ABC fun!

 The kids are loving these little lights I picked up at the Dollar Store.  I found them in the prize section.  Before we introduce our letter for the day in centers, I have the kids chant the ABC song while touching each letter.  The letters you see here are from our reading program Houghton Mifflin with the character behind it.   Now I have them turn on their lights and point with them while we sing the song.  So simple, yet really effective.  I also ask them to find certain letters by pointing to it with the light. 

Wiki Stix Are Great!

We use wiki stix for so many things in TK.  This week we talked about shapes and then the kids were able to use wiki stix to place them on laminated shape cards.  Don't forget to remind them not to ball them up or you will have a sticky mess on your hands. 

Letter T

This is a great activity for the kids to do after you introduce a letter in TK.   I got these printouts from http://totschool.shannons.org/?page_id=2360  and then I shrunk them down so both the upper case and lower case letters fit on the same page.  The kids use Bingo markers and dot the letter and then they write Tt's when they are done. 

Math Toy Tub

I have saved all the little toys throughout the years and now they occupy two tubs for free choice time.  I encourage sorting, color identification and counting during this time. 

Center Organization

In order to keep things organized and the management working, I make sure and have tubs with materials in it for each child.  For instance, in the play dough center I have 6 yellow tubs (bought from the Dollar Store) and I put a baggie of play dough, a couple of cookie cutters and 1 rolling pin.  Then each child has to work on their place mats (I bought these at Target).  After the first week I add more interesting cutters and am always changing up the play dough area.  It is such a wonderful way to develop fine motor and you will see many more posts with play dough ideas!