Play-Dough Snowmen

First of all, let me say how good it is to sit down and blog.  Life has been so busy!

We had our first snow about a week ago. It happened over a weekend so I didn't get to bring any in for the kids to play with.   I thought it would be fun to see them make snowmen with pay dough.

  I have to admit, I am a one color at a time kinda girl! 

 Mixing the play dough colors drives me CRAZY! 

 So, I modeled how to carefully build a snowman and then take it apart without mixing the colors.  I was blown away by their creativity.  Check these adorable snowmen and snowgirls out!

We had to get fresh play dough after this one, but the story that was being told as she built her snowgirl a beautiful dress was priceless!

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Here's a little Christmas freebie for you! 

Just a fun way to practice one to one correspondence and number recognition.

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Sensory Bottles

With the cold weather and indoor recess welcoming us back to school, 

I was thinking of something fun I could add to my classroom.  

Sensory bottles!

I collected different sized bottles for variety.  Some are liquid, dry, noisy, bright, or just cool!  These are a great addition for my science area.  I can't wait until my students get back from Christmas break!

Tip: I hot glued the lids on, just in case.

I hope everyone enjoyed their break and time with family.

Building Scarecrows

We built REAL scarecrows this week!  

Such a great opportunity for children to experience teamwork and accomplishment.

 It was so much fun!

I had planned to attach them to poles and stand them up outside our classroom

 window but mother nature gave us rain instead.

Plan B..... Lawn chairs in our classroom!

The kids were so excited that we brought them inside.  

This little one decided to teach them to count with some flash cards.

The rain finally stopped and we had a sunny ending to our week.  We took the scarecrows, which now have names "Scarecrow and Cha-nae-nae", outside to enjoy the day.  We decided to take some corn from the sensory table out to share with the crows.

This led to an unexpected science experiment. 

 "Are crows really scared of scarecrows?"

The students made their predictions.

And then we waited.....

We didn't see anything today.  

We are going to keep an eye on them next week.  I'll let you know if we have any visitors!

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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Monster Week and Monster Give-Away!

Mission complete!

I successfully made it through 30 parent/teacher conferences last week and 2 Halloween parties this week.  Oh the joys of having a morning AND afternoon class!

I love every minute of it!  Where else can you celebrate monster week?!

Check out some of the monster fun we had this week. 

I am also giving away a super fun product from my friend Deedee Wills.

  Enter below for a chance to win her "Monsters!!! Game Pack Roll, Say, Keep-Editable"

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Monster Play Dough!

They loved creating monsters all week long!

We had so much fun making pumpkin soup last week that we just couldn't let it end. 

 This week we made eyeball soup! 

 Ingredients - blue and yellow water, googly eyes, and glitter (special seasoning).

 They were so excited to discover that yellow and blue make green!

 Yummy!

Cookie Monsters!

Each student colored their own monster, then colored cookies to feed it. 

 Next, we sorted the cookies by shape onto a cookie sheet.

I posted the learning skills that went with this project on the bulletin board. 

 I have found this helps parents understand the purpose of the activity. 

Good luck in the give-away!

Pumpkin Soup!

We made pumpkin soup!  I saw the idea at the wonderful Teach Preschool blog, and had to try it!  My students LOVED it!! I cut the top off our pumpkin, gave them the other two ingredients (orange water and pumpkin spice) and let them go.  The pumpkin was cleaned out slowly as each student took turns at the station.  They did a great job mixing, stirring, pouring and serving their soup to their friends!

  Our classroom smelled wonderful too!

 Here is some more of our pumpkin fun! 

 This is a great way to strengthen fine motor skills as well as encourage creativity.

They created super hero pumpkins, silly pumpkins, witch pumpkins and crazy pumpkins!

Have a great day!

Echolocation and a Slinky!!

We had so much fun learning about "echolocation" today.

  I began by explaining how echolocation works and why bats use it to find nocturnal prey. 

 Then we had some fun.....

We acted it out.  I was the bat while the students took turns choosing which nocturnal prey they would be.  I pretended to use my echolocation to find my little lightening bugs, mosquitoes, moths, and mice!

Then we watched the perfect video about echolocation!

After watching this super cute video we tried it out.

1. I took a metal slinky and tied two pieces of yarn on one end.

2. Take each piece of yarn and wrap around your index fingers.

3. Insert your finger tips into your ears.

As the slinky bounces sound waves travel up through the yarn.  

The sound it makes is very interesting!  

Toes, Fingers, and Goop!

So, this week we have been learning about our 5 senses.  Today was all about the sense of touch.  My plan was to have them finger paint during center time.  But after discussing the fact that you can feel and touch things with different parts of your body (not just your hands) we were inspired  to try TOE PAINTING! 

Finger painting was fun too! 

These two young ladies were  very dainty painters.

We couldn't forget the goop!!!

If you have never made goop for your students or children, it's not too late!

Super easy, just corn starch and water.  One of the kids in this picture has some sensory issues.  I really thought I would have to coax him to try things today. 

 He had a great time playing in the goop AND toe painting!!

I had to add this picture! 

 We are having a spirit week for homecoming at our school.

 Today was "twin day". 

 Me and my awesome aide!!!

This Week in Pre K.... " My Five Senses"

I'm really excited about this week! 

 Kids always love learning about the five senses.  Why wouldn't they, such  a fun and messy week! 

   I also love teaching it because I get to teach them about others that are visually and hearing impaired.  Teach them young to be compassionate towards others and show them how amazing people with disabilities are.  We are going to learn some sign language and feel braille this week! 

 I just finished a project especially for this week. You can find it in my TpT store.

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

Thanks Deedee!

My Lesson Plans, "Our 5 Senses"

Have a great week!