Target Trip Number....

Here is my trip to Target... lost count lol

We use these pointers, they light up.

Lacers

the shapes are great for morning work 

BUT

keep the boxes for saltbox writing.

These were used in the blocks area.

I saved the animals for the new year.

These are going in our calm down basket.

Ahhhhhh!  Teachers love our mini erasers.

See more here

Target Haul for September

When you spot the erasers!! 

These were the fall ones, bummed that they 

didn't have the Halloween ones though.

They have all different journals:

Then got to the Halloween ones!!!!!!

Whoops, spoke too soon lol

All the erasers in all of their glory!

I buy two for me and two for my teaching bestie!

New socks for me and my little :)

New tableware for October

Here is an up close look at the erasers:

Multi colored stars, candy, and leaves

I sorted out the orange jack-o-lanterns out of the packs

and put them in one drawer.

Witch/cat/ghost and skull/headstone boo/Frankie and teal pumpkins

Mushrooms, pumpkins

owls and squirrels

Santa birds and cardinals

snowflakes

Mini Erasers

Here are ahem *some* of my mini eraser collection.

I have been collecting them my entire teaching career- 20+ years!!

I have a ton of them.

I have bought them from Target in the party section- they are the big ones in the bottom drawers.

ehhh.. not my favorite 

Target's Dollar Spot aka Bullseye's Playground

they sell them in mesh bags with 60 of them for $1 :)

They sell them at Target, 5 Below, Party City, Oriental, Amazon.

This is how I store them. 

I take out a drawer and hand it to a child.  

I love love love mini erasers!!

These were $3 

There were 50 in each box. The package contains 4 boxes.

Random ones in Bullseye's Playground 

These are the mesh bags.  They are usually seasonal. 

 These were at Dollar Tree.

I will be publishing some stories to go along with these,

stay tuned!!

Uses:

sorting

patterns

math counters

bingo markers

use on play dough mats instead of play dough

Why:

Working on fine motor (muscles) for better writing

Grab some printables here:

 Life Over C's (many free, some cost)

Pocket of Preschool 

Here's a video from her.

Here are some other ideas:

Fun a Day

Fireflies or lightening bugs?

Fireflies or lightening bugs?   That is the question!!

I have been busy busy busy!

I introduce this book first to reinforce our color words and 

use repeated refrain to build fluency.  

Children love to hear the repetition of the repeated words.

Fireflies: color book

Then to build even more excitement I bring out this next book.

I mean who doesn't want to star in a book???

Fireflies: a classbook

So you write their names on the lines or have them write their names.

You could laminate the pages and then write with a Sharpie to use year after year.

BUT THEN WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!

During writing time, I bring out the final piece!!!

So now not only have we worked on color words,

the children have stared in their own book, 

now they can create a book!

I print off a second copy of the classbook cover.

I hand out the following page to all of the children.

They write their names on the line.

They write the color word on the second line and then color in the 

firefly they caught.

I would also print the last two pages of the classbook about catching and letting go the fireflies.

June Dollar Tree mini haul

We stopped at Dollar Tree.

This is not the typical one I always stop at.... this one 

is way across town... next door to Target lol

We have three Dollar Tree's and a couple of

random dollar stores

I was thinking of having this set up in my room for the first day.

I will have it set up the day before the kids arrive.

Most of my students arrive to my school before me.

 I'm still wondering if I want to laminate them.... 

they are thinner tag, but then it will glare, so probably no laminating lol

I will have signs too that says first day of school and the year and such.

I finally found some of these... I think there are three total in the "set'

I have the "flakes" so I didn't grab the one pack they had.

Next I know there are two sets of these.

This one is shapes.  

They are sort of smaller than I thought though! 

About the size of a child's hand.

The other set has a FROG!!!!

So I'm still on the hunt for them of course!

June Target Mini Haul

You know it's time to start stalking Bullseye's Playground AKA 

Target's Dollar Spot.

I'm on the hunt for more erasers of course plus more, duh!

More flannel boards!!!

More foam bath toys

I plan to add these to our sensory bin during those units.

This will introduced when I open the science center: 

Perfect for fire safety in October or Community Helpers

During vet/pet theme

Well this would fit under a bakery shop or an ice cream shop :)

Unboxing Summer Kindergarten Crate

This was my first Kindergarten Crate Box:

Here are some photos of the un-boxing and at the bottom,

there's a video

Starting at the top left

Instruction page, mini ice cream erasers, Lip balm, sticky tac, planner stickers

sand writing box, note cards to go in the box, post it notes

sand for the box, wiggly eyes Flair pens and Mr Sketch markers

On the instruction sheet, it gives you what is included and then ideas. Plus sneak peaks for next months box.  I think I will wait until next box to give out grades lol