Working our way through "Diary of a Worm", it was time to talk tunneling. Where to begin? Dirt Paint. It was simple. 1 cup Flour. 1 cup Salt. 1 cup Water. A few tablespoons of Black tempera paint. They mixed it all up, and were pleased. "We made dirt!" I had another ingredient on hold, but first it was time to start making our "worm village". We had some cardboard perfect for this, so they went straight to work at spreading the "dirt". While the Clubhouse Kids were at work, I started…
Happy Flannel Friday! Today's entry was used for my Good Morning storytime today. Five Toothbrushes 5 little toothbrushes hanging in a row, Red, orange, green, blue, and yellow. Along comes Mommy to the bathroom door, She brushes her teeth, and now there are 4. The song is from Kathy MacMillan's article in Children's Programming Monthly (volume 1 number 5). Be sure to check out the rest of the flannel fun on Anne's roundup page. Stop by our Flannel Friday page on Pinterest, too!
Kinder Kraziness is having a "What I'm Pinning Wednesday" Linky Party! Hop on over and link up! I love this idea of using the shells of plastic Easter eggs to make patterns. I have been trying to come up with multiple wasy of using plastic eggs, this holiday season, and I am going to do this with my class! Time For Play Mrs. Lee has the cutest bulletin board displaying different crops! I am going to do a similar one with my class because we are doing a farm unit, and going on a farm field…
Dinosaur Theme Preschool Lesson Plans and Activities
Kids love learning about dinosaurs! Dinosaur theme Preschool lesson plans and learning activities for pre-k, and kindergarten. Dinosaur Books You can find my favorite books about dinosaurs HERE. Dinosaur Literacy Activities Dinosaur Syllables Students will identify the number of syllables in each picture. This activity includes a black and white recording sheet and is available ...
This product supplements my dinosaur thematic unit that is for sale on TPT. The actual unit was too big to fit in one file, so I included this as a free sample. The dinosaur unit that is for sale contains math centers, literacy centers, math and writing journals, and more! If you like this downlo...
This sight word game would go along nicely with a dinosaur unit or just be a fun way for your students to practice reading sight words. There are 80 sight words cards containing words typically taught in Kindergarten and 1st grade, 8 special cards, and a recording sheet for after the game. This ga...
I don't know about you but it was a great Monday!! It's the end of January and our temperature here in Wichita Kansas was 74° today!! It was a record high said the weather man! It was so nice that I took my class outside at the end of the school day to do our math lesson of measuring--- they loved it!! I'm so excited to share my newest unit for dental health month! You can use these for the entire month of February!! It was definitely a labor of love and I couldn't be more proud of it! I…
We had a blast this week learning about dental health. The kids were excited to learn and share what they already knew about keeping their teeth healthy. I was inspired by A Cupcake for the Teacher, and we made her tooth and toothbrush craft! Make sure you visit her adorable blog! Here are some snapshots of our week... I started the unit by reading a couple of books about teeth. I read this adorable book about how a moose has a loose tooth and all of the animals try and help him pull it…
Discovering Dinosaurs - A Unit Study/Lapbook Tour — Homegrown Learners
We love to lapbook! Recently, my son completed a dinosaur lapbook and I had him give a "video tour" of his work. {This was a huge motivator for him - what child doesn't like to see themselves on film?} Following are the resources we used for our study, a
