Bear Hugs And Pre-K Teddy Unit!

Pre-K / 4K / Pre-school....Try this Teddy Bear Unit out in your classroom at the beginning of the school year, and I promise your kiddos will love it! 

Here are some snapshots of the Teddy Bear centers in this unit!

Booklet introducing positional words.  Some of the pages are displayed!

And many more activities working with upper-case letters, colors, and writing numbers.  Click (here) to see this unit in TpT and click {right here} to see our unit in Teachers Notebook.  Thanks!   

Begin your unit reading the book...Bear in Underwear. 
 

Your students will be using speech bubbles in their journals for the rest of the year after reading this story!  Click {right here} to check out Chalk Talk's Bear in Underwear post.  Too cute!

What kiddo wouldn't love to stuff and unstuff a teddy bear in the sensory table!?!

I know there are so many FABULOUS units on TpT & Teachers Notebook.  We just want you to know we appreciate YOU SO MUCH and are grateful that you believe in our work. 

Can you believe that it is almost the school year? Geez...This year is flying by way too fast!!

Much Love, 

Amber & LuAnn

Happy Mother's Day

There's this boy who stole my heart...he calls me mom!  Cayden and I spent a wonderful afternoon together riding dirt bikes and planting trees.   

 He is so lucky to have LuAnn in his life, too!  Friends make the world go around!!! 

 Don't ya just love the training wheels!?! 

6-400 is Cayden's favorite number.  So....with the help of a cricket, we made the number 4 into 6-400.  

This was one happy boy!   

Because this day makes me so happy...if you leave a sweet comment by Monday night at 9 pm...I will have Cayden pick a "Special" number...and that person can choose one item from our TPT or Teachers Notebook store for FREE.  

Have a fabulous week!  

Amber 

Thank you so, so, so much!

There is not enough time for us to list all the fantastic ideas we have found from so many amazing bloggers.   Please know that you make a difference in our lives and can enjoy 28 % off our TPT store May 7-8.  Thank you so, so, so much!

We are linking up with Learning With Mrs Leeby.  Check it out by clicking {right here}!  Again….thanks for reminding us why we teach early learners!  

Amber & LuAnn

My Work Rocks Box

Looking for a way to make your kindergartners produce quality work each and every day ~ so it becomes a "habit" for them to be very proud of creating nice and neat work daily!?!  Try...My Work Rocks Box!

All you have to do is create a special pencil box full of new Twistable Crayola Crayons and Colored Pencils, a mechanical pencil, glue stick, eraser, and a pair of scissors.  

How do the kiddos get to USE the special box?  They have to earn it through producing NICE and NEAT work!  The "My Work Rocks!" BOX will be theirs to use for one day, along with a little award to take home and share with their parents.  I am guessing that their friends at the table will be "jealous" enough to try and earn the box for themselves!

Click here to see more ideas for Kindergarten!

LuAnn & Amber 

Friends like you make life "SPARKLE"!

Each year you search for the that one special person to come to your school and inspire the students....I could not have been in a better place at the right time.  I met Debbie Clement (again) at the UW~Stout  35th Early Childhood Conference this past weekend.  With open arms...she came to our school and put on the most amazing  performance.  She kept our students engaged AT ALL TIMES! 

One student...who thinks EVERYTHING is boring and he is not going to learn a thing said on the way out of Debbie's assembly...Mrs. Teacher please tell me she is coming back again!  

Here is the greatest news....she is the opening keynote speaker at the I teach K SDE conference in Vegas.  LuAnn & I were not going to go to the conference until July 2014...but we might have to have a couple bake sales or lemonade stands to fund our trip this year!  You don't want to miss her!  Click {right here}to learn more about it! 

If you would like Debbie Clement to come to your school.  Click {right here} to learn about all her workshops!  "Basically what I am telling you is get Debbie to your school NOW!" Quote by Greg at Kindergarten Smorgasboard.  Greg also blogged about Debbie Clement.  If Greg blogged about her...she is something!!!  Click {here} to check out A Kindergarten Smorgasboard post on a Day of AWESOMENESS!

You can have Debbie in your classroom tomorrow.  Just...click {right here now}to go to her TPT shop.  Debbie's books are AMAZING and the lyrics she has to go along with those songs are BEAUTIFUL!  Your kids will LOVE these songs!  I am going to use the song "Glad I'm At School"  each morning to start out each day on a positive note! 

You have to take the time to check out Debbie's blog.  Click {right here} to go to Rainbows Within Reach!  THANK YOU Debbie for your words, your music, your heart, and your time.  

Thanks for reading, Amber

A Proud Day to Be a Teacher!

We had the honor of attending the Herb Kohl Education Foundation Awards Banquet in Green Bay, Wisconsin this past weekend.  LuAnn Neuenschwander received a Herb Kohl Fellowship Award, which is a prestigious award among the teachers in the state of Wisconsin, and LuAnn & I got our picture taken together with former Senator Kohl.

LuAnn, Sen. Herb Kohl, Amber

  He told stories from his childhood, which included how his father instilled the love of learning and the importance of education in him.  During the two hour event, we were enlightened with stories of how great our students and teachers are doing in Wisconsin.  Kohl praised all of the state's educators for their dedication to our students and to the educational profession.  His comments were very inspirational!  

We would like to share an inspirational quote from Herb Kohl...

"An overwhelming majority (of educators) are enormously dedicated and competent and are willing and do an enormous amount of work and put in a tremendous amount of time, on and off the clock, to ensure that their students are given the best opportunity to learn and grow."

It was a proud day to be an educator!  Thank you, Sen. Kohl, for all you do for education!

Amber and LuAnn

  

We're Aquaholics!

Let's just skip spring and bring on summer.  Sand between our toes, relaxing sound of the waves, and being a beach bum sounds perfect to us!  Until then....we are excited to share our Ocean Emergent Reader with you!  

Click {here} to check it out at TPT
Click {right here}  to check it out at Teachers Notebook

Also in the book you will find...

• Fish have scales.
• Turtles have flippers.
• Octopus have tentacles.
• Seahorses have snouts.
• Sharks have a fins.

In this unit you will find...





Emergent reader

Emergent reader with fill-in-the-word

Worksheet



Word cards for pocket chart

Don't forget to check out our Math & Literacy Ocean Units.

Click {HERE} to go to last year's Ocean post.

Check out our TPT shop.

• Click {right here} to see our Ocean Literacy Unit
• Clck {right here}  to see our Ocean Math Unit

Click  to go to our Teachers Notebook shop.

• Click {here now} to see our Ocean Math Unit
• Click {here now}  to see our Ocean Literacy Unit

Thanks for reading!  Enjoy your break!
Amber & LuAnn