HOLY LAMINATION...and a Summer Olympics FREEBIE!

Hiya Peeps! Happy Monday...
Can I just tell you how happy I am that I am NOT in Junior High like my poor daughter is, and that we had quite the stressful weekend due to Junior High DRAMA. Sigh...Junior High SUCKS. Always has, always will, and all I know is that I am one serious PRAYING mama for my baby girl, that she'll make it through each day with her sanity intact. 
Anyone else remember those HORRID Junior High days?? Blagghh...


On a happier note, I had SO MUCH FUN shopping on TPT yesterday! I got some FANTASTIC goodies for the end of this year, and next year too! The sale is continuing through tomorrow, so there's still time to get your SHOP on! Both our whole stores are 20% off through tomorrow night! Plus TPT's discount, don't forget!

Does this look familiar to anyone?? HOLY LAMINATION!!

I just laminated the first round of my Summer Olympics Math and Literacy Centers, and the roll of lamination is already a MILE long!! YEESH! I have some serious cutting in my future. But, don't you just heart lamination?? It makes everything so darn pretty! Here are my Summer Olympics centers all laminated and shiny...

Contraction Match-Ups

Sentence Scramble

ABC Order and Making Words

Cards for graphing center!

Short and Long Vowel Sort

Subtraction Number Sentences and Sums Match-Ups

Adding 3 Numbers

Fact Family Sort

Part/Part Whole Puzzles

I also have a little Summer Olympics FREEBIE For you!

Who doesn't love a good game of memory, while practicing reading Summer Olympic Vocabulary Words?? Comes with recording sheets, so the kids can practice writing the words as well! They'll be having so much fun they won't even know they're learning! Click on the picture above to download it from TPT!! 
And, don't forget to pick up Lindsay's new Under the Sea Math and Literacy Centers-it is SO DARN CUTE, I can't even stand it! And at 28% off, it's a TOTAL steal!

Ocean Unit and HUGE TPT SALE!!

Happy Saturday blog buddies!  Lindsay here . . .

Have you ever watched that TV show called "I Shouldn't Be Alive"?  I personally try to avoid it (I really don't enjoy watching people ALMOST die long, traumatic, tragic deaths on TV) . . . but my husband just LOVES it.  He could sit on the sofa all day Saturday and watch a marathon of it.  Crazy, right?

Well, yesterday at school was my very own version of "I Shouldn't Be Alive".  For whatever crazy reason, I thought it would be a good idea to finish up be-dazzling our Rainbow Fish (for Open House) with glitter, draw Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz's (from Dr. Seuss's ABCs) for our A to Z art book, paint plates for our Rainforest guide art project, AND modge podge our Mother's Day plates.  (Warning: Do not try this at home. Or at school. Or ever.)

Really people. What was I thinking?  Needless to say, by the end of the day my room looked like this . . . just a giant, wet mess of art supplies. Everywhere.

But I have to say, everything turned out super cute AND we all survived!  Here are the finished products:

Plates - soon to be Rainforest guides!!

Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz - for the Z page of our end-of-the-year art book!

And of course, our plates!  (Don't you just love her cute bun and bow?!  Accessories are everything, right??)  

Its a good thing that  I managed to survive the disaster that was Art Day too, because I have a brand new unit to share with y'all. Presenting . . . I Wanna Be Under The Sea - Math and Literacy Centers!

Click on the preview image below to check it out in my TPT store!

These adorable centers are bright, colorful, hands-on, and super fun!  Here's what you get:

1. Before, After, and Underwater Sequencing (number sequencing with the hundreds chart)
2. Fishy Facts Match-Up (matching addition and subtraction number sentences to corresponding pictures)
3. Whale For Sale Graph (survey, tally, graph, and analyze activity)
4. ABCs Under The Sea (ABC order)
5. Creepy, Crawly, Crabby Blends (beginning blends sort, cut, and paste)
6. Scrambled Sentences of the Sea (sentence unscramble and record)

In other news, have you heard about TPT's GINORMOUS Teacher Appreciation Sale from May 6th-8th?? TPT will be offering an extra 10% off, and Kerri and I will have our entire stores on sale for 20% off! We're talking bargain basement prices peeps!! 

HOLY MOLY! We are sooo excited to shop until we drop and stock up on goodies for the end of this year, plus next year too! Make sure you use the promo code to get your extra 10% off!!


Here are a few of my other units you can pick up during the 3 day MEGA TPT SALE!

From Kerri's store, you can pick up these little numbers...

Or...any one of her BRAZILLIONS of Writing centers, like this:

or this:

Happy Shopping!

P.S. Don't forget to enter our giveaway for the LUNA Interactive Projection Camera, found here!

Jaguars, Mom's Day Plates, and a LUNA GIVEAWAY!

Happy Friday, Peeps!! Kerri here...
Whew!! What a week! We had a CRAZY busy week learning about the rainforest jaguars, making our moms some wicked cool plates for Mother's Day, and celebrating Teacher's Appreciation Week (well, that was actually all about me, and it was AWESOME!) 
Here are our jaguars from my Rainforest Art and Writing Unit...they are ADORBS!

This guy has squatty legs! HEEHEE!

Her spots are FABULOUS!

I LOVE these WHISKERS!! 

You might remember my post about my Mother's Day plates from last year found here. Well, we busted a move on those baddies this week as well, and they are AMAZING, peeps!! Take a looksie!

Like the chain he added hanging from his pants? Straight thuggin' it!

Hmmmm, Jack Skellington eyes??

Or maybe the sideways smirk?

Love Little Miss MisMatch bows and shoes!

It's not too late!! You can make these too! All you need are glass plates from IKEA or the Dollar Tree, tissue paper, and modpodge (naturally!) and you are good to go! See my post from last year if you want to make the best Mom's Day gift EVER!! :)


Are you ready for an AMAZING giveaway?? Learning Resources asked me to review this FABULOUS product-the LUNA Interactive Projection Camera!

This camera is light, portable, TOTALLY user friendly and projects SUPER clear images. All you have to do is connect it to the USB port on your computer and it comes right up. Here is mine on my computer desk......

As you can see, it projects the image onto your computer screen. From there, you can do a variety of things. 

You can take a photo of what you're projecting and save it to your computer (AWESOME, right??) take a video (Hello, video tutorials!), focus the image, rotate it, and all of these things happen with the click of a button!!
Here is another view of it from the front...

Isn't it cute?? I also like how well it projects onto my SMART board. Here is a pic from the kid's perspective... The image is HUGE!

These projection cameras retail for $200, which is CHEAP AS CHIPS when it comes to Doc Cameras! If you don't have one yet, I HEARTILY recommend the LUNA Interactive Projection Camera from Learning Resources.  

To learn more about the LUNA Interactive Projection Camera, and other great products from Learning Resources, click the links below...

You can visit Learning Resource's FACEBOOK page here :)


You can go to their TWITTER page here :)


And, their YOUTUBE page here! :)


You wanna win one?? Here's how you can! 
Learning Resources is allowing me to give one of these GREAT products away to one of you, our loyal followers! This is a $199.99 value! How cool is that?! To sweeten the pot even more, Lindsay and I will throw in one product from either of our TPT stores. YAY!!

We will be using Rafflecopter for our giveaway because it is THE BOMB-DIGGIDY and so easy to use! You can earn 5 separate chances to win:

1. Like Learning Resources on Facebook
2. Become a follower of our blog, or tell us that you already are a follower!
3. Follow Kerri's TPT store
4. Follow Lindsay's TPT store
5. Like our BRAND NEW Teacher Bits and Bobs Facebook page!!

Enter through Rafflecopter below, and good luck!!

Fun At the Zoo and More Mother's Day Madness!

Happy Tuesday my blogger buddies!  Lindsay here .  . .

Gonna keep it short and sweet tonight because I am TIRED!!!  This morning I hit the snooze on my alarm and fell back asleep for AN HOUR.  As in sixty minutes.  Yowzers.  Can you say sleep deprived??!!

 I am so completely exhausted that I don't even think I will be able to keep my eyes open and watch the Biggest Loser Finale . . .gasp!  PLEASE don't go blogging about how great the winner looked, etc., etc.  No spoilers people!!

Anyway, in Room 17 we have been working hard getting ready for Mother's Day.  Today my kidlets were using thier graphic organizers and writing sentences about why they love their mom.  Here are some of the finished products . . .

"I love my mom because she goes to work." (Tear.)

This one was super cute. Last sentence = "My mom helps in the computer lab."  (Gotta love those helper moms!)

I have also been busy interviewing my kidlets one-on-one and helping to fill in their mother questionnaire that will be part of their Mother's Day Card at our Muffins With Mom celebration. 

This kiddo had some exceptionally great responses . . . Mom likes to wear - princess outfits. (Classic!) I wish Mom - could do a headstand.  (Don't we all wish that?)

Its not too late to pick up your own My Cup Of Tea Mother's Day pack at my TPT store.  Click the flower below to check it out!



Also this week (Z week here in Kindergartenland) we have been doing a Zoo theme - and my kids LOVE it!  All of our activities are from my brand new Fun At The Zoo Math and Literacy Centers Pack . . .

Take me to the zoo! This colorful unit contains three math and three literacy centers your students will love, including:

1. More and Less With Mr. Alligator (comparing numbers using < and >)
2. Six Little Monkeys Make Numbers (how many ways to make the numbers 0-5, such as 1+1, 2+0, etc.)
3. Roar, Stomp, Nibble Number Cover Up (addition dice game mats and directions)
4. Hullaballoo At The Zoo reader (counting sight word mini reader with blanks for students to fill in and a surprise ending!)
5. Making Hearty Hippo Words (using the letters in the word "hippopotamus" to build words)
6. Zookeeper ABC order (putting words in ABC order and writing a juicy sentence!)

And for all y'all, a little freebie (score!) - a printable Mr. Alligator comparing numbers poster.  Just click the image below to access and print the file.  This little visual aide and rhyme will be sure to help your lil kidlets remember which way that pesky greater than/less than symbol is supposed to go!

These Fun At The Zoo Centers activities are all engaging, hands-on centers your kidlets will LOVE and that are ready be printed and used!  So scadaddle on over and get yours today!  Click on the lil zebra below to go check it out in my TPT store.

Well, that's it for now folks!  I am off to bed!  Tomorrow my little kinder kidlets are singing at the Spring Music Show and will be performing a song called "Soap and Water" to the tune of Beyonce's "Single Ladies".  No, I did not invent it, and yes, it is just as amazing as it sounds.   More to come later this week . . .