R is for Reindeer (Preschool Learning Fun)

 

Work on Letter Recogntion

and

Develop Number Sense

Find and Stamp Capital R and Lowercase r

Count the Reindeer Noses

Shake, Roll, and "Rainbow" Write

(Candy Plush Jars)

R is for Reindeer

Letter Craft

Read Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer

While reading the book, remember to wear your red nose!

Wiggle and Giggle

with the

Reindeer Pokey

 

Wear antlers to wiggle and giggle with the Reindeer Pokey!

Balloon Activity

Check out A Little Learning For Two to find out more about this activity and to grab the instruction cards!

Blow up a red balloon and insert a glow stick or two! 

Have a blast with your very own (red) Rudolph nose!

Download R is for Reindeer Here!

 

Silence for Sandy Hook Elementary

Sorrow and Prayers

December Find-A-Friend

 

Find-A-Friend for December is perfect for an 

end-of-day activity, indoor recess, or as part of the morning meeting.  Get up and move.

 

 Build the Classroom Community!

Read how to play here.

Holiday Hopscotch

 

Do you have extra gift boxes from the Dollar Store?   Do your little ones need to burn off excess holiday energy?   

Here’s A Fun Solution!

 

 Make and Play  

Holiday Hopscotch

Design the hopscotch path using the tops and bottoms of the gift boxes.  Secure the edges of the boxes together with clear packing tape.   

(Before playing, secure the board to the floor with tape.  Painters tape works well.)

I added calendar numbers and snowflake cut-outs.   

 If you do not have shapes available, allow the kids to decorate the plain boxes with holiday drawings and use a maker to number the boxes.

Add a holiday-shaped skipping stone.

 We are using a snowman wall hanger from the dollar store.

Remember to play holiday hopscotch several ways. Use two skipping stones and have the kids add, subtract, or multiply the marked numbers.   

For holiday skipping stones, check out your (plastic) decorations for ideas.

Happy December! 

Super Simple Learning

Wiggle and Giggle With Your Learners

Visit the Super Simple Learning website!

Children's Songs that are easy-to-teach and easy-to-learn!

 Here's my recent purchase from Super Simple Songs with several titles perfect for the entire winter season.

Great for Pre-K to Grade 2!

If you enjoy teaching with music, check it out.

 I can't wait to use Super Simple Songs Christmas.

Gingerbread Word Work

 

 

Use the letters in the word "gingerbread".

How many words can you spell?

I updated this activity with the gingerbread cut outs and alphabet letter stickers from Creative Teaching Press. 

The gingerbread person cut outs are on sale!

The "Oldie But Goodie" file works too!

Click to download the letter cards below.

Click to download the recording sheet below.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

November Find A Friend

Here's a find a friend activity for use this month.

Download it here.

Go Away Big Monster!

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Making Connections

What does this book make you think about?

Make a connection and design a monster.   

Of course, this story lends itself to several 

text-to-self connections!

 Grab a copy of a response sheet here.

Monster Math Fun

 Read Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart Murphy for some monster math subtraction fun.

Grab a copy by clicking on the picture above. 

Use the monsters to write and illustrate math stories for addition and subtraction.  Make sets or review ordinal position.

Move Like A Monster 

 Add a little movement to the day with these cute books by Josie Bissett.

These books are new to my collection!

 

Laugh with Tickle Monster and dance with Boogie Monster.   

 (The tickle monster mitts are too much fun!)

 Keep on Wiggling and Giggling!

Be sure to check out these fun songs “Monster Boogie” by Laurie Berkner and “Monster Boogie” by Kiddle Karoo.