100th Day Celebrations

Happy 100th Day of Kindergarten!!

We began our 100th day celebration by reading a story about our favorite fictional kindergarten classroom. We then discussed our plans to celebrate our 100th day of school.

We began thinking about what we will be like when we are 100 years old. (This was a difficult concept.) We listed some of the things we will wear, say, how we will look and what we will know. As you can see, many of my kids thought about what they will do for a living. My favorite is that they will know how to be happy. Let's hope they figure it out before they reach 100 years old!

We created portraits of what we think we will look like at 100 years old. HOW CUTE!! This and other really great 100th day activities can be found here.

This math page took a lot of focus because there were so many tiny pictures to color specific colors. As you can see, my kinder is working on counting her pictures and writing the numbers in. Her 30 is backwards, but I am pleased with how hard she worked. This page can be found here.

We loved this 100th day pizza game! The game called for rolling dice, adding the numbers together and coloring in the corresponding number of pepperoni on their pizza. The player who colors in all 100 first wins. I decided to use a spinner for this game and then add the dice in as my kids become more familiar with the rules. They LOVED this game. I put the boards in page protectors and let the kids use dry-erase markers to color in their pies. This game can be found here.

Boy, February sure has been a busy month! We took some time this week to explore some 'sweet' new station activities. Happy Valentine's Day! Aren't we super cute in our Valentine's Day headbands?

SENDING LOVE WORD SORT

This is a great little word sorting activity. The kids each took turns flipping over and reading the word on the card. For our initial introduction the kids simply sorted the words into the Number/Color/Other Word pocket charts. I found the great charts at Target, by the way. Next week we will be writing a sentence to add a little challenge to the station. As you can see, my kids really enjoy helping each other read and sort the words. This is where you can find the activity.

SWEET WORD FAMILIES

My kinders really enjoyed this station, although anything with velcro and dry-erase markers is a hit. We have been working on building words and making word family lists. I added velcro to the back of the letters this activity provided. The kids used the letters to build words and categorized them into real words (smile) or nonsense words (frown). You can find this activity here, in my favorite blog. 

VALENTINE NUMBER FILE FOLDER GAME

This picture isn't very good, the laminated board has a nasty glare. This game was simple and I will definitely be adding some challenge to it next week. I found this in one of my Mailbox books. The kids flipped over number cards, identified the number and moved their game piece according to the number on their card. The board has a few "move 2 hearts" spots, but it is overall a pretty simple game. 

HEARTS TIC-TAC-TOE 

This was a very good math game and one we will be using again. The boards have numbers up to 12 inside the hearts. Each child has 12 unifix cubes. One number die is rolled and everyone puts the corresponding number of unifix cubes at the top of their board. Repeat the process for the second number die. I always put a cabinet liner inside the 'rolling bin.' It really cuts down on the extra noise and the bin keeps the dice from flying across the room. Without it my kids spend more time searching for the dice than learning. As always, Mrs. Wills provided this wonderful math station here to help us celebrate Valentine's Day in the City of Brotherly Love!