Here is the "box":
Before the action~
We make an anchor chart:
this was on my whiteboard, but I usually make it on a half-sized chart paper.
In action:
I laminated die-cut hearts and wrote with a Sharpie.
The hearts are from Dollar Tree.
These are see-through letters-
I needed my Pampered Chef nylon knife to separate them lol
Glass marbles and plastic jewels Dollar Tree.
Blue, white, clear, and frosted glass beads
Red and clear marbles
Cup building
Here are the shapes I made from Dollar Tree
binder dividers
Red, green, white glass beads sort.
Green and red sticks WalMart
I covered the bottom with those binder dividers.
Glass beads and some plastic ones too.
Ice cubes from Dollar Tree
All from Dollar Tree
plastic jewels, two sizes
Clear pink and red hearts
Pill containers to sort pony beads
Clear jumping frogs game (has purple pond)
Fruit ice cubes
We did Summer Fruits last summer... they would have been perfect to sort lol
These are the bigger jewels from above photo red bag.
Pill Container above in yellow bag
I wrote the color words backwards on the bottom to sort pony beads.
Clear and green glass marbles
Red/green/clear sticks
Bingo chips
Sorting trays
These would be fun if we dropped water to see volume.
The top one was from WalMart.
Bottom one was from Dollar Tree.
Jewels
I got these a million years ago from Dollar Tree.
I have seen them at Walmart in the pet section- but they are really expensive!
More sorting from Dollar Tree
*dishes
*small square dishes
I drew shapes and names on old transparencies
The dino will look awesome after painted.
The bag is the shapes from those dividers.
Stirrers and see through frogs ;)
mini-cars are from Target in Bullseye Playground.
Then the cups... all the cups all from Dollar Tree
I have to find yellow glass beads though!
More see through frogs :)
flat- 3D shapes to match
Overhead coins and pattern blocks
jars are from Target Bullseye's Playground.
See next photo for the top of the jar.
So what else am I missing??? I almost forgot the ice cubes... because they were in my son's backpack lol
Please hop down to leave me a comment about your favorite things for your light table or light box.
Hoppy teaching!!