FREEBIE

I cannot believe that it's already time to do end of the year testing. Tomorrow we will begin testing and I am so excited to see their progress! Here is a color the sight word activity that I created to give my kids some extra practice. They LOVE these!! Also, I am including the April Behavior Calendar--enjoy! 

Here's an additional freebie I thought you would enjoy! April Homework Calendar-

Dr Seuss Digraph Sort

Click the picture to download

Here's your freebie I promised! Hope your kids enjoy it as my kids did today. At first I was going to print this and use as a center, but I ended up printing it and paring up my buccaneers and had them sort them, I checked them, and they glued them. It was fun---I had to move them to the floor (which they enjoyed more). 

Lucky Saturday

Happy Saturday, Sweeties!  Just wanted to pop in and let you know that our FREE March calendar is all ready to download!  Yay!  


"Pick" your four-leaf clover below to download.

Also, I wanted to let you know that both my L IS FOR LUCK UNIT and LEPRECHAUN HUNT are available in our TN shop now. 

To celebrate Leap Day, a special day that only comes around once in a while, both items will be on sale for 15% off for one week {making the L IS FOR LUCK UNIT $2.98 and the LEPRECHAUN HUNT $1.70.}  Our "Leap for Luck" Sale will run from today until next Saturday, March 3, 2012.  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, friends! ♡

What Im Pinning Wednesdays

Just thinking about Dr Seuss week and thought I'd give y'all some inspiration if needed:

I'm looking forward to lots of crazy fun next week! Check back for a Dr Seuss FREEBIE coming up!! 

FREE Mardi Gras Unit

First of all, let me just say, WOW!!!  Thank you to all of you who joined our discussion on talking in the classroom!  What do you think about having a different topic each week?  I loved reading each and every comment and hearing what other teachers had to say.


Anyway, today I have a special freebie to all of YOU AWESOME READERS!!!  As a thank you for following our little blog, I made a mini Mardi Gras unit for you to use with your kiddos this coming Tuesday.  

The unit includes...

✏simple addition

✏initial sound/letter

✏mask template

✏ABC order handwriting

✏missing letter

✏color by sight word

Click the mask to download the unit! ♡

Valentines Day Freebie

Just because I love y'all....we did this in class today and my kids did really well with it-- I hope you will enjoy it!!

Friday Freebie {Superbowl 2012}

As promised, I made a little party collection for this year's Super Bowl!  If you're having a party or just watching the game with your family at home, you can dress up your game snacks with these fun printables!  


The collection includes
-circle tags
-cupcake wrappers
-tent food labels
-pennant banner (2 designs)

Super Bowl 2012

Enjoy, friends & have a great weekend!  :)

What I'm Teaching ~ Penguins

I just LOVE penguins!  I don't know what it is that makes me love them ~ they way they waddle, their cute little black and white bodies, or just that they make me think about Happy Feet and all the fun music!


Anyway, Noah and I have been having some penguin fun this week!  Even though we still have much more to do, I thought I would show you some pics so far.  

He loved the Sliding Sounds activity from my Penguin Unit

I'm proud to say he is SO CLOSE to being able to sound out words on his own!  A little bit more practice and he'll be reading before I know it (and he's not even 4 yet) ~ woo-hoo!  :)

His new favorite thing to do is play all sorts of games, so we turned the upper/lower case letter match pages into a game of "Go Fish" and he had so much fun that he asked to play it twice in one day!

Noah's Penguin Lunch (goldfish crackers for feet and nose and cranberries for eyes)

a penguin finger puppet dressed up his juice

Here's some fun penguin ideas for you (mostly found on Pinterest).

A milk jug igloo would make a super COOL reading center! (image from flickr, but I couldn't find the source)

iceberg play activity from My Montessori Journey

How to Draw a Penguin book also from My Montessori Journey

penguin muffin tin meal from Eclectic Musings

penguin chili from Little Mummies

And, just for fun.....a penguin manicure from we heart it 

Remember, my Slippery Sale for my Penguin Unit ends on Friday!  :)

I was going to wait and give ya'll this freebie on Friday, but I thought you may need it before then, so here you go.......the brand new February classroom calendar!  

February Calendar

and, the February To-Do List

Feb to Do List

My Birthday Freebie & Sale

Well, I'm WAY beyond 16, but today is my birthday...my 34th birthday to be exact!  Wow, I feel old!   But, you're only as old as you feel, right?  And, I feel great!  

So, to celebrate my birthday, I thought I would offer you guys a freebie!  I just finished making a new behavior system for my little one and I thought some of you might like it for your classroom or your children at home.  It would make a great classroom reward system.

It's called "Magical Good Choices" and it is based on positive reinforcement!  We start with a blank snowman.  Each day, some snowman clothing pieces are added (you can choose how many to add each day).  With Noah (3 years old), I add 3 pieces at the beginning of each day.  When he makes a bad choice, one piece is removed.  However, he can earn pieces throughout the day for making good choices.  There are 12 pieces total and when all the pieces are added,  Noah gets a colored "warm fuzzy" out of a mailbox (I used short pipe cleaners, but pom poms would work also) .  We designated a reward for each warm fuzzy color.  

Our rewards are...

-go to a special place (ex. Aquarium)

-go out to eat at his choice of restaurant

-watch a movie during dinner

-bake a special treat together

-choice out of the treat box ($1 toys)

I put our snowman on our magnet board in our dining room, so Noah has it in view for most of the day.  A little magnetic box holds the pieces when not in use.

I got the mailbox in the Target Dollar Spot (they're for Valentines).  Then, I just aded letter stickers to the side.  I also wrote Noah's full name & our address on the front just for exposure.  

So, if you want to invite this cute little snow dude into your classroom or home, here you go...  ***just right click on each image and save!  Then, print onto cardstock, laminate, and use with a magnet board, cork board, or velcro.  Enjoy!!!  

Also, for ONE DAY ONLY (today, January 7, 2012)...we're having a sale in our Teacher's Notebook shop...34% off EVERYTHING!!!  Click the pic to start shopping!

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I'm off to celebrate!  Have a sweet day, friends!  :)