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Showing posts with label penguins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label penguins. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Happy Monday, friends!  My mood color today is WHITE!  Hmmm, why...........you ask?  Well, ever since the beginning of the year, I have had a strong desire to get my life organized and mainly CLUTTER FREE! My "word of the year" is CALM and I want to stay stress-free (ok, maybe just stress less)!  So, what color makes me feel calm?..............white!!!  

 Last week, I accomplished one (of many) projects on my to-do list...I reorganized my entire kitchen, office, and craft room!  It was a HUGE endeavor, but I love it so much!  I'll share pics soon!

Here's some white inspiration!
white dresser redo from burlap + blue

accessorizing a white blouse or dress from Chicago Fashion & Beauty Junkie 

my inspiration kitchen from A Thoughtful Place


Also, I finished my new unit about my favorite little WHITE and black fellows...PENGUINS!  I know some of you have already studied penguins, but I think it's an awesome theme for February as well.  My little one and I will be having some penguin fun this week (pics to come soon)!  :)



It's 39 pages and includes activities to reinforce the following skills...

MATH

*simple addition

*number recognition

*greater than / less than games "War" game

* "Go Fish" game

*measurement

*patterns

*counting

*one-to-one correspondence

READING

*blending sounds

*letter tracing & writing

*pre-writing

*beginning sounds

*letter sorting

*upper/lower case letter match


Take advantage of our Slippery Sale and get it for 15% off for 5 days only (until Friday, Jan. 27)!  


Click the penguin to view!
Here's wishing everyone a calm Monday!  ;)
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