Five for Friday Babeeee!!

Can't tell you how glad I am that this little gem is still going strong!  If you are new to blogging and trying to figure out where to start, this is a great spot!  It keeps you accountable and is an easy way to create content each week.  

So excited about this new addition to our classroom!  

Public Montessori kiddos occasionally need down and dirty fill in sorta stuff.  This was one of those times.  I noticed that many of my kiddos wanted to learn time and although there are many Montessori lessons that fit the bill, sometimes you need a constant reminder.  They are loving telling me time at any given moment in the day and it has become a great teaching tool as we walk out the door to various places in the school.  Follow this link and grab the freebie! 

Five for Friday...on a Sunday...just keeping it real!

Ya know how sometimes life throws you a curve ball? Things change and sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's bad and sometimes it's a little of both?  Well, I am smack dab in the middle of that.  So, that is why Five for Friday is a little tardy.  But better late than never.  Am I right!?!

Every once in a while I get time and I make something that can be added to TpT.  I make stuff all the time but if you are a seller on TpT than you know what I'm saying when I tell you that it takes an extra 87 hours to make something fabulous even fabulous-er so that it is TpT ready.  Something got in me last week and I went for it!

Click on the cute samples and get you some!

I hate to brag but aren't these the cutest stinkin things ever!?!  I love them!  It is the first 100 Fry Sight Words!  On a super cute reindeer that was a freebie from the fabulous

Click the logo above and you can check her out!  She has the cutest stuff and if you click on the pics above you can snag the reindeer sight words before the holiday is over!

 Christmas is my favorite time of year and I am one of those girls that starts the celebrating the weekend of Thanksgiving.  I thought it was really interesting that so many people actually started decorating the weekend before.

If I may get a little deep, I really thing it is because people are searching for some peace.  Searching for a kinder place in the world.  Maybe a little love.  Maybe some understanding of all that is happening in the world.  I feel pretty darned lucky that even though my life is a little chaotic, I found peace a long long time ago and He never gives up on me.  Hope you have a little peace this holiday season as well!

P.S.  I love twinkly lights almost as much as I love peace! ;)

On Friday, we did this!  With 100 preschool and kindergarten kiddos.  FULL LENGTH BABEEEE!!!

Hard to see, I know but the young man on the far left is a family friend.  He went on my last mission trip with me and he and my big punk are close friends.  He is also an AMAZING ballet guy...cuz ballerina doesn't work for me when it comes to guys.  So, when he told me they did an educational outreach show I jumped at taking our entire Montessori program.  I didn't know until a few days before that it was the FULL VERSION!  AN HOUR AND A HALF KINDA FULL VERSION!

My team was a little over me by the time we got there but let me tell you what, our kids were FABULOUS!  They loved it and had a great time and will tell people about it forever!

And, as if a field trip to the Nutcracker wasn't enough in one day, we planned it the same day as Montessori Movie Night!

This is an awesome thing we do with our entire Montessori program a few times a year.  All kiddos can come.  Parents pay $10 and drop off for dinner and a movie.  Kiddos bring blankets and pillows and chill out in the cafeteria and we have a blast!

These!  Aren't they fabulous!?!

This is part of our stage at church.  Our worship leader created these beauties!  They are on both sides of our stage and if it weren't church I would absolutely steal them for my front yard but it seems kinda bad to steal from church so I'll just build some myself...next year!

I hope you are busy being merry.  Letting some things go.  Enjoying the season and all that it means for you and yours!

Hop back to Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching and see what everyone else is up to this festive time of year!

Peace!

 

Five for Friday...I promise!

If I start the Five-fer on Tuesday and it actually gets posted on Friday does it still count as a Five for Friday?!  I'm not sure but I'm going for it!  You can do those kinds of things when it's Thanksgiving Break Babeeee!!!!  And you know that Thanksgiving break means only 3 short weeks to Christmas Break Babeeeee!!!

So here we go!

Super excited about changing out practical life and adding to a few other areas with a little Christmas Montessoriesque style.  I poked around Pinterest until I found a bunch of lessons that I really liked and I know the kids will be thrilled when they come into class on Monday.  These are some of my favorites!

Super cute emergent readers!

Cool sensory play ideas.

Love this idea and the kids are going to go wild over it!  All of the materials cost about $5!

And then a bunch of great Montessori inspired lessons!

I can't wait for the kids to see the room on Monday!

Check out my Pinterest Montessori:  Christmas Inspired page and you will find links to all of the above and lots of other great ideas!

 In past years I have always had a very diverse classroom religion wise.  I have been lucky enough to have Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Christian families so we have done Christmas around the world for many years so that we can learn about one another's customs and traditions.  This year, my entire classroom celebrates Christmas so I have decided to go heavy on that for a change.  We will be doing a family project that lets the kids share their family cooking traditions with the class and we will turn those into a class book.  This is what I am sending home.  

You can find it in my TpT shop starting Monday for 20% off!

 Meet Lila!  Our newest classroom pet!

A neighbor put her on Facebook after his 13 year old daughter was no longer an "engaged and responsible pet owner" and wanted to give her a way to a classroom!  I jumped at the chance!  She is a lot of maintenance but she is really sweet natured and the kids are going to go crazy when I bring her in on Monday.

This happened today and it was even free!  If you haven't ever been the recipient of a Chic-fil-a calendar ask for one!  Every month you get a freebie and it is really worth it!

I do love a Chic-fil-a peppermint milkshake!

Then there is this!  

Oh my mercy!  Have you seen it?  Have you tried it?  OH MY HECK!!!  It is soooo good!  If you are a root beer lover you will be shocked at how much it tastes like root beer.  Be careful though.  5.9% alcohol is a lot for a beer!  Try it!  You'll like it!

Hope you had an outstanding Thanksgiving and are enjoying a little more peace before school gets back!

Check back over with Kasey at Doodle Bugs Teaching.

Five for Fraturday

So, I'm writing this on Friday night but it's already super late...8:46pm so the likelihood that I will be able to stay awake and finish it is highly unlikely!  I'll give it a go though!

Let's get some Five for Friday underway!

Okay, so I know they are a bunch of Christmas hating heathens but have you tried these?!?!

And for the record...they are selling Christmas Blend coffee and their gift cards are adorned with Christmas trees and snowmen.  Um, thank you media for blowing yet another thing WAAAAYYYY out of proportion! 

This happened today!

Oh my heck the cuteness of these hats (and this cheek-pinchable little boy) just about did me in!  I'm not usually a fan of matchy-crafty-cuty sorts of projects but I might just have to get there because these were too cute for words!  We will be wearing them on Monday for a little parent Turkey Day program we are hosting!

In 1977 I saw my very first big screen movie.  I was 7 and the movie was Star Wars: A New Hope.  Here we are 38 years later, ready to see the 7th movie!  I surprised the boys with Star Wars jammies and tickets to the movie!  We are all pretty excited and decided that we need to do a movie marathon to refresh our memories about the first 6 movies.  

We have been work-sheeting it up for the last 5 days and my kiddos are in heaven over the change up!  I love freebies and these are some of the fun things we have done in between Montessori lessons!

This was a great emergent reader for my kinders.  Predictable text with words to fill in.

My 4s felt pretty big working on this one.

I've got quite a few kids working on this counting/coloring book.

My 3s and 4s went wild over this book that let them cut, color and glue turkeys!

On Monday we are learning the parts of a turkey!  Don't you just love the word snood!?!

Last but not least...I'm making this for my assistant and I to wear to school on Thursday!  So stinking excited!

This came from the brilliant Mary Amoson at Sharing Kindergarten

And if this isn't enough...

I have a Thanksgiving Pinterest Board with over 100 fun turkey day lessons, songs, worksheets, snacks, etc!

One of the things I love most about cold weather in South Carolina...

Time by our fire pit.  I can sit by a fire forever when its cold outside.  The hubs built this fire pit a few years ago for about $100.  He stacked 5 layers of those rounded stones...16 stones per layer and vwalah...a fire pit!  That has been one of the best projects we have done at this house!

Hop back over to Doodle Bugs Teaching and see what Kasey and the rest of the girls are doing!  I'm going out on a date!