Posted by Upsadaisy… In the a.m. we are going to have an assembly, sing, and make a “circle of pride”. Each child will have a shoebox covered in white, with a single word of their choosing (signifying pride, patriotism, etc.) printed randomly all over. They will come up and add their shoeboxes to a circular…

Letter S Spaghetti Party Learning about the letter S can be fun with a spaghetti party I copied a large letter S onto a red piece of paper (for the red spaghetti sauce, of course). At home, I over-cooked some spaghetti noodles until they were nice and sticky. I stored the noodles in a plastic…

A collection of quick ideas to use for teaching about the alphabet. March Around the Alphabet  This is a lot of fun. The children gain added exposure to the letters while including the excitement of a stop-and-go game! Write each letter of the alphabet on large index cards. Be sure to put the capital letter…

100 items–children predict weights, weigh, and chart results. Materials: Bags of items of 100 something to weigh your items I prepare bags of 100 pennies, 100 popsicle sticks, 100 pasta noodles, 100 fruit loops and any other 100 items I can find. Lesson Plan: I read the book Benny’s Pennies   (There is probably a better…

Celebrate 100 by reading The Wolf’s Chicken Stew, graphing, and making 100 pancakes! Materials: The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kaska griddle (more than one if you can borrow) pancake mix (you will need 1 whole box) turner Lesson Plan: We read the book The Wolf’s Chicken Stew. We make a chart by counting and…

Write a book listing groups of 50 opposites. I did this with my students, and they called it “The 100 Book” because each page spread has 100 items. Materials: markers large white sheets of construction paper Book:  Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews Lesson Plan: I do this after I read Ten Black Dots which reinforces…