
The calm down book is always there along with
some other books as well.

Here's the couch.

These came from Bullseye's Playground.

                             These came from Bullseye's Playground.

These are from Dollar Tree.

This is from Bullseye's Playground.

This is the HOW

Each month I bring out the new squishy toys and we explore them.

I pass them around the group and they all get a turn.

The next day, they are in the basket.

I want the kids to explore them and not go to play in the 

calm down area to just play with the toys in there.

The pinwheel is sort of threaded through the basket

Funny side note:

one year I was walking through this area
(I have two rooms with a bathroom in the middle
and this is across from the bathroom.)
Anyways, on my walk through, I walk passed and
glance as I walk pass, but keep going.
Then my brain registers something weird and walk backwards
to see one of my girls sitting on the couch.
That was odd. I ask her if she was okay, it took
me by surprise she was there.
She's like yep, I'm good.

She just wanted some time to herself.
Girl, I get that. Enjoy your time!

February Centers and Morning Work

Here are our morning work bins:

Filled muffin cups with heart beads.

Used a pipe cleaner for the bracelet part :)

I used red, pink, and white bands and craft sticks for 

number practice and fine motor work.

The sticks have numbers written, words and dots on them :)  

Snap cube sheets and pattern blocks are from Pocket of Preschool.

Here are our centers this week.

Play dough tray.

Cookie Cutters- bought on clearance last year lol

red hearts from Dollar Tree

and the things with the red handles in the lower left side, 

were stamps from Target.

Cup stacking

Light table accessories

bought from Dollar tree and Target.

Here are more ideas for the light table.

I have two headbands and some funky glasses for 

Write the Room.

(Wonders where the glasses were? lol

well, they were there for the students to use!)

Tic Tac Toe boards.

From Target.

Side note: do you let them win?

We had a few games of CAT and some games where

they beat me.

One gal, told me where I should put my pieces. ;) 

Roll and fill the ice cube trays :)

Traveling writing center.

Stickers and stamps.

I teach my students to clean the stamps by using 

a baby wipe.

My Pampered Chef tool turn about,

is perfect for our writing center!!

When you need to try to see if all the pens work lol

Rice is in our sensory table.

Cupcake liners and erasers :)

Writing trays from Target.

I take out the lacing toys and use them elsewhere.

Heart pointer is from Target too lol

The red sand is from Dollar Tree.

Grab your sets here:

Letters

Numbers

My student looks for this letter each and every time....

can you guess what his name starts with? :)