The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

O.K. so we all remember those famous dioramas that we made in elementary school were meant to teach us about animals and where they live. While these are cute projects with a purpose they are best suited for elementary students not pre-k. But with curious minds and a natural love for animals it only makes sense to introduce our kiddos to facts about animals and where they live around the world. For pre-k there are so many great easy ways to incorporate animals into our classrooms. I like to make animal masks for each habitat we are working on as well as read the room cards and recording sheets. The kiddos can record the name of the animal by reading it on the other childs mask. My class also enjoys making animals out of construction paper and gluing some facts that I have typed and printed about the animals. I like to try to decorate my room to mimic the habitat we are working on, I have to say I am a huge stuffed animal collector so I have many of the animals needed in beany baby size...

     Tomorrow is the big day! I will be giving away another free unit to one of my lucky members! I have decided to change the unit to my new Under-the-Sea-Ocean-Themed-Math-and-Literacy-Unit  (you can preview this 132 page unit by clicking on the link)      Not only does it fit well with the end of the year but I am so proud of how it turned out that I just have to share it!      Thank you for being fantastic teachers, spread the word about my monthly giveaway and my 100th member giveaway where EVERYONE will recieve a free unit!

Thanksgiving Pumpkin and Turkey ABC-123 Pumpkin and Turkey cards used for literacy and math activities. Welcome-to-the-Jungle-Pattern-Teaching-and-Challenge-Center-Freebie Patterns for Pre-K to !st grade with challenge mats, the entire set is availabe, this is a freebie that will give you a good idea of what to expect from the entire set. Which-little-monster-comes-next-Pattern-Mats-Center This is the beginning of a pattern center, the one that I described in one of my earlier posts. This also has a larger unit availabe to go with it.

I just created this great farm vocabulary book for my class, I can't wait for them to complete it tomorrow. This week we have been talking about the farm but nothing is like having your own book to take home! This book is available for $2 on my TPT site, you can find a link to TpT on the right side of this page. This book can also be cut and used for flash cards and used for guided reading circles.