Kinderpond has Gone to the Birds

Feed the Birds

Build a nest- these are half-sized popsicle sticks.

All the birds drawing cards I could find lol

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Set 4

You can search "directed drawing" and it will pull up a ton!

Match the shapes to the birds

We use these on a vertical surface.

Roll and fill the nest.

Measure me- feather sizes

Sorting egg sizes.

Writing numbers

Most of the printables are from HERE.

All of our science center photos are from HERE.

April Morning Bins

We are watering the plants, I mean letters lol. 

Did I use these gems last week? Yes, 

Did I put them away? Yes,

Did I get them back out for this week? Yes lol 

There is a whole set, but it's a frog lol

so we are all doing that one.

They can choose whatever color they want :)

we are doing torn paper and glue sponges.

Here is this set, but I have the whole bundle.

I don't have orange dough, but there are purple carrots,

so we're going with the purple carrots!!

I added a card, but they can make anything they'd like.

Kinderpond gets Buggy

We start each unit with a letter. 

In the insect unit, we start with a brief overview.

The next day, we focus on a different insect.

I write in cursive the return address :)

I just pick random order- sort of lol

I also include how to draw cards too, on Thursdays we have 

free choice in journals, so I read praying mantis on a Thursday, 

because drawing a mantis is difficult ;) 

Ladybug Lane

Grasshopper Gateway

Bee Place

Dragonfly Drive

Ant Avenue 

Mantis Street

ButterflyBoulvard 

So each day, we get :

*a letter, 

*a how-to-draw card, and a 

*small bug icon to glue in a bug cage. 

As soon as I find this file, I will put it in my TPT store :)

I used these but added the hearts at the bottom so they could write their names.

Each picture has different choices:

* dominos

* numerals

* ten frames

*tally marks
* fingers

When I put these in centers,

I will put one copy in a sheet protector

and color code the crayons at the top.

Click on the pictures or HERE for the link.

Additional coloring sheets from HERE.

Bug stew from HERE.

The die cuts were a notebook,

the flies are from HERE.

This is a bottle-drying rack.

Add bugs and tweezers!  

Roll the cube and add that many bees to the egg carton.

I used some mini-erasers and some yellow poms.

roll the number cube and put that many bees in the hive.

April Morning Bins

 This week in morning bins we have:

Trace Cards

Easter Cards

Snap Cubes

I think these are lawn decorations.

Find what else I bought HERE.

I gave them ribbons for them to lace through the spots. 

The one below is from HERE $

I found this one for free HERE.

All things Spring

Spring centers 

Cup stack- always a hit! 

I picked these cups up at Dollar Tree.

Geoboard challenge

Grab them here.

Playdough mats here.

Here are our pointers

rainbow tree and rainbow puff

frog and green star pointer

The frog thing is a watering can that holds our pointers :)

Leprechaun Brew from here.

Spring letter trace

rainbow patterns here

I drew a rainbow on butcher board paper. 

They will match these frogs to the colors 

on the rainbow.

Build the number here.

Raining Shapes here.

Our sensory bin.

I took strips of construction paper and wrapped packing tape around when I didn't have duct tape.

We celebrated Very Hungry Caterpillar day!!!

We did a scavenger hunt.

These "posters" came from Dollar Tree.

I think you're supposed to hang these up :)

We searched for all things red.

Then we talked about what was red- then we put them away.

We followed with orange

We rainbow wrote in small groups. Pip, IYKYK :)

We read letter of the day.

Read more HERE. 

This week's morning work:

Roll and trace from HERE.

Shamrock Color by Shape.

My students will find and put together these puzzles.

I may add dice and or tongs to this center.

Here's my updated rainbow name.

I wrote each of their names in

rainbow order with smelly markers.

Journals: