Get Random!

I was just looking through my pics that I’ve taken and haven’t posted yet to my blog.  Here’s a few of them…a bit random, but hopefully you’ll find the ideas useful for your classroom!
 
 Here’s one of the Valentine’s Day activities that my students made for their parents.  I had them tear up construction paper and glue it inside of a heart.  

 We did a unit about penguins and one of the books we read was Tacky the Penguin.  They made a colorful penguin and dressed him in a tacky shirt to go with the story.
Here’s a red-eyed tree frog that we made when we did our Rainforest unit.  First, we read If I Ran the Rain Forest: All About Tropical Rain Forests (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library) and then we made this cute little frog.
 
More randomness to come as I keep going through my pics!  Have a great day!
 
Love,
Kristin  🙂 

New items!

So, if you haven’t heard yet…I’m now giving 50% off of ALL of my items for the first 48 hours that they are listed!  What!!??!!  Yep, that’s right!  I’m a huge fan of deals, so I wanted to pass my love of deals along to you!  Here’s two new ones that I’ve listed today, which means you’ve got 48 hours to get them at 50% off!  Click the cover to get yours! 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Camping-Fun-Name-Tag-Labels-1351081

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Space-Theme-Table-Numbers-1351110

These are both parts of classroom themes I’ve been working and adding to my store.  The themes I’ve got so far are:  Zoo, Pirates, Camping, Space, and some Farm.  What else would you like to see?

Love,
Kristin  🙂

Crayon Box Tip

 
With Back to school quickly approaching (sorry for bringing that up!)  I wanted to share what I do in my classroom with my crayon boxes.  I use Velcro to put the nametags on.  This way I can reuse the crayon boxes year after year (or until they break or become too yucky!).  It may seem like such a simple idea, but I definitely struggled with what to do at first.  I thought of tape or just putting the name plates on the table (it’s pre-k so we use tables, not desks).  Then, like magic it came to me…lol.
Hope this tip helps you out!  Oh, and please excuse my unmanicured nails!
 
 
Love,
Kristin
 
 

Zoo Animals Theme MEGA Learning Pack

I’m so excited about my newest pack!  It’s a Zoo Animal theme pack that is 189 pages of math and literacy fun!  I am soooo excited about using it with my new class this year.  It’s finally complete.  I only had bits and pieces of what is there now to use with my class last year.   It was by far one of my favorite units to teach, so I revamped my unit and am now excited to share it with all of you!  If you missed my post about Zz is for Zoo, check it out here.  You know there will be a very detailed blog post when I teach it again this upcoming year!  For now, here’s a preview pic of some of what is included in the pack.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Theme-MEGA-Learning-Pack-1343518
 

It will be 50% off for the first 48 hours that it is posted, then it will go to regular price.  Don’t miss your chance to save!!  You can click the image to go to my TpT site and get your copy.  🙂

Enter Enter Enter!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that there’s not much time left to enter the GIVEAWAY!!!  It’s just a few posts below, or click the link to go directly there:

http://theteachingzoo.blogspot.com/2014/07/wish-list-wednesday_16.html

Good luck!  There aren’t too many entries for this giveaway  🙁 but that’s a better chance for YOU!! 🙂

ABCs at Home

Since it’s summer, I’m using the things I’ve made to homeschool my two little ones, ages 4 and 2.  Here’s some of the fun things we did today!

Here’s my daughter wearing her letter A crown.  I let her choose the colors she wanted to use…but she was in a purply mood so everything got colored purple!  Lol.  🙂  Sorry about the clipart face, my hubby won’t allow me to post pics of our kiddos on the Internet.  I plan on revealing myself to put a face to “The Teaching Zoo” so maybe then he’ll let me.  We’ll see….
The crown is part of my Let’s Learn the Alphabet!  ABC Crowns pack.  You can get a copy of the pack by clicking the picture of the cover page below.
 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lets-Learn-the-Alphabet-ABC-Crowns-1297129
 

 
These two pictures are my son (age 2) and daughter (age 4) completing a page of letter A pictures.

You can get your copy of my Let’s Learn the Alphabet!  ABC Letter & Sound Coloring Posters by clicking the pic of the cover page below.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lets-Learn-the-Alphabet-ABC-Letter-Sound-Picture-Coloring-Posters-1293276
 
More fun activities to come…after their nap!  I’ll be posting them later.  Stay tuned!  🙂
 
Make sure to check out the post below this one to enter my GIVEAWAY!!!

Wish List Wednesday!

It’s Wednesday again!! Who’s excited for another giveaway?? I know I am!!! This week’s giveaway will last until 7/21. I’m giving away the 2nd most wishlisted item in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. It’s a Dramatic Play pack for the Grocery Store. SO MUCH FUN!!!

I’m a little better at the whole giveaway thing this time, so I’ve made the rafflecopter options a little better! 🙂 You now have a chance to earn 5 additional entries daily just by sharing ANY item in my store either on Facebook or on Pinterest! Yay! Good Luck to all of you!! 🙂

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Great Finds!

I just had to share what I found at Target in the $1 / $3 spot!
 
Dry Erase Pockets!  I love these because you can save money in laminating…and time too!
Counting Blocks- also great for sorting by color and shape and for stacking!

These were from the $3 spot.
A pack of 8 blank books- great for writing and publishing class books!
Money-Bills and coins in a zipper pouch.
 

 
I love when back to school deals come out!  What are your great finds?