An Oldie!

Just wanted to share an oldie but a goodie from at least 10 years ago!  I know I will be doing this activity the first day of school in August.  This is originally Deanna Jump's idea.  And I still love it!

Draw, Flip, Read

I'm just doing a little summer drawing...my kids (and parents) love any directed drawing activities we do!  Each drawing is always unique.  I combined my directed drawing lessons with a flip book and an independent writing sheet and posted it to TPT. “Draw, Flip, Read” is a series of theme related directed drawings

with flip books and an independent writing page, for each drawing.  Step by step written instructions and step by step illustrations are included for each drawing.  Great for vocabulary and geometry terms such as:  above, below, before, after, right, left, adjacent, rectangle, right angle, etc. The themes included in this set are:  Brown Bear, Colorful Cat, Coconut Tree, Big Red Barn and Johnny Appleseed.  This set is great for August/September themes such as, Back to School, Colors, Farm, Names and Apples.  Sight words in this unit are: on, a we, can, where, is, the, has, here, comes, up, are, see, the, I, brown, red, yellow, blue, green, purple, white, black, orange.  Look for more “Draw, Flip, Read” products on TPT. Click here to check it out for $5.  A free download, “Fairy Tale” version is available on TPT.

Name Games & Beginning of the Year Poems, Games, & Songs!!

I have just finished posting 2 cute, new files to TPT!!!

These are games I have played with my kindergarteners for years!  I have finally created SMARTboard files to go with them!  I also have made the templates available and given directions on linking your music or YouTube videos directly to the pages so it will all be available at your kiddos fingertips!  I am very excited about this SMART notebook and know that my kids are going to love it!!!!! I also think this would go along perfectly with Deanna Jumps Names and Literacy unit!!!  We both purchased it so we could tie these 2 activities in together with our kiddos!!!!

It includes:

Willoughby Wallaby Woo-for phonemic awareness fun!

Bippity Boppity Bumblebee- for syllables and phonemic awareness!

Cheerleader Names- letter identification fun!  They are going to love manipulating this one!

Name Detectives- little balls come up with the letters of their names for them to unscramble!!! Super Fun

This came out soooo stinkin' cute!  I can't wait for my kiddos to enjoy! 

ALL of these name games are hands-on ways for kids to manipulate and play with the very thing that is the MOST important to them.....their names!!!!!

This is available on TPT for $3.00- I tried to make it cheap so you can all try it out!  Let me know what you think!!!

Also introducing......

Beginning of the Year Songs, Poems, and Games!!!

These are SMARTboard files I have actually had a while!  I gave them the "cutesy" makeover and am making them available to you on TPT!!

Colorful chorus- this is a poem and game I play the first week of school- directions included!

color chart for class reading practice

color dice game!!! Always a favorite!

This HAS to be my kids favorite game the first couple of weeks of school- directions included!!

Orange is a carrot!

Bubble Gum, bubble gum in a dish!!!!! Directions for playing included!

 Couple of apple songs included with directions for attaching music and video!

All in all there are 18 pages to this awesome resource!  

Please let us know what you think!!!!!!  We really value your comments on how we can make SMARTboard resources available and valuable to you!!!!

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