Mrs. Ehle's Kindergarten Connections: Christmas in July

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Let's Celebrate!

Celebrate good times. Come on!

(Doo, doo, doo, doo. Doo, doo, doo, do!)

Ok. Ok. That little ditty kinda' dates me. But, hey! I don't really care!

I'm in a celebratin' mood!

Ya' see, I've been celebrating my...

Mom-a-versary!

Hard to believe, but 13 years ago these little squeezers came into the world and made me a momma!

#doublyblessed #3pounders #wortheveryminuteof4monthsofbedrest

Aren't they adorable?! {No bias, here!}

Well, today they look like this....

#growinguptoofast #howdidthishappen #slowdownplease

So needless to say, I've been a little busy celebrating these miracles this week!

We have had a BLAST! And we have so much more planned!

#familyfun #celebratelife #followmeoninstagram

And if that isn't reason enough to CELEBRATE,

Then maybe this will be...

It's the LAST DAY OF "CHRISTMAS IN JULY!"

So get on over to the BLOG HOPPIN' site and check out what all of my fellow blog authors are offering for the last day of this epic sale!

I think you will like what you find on sale in my store! :)
It's something to celebrate!

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Today's Top Find: Center in a Minute!

It's that time of year...

Instagram is blowing up. Facebook posts are exploding...

and my Twitter feed keeps on chirping!

It's...

BACK-TO-SCHOOL PREP TIME!

And if you are anything like me, you are trying your best to make every waking moment count!

You want to "PRE-prepare" (Ooh! I like that newly created word!) as many things for the upcoming school year as humanly possible.

Well, my friends... Today I found a gem of a resource that I can prepare in just a short amount of time that is going to help me out IMMENSELY this school year.

Let me set the stage...

Your plan is to get into work a little early to prep a small group activity for a few of your kinder-groups. Well...you ~~intentionally hit snooze a few too many times~~ accidentally oversleep, make it into school a little late...then get side-tracked my the staff "talker"... AND your principal informs you that you have a last minute mandatory meeting during your prep time... leaving you with no prepared small group game/activity for the day.

EVER HAPPEN TO YOU???

Well, folks.. Here is your answer to that dilemma!

These little sets are the PERFECT resource to buy now and PRE-prep for the year! Anytime you have "one of those" days... WA-LA! You pull out one of these babies... and your are ready to go!

Each center is based off of a Kindergarten Reading Foundational standard and allows students to work on phonological awareness, phonics, or a combination of the two. There are two options for playing - Memory and Go Fish - using the same set of cards. Both are easy to understand and require little teacher direction.

LOVE.THEM.

Furthermore, these sets include multiple half-sheet "exit slips" so that you can use these centers during RTI or Literacy Centers! {If you're not familiar with exit slips, they are a quick assessment that you can do at the end of a lesson/activity to assess student performance on a particular skill.}

Check out this example...

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

{Insert HAPPY DANCE here!}

Goodbye unprepared/unprepped days!

Hello unexpected principal drop-in observation!

I'm going to be so PRE-prepared for the year!!!

And OOOHHH!!!

I almost forgot one of the BEST parts about my "Find of the Day!"

It's on SALE!!!

It IS Christmas in July, you know!

{Do it quick! It's only on sale for 2 more days! There is a bundle too!}

And no...this is not a creation of mine, friend! You'll need to hop on over to The Inspired Apple to read more about this awesome resource! (Or simply click on the product images above to go directly to the TPT links.)

EEKS! Don't you just love a good find and a good deal?! #reasonilovefollowingblogs

Keep hoppin' over to BLOG HOPPIN' too to find more incredible daily Christmas in July sales by clicking below!

Monday, July 21, 2014

Teachers Be Shoppin'... and another SALE item!

I'm linkin' up with my bloggin' bestie, Elizabeth, from Kickin' It In Kindergarten for an awesome linky party I know YOU can relate to!

Check it out...

Oh yah... You know it's true. If you are a teacher, you have been spending time (perhaps LOTS of time) shopping for your classroom.

It's just unavoidable!

So my smart, smart friend Elizabeth had the brilliant idea of doing a linky party so we can all post the great deals and epic resources we are finding, in hopes of making all of our lives easier! If we share our steals and deals, then we can all save money, be more efficient and of course, have incredibly cute classrooms filled with ingenious materials!

So here is one of my recent purchases...straight from Etsy.com!

It's a student "Write the Room" apron!

LOVE.IT.

I don't know about you, but I have spent a few years watching my "littles" walk around the classroom when at my "Write the Room" center, balancing clipboards, pencils and papers in their tiny hands. It is a meaningful, standards-based activity...but the logistics of balancing all the materials needed was kind of a hot mess for a 5 year old.

So... I when I found these online... I.FELL.IN.LOVE.

I actually bought my first Write-the-Room aprons this spring...but come on! I have to have some cute chevron ones too!!! #styleaddiction

So, I can seriously attest to how perfectly they work in the classroom and how much the kiddos love using them.

I actually call them "tool belts" in my classroom, so the boys feel like they are manly in them too! {I was sure to order some boy-friendly material/patterns too! Just sayin' sometimes boys and "aprons" don't mix. But a "toolbelt"... oh yah!}

Check out a few more of the material options they offer...