Freebielicious T Shirt Give Away

We at Freebielicious are so excited to announce teaming up with A+ Teacher Images (the greatest t-shirt company for teachers and more, in case you haven't heard of them!). We all received the fanciest custom designed t-shirt we've ever owned AND now we can give a t-shirt of the winner's choice from each of our individual blogs.

I just love my t-shirt because it is so much more than just a shirt.  It represents friendships, fun, and business relations (oh wait and STYLE, of course!) all in one "blinging" design.  Where else could you get all that from one t-shirt?  A  special thanks goes out to Doug from A+ Images.  He worked with us to make just the right shirt to represent our company and is still giving us a shirt to give one lucky winner for each of our blogs!

We have made this giveaway super easy for you to have almost 50 chances to win one of 23 t-shirts.  It is a blog hop, so you can enter as many or as few giveaways you would like!  The contest begins Saturday, May 18th, at 8:00 a.m. EST and ends on Sunday, May 19th, at 12:00 a.m. EST.  Winners will be announced on the following Monday.  Easy peasy, lemon-squeezy!  Start by entering my giveaway here: a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

 

Next, you will head over to my friend Jennifer's blog Simply Kinder and enter there and keep going until your fingers are too tired to hit click (that is how simple we made it for you!). All you need to do is click her button below!

 

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A New Look For An Old Favorite

An update on one of my favorite packs! At the beginning of the year, I introduce one letter every day.This pack has a fun, fairy tale theme! You can download a preview to what is included in the pack by visiting my store. Simply click the cover page below.

The first round of the Letter Land Party! I introduce a new letter/sound each day. I have all of the kids' names written on a sentence strip. I always try to put the girls and boys on a different color. I place all of the names in a pocket chart. We then go through the names. Anyone that has the letter in their name, then they go to the top of the pocket chart. If they do not, then they go at the bottom. IF their name begins with that letter, then they are the King/Queen of the day.This picture is of my old version. I will try to update with new pics ASAP.

 If they have the letter of the day in their name, then they take their name tag back to their desk and either trace it, circle it, or put a sticker under the letter. We then place it back in the pocket chart.

The first round of our letter party is simply an introduction to the letters and the sounds. After we put the names back in the pocket chart, then we complete a page in our Alphabet Book.

 

Tax Break Sale

 Happy Tax Day!! Well, might not be so "happy" for some...LIKE ME! OYYY! I have decided to put my entire TpT store on sale for 15% today only! 

Here are a few of my latest items! 

This packet is perfect for Kindergarten Round Up!

skills and items included in this packet:
letter recognition (UC and LC cards and recording sheet)
number recognition (cards 0-10 and recording sheet)
color recognition (10 color cards and recording sheet)
shape recognition (8 shape cards and recording sheet)
one to one correspondence (10 number set cards and recording sheet)
beginning sounds (26 BS cards and recording sheet)
fine motor (scissors skills)
name writing and self portrait
name tags
data sheet to keep track of all information collected.

 This packet is perfect to get your through the last 26 days of school! Each of the 26 days you have a fun activity correlating to a letter of the alphabet...starting with A and ending with Z! The best thing is, you get to choose the activities that you do! This product is EDITABLE! 

 This packet is designed for Parent Nights, Back To School, or Open House. I teach Kindergarten and we have a Parent Night for the incoming Kinder parents in the Spring. I create on presentation using these slides that are pretty generic. I include some pictures and Information on what each area looks like. In the Fall, I make my Open House presentation more specific. I include expectations on each slide. The best thing is, you get to choose the activities that you do! This product is EDITABLE! 

 

BBQ Literacy FREEBIE {Guest Post by Kindergarten At Heart}

Hey everyone!  I am Annie from over at kindergartenatheart.blogspot.com!  Tammy was sweet enough to let me guest post today.  Tammy and I taught kindergarten together for five years.  We had so much fun!  Hopefully someday we will be back teaching together again! 

I have to admit that I have a Target problem.  I LOVE Target!  I especially love the dollar bin.  You never know what little treasures you may find.  Yesterday I came across their new BBQ line.  My mind starting racing with ways to use them in the classroom.  I came right home and created this BBQ Literacy freebie.  Look at how cute this stuff is and all for cheep!

In this packet you will find three independent literacy activities.  Each would be great to use in a literacy station.  The activities work on word families, sight words and decodable sentences.  For this packet I bought one package of the french fry containers, hamburger containers and hot dog containers.  So a grand total of $3!

First is a hot dog word family activity.  The students will sort the hot dog words into different word families.  Once they have sorted all the words they will write them on an independent recording sheet. 

Second is the hamburger sight word activity.  The students will sort sight words into the hamburger containers.  Each sight word is repeated six times.   The students will then write each sight word several times on the independent recording sheet.  I also included a blank set of hamburgers so you can change the words for your classroom needs. 

 Last is the french fry decodable sentence activity.  For this activity the students will read the decodable sentence on the outside of the french fry container.  Then they will find the words on the french fries and build the sentence.  Once all the sentences are completed the students will record the six decodable sentences.

I hope that you enjoy this BBQ literacy packet!  Along with these adorable containers Target also has a cute BBQ chefís hat and apron that could be cute to add to this station.  Be sure to check it out! 

Here is the BBQ Literacy freebie!  You will find the directions for creating and playing each of the BBQ activities.

Also be sure to stop on over at kindergartenatheart.blogspot.com for more fun ideas!  You can be sure I will be checking out the Target dollar bin for more kindergarten classroom ideas!

Fill Your Basket!

It's a freebielicious blog hop!! I want to fill your basket with a Spring goodie! This dice game is a favorite in my room! I hope you enjoy it!

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Parent Night Presentation

I am on Spring Break! Woo Hoo!! It was so nice today. However, they are talking about another snow storm coming through on Monday. Welcome to Winter in Nebraska people!! LOL! 

I was very productive today! We have our Kinder round up in early May, but we have Kindergarten Parent Night in late March. Parents can come and we give them a brief over view of what their child will be doing in K next year. They can tour our rooms and ask questions! I love it! It gives me time to figure out who the "I DO NOT WANT THOSE PARENTS" are! Wait, did I just say that?! Yes, yes I did. You are thinking it....just not saying it. 

I created an editable power point presentation that can be used for Parent Night AND for an Open House! For the parent night, I keep information more generic and even include some pictures! The open house presentation is more specific. I include expectations, some specific units that I do and any other information that might be helpful!

You can purchase this packet by clicking on the title page below. 

 I am working on a Round Up packet! :-)

ABC Countdown to Summer!!

As I sit at home...ON A SNOW DAY...can't help but think of SUMMER :-) Snowstorms in March/April are just one unfortunate thing that we deal with in Nebraska! It is no secret...Winter is NOT my favorite season! It is also no secret that I LOVE snow days! My Kinders are very good at our snow day ritual! Do you have snow day rituals? I tell my kids that they need to wear their PJs inside out, sleep with a spoon under their pillow, and flush the toilet (throw in an ice cube for extra luck)at 7:00 PM. They love it! I have to admit...me too!! 

Anywho...all of this free time that I have today...actually, I am totally neglecting my laundry and floors right now! I created an "ABC Countdown To Summer" packet. The best part is...it is EDITABLE! You can decide which activities you do for each letter! Say what?! Yup! You heard me right! I have included some ideas for each letter. WAIT! There is more. I plan on creating a blog post containing more specific ideas, games, activities, snacks and even books for each letter! 

You can  get yours by clicking the title page below! :-)

You decide what's right for you and your students! You can have them dress up everyday, or none of the days. You can have them bring something to share everyday, or none of the days. It is COMPLETELY up to you!! :-) 

Here is what you will find in the pack:

A calendar that you can add the dates and themes to! I send these home at the very beginning with a letter. This way they can hang on their refrigerator and remember what each day will be. 

Next, I created a journal that your students can complete each day! They can draw and write about one of the activities that they did for the day. 

 I love these colors!! Here is a sign that you can hang on your door or meeting area! There is a sign for each letter.

I have also included a few parent letters for volunteers and donations. 

Finally, I have given you a few ideas for each letter. 

Make sure you follow my blog. You do NOT want to miss any of the activities that I post for each day. I will start the posts before I actually complete the days...most of the world gets out of school before I do...maybe I should quit having my kids vudoo us some snow days!? LOL! I will go back and add pictures to those posts after I actually do them. I know that some schools get out in the middle of May..you lucky ducks! If you have any suggestions for the days, then I would love to hear them! Please comment or feel free to email me!!

Here are some of my favorite products that are ABC related!! 

 

St Patrick's Day Linky

I am linking up with one of my best bloggin' buddies! Mary at Sharing Kindergarten It is a linky party for EVERYTHING St Patty's day! It will be here before you know it. 

Here are a few things that I created last year!

 Here is one of my new products! It is an ABC Literacy Work Station packet. 

 This new packet includes: Skills included:
Sorting letters
Naming letters
Matching letters
Forming letters
Put letters in ABC order