Snowman Soup, The Mitten FREEBIES, and Snowflake Art!

Good Morning, Friends! Kerri here (again)...
Lindsay is busy caring for her sicky baby (stomach flu-YUCK!) so you get another Wintery type post from me again! 

I spent the better part of this weekend cutting out my Snowman Soup Centers so my kidlets can have all kinds of Snowman Soup fun this week. Here is a sneak peek of what we'll be doing...

MATH CENTERS

Snowman Soup! Bar Graph

Snowman Spinners! Addition and Subtraction 

Frosty Fact Families

Polar Brrr! Turn Around 10's

Blowing Blizzard! Number Match

LANGUAGE ARTS CENTERS

An Avalanche of Antonyms

Wintery Friends! Long Vowel Sort

Snow Day! ABC Order

Hot Cocoa! Write the Room

Chocolatey Compound Words

Whew! That's alot of Wintery goodness! I cannot wait to bust these out during centers this week. I just know my kidlets are going to love them!

Last week, we read The Mitten as part of our Jan Brett Authors Study and I decided to make a little "Mitten Spin and Tally Math Center" to give them some practice with tally marks. I thought I would share it with you, since my kids had so much fun using it! Click on the picture below to access it via Google Docs. :) 
(clipart from KPM Doodles)

Finally, here's a fun little snowflake art project that we will be doing this week from the TLC Winter Art book...

Simple and so pretty! 3 turquoise strips of paper, die cut shapes, or the kids can cut their own (that's what my kids did) and then glitter, which makes all the difference! We are going to write a poem to go with it, and VOILA! A Winter wonderland in our room!!

Have a great Sunday, friends!!
XOXO Kerri B

Post Christmas relaxation...and a new Winter Unit!

Hello, my blogging buddies! Kerri here...

Well, we survived Christmas!! We went to 3 houses in 2 days, ate entirely too much food, but got to see all of our loved ones, including my dad, who I hardly ever get to see, so I was very happy! 

Can't you just see the love between these 2 girls overflowing?? (NOT)

We have also been immersed in all things Hobbit around here...

Saw it twice! And, yes, I do now own the soundtrack as well!

This lego set was a gift from Santa to Katie, and I think I might like it better than her. Isn't it fun??

Yup, even a Hobbit notebook, complete with map of Middle Earth. I know, I know. I'm a major nerd!

My husband is also planning on us going camping next week in his Christmas present...

Ummm, does he not realize that I'm more of a Marriott Timeshare type girl? I'm just a wee bit frightened...ugh.

I also FINALLY finished my Snowman Soup Centers! FINALLY! Sakes alive, I feel like I was working on these For-EV-uh! But, they're finished and they are ADORBS! I know I say that every time I make a new set, but seriously, snowman and all things Winter just kill me, they're so cute!

(clickety click for a closer looksie)

All kinds of Wintery goodness for your kidlets to sink their brains into when we get back from break, which isn't until January 7th for me, Praise the Lord! I guess I know what I'm going to be doing next week to get these ready... starts with an L and rhymes with waminating!!

Talk to you soon, friends! Hope your holidays were AH-MAZING!
XOXO Kerri B