Swap, Share, Give: A blog linky from Down Under!

Since being on TPT, I have made some connections with some AMAZING women and men...and the best part is that some of these people I have been fortunate to connect with are from my part of the world -Australia!

So one of these lovely ladies Lauren from Love, Laughter and Learning in Prep came up with a few of us having a bit of a product swap, I was in.

So I bring you

I was paired up with Bec from Books Bugs and Boxes

I picked her Squiggles and Wiggles pack and had a bit of fun at home with my kids testing it out!

Firstly we tried out the full page squiggle where you are provided with one or two elements to build your picture around. The kids enjoyed this one with the big cheesy smiles.

Next we tried out the mini-squiggle page, where there are 4 small boxes with 'squiggle starters'. We found this one a lot more challenging as it was pure imagination!

Last, I tried out the activity cards. You could chop these up and get students to select one or two, but we used it like a grid, and tried to choose something on each line horizontally. Definitely a challenge! But easy enough to change the difficulty by only including cards you think your kids could do.

For the two squiggles that rhyme, Miss M drew Mum. I asked what rhymed with Mum that she could draw. The answer was "Ive got it covered, I drew a bum!" Insert hysterical laughter here

It was a fun pack to use and would be great as a reward or early finisher activity, especially since it comes with a few writing pages to write about the squiggles.

Thanks Bec for sharing this with me!

More sharing! Just wanted to share with you a great freebie for practicing counting on your IWB. You can find it, and many others in my TPT store.

And for the giving part of my title - all the ladies who have participated in this swap are giving you the chance to win! All of the products showcased will be bundled into one big grand prize!!! Just use the Rafflecopter to enter and goodluck!

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Magical Product Swap!

I am excited to be participating in the Product swap for the first time as a Kinder teacher! I was lucky to get Lindsey from Lovin' Kindergarten with Ms Lindsey.

I picked her ABC RTI Teacher led/Partner Games which you can find in her TPT store.

 This is just a sample of what is included. There are tracing cards, each one has 3 letters on it and also has calling cards to match. There is another different type of recording sheet which has the focus letters and a matching picture cue down the side for those learners needing extra support. I put them into sheet protectors and copied the calling cards onto different colours so they didnt get mixed up.

I had partners working on the same sheet and sharing a set of calling cards. They had them all face down and then chose one, found it on their sheet and traced the letter with a whiteboard marker.

 Here it is in action. I found the partner aspect was helpful for those who drew a picture card and had to determine the initial sound.

Some more alphabet action.

A great practice/RTI pack for letter ID/alphabet recognition. Thanks so much Lindsey for letting me use this product in my classroom.

Go and visit her TPT store HERE.

Go and see the review of my Watch me Grow - a Plant and Seed Diary on Lindsey's blog HERE

Grab it for 20% off for today and tomorrow only. Click the picture to go there.