A Weeeee problem

Oh man.

Today.

Two kinder kids.

Did tinkles in my room.

Yep.

In.

The.

Room.

One on the floor.

Didn't tell anyone - just left a puddle.

One on the chair.

More bucket than puddle.

It is just part.of.kinder. someone told me.

Ahhhhh!!!

What a day.

Any tips for helping train my kindy kids about the right time to go to the loo?

School Sport Smile Linky

School - My school has the UGLIEST school uniform - Brown and Yellow. In secret some of my teacher friends and I call it Brown Town (you won't tell anyone will you??)

Sport - I love playing Texas Holdem Poker and it is my dream that one day I will play in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It costs $10,000 US to enter, so i better start saving.

Smile - My husband sent me 12 long stem red roses to school for Valentines Day :) I have to admit, I cried for about 10minutes hehe. 

Go and link up with Steph.

Kinder Maths Freebies

To make up for my absence, I am going to share with you two maths activities that I will be doing in rotations this week. At this stage, we are just practicing our numbers and becoming familiar with them (and the practicing of rotating groups is part of the learning too!)

The first freebie is numbers 1 - 20. Give the students a bag of numbers and a little bag of pegs. They clip the number of pegs onto the card and then you could have them order the numbers. We are starting with 1-10 this week but the document has numbers to 20. I bought these little pegs from the $2 shop

The second freebie is a trace, copy, draw the right amount of dots and then fill in the ten frame. It includes numbers 1-10.

Click on the pics to go and grab them from google docs. I would love if you left a comment if this is something you can use.

Teacher Tip Thursday on Saturday!

Well it has been one of those weeks...but I am so happy with what I have accomplished with my Kinders in such a short time. We are sitting quietly on the floor, raising our hand to speak and taking turns like champions. Go KB!!!

One thing we are trying to do a lot of is name practice. I have about 5 kids who cannot write their names. Each child (Courtesy of my awesome teaching neighbour) has their own handwriting car where they must trace and copy twice with a whiteboard marker. Then they rub out and repeat.

This was causing a bit of drama which leads me to....

To help your munchkins rub out their whiteboard marker work when it is on laminated paper, you must get yourself some of these - 

These little babies are a little expensive, but if you chop them up and make small ones, you can probably make a class set out of a few packets.

I bought mine at Woolies for $4 a pack, but I managed to make 8 out of this 2 pack. And it means that the kids aren't complaining about not being able to rub out!

I hope this tip is helpful to you :) And I promise I will be back more regularly soon.

My first week of Kinder....

May I just begin with how my week was?

tiring.emotional.stressful.sick.worrisome.tiring.emotional.crazy.seeminglyneverending....

My first week of Kinder was all these things and more! I take my hat off to anyone who has ever been a Kindergarten teacher - OMG!

It had an extra layer of stress and emotion added as this week my own little girl started Kinder at a different school. Its been hard being absent Mummy and then trying to be dedicated Mummy while a never ending list of things to prep for the next day rolls through my head constantly. Forget fun, TPT, socialising or even talking to my husband at night - I am just too.damn.tired.

And on Wednesday I lost my voice for the first.time.ever. Yep! Kinder teacher + no voice = interesting time.

But it has definitely opened my eyes!

The Kinders we have are an outgoing bunch but academically, it looks like we have a long road to travel together. We are still grouping them together (45 little smiling cherubs) but next week will start separating them into classes after the morning session as they seem to settle a little bit better with some breathing room.

My daughter seems to be doing ok - super tired and not a lot of information shared but that is ok, I understand. The poor little thing had her birthday this week as well (and a vomiting bug to cap it all off). Can you see why I am glad this week is nearly ending.

Hopefully this madness will settle in the next couple of weeks as my darlings start to find some independence and social skills (and I hope they can find the fine-motor skills that they left at home as well - their scissor skills are shocking!!!!)

I'll leave you with my happy little girl, who will be even happier at 3pm today when I pick her up from her first week at big school.

Currently February!!! O M geeee

Are you serious? Feb already? Link up your Currently with Farley

Here we go!

I always seem to be listening to the TV while I'm on the computer and LEGO Batman has been going strong for a few good hours :)

I love my grown up little girl is starting school on Monday and then  it is her 5th birthday on Tuesday :)

Thinking that I can't wait to get started with my new class. We have now assessed all the kids and seem to have a lot of work in front of us!! Wish me luck!

My husband and I have decided to build a home so now it is going to the architect. We need some ideas about the inside and the outside, colours, layout.......

I am keen on a new computer with more hard drive space.

You know those people that I am talking about - I'm older so I know better/everything. Sorry love, simply not true!

Super Sunday Sale!

By now I sure you are excited about the ads during the Superbowl ;) But in between the ads, what can you do?

Go shopping!!!

Thanks Jessica Weible for the cute graphics.

Make sure you get up to date on all your feedback to make sure you get your TPT credits which you can spend in the sale which means more stuff for you!!!! (That was quite a long sentence!)

Here are some of newies and favourites in my TPT store

 My best seller with 20 games including instructions. All you need to do is print and laminate, add some dice or a pack of cards and away you go!

 These board games were a favourite of my Year 2's last year. Practicing division is hard but this game makes it fun!! There are 7 different games included focussing on dividing by 2, 3, 5 and 10.

 This one has been super popular lately. It has a range of activities to help your students understand adjectives and how to use them to improve their writing. There is even a craft and writing exercise to finish the unit off - it is a super cute Cheshire Cat!

 This is one of my newer games and is Kindergarten focussed but would be perfect for RTI or your struggling Year 1 students. Concentrating on being able to match numbers with dot patterns, it includes 4 recording sheets which would be perfect for assessment and 3 different games so you can cater for different levels.

 Another Kindergarten focussed game, this one is BINGO style and gets students recognising numbers as both written form and on ten frames. The included resources allow you to create 4 different leveled BINGO games and has 6 assessment/recording sheets to monitor student understanding.

This one is another Kinder/RTI activity pack which students can practice making numbers on a ten frame. It also moves into making addition facts on a ten or twenty frame and is perfect for your visual and tactile learners.

And finally, my Seed Diary has had a massive overhaul so if you already have this one, make sure you redownload it. But it is perfect for your seed adventure in the classroom with lots of room to write and draw.

So go and grab a bargain! Some of my friends will be on sale too so go and check out their store and fill your cart!! 

Tania Poultney

Top Notch Teaching

Deborah Perrot

From the Pond

Clever Classroom

Miss Galvin Learns

OZ Curriculum HQ

Miss N

AliMath

Yara