Mother's Day

I love love love, to make Mother's Day gifts, using pictures of the kids.  This year I took two ideas I found on Pinterest and combine them!   I took each child picture and then using photoshop I cleaned up their picture and added why they love their mom!   

The turned out so cute.  

The kiddos painted their frame and helped spell out "mom".

To add to our gift we made our moms bath salts and attached this cute little saying!   

Yellow Submarine

It is Ocean Time in our Pre-K classroom and what better way to explore the ocean then in a "Yellow Submarine?"  The kids loved the Safari Jeep so much that I just had to make this not so little beauty, for them to explore in.  

Students explore the classroom by swimming around to discover the different types of sea life there is!

We turned the dramatic play center into a Coral Reef!

Pete the Cat Friends

I just posted this cute set of Pete the Cat's Friends.  The set includes both the black and white line drawing and the colored.  

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Pick a Carrot

I found this cute idea on Pinterest from Mrs. Jones creation station and adapted it to fit the needs of my kiddos.

I found the carrots and Michaels during Easter time.  Filled them with letter beads and dried black beans.  I then super glued them shut.  Each carrot has 5 letters for the kids to look for.

As they find the letters they can either cross it off with dry erase markers or I created a sheet where they can color the carrot. 

Each carrot has a number in the top that matches the number on the paper, this way they know what they are looking for:) 

I Spy Zoo Animals

To go along with out zoo theme, I created a Zoo I Spy bottle.  The kiddos used the I spy card to determine what animals to look for.   Once they found the animal they crossed it off with a whiteboard marker and look for another animal.  Grab your copy of the I spy card here.

I found most of the animals at Michaels in the kids section and the beads Polly Pellets which can be found at Michaels, JoAnn's and on Amazon.

Safari Jeep

I I love, love, love Pinterest , my brain is always thinking of new ideas, I love to be crafty.  However sometimes I'm not sure just how to execute my ideas and Pinterest is my lifesaver in that area.  

We are learning about zoo animals and I had this big box that was taking up space in my garage, so I thought how cool would it be to make a safari jeep for the kiddos to go on safari.  While searching on how to create this jeep I found the cutest idea for safari hats, on Growing Book by Book.

I can't believe how cute the jeep turned out.  The kids where so excited to go looking for animals!   

The kids wore their safari hats and use binoculars to hunt down the hidden animals in the classroom. 

They had such a great time:) 

Ring George the Giraffe

My co-teacher created a game for our kiddos' "Ring George the Giraffe". The kids where given two hula hoops to throw in hope of catching George the wild giraffe.  This game was a perfect way to collect some "Teaching Strategies Gold" documentation.  

Objectives covered where demonstrates gross motor movement (throwing) and balances needs of self and others.  

The kids loved it and it was a perfect inside game, due to the fact that we could not go outside today because they are finally planting grass.  I am so excited to have grass instead of mounds of dirt.