All I can say is FEBRUARY!!! Who's with me?? February is such a short month but jammed packed with lots of themes. I'm going to blog about the 100th day, Valentine's Day, a Field trip and President's Day. We also covered Texas & the rodeo, dental health and Black History but I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted so I'll write about the pictures that I have.
Let's start with the 100th Day, which I LOVE!! We usually start a lot of our 100th day projects the week prior so that on the actual 100th day we are doing a ton of math activities and 100th day rotations. We had a project for the kiddos to bring in something created with 100 items on it or wear a 100 of something. These are always interesting to see because you just never know what you're going to get. I have the kiddos present their project to the class and explain why or how they made it. My favorite project this year was the dinosaur made with 100 popsicle sticks and of course my shirt that says I Survived 100 Days of Kindergarten lol.
100th Day Project
100th Day Crowns
The week prior to the 100th day we made our 100th day crowns which are a little time consuming but they turn out super cute. Then we wrote a "How To Make a 100th Day Crown" paper during writing.
100th Day Fruit Loop Necklace, Snack & Coloring page
Every year we make the cereal necklace and every year we struggle with the yarn fraying but this year I used this nylon cord and it was AMAZING!! No lie, it took about half the time it normally does. I also found these coloring pages and some glasses at Party City. We did 100 day rotations including: build a structure with 100 Legos, 100 pattern blocks, 100 red solo cups, make a drawing with the number 100, but the kids favorite 100th day activity is the snack!! Who doesn't love a snack?!? Click here to check out our other posts for more 100th day ideas.
Valentines Day
Next up was Valentines Day! Which was just a few days after the 100th Day. We have the kids/parents make a Valentines day box for the cards. I usually take a ton of pictures but for some reason I only took one this year of this awesome unicorn.
I always make the kids a non-candy valentine card and this year I did dinosaurs for the boys and bubbles for the girls. I also made them some treat bags with all this cool stuff I found at Walmart. We then made unicorn and puppy cards, friendship fruit salad, played Minute to Win It games with conversation hearts and then had a hot dog party. Click here for other Valentines day ideas.
Field Trip
The day after Valentines day we went on a field trip to hear the Ft Worth Symphony and Kids Who Care perform Aesop's Fables and then we went to the park for lunch. Exhausting but we had a blast.
President's Day
For President's day we made our usual book about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama. Click here for other President's day posts.
This year my students got really interested in Mount Rushmore, because I went there this summer and bought some really cool books and took some really great pictures. They were really interested in the dynamite used to carve the mountain and this led to videos and more discussion.
Don't you just love those moments where you end up teaching something you didn't have in the lesson plans?
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