Thursday, December 29, 2011

Snowman Counting Mats Freebie

Starting next week, I'll begin watching one of my friend's little boy. I can't wait. I'm busy putting together themes for the month of January.

First up will be Snow & Snowmen :) I put together these adorable counting mats using artwork by Cheryl Seslar.  To download your free copy , click on the image below. I plan to use my collection of real buttons with the mats. Available for free until Friday, January 6, 2012. After which they will go on my sites.


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I hope your little ones enjoy using them.

Teena~




Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Polar Express

Victoria is reading and doing activities for the Polar Express this week. To support and enhance the home/school connection, I am creating a few activities for her to do at home. I'll also put together a few for the little tot to work on as well.

First up: I used her spelling words for the week to create an alphabetical order train. You can download the file by clicking on the image below. 

Please if you download and use, leave a comment and let me know if you enjoy the game. I really hope to get myself back into blogging.

~Teena~


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Hello again....

Told all of you I am an awful blogger! LO and I have both been fighting the evil cold bug. I think we finally won the battle (or at least I have). She's still a tad under the weather and has absolutely no desire to do tot school, so I haven't pushed it.

In honor of Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15th), I'm putting together a little unit to do with her in conjunction with our Fall and Alphabet units.

One part of the unit will be these adorable 4 piece puzzles using graphics by ScrappinDoodles. I like to print, cut and laminate. Then attach to sticky back felt or foam to make them thicker for little hands.  You can download the file by clicking on the cover below. 18 adorable half-page size puzzles included.



That's all for today. I have laundry to do and a kiddo to play with!


Monday, September 26, 2011

Fall is here..

We had a wonderfully busy first weekend of fall. Saturday was spent enjoying the sunshine with a picnic lunch at our local park and lost of playtime! We followed that up with Bingo and Spooky Buddies the new Disney movie. Fantastic time had by all.

Sunday morning was spent at church. We tie-dyed t-shirts with our Sunday School students (I'm the proud teacher of 10 toddlers & preschoolers this year). The shirts are awesome and will be proudly worn as we walk for hunger in our local Crop Walk on October 16th.

Then off to our next adventure. The local Fall Foliage Festival. Music, funnel cake, ice cream and lots of vendors. What more could someone ask for. My brownie troop manned our community bake sale table for an hour, using their incredible manners and smarts. I'm so proud of the troop and even more proud to call one of them my daughter ;).

The LO was with us this whole time, pitching in on the fun but it sure did wear her out. She has a cold and wasn't up for much with Tot School this morning. We read and acted out From Head to Toe by Eric Carle (she gets to pick out the book we read), practiced some shapes and colors on the felt board, and did a quick visual discrimation game/matching for fall. She was tired by then, asked for Dora and her juice cup.


Here's a quick picture of the matching game. I printed two copies - cut both out. I laminated one set but then simply slid the pictures in a trading card sleeve to keep them stationary. I will laminate the second set later today. I really liked having the cards in the sleeves, it kept them in place when she bent over to place a card on top to match. This game along with several other fall games will be included in fall toddler pack I'm putting together. It should be available in my Teachers Pay Teachers site soon.