Take an easy coloring page from a coloring book and laminate it. Have the children use Wiki sticks to trace over the picture.
Kelly's Web Link
Our Occupational Therapists gave us the idea to cut up a dish drainer mat and fill the little suction type holes with beads and tweezers or colored water and eye droppers. Kids love it.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Centers
An idea to get art squeezed in amongst all the literacy "who-rah"
I choose an art project for each week and make it part of my "must do" centers...and I call it "reading to perform a task" to please the suits. It's always the favorite must do center for most of my kids!
I choose an art project for each week and make it part of my "must do" centers...and I call it "reading to perform a task" to please the suits. It's always the favorite must do center for most of my kids!
Daily Schedule
This year I am going to try and do a daily schedule on the board. It will be fairly simple... one with pictures and writing on it to help "chunk" up our day. I think it will give the kids a good sense of order and routine while also teaching vocabulary. Another K teacher used this last year- I was so impressed when one of her kids said, "You are the teacher we see at Dissmissal". I thought that was such a big word for a small kid to use- but in reality she had taught them a great deal of vocabulary and writing and reading skills by simply posting her schedule. I plan to do just as she did. My schedule will be on laminated posterboard with a magnet on back.
Housekeeping?
Ever thought of changing housekeeping? Here are some ideas and links
hospital, grocery store and restaraunt... more ideas on http://www.kidcount1234.com
Bakery
I change it into a veterinarian's office. I bring in stuffed animals and I get out my doctor's kit. I also put old ankle wraps (the stretchy kind that you wrap on sprained ankles)along with a small cat carrier in the housekeeping area. The kids absolutely love checking out the animals and wrapping them up in the bandages.
flower shop and pizza parlour
There are a couple of "sets" out there with pizza stuff in them. One is by Melissa and Doug and I bought it at Tj Maxx. The other I got at Lakeshore, I believe, or Discount School Supply. There are pieces to make pizza, cutter, cheese shaker. Check your catalogs. I put out a cash register, order pad, telephone and pocket chart with pizza words pepperoni, mushroom, cheese, etc, I made checked aprons and tabkecloth and chef's hats. Also, I went to local pizza shop and got small boxes, menus, and bags.
School, Doctor's Office, Toy Store- Lakeshore has dramatic play boxes of several of these ideas! Each box comes with 4 write$wipe cards and 4 word rings with different vocab. words.
I've done several of the ideas already listed but a couple of others are a pet store and a bus station. We made a bus by painting a big box and put up small Judy Clocks labeled arrival time and departure time. We also had maps and a cash register for them to play with purchasing tickets. We created tickets, printed them out, and laminated them for durability. I teach pre-k and we follow ECERS. We have to have 2 well developed dramatic play themes in our dramatic play center. One of course is always home living since we have all the stuff and then we swap out the second.
plan a wedding for q and u and thus the drama center becomes the site for the wedding - prepare reception foods. Kids love playing dress up for the wedding afterward
It had such great ideas I had to keep it to help me with my own plans!
October- I have lots of pumpkins which i have collected. There are the type used for trickor treating, small ones which once had match box cars in them etc. Ihave also been given many donations. During this time I do everything up with fall and Halloween decorations and put our a cash register along with pricing stickers. The kids love to charge 100 for everything! I also put out fall silk flowers and leaves which some kids like to use to make arrangements in the pumpkin buckets. Nov. I don't do anything new because we miss so much school during conferences and Thanksgiving. I just fo back to housekeepingDec.I have 3 small fake trees and lots of decorations. I have a variety of. boxes along with wrapping paper. The kids decoratand and wrap. I put out the cah register and sometimes they charge each other for their services. I find that they also love to make things to decorate the center with (It is a mess and kind of drives me nuts but they love it.Jan.Grocery store. I put grocery ads out and lots of empty food boxes and cans along with baskets for shopping. The kids set up and then price things and use the cash registerFebruary- I made mail cubbies from 1/2 gallon milk cartons which I have put letters on a b c etc.I have tons of stationary, stickers, a variety of pens and pencils and envelopes. Kids write letter and put them in the appropriate box. I often buy 200 penny stamps and they can use those as well. 1 per letter. sometimes kids sort and then take turns putting the envelpoes into the kids cubbiesMarch is Dennys. I have menus from the restaurant a pad for taking orders and the kitchen comes back out because we need to have a cook. Someone is a waiter ,there are customers and then a cashier.In my imagination station kids pick a job and then do that until someone wishes to trade. For example, at the restaurant there are necklaces with the job on it 1. cook 2. waitress 3. customer 4. customer 5. cashier. The center is full when all necklaces have been taken. Kids can trade off if they wish. When I introduce a new center we look at the jobs and discuss what each person should be doing then we make the necklaces, customers do not ring up their own food! (;This works really good for me.
hospital, grocery store and restaraunt... more ideas on http://www.kidcount1234.com
Bakery
I change it into a veterinarian's office. I bring in stuffed animals and I get out my doctor's kit. I also put old ankle wraps (the stretchy kind that you wrap on sprained ankles)along with a small cat carrier in the housekeeping area. The kids absolutely love checking out the animals and wrapping them up in the bandages.
flower shop and pizza parlour
There are a couple of "sets" out there with pizza stuff in them. One is by Melissa and Doug and I bought it at Tj Maxx. The other I got at Lakeshore, I believe, or Discount School Supply. There are pieces to make pizza, cutter, cheese shaker. Check your catalogs. I put out a cash register, order pad, telephone and pocket chart with pizza words pepperoni, mushroom, cheese, etc, I made checked aprons and tabkecloth and chef's hats. Also, I went to local pizza shop and got small boxes, menus, and bags.
School, Doctor's Office, Toy Store- Lakeshore has dramatic play boxes of several of these ideas! Each box comes with 4 write$wipe cards and 4 word rings with different vocab. words.
I've done several of the ideas already listed but a couple of others are a pet store and a bus station. We made a bus by painting a big box and put up small Judy Clocks labeled arrival time and departure time. We also had maps and a cash register for them to play with purchasing tickets. We created tickets, printed them out, and laminated them for durability. I teach pre-k and we follow ECERS. We have to have 2 well developed dramatic play themes in our dramatic play center. One of course is always home living since we have all the stuff and then we swap out the second.
plan a wedding for q and u and thus the drama center becomes the site for the wedding - prepare reception foods. Kids love playing dress up for the wedding afterward
It had such great ideas I had to keep it to help me with my own plans!
October- I have lots of pumpkins which i have collected. There are the type used for trickor treating, small ones which once had match box cars in them etc. Ihave also been given many donations. During this time I do everything up with fall and Halloween decorations and put our a cash register along with pricing stickers. The kids love to charge 100 for everything! I also put out fall silk flowers and leaves which some kids like to use to make arrangements in the pumpkin buckets. Nov. I don't do anything new because we miss so much school during conferences and Thanksgiving. I just fo back to housekeepingDec.I have 3 small fake trees and lots of decorations. I have a variety of. boxes along with wrapping paper. The kids decoratand and wrap. I put out the cah register and sometimes they charge each other for their services. I find that they also love to make things to decorate the center with (It is a mess and kind of drives me nuts but they love it.Jan.Grocery store. I put grocery ads out and lots of empty food boxes and cans along with baskets for shopping. The kids set up and then price things and use the cash registerFebruary- I made mail cubbies from 1/2 gallon milk cartons which I have put letters on a b c etc.I have tons of stationary, stickers, a variety of pens and pencils and envelopes. Kids write letter and put them in the appropriate box. I often buy 200 penny stamps and they can use those as well. 1 per letter. sometimes kids sort and then take turns putting the envelpoes into the kids cubbiesMarch is Dennys. I have menus from the restaurant a pad for taking orders and the kitchen comes back out because we need to have a cook. Someone is a waiter ,there are customers and then a cashier.In my imagination station kids pick a job and then do that until someone wishes to trade. For example, at the restaurant there are necklaces with the job on it 1. cook 2. waitress 3. customer 4. customer 5. cashier. The center is full when all necklaces have been taken. Kids can trade off if they wish. When I introduce a new center we look at the jobs and discuss what each person should be doing then we make the necklaces, customers do not ring up their own food! (;This works really good for me.
Snacks
I love pictorial recipes so the kids can look at the directions and follow the directions themselves. That way I can set the activity up as a center. I started making printable pictorial recipes because of that. You can check them out on my free printable website
Making Learning Fun
We make Reindeer Sandwiches during Christmas. Cut a piece of bread in half diagonally. Spread peanut butter on bread. Use 2 raisins for the eyes, a cherry for the nose, and pretzels for the antlers. The kids loved it.
This may be something you might try. We use it for large groups of cub scouts every year. And its very cheap for supplies, you can make lots for a little ( bring several pans or use 13x9 cake pans cut the baking time to 20-25 minutes). The kids love when they get to eat it too. You could also sprinkle raisins or fresh chopped apples in this. I set out the ingredients,call up each child to measure for me.. mix the sugar/cin in 5-6 bowls on long banquet type tables table . Cut up biscuits into 5-6 bowls.Put the baking pans on the table to place the rolled biscuits in. Place children on each side of table in chairs, and have them roll the biscuits in the sugar mix, then drop in the prepared baking pans. Bake as directed.
Monkey Bread
We are making
1. blueberry muffins for Blueberries for Sal,
2."porrige" for Goldilocks and the 3 Bears (instant oatmeal)
3. purple cows when we do Harold & the Purple Crayon and the poem I've never Seen a purple crayon : put a scoop of ice cream in a cup , pour on grape soda (like a grape float)
There is a second grade website that has lots of great easy snacks to go along with great books called "Snazzy Snacks" that you can down load.I've got it saved under
Snazzy Snacks
I think the easiest way to afford cooking projects in the classroom is to build it in to your budget. I always ask for a supply fee from my parents. One of the things it covers is cooking supplies/projects.
I TRY to do at least one cooking project a month. I usually will work it into our center time, which is towards the end of the day, if it is a simple activity. If it is something that takes time to cook (applesauce or stone soup), then obviously, you have to start in the morning.
I try to correlate it to a book we are reading or a theme. Nursery rhymes correlate well with cooking projects! Some of my most memorable cooking projects were:stone soup (with a REAL stone!)porridge (3 Bears oatmealrici e bici (rice and peas...yum!)the Queen of Hearts tartsapplesaucedinosaur dirt cakepirate shipshalloween trail mix
I also think that whatever you cook in the classroom, everyone should have a part in preparing it. Write the recipe out rebus style (literacy, writing, reading). Have some children measure (science, math); some chop; some mix; some clean up. Offer everyone a taste; seconds for those who really enjoyed it. I also feel that it shouldn't be "snack". I think PARENTS should provide a snack for their child(no soda, candy) on a daily basis. Cooking with the teacher in the classroom is a special activity.
What is a healthy snack?· Fresh or tinned fruit. Bananas, apples, grapes, oranges, applesauce cup, etc · crackers or rice cakes · Cheese slices, cubes, sticks, shapes or string cheese · Vegetable sticks/carrot sticks· Yogurt cups or gogurt · Raisin bread, fruit loaf or toasted English muffins. · Fruit or vegetable muffins, such as carrot, banana, zucchini, pumpkin· Granola bars· Graham crackers or goldfish crackers· PretzelsIf you have a question, you can send me a note or call me!What is NOT a healthy snack?Candy, cookies, cupcakes, pop, Little Debbie’s, chips, fruit snacks or fruit roll ups.
Making Learning Fun
We make Reindeer Sandwiches during Christmas. Cut a piece of bread in half diagonally. Spread peanut butter on bread. Use 2 raisins for the eyes, a cherry for the nose, and pretzels for the antlers. The kids loved it.
This may be something you might try. We use it for large groups of cub scouts every year. And its very cheap for supplies, you can make lots for a little ( bring several pans or use 13x9 cake pans cut the baking time to 20-25 minutes). The kids love when they get to eat it too. You could also sprinkle raisins or fresh chopped apples in this. I set out the ingredients,call up each child to measure for me.. mix the sugar/cin in 5-6 bowls on long banquet type tables table . Cut up biscuits into 5-6 bowls.Put the baking pans on the table to place the rolled biscuits in. Place children on each side of table in chairs, and have them roll the biscuits in the sugar mix, then drop in the prepared baking pans. Bake as directed.
Monkey Bread
We are making
1. blueberry muffins for Blueberries for Sal,
2."porrige" for Goldilocks and the 3 Bears (instant oatmeal)
3. purple cows when we do Harold & the Purple Crayon and the poem I've never Seen a purple crayon : put a scoop of ice cream in a cup , pour on grape soda (like a grape float)
There is a second grade website that has lots of great easy snacks to go along with great books called "Snazzy Snacks" that you can down load.I've got it saved under
Snazzy Snacks
I think the easiest way to afford cooking projects in the classroom is to build it in to your budget. I always ask for a supply fee from my parents. One of the things it covers is cooking supplies/projects.
I TRY to do at least one cooking project a month. I usually will work it into our center time, which is towards the end of the day, if it is a simple activity. If it is something that takes time to cook (applesauce or stone soup), then obviously, you have to start in the morning.
I try to correlate it to a book we are reading or a theme. Nursery rhymes correlate well with cooking projects! Some of my most memorable cooking projects were:stone soup (with a REAL stone!)porridge (3 Bears oatmealrici e bici (rice and peas...yum!)the Queen of Hearts tartsapplesaucedinosaur dirt cakepirate shipshalloween trail mix
I also think that whatever you cook in the classroom, everyone should have a part in preparing it. Write the recipe out rebus style (literacy, writing, reading). Have some children measure (science, math); some chop; some mix; some clean up. Offer everyone a taste; seconds for those who really enjoyed it. I also feel that it shouldn't be "snack". I think PARENTS should provide a snack for their child(no soda, candy) on a daily basis. Cooking with the teacher in the classroom is a special activity.
What is a healthy snack?· Fresh or tinned fruit. Bananas, apples, grapes, oranges, applesauce cup, etc · crackers or rice cakes · Cheese slices, cubes, sticks, shapes or string cheese · Vegetable sticks/carrot sticks· Yogurt cups or gogurt · Raisin bread, fruit loaf or toasted English muffins. · Fruit or vegetable muffins, such as carrot, banana, zucchini, pumpkin· Granola bars· Graham crackers or goldfish crackers· PretzelsIf you have a question, you can send me a note or call me!What is NOT a healthy snack?Candy, cookies, cupcakes, pop, Little Debbie’s, chips, fruit snacks or fruit roll ups.
Literacy Props
In the interest of expanding my CD collection- I have began to take note of different CD's and prop opportunities. Below are several from Jack Hartmann and other K folks.
Literacy Props
Shari's Site
A couple of other names include Greg & Steve, Jim Gill
Literacy Props
Shari's Site
A couple of other names include Greg & Steve, Jim Gill
Friday, July 27, 2007
Math Tubs: Numbers
One thing that I have done that is easy and cheap is to get abunch of small white paper plates and write numbers on themwith a marker. Then I had the children try to fill the plateswith the correct number of manipulatives. For example, onechild couldn't count out more than 3 things accurately. So Igave him 10 paper plates with a big 4 printed on them with afat magic marker. His job was to count out four things andput them on each plate. When he mastered quantities of four,he got a new set of plates with the number five on them.
My kids also enjoyed putting unifix cubes together, so Iprinted the numbers 0-10 (or more) on them with a fine tippermanent marker and put them in a zip bag. The children hadto connect the cubes and put them in the correct order. Allof the cubes in each bag were the same color, so as to not getthem mixed up with the next child's cubes.
Another thing that is fun to do is find pictures in amagazine, and cut them out. Glue them in certain quantitiesonto a paper. For example, the children would trace and thenwrite a number five on a paper, and then find five objects ina magazine, cut them out, and glue them onto the paper.
Another thing that we did with cubes is build towers of acertain number. The children had to make ten towers that eachhad five cubes. The towers should all be the same size whenthey are done. They can then put the towers on a paper withthat number printed on it several times, so there should be atower of five under each number five.
They can also make a tower of one, then two, then three cubes,etc., and stack them up in order on a paper that has thosenumbers written on it.
We also use matching sets cards a lot. You take some indexcards, and print the numbers 0-10 on them individually. Thentake some stickers and put them on other index cards. So youhave a card with a zero and another card with no stickers. Then you have a card with number one printed on it, andanother card with one sticker, etc. The children have to putthe numbers in order and match the correct number of stickersto each numeral card. I kept these sets in baggies and usedthem quite a lot. Some kids at the beginning of the year might need to have just 0-5 at first.
http://www.childcareland.com/
Shelly Lovett always has so many good ideas - this is her home site - look at the numbers and other activities on the left side you could adapt to tubs easily
Our kindergarten teachers used clear VCR tape covers/holders to make their number boxes (filled with small items, of course). Just another idea! :-)
This is such a good idea. Have you checked out the ideas in Math Their Way? The newsletter is available online which gives a wonderful synopsis of each chapter and blackline mastera for you to use. You really need to check this out if you have not already! I did the sort of the same thing last yer only my whole class worked on the same number at one time and I just set up number stations. It ws actually kind of hard to manage and to see who was getting what. The way you describe is interesting. When in the year will you start this? Will you work on numeral writing first or at the same time? I ws thinking you might want to go to 5 (or six) first and when the children have really internalized these, then do 6 -10. Maybe even another unit(patterning) first.
I would try to include lots that had invariance of number, that is the best for number sense to me. I did the toothpick activities described in the link. Also, if you have geoboards they can make deigns with that numer of bands. GET THEM TO DESCRIBE THEIR DESIGNS TO A BUDDY. "I made an F. One up, 2 across. One and two is three." Also get little solo cups and have their partner hide small objects under the cup. They count how many are out (2), then have to say how many are in (1). Do you know how to do the bean toss with lima beans? Spray paint beans on only one side (whatever color you like) then make cups of beans with whatever number you need. They toss and say " Three is 2 green and 1 white." Toss again " Three is 3 green 0 white." Toss again is "# is 1 green 2 white." etc. There are even nice recording forms for this activity.
The adress to the REALLY GOOD math their way newsletter is:
http://www.center.edu/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.shtml
CHECK THIS OUT. Lots of recording sheets for number combination activities including the beans:
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/number_journals.html
Here is a link to the math their way page about number stations.
http://www.center.edu/pub/docs/chapter10.pdf
Math Their Way has great ideas, free printables, & pictures.My kids fav number activity was the Number Dice Roll. They roll those numbers and write them. Later, they rolled the numbers and stamped them.
This is an old link:
http://maththeirway.com/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.shtml
This is a new link: (click on Newsletter)
http://maththeirway.com/
Math Their Way original ideas from the 70's have been incorporated into so many of the math programs you see today. The activities are all tried and true! This teacher went home every evening figuring out ways to teach her kids in hands-on ways. She died young, but her husband continues the work. I learned about it in the early 90's from the veteran teachers I worked with & have used it every since though have tweeked it from time to time.
If you click on the newsletter, you'll see lots of activities with materials you already have on hand. They are explained in detail with pictures. I used to keep all my junk in video cases, then switched to the dollar store containers that have the lid that is connected. They are the perfect size for teddy bears, beans, dice, keys, buttons, paper pattern block cut outs, etc.
I use print outs for my calendar & you'll see the links - weather graph, tooth graph (cut out your own shapes), tally marks (u make on plain paper each month), place value (printable cards), number line (adding machine tape) you generate as a class every day. I'ved used these on my calendar every year of teaching. They are generic & kid appropriate.
I have the birthday cakes that my kids colored my first year of K above the numberline, but you can't see them on my math page. You can see them on my birthday page though. They color a candle the first week of school & I put them up on the cakes.
The opening shows using a balloon every day and popping it for yesterday. I don't do that, because it is not earth friendly to me.
I use the 100's printable for homework folders for counting. I print them on tag, then laminate them & they last in the MOOSE folder all year. (p44 blackline link) There is an assessment link that is very helpful, too.
My kids also like the bean recording sheets for addition/sets. You throw out beans (mine are half orange and half brown - painted - u can buy these now, lol)& put into 2 groups. You color in the orange beans on the bean sheet, then the brown beans on the bean sheet. Later, students can write the equations. Such as 4-2=6 (which is 4 orange beans plus 2 brown beans equals 6). For many years, I had my beans in film canisters, then realized the kids just needed to toss them gently from their hands & that makes bean storage easier in baggies.:o)
Math Their Way in the K Classroom
The early weeks of school can be used for setting guidelines & exploration of the manipulatives you'll be using! It's a good time for observation to see what you children know & how they work together in groups. Depending on the level of the students, I do exploration for 2 to 3 weeks. Believe it or not, I start it the first day/first week of school with small tubs of multilinks, number puzzles, pattern blocks, & unifix cubes. They are easy to put out & simple to monitor!
My kids also enjoyed putting unifix cubes together, so Iprinted the numbers 0-10 (or more) on them with a fine tippermanent marker and put them in a zip bag. The children hadto connect the cubes and put them in the correct order. Allof the cubes in each bag were the same color, so as to not getthem mixed up with the next child's cubes.
Another thing that is fun to do is find pictures in amagazine, and cut them out. Glue them in certain quantitiesonto a paper. For example, the children would trace and thenwrite a number five on a paper, and then find five objects ina magazine, cut them out, and glue them onto the paper.
Another thing that we did with cubes is build towers of acertain number. The children had to make ten towers that eachhad five cubes. The towers should all be the same size whenthey are done. They can then put the towers on a paper withthat number printed on it several times, so there should be atower of five under each number five.
They can also make a tower of one, then two, then three cubes,etc., and stack them up in order on a paper that has thosenumbers written on it.
We also use matching sets cards a lot. You take some indexcards, and print the numbers 0-10 on them individually. Thentake some stickers and put them on other index cards. So youhave a card with a zero and another card with no stickers. Then you have a card with number one printed on it, andanother card with one sticker, etc. The children have to putthe numbers in order and match the correct number of stickersto each numeral card. I kept these sets in baggies and usedthem quite a lot. Some kids at the beginning of the year might need to have just 0-5 at first.
http://www.childcareland.com/
Shelly Lovett always has so many good ideas - this is her home site - look at the numbers and other activities on the left side you could adapt to tubs easily
Our kindergarten teachers used clear VCR tape covers/holders to make their number boxes (filled with small items, of course). Just another idea! :-)
This is such a good idea. Have you checked out the ideas in Math Their Way? The newsletter is available online which gives a wonderful synopsis of each chapter and blackline mastera for you to use. You really need to check this out if you have not already! I did the sort of the same thing last yer only my whole class worked on the same number at one time and I just set up number stations. It ws actually kind of hard to manage and to see who was getting what. The way you describe is interesting. When in the year will you start this? Will you work on numeral writing first or at the same time? I ws thinking you might want to go to 5 (or six) first and when the children have really internalized these, then do 6 -10. Maybe even another unit(patterning) first.
I would try to include lots that had invariance of number, that is the best for number sense to me. I did the toothpick activities described in the link. Also, if you have geoboards they can make deigns with that numer of bands. GET THEM TO DESCRIBE THEIR DESIGNS TO A BUDDY. "I made an F. One up, 2 across. One and two is three." Also get little solo cups and have their partner hide small objects under the cup. They count how many are out (2), then have to say how many are in (1). Do you know how to do the bean toss with lima beans? Spray paint beans on only one side (whatever color you like) then make cups of beans with whatever number you need. They toss and say " Three is 2 green and 1 white." Toss again " Three is 3 green 0 white." Toss again is "# is 1 green 2 white." etc. There are even nice recording forms for this activity.
The adress to the REALLY GOOD math their way newsletter is:
http://www.center.edu/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.shtml
CHECK THIS OUT. Lots of recording sheets for number combination activities including the beans:
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/number_journals.html
Here is a link to the math their way page about number stations.
http://www.center.edu/pub/docs/chapter10.pdf
Math Their Way has great ideas, free printables, & pictures.My kids fav number activity was the Number Dice Roll. They roll those numbers and write them. Later, they rolled the numbers and stamped them.
This is an old link:
http://maththeirway.com/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.shtml
This is a new link: (click on Newsletter)
http://maththeirway.com/
Math Their Way original ideas from the 70's have been incorporated into so many of the math programs you see today. The activities are all tried and true! This teacher went home every evening figuring out ways to teach her kids in hands-on ways. She died young, but her husband continues the work. I learned about it in the early 90's from the veteran teachers I worked with & have used it every since though have tweeked it from time to time.
If you click on the newsletter, you'll see lots of activities with materials you already have on hand. They are explained in detail with pictures. I used to keep all my junk in video cases, then switched to the dollar store containers that have the lid that is connected. They are the perfect size for teddy bears, beans, dice, keys, buttons, paper pattern block cut outs, etc.
I use print outs for my calendar & you'll see the links - weather graph, tooth graph (cut out your own shapes), tally marks (u make on plain paper each month), place value (printable cards), number line (adding machine tape) you generate as a class every day. I'ved used these on my calendar every year of teaching. They are generic & kid appropriate.
I have the birthday cakes that my kids colored my first year of K above the numberline, but you can't see them on my math page. You can see them on my birthday page though. They color a candle the first week of school & I put them up on the cakes.
The opening shows using a balloon every day and popping it for yesterday. I don't do that, because it is not earth friendly to me.
I use the 100's printable for homework folders for counting. I print them on tag, then laminate them & they last in the MOOSE folder all year. (p44 blackline link) There is an assessment link that is very helpful, too.
My kids also like the bean recording sheets for addition/sets. You throw out beans (mine are half orange and half brown - painted - u can buy these now, lol)& put into 2 groups. You color in the orange beans on the bean sheet, then the brown beans on the bean sheet. Later, students can write the equations. Such as 4-2=6 (which is 4 orange beans plus 2 brown beans equals 6). For many years, I had my beans in film canisters, then realized the kids just needed to toss them gently from their hands & that makes bean storage easier in baggies.:o)
Math Their Way in the K Classroom
The early weeks of school can be used for setting guidelines & exploration of the manipulatives you'll be using! It's a good time for observation to see what you children know & how they work together in groups. Depending on the level of the students, I do exploration for 2 to 3 weeks. Believe it or not, I start it the first day/first week of school with small tubs of multilinks, number puzzles, pattern blocks, & unifix cubes. They are easy to put out & simple to monitor!
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