Halloween Roll and Cover, Math Centers, and Flip Chips!

Yes, I know it's not even close to Halloween. I'm not that crazy. (yet.) :)

Anyway, I found this on my desktop just now. I had created it about a month ago but never posted it anywhere! Silly me!

It's a roll and cover game, very easy and simple for kinderbabies to do on their own! Plus, they LOVE Halloween stuff!

You can get it in my TpT store HERE!


Happy Tuesday! Who knows! I may even have another FREE thing for ya today!


OH!

I'm trying to come up with some math stations for both Kinder and First... sort of like BUILD stations... BUILD might be a bit too much for Kinder...

I want to add in more "play time" for kinder because... well, they are still babies and need to just PLAY sometimes. So for kinder I need some sort of "play time" rotation and a math centers rotation...

For kinder math centers, I've been playing around with:

1. Playing with Patterns
2. Counting Kids
3. Knowing Numbers
4. Coloring Counts
5. Cut, Glue, and Grow

Each station would have activities that go along with it.

Playing with Patterns - pattern blocks and mats, unifix cubes, coins, etc. I could go on for days.

Counting Kids - any number of counting activities, sorting and counting, etc.

Knowing Numbers - number matching games, flash cards, etc.

Coloring Counts - Coloring pages having to do with math and counting, eventually getting to counting then coloring to match

Cut, Glue, and Grow - more of a "craftivity" station


If you have ANY ideas for NEW stations (with catchy, rhyming names) or activities to put it any of those centers, PLEASE leave a comment! I would LOVE feedback!



Here's a game I'm sure you've all played in your classrooms, but may do it slightly differently or call it something else...

FLIP CHIPS!

You put those red/yellow counting chips in a cup, have kids flip the cup over and count how many red and how many yellow... ahhh yes, we do recognize that game.

I'm making recording sheets to go along with it. They will start with just circles for the kids to color, then add addition sentences to go along with it. It will start with just 5 chips, then go up to 10.

Here's the first example!

Happy Tuesday!

Summer School

The day goes onnnnn and onnnnnn..... and onnnnnnn....


Yawn. Makes me sleepy.

It is SO WEIRD to spend a whole year with your kiddos whom you feel like you know inside-out and backwards, then a week later, you are teaching complete strangers.  I mean, they might as well be from a different planet. Who are these people?! They are not from my world/school!  It's just bizarre. I like these kids, but it's so weird when they don't know how the school works or how you work... you don't know how they work or how their school does things (if they have procedures or routines - some don't enforce things like that). It's sort of frustrating and just plain WEIRD!

It probably also has to do with the fact I am a first year teacher and I will always compare kids to my first class.





Well, that was a boring story.




On a higher note, the extra $$$ in the paycheck sure will be nice! I'm thinking... little vacation... I know I could really use to get away and relax for a bit, get a couple massages/facials (never had one!), have some lovely vino, sleep late... Who knows! I'm just that spontaneous!


Whatever I figure out, I'm EXCITED about it!

This is one of my latest TpT freebies! Download it and RATE ME please by going to  my TpT store

Also, this fun game!


You can download it by going HERE




Enjoy!