The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

When I think about the word bundle I think about the cold winter and being all curled up under blankets on the couch watching a good movie. For Drew however being all bundled up on the couch is not possible, he is spending his winter days in the hospital. Drew was diagnosed with Juvenial Rheumatoid Arthritis a couple of years ago and when he got strep last year it went to his brain causing intense pain, pressure and an inability to walk. The Doctors have tried everything and Drew was able to live at a tolerable pain level for a while. Now he is back in the hospital in a great deal of pain awaiting a much needed surgery on his brain. Because this surgery has never been performed on a child the families insurance has denied coverage. The Dr. has waived his fee however the family is still looking at $20,000.00+ out of pocket. This surgery is a last resort to try to get Drew a pain free, normal childhood. http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s677/prekchristine/drew2-001_zpse0ad3925.jpg I ...

Well, here is a jam packed post full of my 2013-2014 classroom decor, information on the TpT sale and a great new product called smart fab. I will start with the huge 28% off sale running today and tomorrow, my entire store is 20% off and at checkout use code BTS13 to get another 8% off! Great deals to be had, I have 57 items on my wishlist, I've been waiting for this sale to buy them! Next, I will explain smart fab so when you see my reveal you know what to look for.I was sent three sample rolls of this product to test and review, smartfab is a replacement for board paper, constructon paper and other craft paper we generally use in a classroom. It is light, cuts easily and has bright even color. I used 2 of my sample rolls when decorating my classroom. I did not have time to do any special projects with it however the green makes a great board cover when doubled over (or else you can see through it)check out the vibrant color in this picture of my front board. The small orange ta...

My Teachers Notebook store is 50% off this weekend in Celebration of Easter! Enjoy some great deals while you can, sale ends Sunday at midnight!http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/cropingchristine

Hello All, For those of us in the classroom this may be the craziest week of the year, the week before Christmas Break! In the spirit of the Holidays I have decided to throw a 15% off sale on TpT for my entire store! Enjoy some great teaching resources for low prices. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays to all of you! Christine

Hello All, I just wanted to share with you some great activities our department did this past week for Nocturnal animals and hibernation. We had so much fun exploring how animals live at night. We spent an entire day with no lights on, the kids brought small flashlights and one Mom donated finger flashlights (which are totally awesome, this was the first time I had ever seen them!). My class spent time discovering new animals that are nocturnal that we didn't already know about, like scorpions! My favorite part of the week though was our letter and number hunts. I hung the #'s 1-20 in my classroom and gave each child a clipboard with a recording sheet on it. They were instructed to roam the room with their flashlights and find each number. Once they found a number they were to color in the box that had the same number. We did the same with letters in my collegues room. The class had so much fun with this! I was surprised at how it kept their attention. They found all 26 letter...

Hello all, This coming Sunday and Monday, August 12th and 13th TpT is holding their annual Back to School sale. The administrators of TpT will be giving 10% off all products and I am going to match their 10% to give you 20% off of my ENTIRE STORE! That's right everything I have listed will be 20% oof, so will thousands of other products. I already have 15 units in my wishlist just waiting to purchase during the sale. Have fun searching anf finding everything you need for this year! Till next time, Christine

Hello All, I don't know about you but I cannot buy enough bins! It seems every year I need to buy more at the last minute even though I have invested in many throughout the years. This year I found 2 types of bins at Target in the dollar section that I intend to use on my classroom tables. The larger purple and gray bins will hold 3 of the small fushia bins. These I will use for markers, crayons, colored pencils and anything else we need during the day. This way I figure there will be less spills and better organization. I normally use a large bucket of each supply for each table and it is just too much, the tables are cluttered and the kiddos end up knocking the little pails over. This way each bin can be stacked and stored without having to make sure they don't spill. These also have handles which will make them easier for little hands to carry. How else might you use these bins? Leave a comment and you could win a free surprise from TpT. Make sure to leave yo...

Today my blog hit 95 followers, I am so ready to give each and every one of my loyal followers my Bugs math and literacy unit for free, we just need 5 more! I plan on giving each of you a new unit everytime I hit another 100 followers so spread the word and free units will be flying your way! I will announce the next unit up for grabs once I have given this one away! Don't forget this also counts for TpT followings as well, I will giveaway a unit to each of my followers on TpT each time I reach 100 followers! Visit my TpT store and follow today if you haven't already! Thanks y'all, Christine

Last night I posted what I think is my best unit yet for TpT! Scrappindoodles.com had the cutest Arctic Animal graphics and I just couldn't resist buying them to make this unit. I just love creating worksheets and readers with their graphics. Check out some of what is included in this Winter themed Unit focusing on Arctic Animals, there are 95 pages of fun! Vocabulary cards for flash cards, read the room and literacy centers. Shared full page size reader with easy to understand sentences about the animals of the Arctic and Eskimos. Rhyming practice sheets for critical thinking and rhyming ability assessment. ABC and 1-30 ice for number/letter practice, word work and matching numbers to their words. Number word igloos 1-30 for a combined literacy and math center and group instruction. I have /Who has ice for ABC's, 1-20 and sight words. Book to be printed for each child and colored, words are provided on a seperate sheet for them to cut and paste into the book fol...