The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

Hello all, I hope all of you came through the holidays well and are looking forward to spring! Here in Texas we had 2 ice days and a couple of late starts which is highly unusual for us but I know some of you have missed much more than that! Anyway, this year I have four children who are very advanced in their reading skills. They have mastered cvc words, cvcv/cvvc words and the dolche pre-primer and primer sight words. We are now moving into intial consonant blends and digraphs. This week I started by introducing l, s and r initial blends on a binder ring, I gave each child a set and had a master set for myself. We went through each set before doing anything else. I then took the posters out for several of the l blends and we went over several objects that start with each blend. We then spent some time thinking about other words that start with this blend and recorded them on our critical thinking posters. I then used pocket chart sentences to show how we could use the words properly ...

We had a great Valentine's Day week here in Pre-K. There were so many fun activities to support our learning objectives. i snapped a few pictures of my kiddos enjoying some love themed centers! We used our valentine 10 and 20 frames to count and color in a group and then used our Valentine's CVC cards to sticker spell. I loved using the dollar store plastic hearts to practice counting, putting ABC's in order,sorting and playing partner games. These are just a few of the activities we had fun doing this week. My kiddos particularly liked making their own Valentine's in free art with punches, decorative scissors, markers, colorful pens, stamps, card stock and embellishments. It was so great to see them use their creativity and imaginations to make such cute projects. So, what fun activities did you do for Valentine's Day?

I am so thankful to say that Drew came through his brain surgery like a trooper today! We as teachers who contributed and bought the 2 bundles on TpT raised $700.00 towards the astronomical expenses this family will have to pay. But of course who can put a price on a child's life? Thank you so much from my heart, from the families heart and from Drew's heart for helping in such a wonderful way. I truly hope the bundle was able to bless you in your classroom for your donation. As soon as this month's TpT payment comes through I will present the family with the check from all of you and post a picture for you all. Thank you again!

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Tonight I reached 500 followers on TpT! I am super excited so I am throwing a Valentine's Day Giveaway to thank all of you for your support! Enter below as many times as you'd like for a chance to win my Valentine's Math and Literacy unit , Valentine's Print and Go Worksheets and my Dollar Store Valentine's Centers unit ! Check them out in my store for more details! The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter on Monday, February 10th! a Rafflecopter giveaway

I must say I am a bit starstruck today as I am listenting to my TpT idol Deanna Jump! She is so amazing, she is teaching at the Texas Pre-K Convention in San Marcos! I JUST got a picture with her and she is so sweet!

Hello All! I truly hope you are enjoying your winter. I know many of you have had several snow days, here in Texas we have had 2 ice days, which is unheard of down here! This week my class started working intentionally on addition and subtraction concepts. While I always try to connect simple addition and subtraction concepts to my numbers lesson it is very informal. I am now planning the majority of my number lesson on addition and subtraction concepts.I know my class is ready to begin these concepts when they can count to 50 forwards and backwards, can pattern easily, can put numbers to 20 in order and can easily sort by color. With all of this in place teaching the basic addition and subtraction strategies should be easy! (Well, we will see!) So, we started this week with 10 frames,you can easily make your own or print out free sets through a google search. Each child then has 10 objects to use to count. I start with addition problems to 5. I instruct the children to "place 1 c...