I Get Paid To Do This?

The past couple of days have been so enjoyable!  The kind of days that when I leave the building, I find myself asking "I get paid to do this?" Yep, being a Kindergarten teacher is fun!  We have finished up our dental health unit and I was so excited to see them learning!  Today students made words out of big and little toothbrushes and smile cutouts.  It was neat to see the way they formed the letters!  Here are a few pictures I was able to get:

 "Hot"

 I knew "mom" would be a popular word...so sweet! 

"Toy" and "Tom"

They did a great job!  If you would like to pick up my dental health unit that includes this activity click here.

Students also worked on sorting attribute blocks.  Yesterday they helped me think of the ways we could sort the blocks and then today they sorted them in small groups.  Here are a few pics!

 Sorting by Shape

 Sorting by Thickness

My attribute block sorting mats are available here.  

Next week is packed full of Valentine activities!  I can't even fit in all of the things I want to do.  Trying to decide which ones really target the skills I want my students to work on and having to set the others aside is so hard!  There just isn't enough hours in my half-day kindergarten!  

Dental Health unit...with a freebie!

Wow!  It has been a busy week!  Yesterday we celebrated Kansas' 152nd Birthday and then today my class celebrated the 100th day of school!  Two days in a row of fun activities that keep us from our normal routine...I am exhausted!  Tomorrow we start learning about Groundhog Day!  If you haven't picked up my Groundhog Freebie you can download it here.
Next week we learn about caring for our teeth!  I am excited to have my Dental Health unit complete!  It has some fun games and I always love it when kiddos are having so much fun that they don't even realize they are learning too!  Take a look at some of the activities in the unit:

A pocket chart activity of putting together sentences.  There is also a recording sheet to fill in the color words.

A fun activity of making letters using toothbrushes and smiles!  I can hardly wait to see my class doing this activity!  There is also a recording sheet to write down all the words that they made!

This is the recording sheet to the spin and tally game!  My kiddos are still struggling with making those tally marks!

To purchase the unit click on any of the pictures.

One of my favorite books to read during our study on dental health is Robert Munsch's Andrew's Loose Tooth.  I love having the kiddos make up their own funny way to get a tooth pulled out! 











I have made a freebie of the writing page I use in my class.  If you would like to grab the freebie click  the picture below!

Enjoy!  If you download it please leave positive feedback at my store!  I would love to hear what ideas your class came up with!