X is for Xylophone

At the beginning of the week, the children made the letter X by cutting out and pasting the X puzzles from education.com. Download it for free here.

At the end of the week, we made colorful xylophones with paper. I cut out strips of colored paper and the children assembled the xylophones themselves. It was good practice in ordering by length. They then took the thin brown strips of paper and cut out circles to make mallets. They then placed the mallets as they wished. They all came out really well :)

W is for Watermelon

To make watermelons, I cut a circular sponge in half. I showed the children how to make the red half-circle and then they could use paint brushes, Q-tips, or their fingers to make the green rind. They used pinkie fingers to make the black seeds in the watermelons.

It was funny to see that many children felt compelled to create whole circles for their melons.

U is for Underwear!

This is always a fun topic. Underwear :)

I printed out some underwear and undershirts clipart, and the children simply glued these onto the letter Uu templates, which I have printed from this site.

This was great cutting practice. Some children even tried making patterns or such things. They can also color the underwear before gluing. 

Catching Up Again!

Well, here I am again after two months! Oops. I am going to try to organize all of the letter art pictures I have so that each letter is posted here. Also, I will add a few other interesting things we've done.

Everyone in the US seems to be enjoying summer holidays, but we still have three more weeks of school! I'm going to start getting sentimental about leaving preschool. Next year I will have 2nd grade, though, and I am very excited! Anyone have some recommendations of good 2nd grade blogs or web sites?

Earth Day Sale!!

Just a quick note. I am throwing an Earth Day Sale! All of my products at TPT are 20% off from now through Wednesday, April 24.

I now realize I should try to create some products for Earth Day! I feel like caring for the Earth is one of the most important things we should teach to children. The Earth's resources are precious, and I feel that teachers often concentrate on Recycling, which should be the last resort. Please teach your children to REDUCE first and foremost.

I love this image from The Story of Stuff:

Happy Earth Day!!

My TPT Sale

Amazon River/Jungle Clipart

I made this clipart when requested by another teacher at TeacherspayTeachers. Check it out!

It's on sale until April 30th. Check it out here!

100 Days of School!

As we approached our 100th day of school in February, children brought in 100 items to show the class. It takes a lot of time for the class to count out 100 items, so we had a few children bring in items each day to space it out.

 100 magnets

 100 pages in a book

 100 paper clips

 100 writing utensils

100 shells