I have received a Lovely Blog Award!! Thank you to Sharon at http://dogdaysofkindergarten.blogspot.com/ Now for the rules... 1. Follow the person who gave me the award. I am following Sharon! 2. Link back to the person that gave me the award. Sharon   Here is her link! 3. Pass to 15 new bloggers and then let them know they have received the award. Hopefully I can find 15 who have not received this award. I'm starting to hunt. 1. The Daily Cupcake 2. Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten 3 Kindergarten Tales 4. Mrs. Spatafora's Kindergarten Blog 5. Miss Kindergarten 6. The Very Busy Kindergarten 7. 'Lil Country Kindergarten 8.  Mrs. Jump's Class 9. The Polka Dot Patch 10. Kindergals 11. Sprinkles to Kindergarten! 12. Welcome to Room 36! 13. Time 4 Kindergarten 14.  Connecting the Dots: A Kindergarten Blog 15.  Mrs. Mayas' Kindergarten There are soooo many great kindergarten blogs out there!! Check them all out!

This is the before of the book closet! Well, just about before - I almost forgot to take a picture! This is a mobile cabinet that houses my books. I have 3 cabinets like this. These are the books that go with each theme/unit I teach. It is organized in order that I teach the units. But as you can see - I just put stuff in front or even on top of the books - you know, the books that you find after you put the rest away, or the one you buy but don't take the time to put away correctly! :) I finally decided how I wanted to organize it better. I figured out that those cute little baskets (top corner) fit two deep and and four across. AND... they are $1 a piece at Christmas Tree Shop! So I went shopping!!! They didn't have any at the one local store. :( So I went the opposite direction and went to another Christmas Tree Shop! They were out of them also!! I started to panic! I finally decided what I wanted to do to make it easier and more efficient and I couldn't!! :( So when m...

Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company I reviewed the Summer Bridge Activity Book for Grade K to 1. It is a great deal if you are looking for a resource to to help your child over the summer! It covers all the standards that were taught over the school year in my classroom. It is sectioned off into daily work that spirals through the different topics - phonics, letters, numbers, graphing, handwriting , etc. There are also great fitness ideas to get the kiddos moving! There are also many bonus activities for science and social studies activities! AND... you can get on line and register your book to get a free mobile app! How very modern learning has gotten! "I participate in the Brand Ambassador Program for Carson-Dellosa and I received this book for free to try and review.

I can't believe that we have started our ABC countdown! Where did the year go? I love this idea of reviewing the letters in such a fun way! The kids were so cute showing their stuffed animals for A. Why didn't I take pictures? I need to upload the pictures from the bubbles. You would have thought I had given some of them gold! My favorite was one little one asked "Can we take these home at the end of the day?" Before I could get my answer out, another boy said, "NO, she will need these for next year's kindergarteners!" The look on their face was priceless when I said, "Of course you will get to take them home at the end of the day! They have your initials on them don't they?" That is what is so great with kindergarten! I think they are picking up the hint though that there are some goodies with the letters. After we tallied our favorite candy, one girl said, "This has made me hungry for candy." She had that look in her eye like pl...

I am using the @Carson-Dellosa Publishing Big Gun Ball Machine Bulletin Board set. It is very colorful and cute!   It came with the gum ball machine, an overlay for the machine door, a bubble gum header and 32 gumballs in bright colors.   It also has a reproducible of a gumball machine. I am using it in my classroom as an incentive for reading! I have written the student’s names on the gumballs. I put the names on with clips. I emailed all of the staff at my school and let them know about this bulletin board as you walk into my classroom. The staff can pick a student’s name off the machine and get that kid to read them a book from their book baggie in their chair pockets.   I put a small box on the bulletin board for the “used gumballs”! That way all of the children will get picked before a second round. I can use the reproducible as a take home note to let the caregivers know that the students were reading to an adult.   My students were VERY excited about ...

The new Learning Spot Lesson from Carson Dellosa that I have used in my classroom is the Introduction to Phonemic Awareness. I like the set up – first we have whole group time to introduce the activity and the skill. Then I can have the students use the student activities independently during centers. It follows the same format so the kids are familiar with what to do.   It practices beginning, middle and ending sounds! You could get a free lesson by going to www.CDLearningSpot.com/BA   I participate in the Brand Ambassador Program for Carson-Dellosa and I received Learning Spot Lesson product for free to try and review.

This is so exciting! I've been tagged by another blogger! Thank you Mrs. G at http://its-grow-time.blogspot.com/ WOW! The first time ever:) Sorry that it took me so long to get around to this! I'm not sure what - but it's been busy! So here goes... You must post the rules. Post 12 fun facts about yourself on the blog post. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create 12 new questions for the people you tagged. Tag 12 people and link them to your post! Let them know you've tagged them!  12 Fun Facts about me - I hope I can think of that many! I will be married 25 years in June to my best friend! I can't believe that it has been that long! That is a great thing!:) I love to scrapbook! I just wish I had more time to work on my albums. I love teaching kindergarten! I taught second grade and loved it too, but kindergarten is my passion! I would love to go back to school and get my doctorate. Anyone know where to get one in Earl...