Currently July!

If you have never linked up with Farley's Currently, you should!! You meet new bloggers and read about lots of intereting things. And of course, Farley's posts crack.me.up.

Listening - Monday. First day of our 2 week school holidays. Kindergarten daughter bugging me to engage in educational activities. Go watch the TV was my reply (I just need a break!!)

Loving - It has rained pretty much non stop for over a week here in Sydney. But today...sunshine! Mild weather! It is amazing how a bit of sun changes your whole mood. And just in time for 2 weeks at home.

Thinking - I have a prac student who is up to her last week where she controls the class for the whole day. The last 3 weeks of school she was with me she taught lessons, sessions...all building to the day. When I told her she had complete control over programming and all, she was a bit stunned. This is the place for experiments, I told her. While I am here for support, take some risks. If you succeed - GREAT! If it fails, no worries :) Do you remember your prac experiences?

Wanting - time by my self!!!

Needing - to keep on track. I joined Weight Watchers 2 weeks ago and since then I have lost 1.9kg and 1.3kg. I am pretty stoked and past the super hungry phase. Just got to keep it up.

Tips - My kids (4 and 5) are wicked balls of energy! It takes a lot to run them down but on those days...and it gets to 7.45pm...and I am sitting on the lounge by.my.self....it is a pretty good day.

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Fans Only on Facebook

Just a short one today!

You may have seen some bloggers have installed a Fan Only tab on their Facebook page....

Well guess what?

I now have one too!

This little tab will have some exclusive freebies for my followers on Facebook and the freebies will be available for a limited time!

So click the image to go to my Facebook page - and make sure you hit like so you can download your freebie :)

Techy Tuesday....Topmarks Ladybirds

If you haven't used TopMarks before, you need to go and visit! There are so many fun, interactive games for kids and they look and work great on the IWB too.

This one in particular has had a facelift and is working really well in my Kinder computer time.

The great thing about this game is that it only deals with numbers between 1-10 making it perfect for early learners.

Subitizing! Put the right amount of spots on the ladybug

Matching/subtising/numeral identification - matching the number of spots to the number on the leaf.

 Ordering (counting/subitizing) smallest to largest

Ordering (counting/subitizing) largest to smallest

Go and have a look :) Click any pic to get there.

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Healthy Lunch - Kinder Style

Wednesday last week was a big huge gigantic day for Kindergarten at my school. It was the culmination of our term of work on Healthy Choices. Our final activity was to host a Healthy Lunch and invite the families of our 46 students to school.

The menu was decided!

The RSVP's rolled in......116! Yikes!

So the prep began!
It began like this...plus 2 other trolleys!

The many hours we spent shopping then had to be translated into the hours we needed to spend CHOPPING!. I didnt get a photo of all the prep, but the teachers of my school (for the most part) were so supportive and fantastic! The last chopper left school at 9.30pm the night before the lunch.

Ill let the pics take up the story now!

Very hygenic! I did have to give lots of gloves to one boy in particular. He would take his turn at 'making' and then exclaim "This looks yum!" Then his hand would go straight in his mouth. I was killing myself laughing!

We divided into 4 groups and each group prepared 3 dishes. My group made Garden Salad, Crunchy Noodle Salad and Wraps

How cool is the watermelon shark? You have probably seen it on Pinterest? Well someone was showing this pic around when we were chopping and my awesome boss says....I can do that! So watermelon shark was born! I think kids who didnt even like watermelon had a try of some out of his mouth.

Our hall was so full of happy families and kids who were so proud of themselves.

It was a lot of effort and come Thursday morning there were some VERY tired teachers but it was so totally worth it.

Planning with Planners!

Last year I dabbled in creating some planners. Simple yet functional was my line of thinking.

But now I am a year wiser, a year more versed in design, a year more immersed in awesome clipart and fonts! My planners have taken on a new look and feel that I hope you like!

Enter The Simple Teacher Planner.

At this stage I have 4 new designs plus I have revamped one older design (I plan to do the other existing designs too and maybe a couple of new ones!)

Here they are!

Chalkboard, Bunting and Birds (I think this is my favourite!!)

  

 Bright Chevron

Soda POP!

Teal Leopard 

Click any of the cover pics to go and see them at TPT. If you purchase one of these, I am more than happy to personalise your cover with whatever you like (well....within reason lol).

Want one?

Comment with your favourite one and why (dont forget your email address!) I will pick 2 random numbers at 7pm tomorrow night (my time) which gives you 25 hours to comment. I would also love if you had any other suggestions or would like something specific.

Edited to add: Here are the random numbers!

Congrats to Kelly (3) and Debbie (11). Ill be emailing you soon :)

Freebie Friday!

I have been battling the 'finger space' issue in my class with some kids. So here is a freebie for you to help tackle it with your class.

Click either pic to grab from Google Docs.

Another idea to beat the space issue is to give your main culprits a regular sized paddle pop stick and get the to use this as their reminder. I might have to make some cute space men to stick on them too :)