Under the Deep Blue Sea...

Another mural o' art projects...these are from our Ocean Animals unit we just wrapped up complete with a field trip to our local aquarium.

Down on the Farm...

Have I mentioned I plan monthly thematic units? I could write an entire post on the benefits of monthly vs. weekly themes, hmmm...maybe I will. In any case! One of my favorite things to do is create a big mural outside of my room with a month's worth of my kiddos' art projects. Here are some projects we worked on during a farm unit last year, they snipped the grass, painted and decorated the sun, and of course-made all the farm animals.

A Quick SOTM Example

This past week, our Technology Specialist tried out her new video camera during my circle time activities. I thought I would upload an edited version to show just how I use my Song of the Month in our daily routine. I haven't uploaded this particular song to the blog yet, because I like to work out all the kinks (which seemed to take all month this time) before I share it with you! A few notes: The voice you hear is our Technology Specialist, she hears us sing this daily and likes to sing along sometimes. I blurred any clip that showed my kiddos' faces. I probably didn't need to, since I didn't identify anyone's last name, but I wanted to be on the safe side. And yes, I'm a bit energetic...but I am a preschool teacher after all, it comes with the territory.

5 Little Penguins

Click here to download the song.

5 Little Cookies

This page makes me laugh every time I open it because the reindeer head is so randomly placed. I had to figure out somewhere for the cookies to go once he ate them! :)

Click here to download the song.

Fall Leaves

This is my favorite song and page so far this year. It's great for beginning to explore rhyming words and more color recognition practice for those that need it.









I can't remember the song off the top of my head. I'll grab it from school tomorrow and upload it when I get home.

5 Little Monsters

Great to use in October with Go Away Big Green Monster!








Click here to download the song.

5 Little Monkeys

Playing catch up and adding all my SMARTBoard songs from the past few months. You'll definitely see a difference between the 5 Monkeys song and the later ones. I learn something new about the Notebook software every time I use it. There will be 2 files to download for each song. Click the SMARTBoard page to download it and don't forget the word document with the song/rhyme.


Techie note: Public school computers won't let you access personal sites like blogs, so download these files to a flash drive and take them into school to use on a computer with the Notebook software installed.

Click here to download the song.

Show the LOVE!

So I'm bragging a bit about my adorable Valentine's Day art projects. I just finished putting these up in the hall today and had to take pictures. I love that I call them "my" art projects. Everything I live and breathe comes from The Mailbox magazine...a subscription every teacher needs.

A Love-ly Tree



We're Sweet on Valentine's Day

(great fine motor practice/hand strengthening: crumple paper to resemble chocolate and "drizzle" with a glue+paint mixture- squeeze hard!! :) )