Brilliant!!!

Love this idea!!!  An upside down gingerbread man made into a reindeer!!!

Love this!!!

I love this product I purchased from Shayla Blaschko!  My favorite part of this product is the little book.  I have it ready to go for my kids.  Check it out!

Silly Pumpkin Faces!

Each year, I have my students make silly pumpkin faces!  I think I have made these with my students, without fail, for 15 years!  

Here is what you need:

A copy of a pumpkin for each child

Assorted magazines

Scissors

Glue
Crayons

Have students color and cut out their pumpkins.  Use old magazines to find eyes, a nose, and a mouth to glue on your pumpkin.  Some students get creative!  Instead of using actual pictures of eyes I have seen students use pictures of flowers or candy.  Have fun!

Helping My Students With Math!

One of my favorite finds at The Dollar Store are these little colored glass gem stones.  (If you google it, that's what they are called.)  I found bags of these on the isle that contains the house decorating items.  These glass stones are used in vases and glass containers for decoration and to hold fake flowers.  But I love using them in my classroom!  They come in different sizes and colors and are also available at craft stores.

Just recently, my students were comparing numbers.  I have a large 100s chart on the wall for my kids to use as a reference, but one particular child was still struggling.  For him I provided a personal 100s chart and some colored gem stones.  He could place the stones on the numbers he was comparing and could easily see which one was greater.  Worked perfectly and he loved it!  Of course, these discs come in handy for other math activities as well.  In addition, I have used them during our reading group activities.  My students love to place them on top of words in their readers to highlight.  They are great because the kids can still see the words.  Since they come in different colors I can tell my students to use green to find short a words, blue for short o, etc...  They really come in handy!

October Currently

It's October!  I can't believe how time flies!  My favorite time of this year is eating those yummy roasted pumpkin seeds!

I have linked up with Farley for the October Currently!  

Are you looking for a treat?  This weekend, October 4th and 5th, I will be participating in a Facebook Free-For-All!  To get your treat, come out and grab your freebies including mine!  Below is a picture to give you a taste of my freebie!  Click here to go to the map to get started! Enjoy!

Fire Safety Week in October

I am happy to introduce my Fire Safety Pack!  As you can see, my favorite part of this product is my paper plate dog craft that is shown right in the middle.  He is so cute!!!!!  I just love him and I know your students will too!!!  This product is 1/2 off for the first 48 hours!

Little Seats!!!

I have a coworker, Marjorie, who has a fantastic creative streak in her!  Whenever one of her children has a birthday she plans the most elaborate and creative parties!  She really should go into the party business!  (She could make bundles and bundles of money in the party planning!)

Marjorie is a kindergarten teacher this year.  Her creativity has flowed from those birthday parties right into her classroom!  She made the most adorable little seats!  Marjorie said they were so simple to make.  She created them in a variety of patterns and colors.  It really brightens up her classroom!  

The materials she used:

assorted crates in different colors

a piece of wood cut to fit the top

fluffy batting 

assorted fabric 

staple gun

Adorable!  Adorable!  Adorable!

It Finally Came!!!

I have heard great things about this pencil sharpener!  I finally ordered one and it came today!  As you can see by the picture, we sharpened random pencils and every single one has a nice sharp point.

I have been very frustrated with the pencil sharpeners I have had in my classroom.  I was at the point of having the kids write in pen.  If they messed up they would just have to put an X on it and keep going.

I can't wait to unleash this new pencil sharpener to my class tomorrow!  

Link Up!

I have linked up with Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade!

Here is what is going on with me today!

I am currently listening to the TV.  Since starting TpT, I listen more than I actually watch.  I love many, many TV shows.  I especially love listening to old TV shows from my youth!

I love my husband!  We have been together for 29 years.  We met each other when I was 4 and he was 3 years old.

I am thinking about my schedule this week.  It is the second week of school and I am still getting my 2nd graders adjusted to the schedule and routine.

I really, really, really want a maid!  I am so busy with work and my TpT business that I have little time for anything else!

I need more hours in a day!  I am at the point where I feel that sleep is such a waste of time!  I wish I could turn that off!  We sleep 25-30% of our life!  That means if I live to be 100 years old, I will have slept at least 25 years!  What a waste of time!  Can you imagine what I could have done with that time?

I would love to go to California!  I want to see and touch the Pacific Ocean.  I have never been there or seen it.  My travels have been limited to the eastern part of the United States.

It's my birthday!

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