3 Chapels......DONE!

I had the "pleasure" of leading chapel the past three consecutive Mondays, and I am happy to report that I survived!  

A few weeks ago, I confessed to the entire school body that this was the first time I had ever led a chapel, and I was rather intimidated and nervous about it.  It turns out that is wasn't as painful or frightening as I had imagined it might be.  

God is good......He gives grace and strength when we need it.  

That, plus a group of gracious attentive children, and the chapels went off without much trouble.  

(Mr. Dave Abbas was a pro in the tech department, and he was a wonderful help.) 

Believe it or not, (and I know my own children couldn't believe this), I had never made a power point presentation before in my life. 

I thought since I was breaking new ground in the chapel presentation department, I might as well just go for bust! 

Putting together a few power points was rather painless with this wonderful computer I have sitting on my lap. It was actually rather fun going through the process and creating something to share.  

Today was the last chapel on Earth Keeping/Creation Enjoying, and I filled my PPT with pictures from my own photography collection. 

It was a pleasure sharing some of the things that I love about the wonderful world we live in.

Leading chapel was OK......and I might just do it again some day if I am asked, but for now, I will enjoy the feeling of checking off another item from my "before the end of June" to-do list!!!

New Literacy Centres

We started five new literacy centres today. The children were very busy with stamps and ink and play dough and scissors and glue and highlighters and clipboards...

This is how I stay organized. The groups and activities are neatly tucked in the pocket chart! 

Every day, the children are rotated to another activity.

They are learning to work together as a team.  It's great to watch!

Trace-Stamp-Decorate
Find it here or here

Play Dough Names

Jolly Picture Sorting/Initial Sounds
Find it here or here

ABC Highlighting Game
Find it here or here

Write the Room (Letter Hunt)
This week Mrs. R. hid the letters for us.  She is VERY TRICKY!

Find this activity here or here

Sale Time! (May 3rd-10th)

I'm having a sale at my Teacher's Notebook shop...stop on by for some great Spring savings!

All my shop items are 20% off!!!

There are a lot of shops participating in the special Teacher Appreciation week sale.  If you purchase sale items during this special week (4th-10th), you can save an additional 10% off all your sale purchases!  

Might be worth a little look......I know I'm gonna shop!

Have a blessed weekend friends.

Click HERE to go to my TN shop

Jolly Picture Sorting

This is the newest addition to my collection of self created activities that go along with the Jolly Phonics program. We are almost finished the alphabet, so we are incorporating much more review these days. This activity takes just four of the letters, with four corresponding pictures. The children need to be able to identify the initial sound of the picture and match it up with the letter. It's a great review, and it also gives the children more scissor and glue practice...(we like to work those fine motor skills!)

You can find this activity HERE or HERE.

Creation Enjoying in JK

Last Friday, our class went on a lovely spring walk. We were blessed with gorgeous sunny weather! We spent the afternoon looking for treasures and signs of spring. Each group was given an egg carton/spring treasure collection box that they could fill with special items from our walk. The group leaders could be the final authority on what went in...I merely suggested they not take anything creeping or crawling back on the bus.
We saw lots of things turning green, buds popping on the trees, a giant ant hill, birds, a snake (with its head missing...yuck), squirrels, some giant green bull-frogs, and several swimming and flying Canadian geese.
Yesterday, we drew pictures of what saw on our safari. If you look closely, you can see some of the items from the list up above.
A special "THANK-YOU" goes out to everyone who came along to help keep us safe!

We're Growing in JK!

Spring has sprung!  (Special thanks to Christine for putting this together!)

Spring Time Freebie (Clock Printable) for Stamping

Here's a freebie for those who love ink and stamps! 

(what child doesn't like stamping!?!)

It's a Spring rendition of a clock printable that I made this past fall.

See previous POST.

Happy Stamping!

Freebie can be found HERE or HERE