Monday, December 30, 2013

Happy New Year SALE!!

Good Evening, friends! Kerri and Lindsay here...

This is just a quickie post to say "Happy Almost New Year!" and to let you know that both of our little shops will be on sale on December 31st and January 1st! All our items will be 20% off! Holla holla-savin' some dollas!!

Here are some goodies you might need for the new year from Kerri's TPT shop...
The Winter Olympics are coming soon!


Learning about Snowmen??





Or maybe you're doing an Arctic Animal Unit??


Want your kidlets to write all about Wintery Words??
Or maybe your 100th day of school is coming up?




Here are some fun Wintery/Valentiney type items from Lindsay's shop...
Mittens and Marshmallows??


  
Be Mine, Valentine!



Or perhaps you would like to have fun with some Wacky Weather??


Have a safe and happy New Years Eve tomorrow!!
XOXO Kerri and Lindsay

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Five for Frunday!

Frunday?? What the heck is a Frunday? Well, it was supposed to be Friday, but I couldn't get my act together until this morning, so it became Frunday!

Hiya Peeps, Kerri here!


I am linking up once again with Kacey from Doodlebugs Teaching for her Five for Friday (or Frunday. Whatever.) Linky party! 

Can I first say "Praise JESUS!" for only 5 more teaching days?? Yes. Thank you Jesus. AMEN.

Here we go...Number 1 is Family Wreaths!! Every year, we send home green paper and a letter asking the families to make a Family Wreath and they always come out sooo cute!! This year was no different. I just love them all!!





Number 2: Christmassy photo booth pictures! I found these Christmas photo booth props online and knew we just had to use them in the classroom. The kids had sooo much fun picking out a couple of props and letting me take their pictures. Check them out!

This week, we are going to make a cute little frame out of popsicle sticks and buttons (which are NOT easy to find, BTW, especially when you need a brazillion of them!) and put the photo booth pictures in them!

Isn't it sweet??

We even used them for our staff Christmas picture, which was super silly (alas, no picture to share with you). 

And, I brought them home and my daughter had fun taking pictures of our neighbor and our doggy in the backyard...

Number 3: Magic Elf fun continued! 

We are still having a blast finding Magic Elf each day, except that on Thursday he stayed home at the North Pole because my kids were so cuckoo for cocoa puffs on Wednesday. You ever have one of those days where the kids walk in the front door in the morning and you just know the whole day is going to be HELLISH?? That was my Wednesday, folks. PURE. HELL.

Well, I am happy to report that they were so devastated and worried about Magic Elf that they magically turned their behavior around and did MUCH BETTER. (PTL!) He came back on Friday and all was right in First Grade Land!

We wrote about him and drew him in our writing center this week, as well as made an Acrostic poem and an art project of him! Love...

I think Magic Elf went to Hawaii and got a MEAN OLD TAN in this picture!! HA

Number 3: Fired in the kiln reindeer Handprint tiles... they are finally finished!


I just love them! They are so darn cute and I think the parents are going to LOVE them too!!

Number 4: Ugandan paper bead lanyard for your name badge...


We all have to wear name badges and the lanyards are just kind of ugly. I stumbled upon these by accident when looking for paper bead bracelets to give to my girlfriends. Aren't they fabulous?? And, if you have to wear a name badge, it may as well look like a necklace and support women in Uganda who are learning a trade! You can check out Outreach Uganda here...

Number 5: My student teacher is AMAZING! Look at what she made me...
She is simply the most creative, thoughtful girl ever! This is such a great idea for a teacher (I just might be stealing this idea for my daughter's teacher this year!!)

Okay, friends! 5 more teaching days and then I hope can all spend a lot of time during our Winter Break like this...
Have a great week, Peeps!!
XOXO Kerri B

Friday, December 6, 2013

Five for Friday, and a Christmassy FREEBIE!!

Happy happy Friday, peeps!! Kerri here...

Oh. My. Words. I am sooooo happy it is Friday! I cannot wait to get into my fat pants, snuggle under a cozy blanket and fall asleep watching Gold Rush (yes, I am obsessed with that show. Weird, I know.)

I am finally linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday Linky party!!


It has been FOREVER since I linked up, but this week I got some fun stuff to share. Here we go...

1. It is only 2 weeks until Christmas Break, people. Is that not INSANE in the MEMBRANE?? We have been busy this week making our room all festive and bright...
We made our prancing reindeer art this week and I think they are too darn cute!






2. Gifts for our parents....In keeping with the reindeer theme, we decided to paint tiles this year and fire them in our kiln (we are so lucky to have a kiln on our campus!) Here they are pre-kiln....

I can't wait to see them all fired and bright and pretty! More pics to some...


3. Magic Elf is in DA HOUSE!!! Oh my, how my kidlets are loving our Magic Elf! They cannot wait to read his note every day and fill out their little books. Check it out...

You can see more Magic Elf fun in my TPT shop!


How about a little BRIBERY!! To keep them motivated to show the real meaning of Christmas at school, Magic Elf has been bribing them leaving notes with a little tiny treat on different kids' desks each day...
A little chocolate does wonders, doesn't it??

5. We have been working hard on our writing. Today, we used magazine pictures to help us describe what we saw happening in our stories. The kids LOVED it!! This is seriously the easiest thing ever. Cut out a whole mess of pictures from magazines, give one to each kid, and have them write about it. I was super proud of how well they did for their first time...









You can see that they are at all different levels with their writing, but they were all able to be successful using the magazine pictures. Try this out. Your kids will love it!

5. Family photos and a Christmassy FREEBIE...we took family photos last week for our Christmas card and they came out so cute (if I do say so myself!) Here is my little family...





Also I have a little FREEBIE in my TPT shop that is perfect for the next 2 weeks...

Click on the picture to go to my shop and download it for yourself!!

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!
XOXO Kerri B