Summer Scented Rice (Future Math or Reading Center???)

Hello, Friends!

I found an idea through Pinterest on creating some summer scented rice.  I just knew that my Brayden would have a blast.  Click here to see the original link. 

I got to thinking.  I bet my students would have fun writing their word wall words and doing their math facts in this rice.  I love that I can make the rice smell differently, too.  What fun all year long! Look for more posts in the future with my new set of kiddos. :-)

It wasn't hard to make at all!  All you need is some rice, water, Kool-Aid packet, and plastic baggie.  

First, put as much rice as you want in the bag.

Second, add the Kool-Aid packet.

Third, add the water and mix it all up. You can also add food coloring here to make the color more defined.You only need enough water to make the rice wet.  The more water you add, the longer it takes to dry. 

Last, place your wet rice in something to dry. I can't tell you how long it took to dry.  I waited an hour, and it was still a little wet. I left the house for a few hours, and it was dry when I came back. 

Now, it's time to play.  Lesson learned; this is messy with an 18 month old. We will play outside next time.  It was just too hot to play outside today. Amazingly, he didn't try to eat it.  :-) Brayden gave me some weird faces.  He thought it felt funny. He loved picking it up and dropping it...all over the floor.  Such fun!

The rice was all over the floor before I had time to write some word wall words.  I really think this could be a fun in a math or reading center.  Hmmmm....we will see.

I hope everyone has had a GREAT day! 

Lots of love,

AAHHH...Sharks

Hello, friends!

Tomorrow, I will be teaching greater than and less than.  I made a Shark Attack Game to help teach the concept.  I'll post pictures tomorrow of my little ones playing. You can purchase my game for $1.50 at my TPT store. Just click the picture below.  The first person to comment and let me know your favorite way to teach greater than, less than will get a free copy of the game! :-)

Also, I am working on a math and literacy centers Halloween packet.  I'm hoping to have it finished by this weekend.  I am so excited!  I love holidays and all of the fun holiday clipart. 

Don't forget about my giveaway to celebrate my new teaching blog.  You have until Friday to enter to win my Place Value to 1,000 Go Fish Game and my Phonics Cards. 

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far.  I'll be back tomorrow with pictures of my kiddos playing Shark Attack and a FREEBIE. :-)

My First Giveaway

Hello, friends!

First, I found a new blog that I just love.  It is called Southern Sweetie in 2nd.  You can check it out here. I bought her Chevron frames and they are adorable!   

Second, I decided that it was time to do my first giveaway to celebrate my new blog.  I'm so excited.  Who doesn't love a giveaway!?!? This weekend, I finished working on 2 items that I will be giving away to two lucky people.  The first item will be my set of phonics cards.  Check out my TPT store to see all of the phonics digraphs that are included.  The second item will be my Place Value to 1,000 Go Fish math center game.  Use the rafflecopter to enter to get these two items for FREE!  Also, the first person to comment and tell me how they will use these in their rooms will also win a copy.  How exciting!  So, enter now.  I will announce the winner on October 6th. Good luck!

        

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I LOVE CENTERS

Hello, friends!

I LOVE centers.  I do both reading and math centers in my classroom.  I think they are a great AWESOME way to make sure that all students are on task and learning.  I am lucky enough to get to teach reading for an hour.  In that hour, my students go to 3 centers and I pull a leveled group during each center.  My centers include reading,writing, word (spelling and digraphs), theme (science/social studies integration), computer, and a game center (normally word based).  I wanted to share one of my centers with y'all.  I am giving everyone a Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs center idea. In science, we are learning about weather (one of my favorite units).  To start the unit, we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (read aloud on YouTube) and then we discussed the weather words in the book.  I also made a fantasy vs. reality connection.  Such fun! :-) The next day in their theme center, they drew what they wished itwould rain and wrote a couple of sentences. They had such GREAT drawings.  I hope you can use it.  Click on the link above to go to my TPT store.  I hope y'all have a wonderful evening!  Stay tuned tomorrow for another FREE math post!