KINDERWORLD

Sunday, February 10, 2013

100th Day of School

HIP! HIP! HOORAY! It's the 100th DAY!

We always have a blast in Kinderworld

on the 100th Day of School!

Purchase my 100th Day Kit HERE on TPT

(All the templates below are found in this kit)

Below is a PREVIEW of what is included in my 100th Day Kit.

We made 100th Day Posters

We made 100th Day Trail Mix

We dressed up like we were 100 years old!

You can get my letter in my TPT unit

This is me!

Our Awesome Kinder Team (I am on the right)

Our Grandpas

Our Grannies

Zero the Hero Came to visit.

He left us lollipops for our lolliop activity.

We made 100th Day Portraits

(I got this idea from Deanna Jump)

Grannies

(I added beads, fabric shirts and button earrings)

Grandpas

(I added a bow tie (fabric), suspenders (use pipe cleaner) and buttons

100th Day Write the Room

We are 100 Days Smarter! We can...

What can you build with 100 objects?

I gave each of the kiddos a bag of 100 Legos.

They LOVED this activity.

After the kiddos built something with 100 Legos, we created a class book.

We wrote all about the number 100

with this 100th Day Writing Template

(also in my 100th Day TPT kit)

Can you finish a lollipop in 100 licks?

We read 100 Days Smarter with Zero the Hero

and created our own booklets!

(in my TPT units)

We put 100 toppings on a pizza and

100 gumballs in a gumball machine.

I decorated the room with

100th Day Posters posters

We decorated 100th Day Hats

We did a lot of songs and activities on Starfall.com.

I also have Morestarfall.com ($35 a year) and it has a ton of 100th day activities.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Project-Based Learning CUE

My amazing colleagues and I presented at the CUE up north.
Our focus was project based learning in kindergarten/primary grades.
Below are a few slides we used during our presentation.
They align with the 4 C's (creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication).
Click HERE to learn more about the 4 C's and 21st Century Learning!

Click here to watch this great PBL video by the BUCK Institute!

Click HERE to learn more about PBL in my kinder class.

Click HERE to learn more about our
SPOOKY HAUNTED HOUSE & SHAPES!

Click HERE to learn more about our COMMUNITY HELPERS UNIT.

Click HERE to learn more about our OUTDOOR CLASSROOM!

Click HERE to learn more about our NEIGHBORHOOD

Click HERE to learn more about our GINGERBREAD EXCHANGE

If you have any question, ideas, or inspirations, I would love your feedback!
Please leave me a comment below!

Our Neighborhood 2012

Our Kindergarteners built a neighborhood

as one of our PBL Units!

Watch this great video to see the steps
and how hard they worked together!

Here's a little sneak peek!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Martin Luther King Presentation

If you are teaching about Martin Luther King,

this is a great presentation to use in your classroom.

There is a TON of information about his life, YouTube video links and a mini quiz at the end.

Download this FREEBIE HERE on TPT!

Examples Include:

We read "The Crayon Box that Talked."

This is about a box of crayons that do not like each other because they are different colors.

They eventually learn to love each other and realize what beautiful pictures they can create together.

After, I told the kiddos we were going to celebrate Martin Luther King Day by

having some yummy eggs.

They got very excited! I proceeded to take out the two carton of eggs.

When the kiddos saw two different color eggs (brown and white shells), most of them yelled,

"Oh Yuck! I don't want the brown eggs!"

Without saying anything, I simply asked, "Who would like the white eggs?"

20 students raised their hands.

Then I asked, "Who would like the brown eggs?"

Only 4 kids raised their hands.

I explained, "Well I bought more brown eggs, so I need some of you to change your decision." I asked, "Is there a reason you do not want the brown eggs?"

Some of their answers included:

"They look gross."

"They probably taste yucky."

"I have never had them before."

"I only eat white eggs."

Then I asked, "What color do you think the eggs are inside?"

Most of the answers were brown or purple.

THEN I MADE A CONNECTION TO MLK.

I said, "Hmmmm. Do you think this is how Martin Luther King felt?

His skin was a different color than some of his friends and they didn't want to play with him.

Some people wouldn't even talk to him because he looked different."

I continued to make connections between the eggs and MLK.

First, I cracked the white egg. Next, I cracked the brown egg.

This was very exciting in KINDERWORLD.

The kiddos all screamed and were very excited to see they were the SAME COLOR INSIDE!

I explained that although we may look different on the outside, we do not want to judge someone by the way we look. It's the INSIDE that matters.

This was a great way to incorporate MLK's "I Have Dream" speech:

"I have a dream that one day my four children will not be judged by the color of their skin

but by the content of their character."

People are all special and unique and have amazing talents and gifts to share!

Last, I mixed the eggs together and asked,

"Can anyone distinguish between the brown and white egg now?"

REMEMBER: The inside of the egg represents our hearts and character.

We must try our hardest NOT to judge someone by the way they look.

We can all "mix" together and make something great!

The kiddos put their hands together and we compared our differences.

I said, "We all look different. We have different hair color, eye color, skin color. Some of us are taller or shorter than others. But we are all SPECIAL!!!!"