September Morning Work

 

Grab these fun bears here.

Target puzzles

Target blocks

🐸Here are some of the centers we are doing at the beginning of the year🐸

 🐸Here are some of the centers we are doing at the beginning of the year🐸

I picked things that would require little cleanup.

We were so busy, that we didn't

even use any during the first week of school.

During the first week of school, 

I use Jackie of Pocket of Preschool's

First Ten Days of school's plan.

I turn them into the first 11 because it 

covers the first few weeks of school.

We learn how to play in the pretend area 

after we read Pip Pretends.

We read Pip Builds and head to the block area.

Pip in the library and head to our library loft.

We try to get Pip certified for each area.

Since it is the beginning of the year,

it is more guided and the kids stay in one area for a time.

We play, I mean work in that area all together.

I split the class into half;

half went to blocks, and the other half went to the loft.

We play and then switch.

No time for our cube shelves.

I usually have small groups during this time.

It works out perfectly!

It was the end of the third week before we even used the cube shelves.

I added things that are big for easy pick-up.

After small groups and morning bins,

those items go into those shelves.

Week Two: morning bins

Week one is just plain toys,

In week two I added elements.

pattern block sheets

I ask them to try to do their ages 4 or 5.

Frogs

Bears

Cubes

 

First Week of School Morning Work

 The first week of school is always so much work, you are teaching so many procedures and rules. So I start with things that they typically have used before or that don't need much explanation.

Check your classroom for toys that will work. I have used snap cubes, pattern blocks, chain links, Unifix cubes, and teddy bears, this is all super low prep, find and put inside a drawer.

In week two, I add something to the drawer. Check back next week for our week two centers.

Open House 24-25

 Everyone on my list came to the open house!

Did I get another child after the open house? Also, yes!  

 Read about past open houses here.

  2019 Open House

2023-2024 Open House

Signs and numbers from HERE.

My all about me sheet from HERE.

Getting to know you sheet from HERE.

The real wish list is found HERE.

This year, I grabbed these cute bee marshmallows $$$ at Walmart.  

After I bought them, then I looked at the price lol

I had no plan for them, so I needed a plan.  I found some tags HERE. 

I have used this setup for the last 5 years...

why have I NOT thought to 

add some cute frog cutouts on the side????

These props came from Dollar Tree several years ago.

I can't find my play dough tag or my clothes tag,

so I had some school-aged kids make some labels!

I need a slippers tag too lol

Those bins were like $2.62 for all 5!!!!!

I had the children sort their supplies.

Shapes Board

 Here's what's going on for our learning board.  It changed from our Color Board and will change again!

The main pieces come from HERE.

I dropped those cute little Scholastic mini-books in a page protector.

I also read a Pip book, but I only have one about all of the shapes and

not the ones that are about each different shape.

I laminated one of two sheets for the students.

They are clipped on a clipboard and stay

on that clipboard the whole time.

We use, check, and then erase.

Poems from HERE.

In the lower left-hand corner (which is cut off)I grabbed these sheets here. 

I was able to print them, but for whatever reason, I couldn't save them, It's so weird!

Color of the Day

 Here's our learning board- make-over addition lol

We use this board all of the time for all the different

things!   It began here and changes for different items.

I start with colors and move to shapes, names, letters and more.

Read about that HERE.

It's a tri-fold board.

Poem found HERE and HERE.

Crayons are from the whole pack.

Frog posters HERE

Poem HERE (I saved them but now it looks like you need to ask for 

permission.  I will try to find the author/link for you)

Blue poem

color maps here I post them on the board and we add things that are that color and 

then I put it in my color binder. Watch the video at the end of the post.

The green stickers are from Target see that post here.

I have the completed binder, somewhere lol

If I can find it, I will share that :)

It has color sheets that I found and our completed circle maps.

They read this book each and every day at reading time.