PRESECHOOL / KINDER LANGUAGE ARTS & MATH - WINTER EDITION

 

Want to add some fun into your kiddies’ winter work?  Well then, check this out.

And because a picture is worth a thousand words – let me show you a bit of what is included in this pack.

There are 13 different language arts pages, including:

       •Rhyming Words

•Beginning Sounds (2 Pages)

•Find the Matching Letter - Capitals and Lower Case (3 pages)

•Match the Letters – capital and lower case

•Name Letter Recognition

•Dot-to-dot Picture – a to z

•Match the Letters (2 pages)

•Weather

•Read it! Search for It !

•I can tell you about a book

Also included are 12 different MATH pages:

•Color by Number up to 7 (2 pages)

•Count and Color

•Fill in the Missing Number (2 pages)

•Compare Sizes

•The Same or Different

•Trace the Lines

•Find the Pattern

•Find the way through the maze

•Match the Numbers

•Find the Shapes

Here are a few examples of the pages that are included. 

Looks like fun?  Well then, click on one of the pictures to hop on over to my TpT store and check it out!

HOW TO ADD A QUOTEBOX PICTURE TO YOUR TpT HEADER

   

Well this is how I added a picture header to my TpT store home page.  

1. CREATE THE HEADER

    Create the header in Photoshop (or in Powerpoint)

                                   Size:  450px by 176px  or 3 inches by about 1.6 inches

             Background color:  blank  or  the gray TpT background color: #f1f1f1

             ** If you use Powerpoint, you could use the eyedropper tool to pick the exact color.

Note : TpT says shows that the file will be resized to 450px by 150 px, but the resizing didn't seem to affect my picture at all.

2.DECORATE THE HEADER

   Add writing and pictures to your template

3. SAVE THE HEADER ON YOUR COMPUTER

   Save the template  as a PNG file using some unique and memorable name;

    I called mine TpT Quotebox 1 Header.png

    Save it to your computer or some other photo uploading site.  I saved mine to Photobucket 

4. TO START CHANGING YOUR QUOTEBOX ON THE TpT SITE

   On your TpT main page go to the drop-down menu at the top right side of the page.

   Go to 

                             ACCOUNT >> MY ACCOUNT

   When this page comes up go to

                              STORE PROFILE

  Go to EDIT.

5. ADDING THE NEW IMAGE TO YOUR PROFILE

   Click on the Personal Quote Image/Link box.

   A prompt will come up allowing you to pull an image from your computer.

   Click on this and look a couple of lines below this.

   Click on "Choose File".  Pick this if you saved the image on your computer.

   If you saved this image on another site, paste the URL in the box below.

               

               The TpT site supports .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, .tif, and .tiff files

               The maximum file size is 5Mb.

               The file will be resized to 450px by 150 px

   Upload your image.

Then, in the box below that, enter a link that will direct people to another page - or in my case, will direct people back to my store.  ;)

6. SAVE THE CHANGES

    Click on the SAVE button and then check your TpT store home page to make sure everything looks how you want it to look.

CLOUDS - SCIENCE AND READING COMPREHENSION

Science is probably one of my favorite subjects to teach.  I love it when kids' eyes shine with delight as they make new and wonderful scientific discoveries.
So...I wanted to share with you my latest labor of love ... a science and interactive reading booklet about clouds.  Seriously, are you as obsessed with teaching science and reading as I am?

First I started drawing some clipart of clouds.  
Then, realizing just how cool clouds were, I designed ... this fun and engaging Clouds Unit!  You can get it at my TeachersPayTeachers store by clicking HERE.
Let me tell you a little about it. The unit starts off with...

This interactive book teaches about clouds.  

Print the pages out, cut along the dotted lines and staple together.  The cover is a really cool flip up cloud!

Each page has a diagram, some information about clouds, and an "add this to the diagram" part to keep kids engaged in the information.  For example instructions might say "Draw a plane with a contrail in the sky" or " Draw rain coming from the thick, heavy stratocumulus clouds." 

  

Okay - and I have to admit - I really like the top-of-the-page tabs. And the little "lift the tab" on the front cover. It gives this book that extra little bit of bling that I think your kids will love. 

Because I think writing goes hand in hand with reading, I have included a variety of fun writing activities.  
They include :  Things I wonder about clouds...  Clouds are, have, can...  Writing an acrostic poem about clouds...  What do you think is the most interesting thing about clouds and why?... And more!

There are 6 engaging passages with comprehension questions.  There are a variety of questions for each passage.

For some questions, the answers come directly from the text.  Others, however, require some inferential thought or ask students to "explain in their own words" some of the ideas from the reading.  This will allow your kiddos to demonstrate their true understanding of the topics they have read about - which, in and of itself, is a good thing, right?

Then I got in the "search for pictures to demonstrate what clouds look like" mode. So I designed some posters.  
There are two types of posters.  The first type has real pictures of clouds and their descriptions.  The second type has colorful drawings of clouds with accompanying descriptions (I had a lot of fun drawing these).  

In addition, there are Word Wall cards.  These cards have real pictures of clouds on them.
You could use the cards on a word wall.  
Or put them in a word chart.  
Or maybe use them like a deck of cards - pull one out and see who can give a description for that cloud type.  
Or maybe cut the picture and cloud name apart, and have kids match them back together.  The pictures on these cards match the ones on the posters, so kids could use the posters to check their work.

Finally, why not wrap up your clouds unit by actually making fog in the classroom?  
Now I have to admit that when I first tried this I was hoping to create a gigantic cloud bank in the classroom.  But - sad sigh - I only got a little puff of fog in the jar.  But hey, it was fog!  And it was so cool to see it suddenly appear!  So I'm good with that.

This pack is for sale at my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Click => CLOUDS - A fun science/reading unit .
So what about you?  Do you have a favorite science unit that you like to teach?Or tips and tricks that have worked for you?  Please comment below if you'd like to share!

A CAT PLAYGROUND

A Mega Cat Playground

Seriously - how hard would this be to build?  A bit of rope, some wood, some nails and staples, a lot of time, some great imagination, and a fur person or two!

FUN FALL PAPERS!

I had so much fun making these.  I hope you like them just as much as I do.  They have some wonderful texture to them.  

They are made at 300 DPI, which basically means you can expand them and they will still look good.

Enjoy!

ARROW PAPER AND FENCE BORDERS

So I've had these sitting on my computer for a while now.  Arrow digital paper - in 34 variations.  This would be great for scrapbooking or product covers, don't ya think?  Just click on the picture and it will take you to the product in my store.

Here are 84 borders and frames (frames have a white center).  Just think of all the fun things you can do with these.

Enjoy!

GHOSTS CLIPART

50% off in my store for the next 24 hours! So if you are liking this, don't hesitate.  Hop on over and buy it.  Just click on the picture.  Now go, go, go.

All these little guys are included in the pack, just in case you were wondering.