November Morning Work

I used a head-scratcher, and I think Model-Magic

and stuck it in those little pots.

There is a clear dish with beads that the

children will "lace" onto the 'branches'

Lacers from Target

 Geoboards 

Those rubber bands, I think, are for doing hair lol

Turkey Feather Colors

from HERE using Unifix/snap cubes.

November Morning Work

Here is this week's morning work:

 Q tip dot designs= push pins

Balance Toys

Turkey Letters

Path letters 

November Morning Bins

 Geoboard 

Those rubber bands, I think, are for doing hair lol

Turkey Feather Colors

from HERE using Unifix cubes.

Lacers from Target

I used a head-scratcher and I think Model-Magic

and stuck it in those little pots.

There is a clear dish with beads that the

children will "lace" onto the 'branches'

Directed Drawing:Turkeys Kinderpond Style

I did these directed drawings

within small groups.

I have two small groups. 

I drew a circle/oval in the middle of the paper.

Then I went around the table and 

had one child give me a color.

I drew the feathers that color.

Then around again for what kind of lines 

we should use to decorate the feathers.

Then we added the eyes, beak, waddle, and legs.

This child's photo is there if

you look very closely.

Here was group two:

November Morning Bins

 Check out what we're doing for morning bins this week:

There's a video at the end.

Pattern block sheets- there are 3 versions of each page.

Practice Writing Cards HERE.

Counting mats HERE.

Turkey Letters

Thanksgiving

 We start all of our units with a letter. The kids love opening letters!

These letters get the children excited about the new unit. It introduces new words. These word cards then go into the writing center. 

Same centers this week with the addition of this muffin game.

You could add a number cube. Then roll both the color and number of muffins.

I couldn't find a use for those turkeys until I got this game out.

This was my transition activity.

I use transition activities to space out

our hand washing time.

Sometimes it's verbal.

In this case, I put the cards out on the table upside down.

I called on the children to come and pick up a card.

They flipped the card and put a turkey on the shape that matched.

When I have a "game" that doesn't have as many pieces,

I stop near the end of the "game" and add those used 

pieces back so they can be picked again.

After we play this "game" I put it in centers, so they can play it again!

The following week is short, we are out Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.

Our morning bins are: 

*scissor skills

*monthly self-portraits

* name puzzles

Trace with a highlighter for our monthly scissor skills practice:

These name puzzles are from HERE.  We are going to practice spelling our names and then we will glue them to make a name tent for our Thanksgiving feast. This is harder than you think for 4/5-year-olds!

The kids loved putting their names up... but they kept falling down grrrrrrr.

Our monthly family projects

(PS I do have more kids)

We did a directed drawing.

Like step by step. We are still working :)

You can get fancy and add different 

patterns for the feathers.

In one small group, we made these pie slices.

I cut paper plates into quarters. 

I added pumpkin pie spices to the paint. 

We painted the crust brown and the pie orange.

 I punched holes in the pie and the 

tag and attached them with pipe cleaners!!! 

The tag came from @polka.dots.please.

Grab the printable HERE.

This is a fabulous book to read before you

paint the children's hands!