busy boys

These boys have been busy since December snapping these little pieces together to make everything from a Christmas tree to a flamingo. Their creativity has kept them very busy. Andrew wants to get some for his birthday, but I have no idea what they are called or where to find them. Let me know if you can help us out. 

 

 

Lakeshore nametages

I love these Lakeshore name tags. I put a label on a name tag and then put the name tag on a piece of card stock that fits into the plastic pocket. I put the child's name on both sides of the card so that when it flips around their name can still be read. This year I laminated them because gross things got into them last year and I had to remake a couple. We use these name necklaces the first few weeks of school when we go to specials, when we have special visitors throughout the year and on field trips. 

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Kindergarten Memory

My students loved playing this game last year. This is a great activity to do at the beginning of the year. Print the memory cards on card stock, develop wallets of your students, glue the pictures onto the cards and laminate.  

kindergarten memory

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To celebrate I am giving away a

$25 Amazon gift card.

To enter leave me a comment about one of your favorite picture books or a book

that you will order if you win.

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A winner will be selected randomly from

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Good Luck My "Tweet" Blogging Friends!!

Butterfly Hideaway Camp

Last week I helped run a nature arts and crafts camp to raise money for the butterfly garden at my school. The garden was created in memory of one of my former students, Tess Blackwelder,

who loved butterflies.

We had a great week learning about nature, reading books and doing crafts.

Many of the crafts that we did came from blogs...

creature playgrounds from Fun Art 4 Kids tissue paper butterflies from Deep Space Sparkle yarn flowers from My Kids Make... and Yours Can Too! snakes form Fun Art 4 Kids thanks for all your awesome ideas!!

bloggin' good ideas

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I love and have used so many of your ideas and some are filed away for future use. These are my monthly favorites of your posts that I did this year with my kiddos...

September

Who Am I? book from

Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog

who am I book

October

Wild Thing Watercolor Paintings from

Deep Space Sparkle

our wild things

November

scrapbook paper turkeys form

Literacy and Laughter

our turkeys

December

scrapbook paper Santas from

The First Grade Parade

our Santas

January

crayon resist snowflakes from

Art Projects for Kids

our snowflakes

February

100 years old portraits from

Teach Kids Art

our portraits

March

Cat in the Hat drawings from

Mr. Kindergarten

our Cat in the Hats

April/May

paper clip addition from Fairy Dust Teaching

paper clip addition

Kindergarten Field Day Fun

Photo slideshow customized with Smilebox

Kindergarten Quilt

Here is the kindergarten quilt that will be part of the silent auction at Madeira-opoly this weekend. The quilt was made by my mom, the front reminds me of Dick and Jane and the back is signed by the whole kindergarten class. If you are attending the auction this weekend, make sure you bid on our quilt:) Good Luck!!

100 Followers

So excited to have 100 followers!!

Thank you to all of you that decided

to "follow" my blog!

cre-a-tiv-i-ty

My students are the definition of creativity. We have been inside a lot because of the snow and ice. During free choice our creative juices have been flowing...

William was taping pieces of white paper together to make a giant snowman, but then I showed him the bulletin board paper rolls. This is what he created...

Conner decided that the giant snowman needed a snow dog.

The Lego center is very popular. Check out these spaceships...

Gigi's Window Winner...

Our Lucky Duck is someone who gets to pick a duck to hold onto all day and be our helper.

Thomas was our Lucky Duck today,

so he got to pick the Gigi's Window winner.

The winner is Katherine. She has a blog called Live. Love. Teach.

Katherine please leave a comment with your contact information or email me to claim your book. If you didn't win, you can order your own copy of Gigi's Window HERE or HERE.

Win a New Book for the New Year

Gigi's Window Giveaway

Gigi's Window author Missy Griffin

I am looking forward to using my friend's book, Gigi's Window, during my special memories writing unit this year. This book about a little girl's trip to New York to visit her grandmother is a must have! Using this book as a mentor text will inspire your students to write a personal narrative about a grandparent or trip to visit someone they love. Enter here to win your own autographed copy of this adorable book.

How to Enter:

become a follower of A Place Called Kindergarten

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there you have it...5 chances to win an autographed copy of

Gigi's Window

remember to leave a comment for each entry

ex: I am now a follower

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I blogged about this giveaway, here is the link...

This giveaway ends on Saturday, January 8th at midnight EST. Once I post the winner they will have 24 hours to respond.

Happy New Year and Good Luck!!