Snowball Sight Words

I've been trying to find new ways to get my kids to practice reading their sight words.  I've also been wanting to add a sensory table into my room but don't have the money to buy one or the energy to keep up with it this year.  So in an effort to check off both things, I've combined the two.

In December I filled a small bin with tinsel and hid sight words written on ornament clip art.  My kids loved it.  So this month I did the same thing with cotton balls and sight words written on snowball clip art that my husband designed for me.

The kids took turns hunting for the snowball sight words and writing them down on the organizer.  They were having so much fun I don't think they even realized they were learning which is my favorite kind of activity.

I wish I had another idea of a combined sensory table for February but at the moment I don't.  So if you have an idea leave a comment below and maybe you'll see a sight word creation for February in my TpT store in the near future.

You can download my Snowball Sight Word creation from my TpT store.

New Math Centers

So one of the struggles I have as a first year kindergarten teacher is finding materials.  My big struggle is in math.  I wish I had math stations for my kids to rotate through so that I could work in small groups with my kids but that is just not a reality this year.  Instead I have fast finisher activities for my kids that quickly get concepts to do so that I can work with my kiddos who need a little more attention.  However, the plan is that next year I'll have enough centers that I can do small group math instruction.

So over winter break I came up with 12 winter center activities and I am pretty excited about them.

You can find them here at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Winter Math Centers

I'm so excited to get back to my classroom, print and laminate them and get my kids using them.  Now to come up with spring ones. 💭