Flannel Boards!

I can remember when I was a kid loving the bible stories my Sunday school teacher would tell with the flannel board.  It was so much fun retelling those stories on our own when it was our turn. 

 

This past year I brought the flannel board back in my classroom!

 

 I made some fairytale flannel board sets and the kids LOVED them!   I simply took one of my bulletin boards and covered it with fabric.  After printing and laminating the pieces to each set, I glued a piece of felt on the backs.    The language, expressions in their retell, and vocabulary were awesome to watch and listen to. 

 

 I just finished getting those flannel board sets ready to share with everyone.  Take a look below and click on the picture to get yours at my TpT store. 

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your summer! 

High Wire or Balance Beam?

Each day this month we are reading a different fairy tale or folk tale.

  Earlier this week we read "Mirette on the High Wire" by Emily Arnold McCully.  My students loved learning about Paris, hearing some French, and learning about the art of walking on a high wire.  

We pulled out the balance beam and tried walking it ourselves!

Next we made balance birds.  

Super easy to do, cut bird pattern (old file folders work great) then attach a paperclip to each wing.  

We discovered we could balance them on our fingers and even our noses!

What else could we balance them on?

Great way to incorporate social studies, gross motor and science into story time! 

TpT Cyber Sale and Snowmen!

In case you haven't heard yet.....

TPT is having a HUGE sale!  

Monday and Tuesday only, are you ready?

There is a chance of snow here later this week!  I'm soooo excited!

I made this for my kiddos to celebrate!

Check it out now, but wait until tomorrow to snatch it up!

Have a great week!

This Week in Pre K... "Scarecrows"

A big thank you to Deedee Wills and everyone that entered the monster give away this weekend! 

Those are always so much fun! 

I worked on a new unit to go along with my scarecrow week.
You can get it in my TpT Store. It will be 10% off today only!

I am linking up with Deedee from Mrs. Wills Kindergarten.  Great ideas to be shared!

Thanks Deedee!

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Frog Life Cycle

Short week this week, snow day on Monday and spring break Thursday and Friday! 

 Today and tomorrow we will be learning about the frog life cycle. 

My kiddos were so proud when they built the frog life cycle on their own!

Don't you just love it when those unplanned teachable moments happen!
  I had not planned this activity.
 I caught her drawing frog eggs and tadpoles on the white board and it lead to this!

Some frog themed rhyming!

You can get my "Frog Life Cycle and More" activities at my TPT store.
Just click on the photo above.

All kids love Easter eggs!  We sorted today by color.
Tomorrow I'm going to put various objects inside them and have the students sort by sound!

Puzzles!

 During center time today, I introduced our new farm puzzles.  The kids loved them!  Thanks to my aide, Mrs. Cole, I also have a great way to store them now.

Great way to practice sequential order.

This little guy was so proud that he could spell horse!

We can already read and build equations!

Click on the picture above to get these puzzles for your students!