Sept week 2

 Morning Bins week two

Here is how I store our morning bins:

They pull the drawers out and spread out around the room.

I have their names on frog name cards From the Pond.

I attached velcro to the backs and on my drawers.

I move the names down to the next set of drawers. 

Each set of 3 drawers houses the same set of manipulatives.

I added cards to the teddy bears.

Cards here too.

Frogs on a log and cards

(these might be my favorite, I have to borrow

the bears, but not these frogs lol)

Plastic chains and cards

Snap cubes and cards

Here are some more Pip books of course!

My co-teacher taught half the group about the Dot Cube.

I taught mini counters. 

Then we swapped kids and taught the lesson again.

Then we brought out the game boards.

We followed the mini counter book with ideas to use them:

We  made numbers:

shapes

patterns

Here are our game boards:

we rolled our dot cubes

I used foam cubes and used only 1-3 dots (called Pips1)

Roll the dot cube and add that many mini counters

when they filled their card, then they rolled again and 

removed the mini counters to the container.

Remember last week we practiced our scissor skills?

We decorated our people collages while using the 

Glue sponges too. Plus there's a Pip book for that too!

We read Pip: Dough Fun and played with play dough and tools.

We learned how to open it and close them too!

After we read and practice a Pip book, the kids get to be Pip Certified.

I hang these signs all over!

so in the pretend area, 

when they child has demonstrated

mastery of the area,

they choose a color of dry erase marker and 

I write their name.

The kids are so proud of their learning.

We ended our week with Green and Red Choices

from Pocket of Preschool

We will continue to practice these

next week.

We literally had a child do every single red choice 

in after care... 

I will read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

if we continue to have rough days.

"Today was rough, 

but tomorrow will be better."

September 2020 Week 1

All About Me and School are the topics for our first month of school.

We will learn about our friends and how to work together as a class.

Practicing routines.

We start with meeting Pip the Pup1

She will teach us some very important things!

How to correctly use different areas in our classroom.

How to correctly use supplies and tools in our room.

If there is a need, there is a Pip book for it!

This is NOT a sponsored post, but I am always accepting them!

To get your own Pip products.

 

Our morning bins:

We start easy. 

We have bears.

Chain links

Plastic frogs

Pattern blocks

and snap cubes

The first week is just free explore. 

We read lots and lots of Pip!!

She teaches us everything!!!!!!

We read a school tool book and then practice what she said. 

Pencils, we use scrap paper and practice :)

We read the crayon book and practice coloring on scrap paper.

We practice before I ask them to do any sort of task.

What pencils do.

What dry erase markers do.

How to be helpful.

How to sit at circle time.

How to use mini counters (aka mini erasers!!!)

Pip has become a staple in my classroom.

We read Pip uses scissors.

I cut narrow strips of paper.

They practiced their cutting skills and

cut them on these trays. 

I saved the pieces for a later date.

We read Pip and the Dry Erase Marker.

We used our yet-to-be-introduced name pockets.

I put a scrap page inside the dry erase pocket.

Next week starts name tracing.

Practice the procedures, first :)

We just write lines like pencils, no drawing.

Need a book to teach about Fall? Pip has you covered!

Teach about spinners? Pip has you covered.

Teach about Glue Sponges? Pip has you covered :)

I promise that I do use other books too, but these are so awesome, the kids who never read on their own, pick up Pip books.

We graph our favorite colors.

We measured our shoes with cubes.

I use these name cards and shrunk them down to 4 pages per page.

Check your printer settings :)

Then when we made our hair graph:

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!

School Supplies and Snack Ideas

Supply List

Here are pictures to help with your shopping!

Please don't label these items.

Glue  Bottle

Thin Markers

Thick Markers

Crayons 

colored pencils

sharpened pencils

dry erase markers 

(no fine tip)

Please label these items:

Backpack that will fit a folder

Scissors

4 containers of Play-Doh!

pick your child's favorite color(s)

full-sized containers

Plastic Folders 2 needed

Spiral Notebooks 2 needed

Pencil Box

just an example

They can be any color :)

Non-skid slippers

I've done slippers in the past and it is even more important now.

Slippers are worn by the children upon entering our classroom.

Street shoes go right into the child's bottom cubby and 

the slippers go right on all of our feet.

Please choose ones that low profile, more shoe like,

rather than those over-sized ones

similar to these examples

I mean, I wouldn't be mad if these came in my size lol

these are more of a Croc-type shoe, though

but it is a FROG after all lol

Snack Ideas