Wireless Doorbells in the Classroom

Have you used a doorbell in the classroom as a part of your behavior management?

I started using one a couple years ago and it was the best thing ever!  The doorbell I purchased had different tunes to pick from and kept my class in check when I needed to get their attention quickly.
I usually used it as a stop what your doing, hands on your head, and listen signal (you know the most important signal :)...).
Unfortunately, that one didn't last the full year.  It just stopped working towards the end of they year, so I was back to ringing my little bell which was still effective.

A company reached out to me that sells wireless doorbells and their target audience is TEACHERS!  They know how important behavior management is in the classroom and have created different options of doorbells.  The best part is they have made an option that includes 4-5 doorbells in one pack that can be used for quizzes or games in the classroom.

Each doorbell has their own specific sound and when playing a quiz game the first person to buzz in will answer and earn their team a point.

I don't know about you, but my class ALWAYS wanted to press my little remote to my doorbell, but that was off limits.  This option gives your kiddos a chance to use the coveted doorbell remote...AH!
If you're interested, check out all the doorbells Sado Tech has to offer!  For 10% off your doorbell, use the code Kim10OFFBuzzer


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Color Matching Sprinkles

We celebrated National Donut Day at the beginning of June with a morning of donuts and a fun color matching activity.

I drew a giant donut on a piece of poster board along with colored sprinkles (colored rectangles). 

Then, I cut out rectangles out of the pieces of paper that matched the sprinkles on our donut. 

We took the colored paper and matched them to the colored sprinkles on the donut.  We glued them, but you could reuse them by not gluing them on too.

For an added challenge, you could draw each sprinkle in a black marker and just write the color word on each sprinkle.  Your kiddos then would have to read the color word and match the sprinkles correctly.

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Chalk Activities

Summer weather might be here to finally stay and we have spent a lot of our afternoons outside.  One of our favorite outside activity is sidewalk chalk.

I wanted to share a few activities that we have done the past couple weeks.

The first one we did was to review the letters in our name.  I wrote the letters in the little man's name then I called out the letter and he used his spray bottle to spray it away.  This could easily be used to review numbers or shapes too!

The second activity we used a paintbrush and water.  I drew shapes on the sidewalk and we painted over of the lines with the water. 

Finally, we made our own chalk paint!  We took old pieces of chalk and crushed them up. 

Then, we added water and painted away.  This was super fun and we even found some rocks to paint with our chalk paint.

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Sight Word Passages

Sight words can be very tricky to learn and remember.  I always spend a lot of time reviewing, reviewing, reviewing them as we learn them. 

I am always thinking of fun ways to practice the sight words we learn.  We sing about them, chant the letters in them, and read books with them in it. 

I have created a fun way to practice these words that is perfect for ALL levels of readers. 
You can put these in your literacy centers, use them during guided reading, or use it during writing.
Each passage uses short sentences that focus on a sight word. 

Your kiddos will read the passage, circle the sight word, read the sight word, then write the sight word.
The best part of these passages is that the kiddos that aren't quite reading yet can still search through the passage to find the sight word.

Finding sight words while you read is a great reading skill and will help those little ones become better readers too!

Instead of using a pencil or marker, you can use a highlighter.  Have you ever given a kindergartner a highlighter?  It's like Christmas morning ;) 
Grab these HERE!

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Fizzy Colors

I wanted to share a fun science activity that works inside on a rainy day or outside on a warm sunny day!

Fizzy Colors is easy prep and kept my little guy engaged for awhile.

All you need to get started is baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar. 

I placed a drop of food coloring all over a baking sheet. 

Then, I covered each drop with the baking soda.

After they are all covered take an eye dropper of vinegar and put drops of it on each pile of baking soda.  As it fizzes the colors will start to appear!

Once they were all done fizzing my little guy took his dropper and started mixing the colors to make new colors.
We went through more vinegar than I expected, but I did have a lot of baking soda over each colored drop.
I hope your little ones enjoy this as much as mine did :)

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Sensory Bin Freebie

I posted this activity during Teacher Appreciation Week, but wanted to share it here.
I created a fun summer themed sensory bin activity that you can use these last few days of school or this summer with your little ones at home!

This activity focuses on the 4 basic shapes!  Your kiddos pick a card and record what shape they find!  There are two recording sheets included.  One sheet your kiddos color the shape they find and the other one they trace the shape. 
This sensory bin center comes in BW and color!  Grab it HERE!

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Puzzle Fun

Puzzles are a fun activity for your kiddos at school and home!

Summer is right around the corner and let's be honest-there will be rainy days!  It is always nice to have a rainy day activities up your sleeve for that last minute indoor time.

I recently took one of our letter puzzles and taped each piece onto a door in our house.  My son would find a letter on the door then put the piece on his puzzle.  It was fun to have the pieces on the door and added an extra step to take the tape off.

There are different ways you can do this.  You can say a letter and they find it or you can let them pick the letter and let them set it on their own!

Another fun way to mix things up is to take a puzzle and wrap each piece in tin foil or paper.  Your kiddos have to unwrap the piece before they can set their puzzle!  What kiddo DOESN'T like opening presents!?

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