Here Comes Fall!

.Our reading series this week was on our five senses.  What better way to end a unit on senses and start our fall unit than with pumpkins.  We looked, felt, smelled, and listened to our pumpkins.  We didn't taste them...that will come next week.
They had a blast exploring their pumpkins.  We also came up with some great descriptive words to use later. Plus it was something fun for a half day of school after some testing.

                                                                                                       Gooey!

Fiddlesticks!

I guess that most of you teachers have been playing Fiddlesticks for years.  I am new to kinderland and just discovered it. (this is my fourth year, feel I have more to learn)

Favorite game so far....Fiddlesticks.  A pinterest find.  Kinders are loving it.  Me too!  I don't have to make a new game, just add new words to the cup.  Cheers always go up when I mention Fiddlesticks.

Don't you love it when they think they are playing?

Fiddlesticks!

Pete the Cat!

Here it is October and I am just now getting some of my beginning of the year stuff posted.

Who doesn't like Pete the Cat?  I would like to thank Fran Kramer over at kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com for introducing Pete the Cat to me.  Fran does a lot of Pete the Cat activities with her kinders.  I love her ideas. 

  We started our year with Pete the Cat.

My Pete the Cat didn't turn out as cute as I had envisioned. I really like his lunch box though!

Look at the Kinders Pete the Cats.....cuter than mine!

Black, Yellow, and Polka Dots!

Here are some more things from the "bee"model.  I went with black, yellow, and polka dots.  I love the look. 

This is our "reading hive".  I would like to finish this off by painting bubble wrap

and pressing it on the walls....a good project for next year.

renamed word wall that I use for sight words

Daily 5 wall....Hey, there are some more of those adorable bees from Scrappin Doodles!

Curtains always add a touch of home.  These have little bees and looped with what else...polka dot ribbon.

Writing center....nicely labeled and organized....a first for me!

I think I like organization.

Baskets for organization....sprayed painted black....with ribbon!  Make it pretty!!

Our honey pot was a cheap find at a dollar store and holds candy.

Calendar wall.  I love those polka dots. 

Not such a neat desk, but I like the lamp and the picture frame with the Things to Do list inside.

A fellow Kinder teacher made those for us...Thanks Melissa..Luv it!  So far it is reminding me of my upcoming

flu shot, OUCH!  My pencil holders are tin cans covered with scrapbook paper and tucked into a box made by my daughter for my other daughter's wedding.  Took it and spray painted it and added ribbon.

Black lamp shade with those Avery labels...adorable!

Remember when I said I could spray paint anything and those Avery labels......

this container was a clear plastic container I had around,  spray painted and polka dotted.

It holds my Common Core Standards that I got from Deanna Jump's Tpt.

Getting those saved me a lot of time....more time to get organized and "bee"model.

Thanks Mrs. Jump!



Catching Up

Decided to spend the entire evening catching up on all that's re-model and Kindergarten....this may take a while!

Project #2 was to re-create those adorable bees from Scrappin Doodles that I love sooo much.  This project was an inspiration from bee bird feeders found on Pinterest.  Salt containers, electrical tape, felt, and of course spray paint!  Wings are made from headbands and window screen.  I have them hanging from the ceiling.  They make me smile!

Back in "Bee"ness!!!!

Last time I blogged was about my "Bee"model.  Here are some pics from the re-do.  I found out I can spray paint anything and those cute (they became cute) Avery circle stickers (labels) stick to almost anything.  These letters were my first project.  A dear friend found these letters at a car swap meet.  They are from old signs, and the letters range from 12 inches to 20 inches.  Spray paint and Avery labels.  Luv um!!!

Who's Afraid of Internet Explorer?

I am, I am!  My computer was doing things it has never done before.  Then the news the next morning was something about something and Internet Explorer.  I was a little am terrified.  I tried another browser for a couple of weeks and couldn't get anything done.  So,  I am back to IE and hope whatever it was is gone and didn't get me......

We have "Bee"modeled

I have never really had a "theme" in my room.  This year I decided to do "bees" thanks to one of my favorite clip art hang outs Scrappin Doodles.  I just fell in love with their "Smarty Bees".  I just love those eyes....so I "bee"modeled and couldn't stop.  Thank you Scrappin Doodles for the inspiration and the bees!  I was going to add pics, but I had better go back and do re-takes!

I have done it!!!

I have spent most of the night trying to figure out the new template design for my blog...it is a little plain, well very plain to me, but I will consider this a great triumph for this ole girl.  I will work some more on it and might get it where I want it...someday.  Consider me back to the blogging world.  I have missed reading and posting and hope I can do a better job this year.  Once again, thanks to all you bloggers who share your ideas.