Not Norman

We wouldn't trade Norman!

Two Simple Art Projects Inspired by the Book

Quick and Easy Activities for Children ages 1-8

Materials:

white construction paper, black oil pastel (or black crayon), liquid watercolor paint,  orange and yellow tempera paint, precut tissue paper squares, diluted white glue, paintbrush, and water.

 Materials:

 white paper plate, liquid watercolor paint, black-eyed peas, white glue, small squares of colored construction paper, goggle eyes, fine tip black marker, scissors, paintbrush, and water.

Sing and Dance 

The Goldfish by The Laurie Berkner Band

Summer Fun!

 

 

The Shamrock Shake

 

We are reading, writing, and wearing the green this week!

Make sure your students are wearing the green this St. Patrick's Day with

"The Shamrock Shake Headbands".

Here's another way I used some of the fantastic products from 

Creative Teaching Press.

We made headbands with the Shamrocks Boarder.  

Here's What To Do:

Measure each student's head with a shamrock boarder strip and cut the strip to size.  

Staple this boarder strip at the top and the bottom to shape the headband.

Attach the Shamrock 6" Designer Cut-Outs to pieces of pipe cleaners and tape the pipe cleaners to the inside of the headband.

It was that simple. I hope you give it a try!

Everyone will be wearing their very own Shamrock Shake Headband by the time morning work is finished.

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If you don't have these fantastic Creative Teaching products at a store near you, grab some sentence strips and green construction paper.  Trace and cut out shamrocks and assemble the headbands in the same fashion!  

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During your morning meeting time, turn on the St. Patrick's Day music and dance your own version of The Shamrock Shake!

I'll be back tomorrow with a fun, sneaky, leprechaun project!

Happy Shamrock Shaking!

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.

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.