Bunny Hop Freebie!

I am so excited to participate in TBA's fun bunny hop freebie!

Are your little hoppers tired yet?  I hope not because we're just getting started!

I have an "egg" stra surprise for you that I think you will love!

 Chicks!  Aren't they adorable??!!!!   They are from Goodness and Fun graphics.
Please take a look at her shop on etsy..... so many cute things! Just click here to go there!

I have a story to share with you....if you promise not to call any animal rights groups on me!  Remember, I grew up in a very rural area and around farmers. :)

Here goes.... one Easter when I was around 4 years old... I got the cutest little pink chick for Easter.  Yeap... it was a live little pink chick!

Now, I took care of her until she grew into an adult hen and then I had to give it to my aunt who had chickens.  Was she still pink? Nope, she had lost her pink fluff and had white feathers.   And ... she grew up around her peers and laid eggs for us to eat! :)  My parents later told me they bought the pink chick from a farmer's supply store.    It is a great memory from my childhood!  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share it with you!

Just curious... did you ever get anything unusual in your Easter basket that you want to share?  Leave a comment and tell me! I would love to hear about it.

I guess by now you're ready for my freebie.:)  My kinders need more help with numbers before and after.  I made this cute simple math station to help them.

Just laminate, cut and give them a dry erase marker to write the missing numbers!  Click here to download!  Hope you enjoy. 

Click on the egg below to hop down the bunny trail to Brenda at Primary Inspired for you next freebie!

Thank you and Something Fun For You!

Bad Blogger here!  I have been so busy spending time with my baby before she went back to College I've neglected you!  Sorry! 

But I hope I can make it up....

First, I want to thank these really sweet ladies for nominating me for the Versatile blogger award.  Yeahhhhh!  It is so nice to know others think you are doing a great job. 

Love this little turtle...... Teachers Can't Live By Apples Alone!

(I give an amen to that!)

Thank all of you ladies so much!  Please click on their buttons above to visit their blogs. You will love their many great ideas!

Now I am suppose to tell you some things about me...

Hmmmm... this is tough to think of something new but here goes:

1.  I grew up very poor... no phones.. air conditioning .... in a rural community. My parents are wonderful because they made sure we were first in their lives. They made sure we had all of our needs met before their own.  I adore my parents!  They placed a lot of emphasis on education so all 5 of us went to either a technical college or a University.

2. Which comes to my second thing you may not know..... I have 4 brothers and I am the only girl in my family.... Yes they spoiled me.:)  I didn't go on a date until College by myself because I always double dated with one of my brothers and their dates... My brothers and I are very close!   Love you guys!

3.  I love to watch Criminal Minds.... Law and Order  type programs on TV.  I don't know why.... maybe I like trying to analyze the bad guys!

Enough about me.... Now this is where I break the rules... I am suppose to nominate other blogs but I love so many..... I wish I had time to list all the blogs I love to stalk.. but it would take forever.... There are just toooooo many bloggers that I admire and I don't want to hurt any body's feelings...

I would nominate all who take the time to blog and share goodies with us!

So, what do I have fun for you?   Well, my Kinders have had a blast with the activity above, Scoop and Count.  I bought small scoops from the Dollar Store.  I put out a bowl of marshmallows.  Each child takes a scoop of marshmallows and counts them by using the tens frames. Then, they record the amount on the recording sheet.  Easy, fun and covers a math common core standard!  Can't get any better than that! and... they get to sneak and eat a couple of marshmallows  while having fun!

If you like, click on the picture of the activity and download your copy!

Graphics by KPM Doodles!

It's That Time of Year..For....

It's that time of year for numbers in the teens... I know... every time I think of the word teen I have to have a attitude adjustment and a prayer for patience.

These numbers are so hard for our children, but we can also make it fun for them!

Right?

I promised I would have you something else to go along with the book,

The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell and here it is.  I made this write the room for the numbers 10-19.  

You have left so many compliments for the other Write the Room activities and I thought you might enjoy this one too.

  

Thank you so much for going to my Teacher's Notebook shop and making it a favorite.   24 of you  have done this.... You have made my day!

All you have to do is go to my TN shop here and click on my store and make it a favorite.   I would appreciate it so much!  You can get the Old Lady Little Book there for free! :)

Now here is the Old Lady Write the Room...... You can get it here and the recording sheet here.

Enjoy and please leave feedback for me.   What else would you like to see?

What skills are you working on?

Thank you so much!

Another one! Pumpkin Math Mat!

One of my kinder team members and I were talking about the pumpkin math mat from yesterday's posting.  We decided this is another way, we could use the candy corn ten frames and numeral cards!   You can click on the picture above to download the new pumpkin math mat.  Please leave a comment and follow if you like!  Graphics: Scrappin Doodles and DJ Inkers.