A Big Thank You!

March 8, 2015, 1:14 pm

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I returned yesterday from this wonderful conference in Schaumburg Illinois

Thank you to Kim Adsit, Shari Sloane,

Andy Adsit and Linnea Evans for being such wonderful friends!

A Big Hug goes out to all of you who attended my sessions!

I had so much fun seeing so many amazing teachers like Angel and Joan, Angie and Kayln ( I hope I got that right)

Many thanks to Kathleen Conn for all your friendship and support!

Kim

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We Love Eric Carle Literacy Center Fun!

March 14, 2015, 7:37 am

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Here are my independent Literacy Center activities for this week. We are celebrating Eric Carle. One of our favorite Kindergarten authors! We actually have so many great activities for Eric Carle we will do a second week of activities with his books.

Above is what we did with The Mixed Up Chameleon .

We used tear art, dot paints and markers!

The Honey Bee and the Robber

is another one of our

favorite Eric Carle books.

Of course everyone loves The Very Quiet Cricket!

For Does A Kangaroo, Have a Mother too?

We made these cute Mamas with their "joey" snug in the pocket. On the back we wrote what our Mother's love to do!

These are a few of the activities in my

Eric Carle Themed Literacy Center fun Pack available on TPT.

I'll post more from this unit soon.

We are busy enjoying all his amazing books and learning all about

Eric Carle's special way he creates his art.

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Spring is Here! Literacy Centers for the Week before Vacation!

March 29, 2015, 10:17 am

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This week we will be sequencing a chick hatching and then put it inside a plastic egg. I also put a little fuzzy chick from the dollar stores inside.

Napkin books are so easy and fun!

We will be searching with our magnifying glasses for tiny words. On the back of this page we write a story using the words we found! This is activity is found in my

Froggy's fantastic Sight Word Pack.

We finished up our Eric Carle Unit with this flow map and then my Kiddos made a butterfly on a branch. The branch was a paper towel roll covered with brown paper.

The Caterpillar flow map went inside!

The butterflies came out so cute!

Last week we also completed our Seahorse

Opinions and Facts based on Eric Carle's Mister Seahorse.

Enjoy your Day! Happy Spring!

Kim

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Come See Me at the New England PreK-3 Conference!

April 4, 2015, 11:27 am

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If your attending my "Take Me to the Zoo" Make and Take be sure to bring scissors, glue and a mini stapler. I have some darling zoo activities planned that I think you will LOVE!

Also be sure to check the link on SDE for your handouts.

I keep adding more goodies for you!

We going to have a great time in my bookmaking session!

And I'm busy working on Jazzing up your Journal time with lots of activities to get your kiddos excited to write!

These are just a few of the topics I'll be presenting.

Looking forward to seeing you all in about a week!

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Spring Hats!

April 18, 2015, 5:14 pm

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"Hang on to your hat wherever you are or the wild wind will blow it far!" I posted earlier this week my cuties below in their spring hats! Here is what the bulletin board looks like.

Too Cute!

This TP roll bee idea I found on Pinterest a few weeks ago. For our "Bug Week" last week I added a little writing assignment to go inside. My Kiddos made these during literacy centers.

The yellow paper and black stripes were stapled on for them.

The rest they did themselves.

These cute lions and snake are from my "Pocket Full of Zoo Fun" make and take! Come see me in Las Vegas for more Zootastic Ideas"

I Teach K Las Vegas!

One final thank you to all the wonderful teachers who made my two days in New Hampshire so amazing!

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Pinwheels and Pets!

April 26, 2015, 1:47 pm

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Last week I brought out this fun activity that uses pinwheels to practice sight words! Children blow the pinwheel read the word on the top and record it on their "Which way did your word blow sheet!" (P.S. my little model is a cutie pie!)

Next they use those words to write a story a story on about a frog!

You can find this fun activity in my

Froggy's Fantastic Sight Word Pack in my TPT store.

Monday we will be doing a unit on Pets.

Here are a few of my literacy centers for next week.

My Kiddos will complete a "How To" on taking care of a fish and write all about pets in a mini book shaped like a bone. They will make a "puppy pouch" with my parent volunteers to put their dog bone in side! We will label a dog and make a little doggy/ poem to be used as a puppet or a book cover!

They will complete their Sight Word Rock and Roll

for the week with the "et" family. They use wooden cubes to put onset and rimes together for "et".

I'll post more later this week!

I'm off to a Sock -Hop with my little ballerina!

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May Quilt and Mother's Day Craft!

May 9, 2015, 1:15 pm

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Just put my May Quilt up! I't makes me feel like Spring!!

I saw this cute butterfly and poem from Franklyspeakingblogspot and had to make it. Our picture frames below went inside! I also have a dear friend's granddaughter in my class and she came and made these sweet little clay bunnies for each one to give their Mommies!

Below is our darling mouse for our Jazzy Math Journal!

Happy Mother's Day weekend!

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Under the Deep Blue Sea!

May 16, 2015, 10:55 am

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We all live in a yellow Submarine!

Many of these Ideas can be found in Kinderbykim's Oceans of Fun

Scuba Diver, Scuba Diver What Do You See?

Hand-print Quilt Glyph!

Blue water: you like the pool to swim in

Sand: you like the ocean to swim in

Beads on octopus: is your age

Sequins on fish: you are a girl

Glitter on fish: you area boy

Our TK made Paper Plate Killer Whales!

They have writing o the back.

More deep sea adventure coming soon !

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It's A Zoo Out There!

June 7, 2015, 8:59 am

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We are finishing up the year with our Zoo Unit !
I'm taking lots of these activities I Teach K Las Vegas!!
I hope to see you there!

Last week we had a great time visiting the Santa Ana Zoo!

We learned lots of great Lion Facts to go in our

"All About Lions Booklet!"

We used a Glossary, Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers to have lots of interesting facts to write about! I was so proud of my kiddos with how much they could write at this time of the year.

These darling Zookeepers were used for

book covers and paper dolls.

We also used our thinking maps to write about giraffes.

Did you know giraffes sleep standing up?

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It's Over, It's Done, But Wasn't Kindergarten Fun?

June 14, 2015, 11:13 am

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I'm showing this picture first because it sums up the last day of Kindergarten! Autographed bucket-heads!

This is the tag that is flipped over in the picture.

We spent part of the morning autographing buckets!

I also made photo/ autograph books for each child with pictures

from the school year. So Fun!

We played Beach Blanket Sight Word Bingo with

"Smarties" for markers and had ice cream sundaes. Yum!

What's a last day of kinder with out a little water fun?

We did water races, water balloon toss

and a from the knees down water balloon fight!

A dear friend grandmother of Violet and amazing retired Kindergarten teacher Pam Peters made these darling t-shirts with my Kiddos to wear on the last day!

Happy Summer Friends!

Next Stop I TEACH K LAS VEGAS! Come and see me July 6th!

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Fabulous Friends, Fantastic Bloggers and Favorite Memories from I Teach K and TPT Las Vegas 2015

July 14, 2015, 7:27 am

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Here are some of my pictures from my fantastic time

presenting at I Teach K Las Vegas!

I was also able attend lots of sessions and go to the TPT conference. My head is still swimming with excitement!

I was so happy to get to see my amazing friends Kim, Shari, Elizabeth and Deedee and I was thrilled to get to meet Victoria Saied from 2 SuperTeachers

One of the highlights was being able to hug Nikki the amazing artist of Melonheadz. I got to wear the ever so famous "Tutu Apron" by Sandi Welch of Kinder Gardening. I met some new Southern California friends named the Malibu Mutts! I am always thrilled to see my friend Crystal from Kreativeinkinder!

I went to an dynamic TPT session put on by these

"Super Women" Rachelle, Hope and Michelle!

I had the pleasure of meeting Karen from Mrs Stamps blogspot at our "net working" session! So many creative bloggers! I always enjoy giving a big shout out to Lisa and Linda from Kinderlit.Shari and I met a very talented teacher Autumn from Primary Techie you have got to check out her stuff AMAZING!

I have many more pictures to share of my week I'm so inspired!

Next up my "Make and Take" photos and handouts!

So check in later this week.

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Back to School Give Away!

July 20, 2015, 7:46 am

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Back to School Give Away!

I am so excited Shelly Sitz from Smiling and Shining in First Grade invited me to join in a Back to School Give Away!

Enter Here!

I'm raffling off my Eric Carle Literacy Center Pack!

11 of Eric Carle's best titles with "Craftivities"

Please like my Kinderbykim TPT page using this link on

Smiling and Shining in Second Grade

Below are a few of the samples covered in my pack!

Quiet Cricket!

The Mixed Up Chameleon

Is a Kangaroo a Mother too?

Check out all these other Amazing Blogger Give Aways too!

Smiling and Shining in Second Grade!

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I Teach K Make and Take Handouts!

July 26, 2015, 12:36 pm

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This year at I Teach K everyone had fun creating their own

Pocket Full of Zoo Fun! Now you can too!

(Just click on the orange words)

I had such an AMAZING time meeting so many creative teachers!

I even got to meet a fun group of teachers from Nigeria!

These little guys are peanut monkeys.

Kids use a Sharpie to draw the face, ears and bellies!

For more sample photos look at my It's a Zoo Out There Post

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Kinderbykim's Back to School Literacy Centers and Something New!

August 2, 2015, 11:18 am

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Literacy Center activities I will begin introducing in September.

Poetry Journals are a great way to teach letters,

sounds, words and poems to kindergarten and first graders.

I introduce Write the Room early on to give my kiddos

a chance to move around during Center time!

Self Portraits are always fun to start the first week

of kindergarten and first grade. Have your kiddos draw a picture once a month throughout the school year.

We start introducing sight words right away this one is from my

Froggys-Fantastic-Sight-Word-Activity-Pack-

Back To School Sale on Now!

August 3, 2015, 8:03 am

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Today's the big day! TPT's Back to School Sale

is on! I up and ready to shop!

Visit my store HERE!

Don't forget to use promo code BTS15

for an extra discount!

I you are looking for Literacy Center ideas check out my

Back to School Literacy Center Blog

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Almost Ready! Back to School Freebies!

August 30, 2015, 11:52 am

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Finishing up my Birthday treats for my Kinders this year!

The boys are getting Hot Wheels and bubbles.

The girls are getting a little coin purse and bubbles!

One of the activities on the first day will be making this beach pail necklace to take home. Click Here For The Pattern

My baggies are all made for BTSN for each child to bring an item for our REALIA ALPHABET

This is an older photo of what it looks like completed.

I'll post this years when its complete.

Happy Sunday! I'm off to Lakeshore and then school!

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August and September Happenings from Kinderbykim!

October 17, 2015, 10:14 am

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Late August we began and we are off to a busy but great start! I am so behind posting on my blog and have a few minutes before soccer today so... I thought I'd try to catch up! The first day of school we made this simple project ad I even got their first day of school picture on them by Back To School Night that night.

(Yes we have BTSN the first day!)