PLANTS! PLANTS! PLANTS!

I love SPRING...birds are chirping, the weather is warming, and plants are beginning to bloom. Here's a this little plant project that helps children learn about plant parts while being crafty as well.

CLICK TO GET!

Here's another fun project that my students enjoyed...

Hairy Heads

The students learn what plants need to grow and learn responsibility while caring for their Hairy Head. It is a joy when they discover the Hairy Heads sprouting. I usually try to time this project to start before Spring Break. You can imagine their delight when they return to see their Hair Heads have a full head of hair! 

Then the fun begins!

Haircuts and Hair Dos

Thanks for stopping by!

Last Minute No-Prep St. Patty's Day Fun!

Here are a few last minute no prep St. Patty's Day activities. Just click the picture to download.

St. Patty's Day Hat and Necklace

Okay, this one might take a little prep.  Need to copy on green paper. If your students make the necklace, laminating the paper before they cut will help it last longer. Also, letting the student string some green and white pony beads in a pattern adds a little fun learning to the project.

St. Patty's Word Search

Who doesn't like a word search?? There are a few tricky words to find...can't make it too easy!!

St. Patty's Day Writing

After reading lots a books about tricky leprechauns I'm sure the students will have plenty of ideas on how to catch a wee one. This would make a great partner project! Let the students pair up and brainstorm ways to catch a leprechaun. Then the students can share their thoughts!

That's all for now!

ST. PATTY'S DAY FUN STUFF!

Are you getting ready for a wee one to visit your classroom?  Here are a few activities to keep the students engaged and learning while having some fun, too.

Let's start with a few crafts 

for great class decor

A ST. PATTY'S DAY MOBILE!

The rainbow, pot, and leprechaun can be made independently of each other, but I like to connect them together with a paper clip. It looks so cute hanging from the ceiling of the classroom. Each piece has an optional writing component, too. The leprechaun's beard is made from a strip of orange crepe paper streamer - just scrunch and glue.

Another fun project...

 LEPRECHAUN LADDERS!

The children cut shamrocks then string them alternating with pieces of a plastic drinking straw on a green pipe cleaner to create a ladder. Hook all the student's ladders together making a long ladder that reaches from ceiling to floor...an IMPRESSIVE sight!

Click the picture to get the patterns.

Some St. Pat Math

Shamrock Shuffle - working with place value

Measure a Shamrock - practice measuring with non-standard and 

standard units of measurement

Rainbow Fair Shares - working with early division concepts

These activities can be found in my Rainbows and Shamrocks Math Activities unit. Here are some more products you might be interested in purchasing.

Cooking with Lucky Leprechaun... 

A MAGICAL MIX!

Find the recipe in my stores!

This is a good review activity. Find it for FREE in my stores!

Look at these cute little leprechauns!

Hope you were LUCKY 

finding something useful!

See you soon!

ANOTHER SEUSS-Y SHARE!

As a teacher, I used YouTube videos as a way to reinforce or introduce concepts to the class.  I have saved some very cute and useful videos to my YouTube account but, one of the difficulties with my growing video collection was organization and ease of use.  FINALLY, I think I found a way that solves this little problem in a very presentable kid friendly way.  

Presenting my very first interactive book!!!

Book Cover

Click below to try out this sample page. Open the download.  Now click a picture. This should open a video link to YouTube. Click the X to return to the document. It's that easy!

Sample page


I created an I CAN chart so students can interact with the book independently.  If you don't feel comfortable with that option you can always project the book to a screen or interactive board for use with the whole class or view an individual page to focus on a particular Dr. Seuss topic.

The Interactive Pages Link To:
Dr. Seuss Biography
Green Eggs and Ham read aloud & rap
Fox in Socks rap & song
One Fish, Two Fish rap & ride
Mr. Brown Can Moo song
Hop on Pop song
Dr. Seuss' ABC's song
The Lorax songs & directed drawing
The Cat in the Hat directed drawing

Another option would be to print the book, laminate, and bind it.  A great addition to the classroom library!!

My very first interactive book is available now at my teacher stores.  PLEASE let me know what you think by adding a comment below. I've got plans to make more.

SEUSS-Y FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Dr Seuss's birthday is next week so I thought I would share a few fun and engaging activities for the classroom.

This Cat in the Hat project is a great way to begin! Your freebie version has a blank form to write a list of words that rhyme with cat or you can use the little ditty posted in the picture. It can be found on Making Learning Fun

Click the cat for FREEBIE

More Fun Stuff!!!

Don't know what to do with those paper towel tubes you've been saving...

 

Click the tree for FREEBIE

Who doesn't like to learn and eat!  This packet includes sorting, tallying, graphing, comparing more/less, adding, subtracting, pattern by color or position, estimating, and fractions. Enough to keep the students engaged and learning. Buy some fish crackers for lots of fishy fun!

Get it at

TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS or TEACHER'S NOTEBOOK

McElligot's Pool has so many silly, odd animals to let the imagination soar. Who knows what the kiddos will create! 

Click for FREEBIE

Need a fun activity to celebrate the end of this thematic unit?? This is it! Includes station cards, blank forms for writing the recipe, and a story chain sequence activity. You can find this for FREE at my store!!

Fun, Fun for Everyone! 

This day is filled with lots of cooperative learning opportunities as the students partner up to spend the time working together completing a list of activities.  Of course, to get ready each student needs to make their thing hair hat.  The students get their matching Thing 1 and Thing 2 tags, a checklist and they are READY TO GO!!!

Click the Things for FREEBIE

One More Good Trick 

That I Know!!

This is a great conclusion activity to review some things learned about Dr. Seuss. A writing activity is included. This is available for FREE at my stores!

But We Are Not Done! 

Another class favorite!! The students bring a pillow and a flashlight. This is a quiet day to 

read, read, read!! 

It can be Dr. Seuss books but of course any book will do as long as reading is involved.

Click below for FREEBIE

Looking for more SEUSS-Y FUN???

These units are in my stores.

Before you go...

Hope you found something useful.  

And since you made it to the end of this post here's

1 more FREEBIE!!!

 

Thanks for visiting! 

Come back soon!

Back to Blogging!

Finally, I am ready to begin blogging again after losing most of my pictures on my teacher/classroom blog, Froggy Friends Fun. I am no longer in the classroom but still have things to share. Right now I am updating my teacher stores. Here's an updated FREEBIE:

You can grab it at Teachers Pay Teachers or Teacher's Notebook.

Thanks for visiting! Come back soon for more fun ideas!