I just bought this Live Butterfly Garden
marked down to Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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I just bought this Live Butterfly Garden
marked down to 
Monday, March 21, 2011
St Patrick's Day!
We did some pre St. Patrick's Day activities today since I don't know if I'll have time to do them tomorrow.
My 4.5 year old did this cute leprechaun hat worksheet.
She traced the hat, colored, cut out the shapes and pasted them onto the hat. To make it a little more interesting I wrote surprise messages or designs in each shape using white crayon. When she colored the shapes the surprise "magically" appeared.
Leprechauns are little Irish fairies. A leprechaun looks like a small old man about 2 feet tall. He dresses like a shoemaker, wears a hat and an apron.
Leprechauns are believed to be aloof and unfriendly. They live alone, making shoes for other fairies. According to legend, the leprechaun posses a hidden pot of gold. You can track down a leprechaun by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer. If you can catch him, you can force him to tell the whereabouts of his pot of gold. However, you must be careful. You must keep your eye on him every second. If not, the leprechaun will trick you and disappear. Your hopes of find his pot of gold vanishes with him.
Have you ever wondered what is at the end of a rainbow ? Well, legend has it that the leprechaun's pot of gold is hidden at the end of the rainbow !!
My daughter also colored and cut out a blank Ireland flag. From left to right the colors are Green, White and Orange. She then cut the flag out and we taped it to a stick.
She traced the hat, colored, cut out the shapes and pasted them onto the hat. To make it a little more interesting I wrote surprise messages or designs in each shape using white crayon. When she colored the shapes the surprise "magically" appeared.
Leprechauns are little Irish fairies. A leprechaun looks like a small old man about 2 feet tall. He dresses like a shoemaker, wears a hat and an apron.
Leprechauns are believed to be aloof and unfriendly. They live alone, making shoes for other fairies. According to legend, the leprechaun posses a hidden pot of gold. You can track down a leprechaun by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer. If you can catch him, you can force him to tell the whereabouts of his pot of gold. However, you must be careful. You must keep your eye on him every second. If not, the leprechaun will trick you and disappear. Your hopes of find his pot of gold vanishes with him.
Have you ever wondered what is at the end of a rainbow ? Well, legend has it that the leprechaun's pot of gold is hidden at the end of the rainbow !!
My daughter also colored and cut out a blank Ireland flag. From left to right the colors are Green, White and Orange. She then cut the flag out and we taped it to a stick.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Kindergarten Math
Here are a couple great worksheets for teaching kindergarten math.
Which Number is Bigger?
Here is a simple worksheet to practice deciding which is bigger up to the number nine. Three to four numbers are shown in a box. The student writes the biggest number in the space provided.
Ducks in the Pond worksheet 2
This is such a cute worksheet. Students complete the number story and practice beginning to add and subtract. At the end they get to cut up 4 ducks and paste them in the pond. My daughter loves it any time there is cutting and pasting involved. : ) Learning math should be focused on fun at this age!
Also check out these book ideas for kindergarten math.
Which Number is Bigger?
Here is a simple worksheet to practice deciding which is bigger up to the number nine. Three to four numbers are shown in a box. The student writes the biggest number in the space provided.
Ducks in the Pond worksheet 2
This is such a cute worksheet. Students complete the number story and practice beginning to add and subtract. At the end they get to cut up 4 ducks and paste them in the pond. My daughter loves it any time there is cutting and pasting involved. : ) Learning math should be focused on fun at this age!
Also check out these book ideas for kindergarten math.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Kindergarten Math Curriculum
Here are some of the resources I've been using for teaching kindergarten math:
1) Kumon My book of Numbers 1-30
I really like the Kumon books. They are reasonable priced and they do a great job scaffolding each skill. We had been using another book and I could barely get her to finish one page at a time. My daughter (age 4) did the first 20 pages in this Kumon book in one sitting. Then the material started getting a little more difficult and so it has been taking her longer to complete. The last several pages do get a little monotonous but I solved this problem by buying several prizes for our prize box at the 99 cent store. I told her that every time she finished a page in this book that she could put 2 marbles in a jar (the jar is about the size of a baby food jar). When the jar is full she gets to pick a prize.
2) 101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know About Math
We are also doing this book. The math concepts and processes taught in 101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know About Math include:
Basic math skills
Understanding number values
Addition and subtraction
Symmetry
Telling time
Memory builders
Counting money
Estimating
I have been very pleased with this book also. The book is colorful and fun and provides additional ideas to do with manipulatives to reinforce the learning in the book. My daughter gets 1 marble to put in the jar for each page in this book since the pages are usually less time consuming than the pages she is working on in the Kumon book.
Update: My 4 year old finished this book today 2/28/11. I think the reason why she liked it so much is because it is so colorful and fun looking. Unlike the Kumon book (above) she never got to a point where she was tired of doing it. She would sit and do 6-8 pages at a time.
Check out what Mommy Maestra is doing to teach number placement with beans.
1) Kumon My book of Numbers 1-30
I really like the Kumon books. They are reasonable priced and they do a great job scaffolding each skill. We had been using another book and I could barely get her to finish one page at a time. My daughter (age 4) did the first 20 pages in this Kumon book in one sitting. Then the material started getting a little more difficult and so it has been taking her longer to complete. The last several pages do get a little monotonous but I solved this problem by buying several prizes for our prize box at the 99 cent store. I told her that every time she finished a page in this book that she could put 2 marbles in a jar (the jar is about the size of a baby food jar). When the jar is full she gets to pick a prize.
2) 101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know About Math
We are also doing this book. The math concepts and processes taught in 101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know About Math include:Basic math skills
Understanding number values
Addition and subtraction
Symmetry
Telling time
Memory builders
Counting money
Estimating
I have been very pleased with this book also. The book is colorful and fun and provides additional ideas to do with manipulatives to reinforce the learning in the book. My daughter gets 1 marble to put in the jar for each page in this book since the pages are usually less time consuming than the pages she is working on in the Kumon book.
Update: My 4 year old finished this book today 2/28/11. I think the reason why she liked it so much is because it is so colorful and fun looking. Unlike the Kumon book (above) she never got to a point where she was tired of doing it. She would sit and do 6-8 pages at a time.
Check out what Mommy Maestra is doing to teach number placement with beans.
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