The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

Hello all, I found these great shiny pompoms at target in a bag for $1.00, I am storing them in a Dollar Store container. I will have a small bucket on each table and use them as an incentive. each time the whole table is working quietly I will place one "Sparkle Buddy" in the bucket. At the end of the week we will count our "sparkle buddies" (see how I am sneaking in some number work there)and whichever table has the most gets a prize (stickers or such). At the end of the year we will make some cute crafts with them and the kiddos will get to take them home! Have other great ideas for using these pompoms? Leave a comment and the best idea in the next 24 hours will recieve my newest Gumball Counting Read the Room and Center Activity: Click the link below the picture to see the entire packet on TpT! The first comment will also receive this new packet! Enjoy! Christine

Hello All, If this picture does not surprise you then you know you are a teacher! Do you know anyone who can go spend $100 at the dollar store? I can! Do you know anyone who gets gitty about school supplies? I do! I intend to use each and every one of these items in my classroom for multiple purposes. Over the next week or so I will be posting different ways to use all of these Target and Dollar store finds. I will also be unleashing my new behavior chart and plan (jungle theme)! With each post I will have a surprise giveaway of one of my TpT units to the best answer to the posts question. Don't forget to leave your email and hop on over to TpT to follow me! Till tomorrow, Christine

Hello All, Today I have created a new center for my classroom for working on greater than, less than and equal to. These concepts are crucial for children to understand and apply number knowledge. Check it out on TpT: I made this center not only as a full color math center but as a booklet as well. You can print it out in black and white, staple and use for seat work. I also included large graphics for you to use on the board to introduce these concepts. This 16 page center is $1.75 on TpT or Teachers Notebook. Enjoy!

Hello All, I was recently asked by a new pre-k teacher how I found time in the day to fit in "themes." Now those of us who have been in a pre-k/K classroom know that incorporating our weekly themes needs to go across the curriculum not just in an activity or two. At my school we use the weekly reader series and Christian Holidays to decide on our weekly themes. Once we know our themes for the year we can begin to plan. This is also how I got started with teacherspayteachers.com. Here is my process, 1. Write my themes and any quick ideas that come to me in my plan book. 2. I label my plan book by subject. (reading, vocabulary, numbers, art,centers, library, circle, science, other) 3. I then go through each theme writing down what I already know and what I need. 4. If I am short on ideas for a specific theme I hit the internet. By going through this process a few weeks before the theme week I can make a list of supplies needed and locate everything I need (if y...

Hello All, I have just finished creating a new unit all about breakfast, yum, yum!!! Check out the freebie I have listed on my TpT page. I am really excited to use this unit during my nutrition unit this year. I know my kiddos will have a great time matching the vocabulary to it's picture, reading the room, doing simple addition problems with cut and paste, I have/Who has vocabulary and the breakfast building placemats/sequencing activity. There is a preview unit on TpT to give you a better idea of how many activities and centers you can make with this unit. Here's the link: Enjoy! I would love to hear what you think of this unit, you can always contact me with questions or requests at: thecrazyprekclassroom@gmail.com

So in my lack of technology skills I did not realize that I could not send a PDF through blogger to all of you :( or I cannot find the way to do it. I want all of you to have your free unit as promised so unless anyone knows how I can send this out I will need your email addresses. Now I know giving out emails can be annoying but I promise not to share, sell or use your email for other than sending you the free unit I promised. I will keep it written down for the next giveaways for as long as you are a member of my blog. I apologize for this inconvenience! To keep your email private please send me a message with "I'm a follower" as the subject and I will send the PDF your way! christine_odonnell@earthlink.net Blessings, Christine

118 followers!!!!! I can't believe I have 20 new followers just from today, Thank you everyone for spreading the word! I will be sending messages to all of you shortly with my Math and Literacy Unit as promised, you all are awesome! I would love to hear from you once you have gone through the unit to see what you think of it! Now, here's what you have all been waiting for, wait for it wait for it...... When I hit 200 followers here I will give everyone my: (drum roll please) Check out my post on digging for dinosaurs for more information. Here's another surprise, once I hit 100 followers on TpT I will also give away, are you ready? My Ocean themed 1-10 booklet! Keep spreading the word! Enjoy, Christine