Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Friday and Happy Valentine's Day! It has been a fun and busy week. (There is a giveaway opportunity at the end of this post!)

My kids are in love with centers. They don't even know they are learning, they just feel like games to them.

Here is a look at some of our Valentine centers we have been working on.

     Lovin' Long Vowels                                 Scoop and Tally                Lovely Tens Frames

      Short Vowel Sort                                                                               Short Vowel Recording

My kids spoiled me today. I have enough chocolate to last me all year. This isn't even all of it! If anyone is chocolate deprived, I would be happy to help!

They also spoiled each other. A lot. I'm talking giant piggy banks, large boxes of heart chocolates, and loads of candy and cards for everyone. It's like Christmas up in here.

Here are some of the books we read today for our Valentine's Day celebration. One of my kids asked me why we didn't have balloons if it was a party. How dare I not get balloons?!

     

I was surprised to see this AMAZING Valentine's gift box on my doorstep this week! It came from the fabulous Tieks by Gavrieli! I am so in love with this company. They by far have the BEST customer service out there. (Not to mention their shoes...) You can enter to win one of these amazing boxes for yourself here. You want one. Trust me.

My newest product is a pack of Sight Word Practice Pages. I really needed a way for kids to practice their sight words that was kindergarten independent work friendly, sooo I made my own.

I'd love to give a few away! If you want to win this set, just "pin" this image. Then, post the link to your pin in the comments. I will pick winners by Monday. =)

Congrats Linda!

Have an amazing weekend!

Valentine's Day Giveaway

Hi friends! I have recently updated my Valentine's Day Mini Unit. (If you have already purchased it... re-download it for free!) It was one of the first products I ever made and it has been revamped and includes many more activities! Stay to the end of this post for a chance to win it for yourself!

Do you ever look back at a product you made a while ago and think... "ummm this is not half as good as I remember it being"? Well I no longer have to think that about this product. =) It is finally getting to the point where I can re-use activities I made last year... buuuut some things have needed a little touch up.

Here you can see the majority of the activities that are in this set.

In this mini unit:

-4 Math Centers (each center includes a cover page with visual directions as well as a recording sheet)
--candy heart patterns
--scoop and tally
--lovely tens frames (numbers 11-20)
--time to the hour and half hour match (color and B&W)

-4 Literacy Centers (each center includes a cover page with visual directions as well as a recording sheet)
--There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose sequencing (2 levels)
--short vowel sort
--loving long vowels (2 levels)
--sight word BAM! game

also... Valentine's Card graphing, interactive sight word reader, and more!

EVERY center now comes with a cover page that has visual directions. This makes it super easy for your kiddos to complete the center independently. I find it hard for my students to not ask me a million questions without it. It helps me have peace when I am working with a small group. =)

Check out my class using some of these centers last year in this post. 

Want to win this Valentine's Day Mini Unit? Just "follow" my blog and leave a comment with your email address. I will pick a winner over the weekend. =)
Congrats to #4, Laura!

Valentine's Day Fun!

We started our Valentine's Day activities today! I have had them laminated and ready for a while, so I was excited to finally be able to use them. We will be using these centers all week. My kids are loving them! We have some more special activities planned for Valentine's Day (of course) and we also have two birthdays that day, so it will be a very fun and eventful week! Here are some pictures of my kiddos hard at work...

This is the "Scoop and Tally" center. I forgot my big bag of hearts (ugh!) so they didn't have too many to "scoop" today.

Here they are putting numbers in order and recording their answers.

These kiddos are playing a sight word game.

This is a candy heart pattern center.

You can get all of these centers (plus many more!) in my Valentine's Day Unit here.

How is your class celebrating Valentine's Day?