S'More Fun

I've just refreshed my S'more games.  If you have bought them for me already please go and download the updated versions.  The bundle is on sale until Friday for 1/2 price.

Bee Bundle

I have freshened up my Bee math work station activities and bundled them together.  The bundle includes the work stations for numbers 1 to 10 and the work stations for number 11 to 20.  The bundle will be on sale for 1/2 price until Wednesday.  If you have already bought either of these from me, please go and re-download the new versions.

Here are the two units in the bundle.

Here are the activities in them.

Adding One More

 

Counting numbers

Counting

Number matching

Subtracting

Measuring

Estimating

Bright Ideas #3

Ever wonder what you can do with those water bottle lids that get thrown away?  You can use them in your literacy centers.  The kids love using them and they don't cost a thing.  You can use a marker to write on them or buy alphabet stickers to put on them.

I grabbed these stickers at Walmart for $3.  You might be able to find some at the Dollar store.  I had to use a glue stick to help keep them down as the stickiness was not quite sticky enough.  Using the stickers was a little neater than me printing on them.

With my high kids we use them to make words.  I call out a CVC word and they look for the letters to make the word.  They are getting really good at this.  I also cover my eyes and have them make a word.  I then try and "guess" the word that the made.

This is also great for changing just one letter in a word.  For example, the vowel.  If we take away the "a" in "sat" and change it for an "i", what do we get?  It's easy to switch letters out and around.  Use only the letters sounds you are working on and add letters as you go.

My middle group is working on capital and lowercase letters.  

We have been ordering them.  

And matching them.

My lower group has been working on recognizing lowercase letters.  I bought a chip tray at the Dollar store and had the children sort the letters.  For those that needed it, I taped the target letters on the tray (not shown in the picture).

The last activity was for all my groups.  The words were just different depending on the group.  This activity was the same as the one above only we used words instead of letters.  I wrote the words with a Sharpie.  The don't look as professional as the letters.

I hope you enjoyed this bright idea.

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Spring Alphabet Freebie

It occurred to me the other day that it has been awhile since I've offered a freebie.

This spring alphabet match is perfect for a literacy center.

You can download it by clicking on the picture below.

Spring no prep blends

So far we haven't seen much spring here in Ontario.  It's been cold and rainy and very windy.  Hopefully warmer weather is on it's way.

I have my spring blends no prep pack ready to go.  I made some cut and paste activities for my non-printers.  The simple pictures are also easy to colour.

This pack will be on for 1/2 price until Monday.