Mrs. Tina's Tots

I know teacher appreciation was last week, but I haven't had time to share what I got! Now, my school doesn't have a PTO that supplies us with treats all week long so it's solely up to the kids to get things for me, which is totally the best anyway right?!! I got an array of things from flowers pulled up from the yard that morning (with the roots :)), to a princess frog piggy bank! But my favorite had to have been from two little boys that were working in their literacy center. I have these cool magnetic words that I let them build sentences with on the white board. Check it out!! Isn't that the sweetest?!?! They ran up to me as I was finishing with my small group, and said, "Come look what we built for you!" They were both so sincere about that sentence, gave me big old hugs, and it made my heart melt!!  Nevermind, that they replaced "pretty" with "crazy" in their next sentence. Ha! Boys!! ;0)  With only 4 days left until kinde...

Hey everyone! It's been forever since I've blogged!! I feel like I shouldn't have even started this blog until the summer so I'd have a little more time! Anyway, I made my way over to dollar tree {for very important things I'm sure :)!} and I found a few cute things for my classroom!! 1. First up those dice are super cute! They roll very well, and are a good size for my math tubs! Plus they will be fun for my kids to use. 2. Timers: I've been wanting some small timers for my kids to use in centers, but I had a hard time paying $37 for 6 timers. These are a steal at $1 a piece. Not sure how well they will hold up. I've been using them for a couple of days and they seem to be fine. Hopefully I will get a whole year of use out of them!! 3. Ice packs, because who doesn't need a cute ice pack for those bumps and bruises! The nurse at my school loves  that I have them in my room. Saves her some time :). Anyone else find any good deals lately??

I'm still here folks! It has been CrAzY around here, and I haven't forgotten about your cloud freebie either. It has decided to stay winter here in Arkansas, and I am not pleased. Not only was it 36 degrees this  morning on my way to school, it has rained every. single. day. Which all the clouds have been perfect, except I had an outside activity for you, and well, we haven't been able to go outside. On top of the bad weather the 1st and 2nd graders have been testing in the mornings this week. I share a wall with the 2nd grade (I teach in a teeny, tiny school!) so I've gotten kicked out of my room this week during the morning time so our schedule as been all messed up. Which is never good, especially when the kids can't go outside, and they've been hit with an unhealthy dose of spring fever! Also, yesterday during my math block I heard a POP, POP!!! I quickly scanned the room to find a very large bookshelf pretending it was the Leaning Tower of Pisa!!! I cal...

My lovelies have had a case of the crazies this week!! They are having a rough time coming back from spring break. I had four kids dissolve into uncontrollable tears by 10 am! After the fourth one I made them rest until recess. Whew! Other than our little meltdowns we have been studying weather using the All About Weather unit from the fabulous Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles . If you haven't checked her out, she's a MUST read. :) Here are a few picture of my kids working on some of the centers that are included in this packet! They LOVE them. In fact, after the first day of this unit one of my boys told me as they were leaving, " We sure did a lot of work today, but I'll tell you what....it was more fun than seesaw'n with a magical unicorn!" :) See, worth every penny! We have done the sun, and are working on cloudy. Stay tuned for a little cloud activity that I'll be showing you later this week (or weekend!).

I have moved over from teachingtots01.blogspot.com so that my teaching blog wouldn't be linked with my personal blog! [Still trying to figure all of this mess out ;) ] So grab a Coke and enjoy! I have a lot of awesome blog posts coming up!