You Know You're a Teacher When...

My friend Jeannie is doing a Linky Party about "You Know You're A Teacher When..." & there is so many fun posts for you to check out on her blog and you can find them on Pinterest too!!!
There are a few of my friends and some of my TEEA TIME PARENTS who are teachers and would probably enjoy it for sure!!

http://kindergartenlifestyle.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-know-youre-teacher-when_11.html

Light Box Sensory Fun!!!

Two clear plastic tubs



One white rope light


Tin Foil


Translucent Jewels (Discount School Supply)


Translucent Beads (Discount School Supply)


Translucent cups (Wal-Mart Baby Section)


Translucent spoons (Wal-Mart Baby Section)


Pipe Cleaners/String


Tub #1 cut a hole in one end of the container for the rope light cord and put the coiled rope in the bottom of the tub after lining the container completely with tin foil for reflective purposes.


Fill tub #2 with tons of translucent jewels, letters, beads, pipe cleaners, string, cups and spoons.

Place tub #2 on top of tub #1, plug rope light in and now you are ready to have a ton of fun scooping, stacking and stringing beads in a fun, colorful, lit container!!!

USING CHOP STICKS FOR FINE MOTER SKILLS!!!

Fine motor skills develops those little muscle in the hands and fingers for easier writing, cutting, zipping, buttoning, picking, coloring, painting and a ton of other things.



We had a great time using these colorful CHOPSTICKS to pick up cotton balls and place them in our cups. It looks easy, but it was a challenge for some of the kids but after some practice they were so pleased with their selves for conquering the skill.

PAINTING WITH LITTLE CARS

Construction paper, paint and some little cars and away we roll!!!


Fun times making roads on our paper with these little cars, as we simply rotated each color around the table my students made colorful tracks as they wheeled around, leaving artful designs to glue their paper cars and trucks onto!!!

TICKLE MONSTER BOOK AND MITTS!!!

If you do a Monster Theme with your preschoolers or Kindergartener’s the following two items are a must have! I purchased the Tickle Monster book and tested it out on my 3 ½ year old grandson and what a blast we had with it!!! The book itself is a great find, but the Tickle Monster Mitts made the story even more fun then we could ever imagine and I can't wait to read it to my preschool class!!!



http://www.amazon.com/Tickle-Monster-Josie-Bissett/dp/1932319670/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328138704&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Tickle-Monster-Mitts-Josie-Bissett/dp/1932319786/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328138658&sr=8-1