Penguin Art Project

We did some penguin directed drawings today and I am so pleased with how they turned out!

Here are the steps if you would like to try it with your class!

It is one of the projects in my 'November to January Directed Drawing' printable packets. You can find it on TpT by clicking HERE

I just put the finishing touches on my February-April packet and it is still on sale! Find it HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by today - while you are here, please enter my gift voucher giveaway, I would love you to win.

Have a great day!

Five for Friday

Hello Friday! I am back with five random happenings from my week. I have a confession to make - some of these photos are throwback photos. It has been one of 'those' weeks. We have discussed them before. 

1. It is Friday. 

I think I covered that earlier. I am sure you are as excited as me. 

I am 'especially' excited, because it is the Friday BEFORE school goes back for a brand new year. 

I mean, isn't that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck-fantastic?!

2. Prepping Games

Does any week in my life not contain printing and laminating? My girl is loving being allowed to assist with the laminator while she is off school. Here is a 'Make 10' game from my recent listed bundle of addition games. 

3. The Hundred House
I made some printable worksheets that have been stuck inside my mind, and on my to-do list for a few years. These cuties will help your students became familiar with the number order and patterns on a 100 chart. 

4. Chocolates

We finished the chocolate stash from Christmas. It has taken 6 weeks. I am now back on the detox. 

5. Back to School

I have just a few days left of summer break and I am getting excited about a fresh new school year. I am working an additional day in the classroom this year, so I have lots to look forward to! I started going through my bookshelves today to gather all my 'school' themed books. I love reading these in the first few weeks of term. Do you have a favourite BTS read aloud? I would love to add some more to my collection. 

Don't forget you still have time to enter and win a BTS Bounty. Click HERE to read all about it!

I am linking up this post with Doodle Bugs, please head over and check out the other posts!

Back to School Bounty

Here is Australia, we are heading back to school next week. Instead of suffering the BTS blues, some of my friends and I have decided to cheer you up with a giveaway!

We want to give you a chance to win 2 fabulous prizes!

In the math bundle, you can win a copy of my 'Double Dice Easy Prep' games. Four games are included in this packet, and you can literally 'print and play' as there is no cutting required!

In the ELA bundle, you can win a copy of my "Sight Word Houses" worksheets. This packet will help you revise one hundred of the most commonly occurring sight words. 

Students will trace and write each focus word.  

They will identify the letters from an assortment of letters and build the word with letter tiles. They will need to write the word four times and also draw a picture of the word behind the flip-flap door.

All you have to do is enter via the Rafflecopter below!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

While you are in the rafflecopter-entering-mood - enter my gift voucher giveaway HERE

I have made it very simple to enter, and you can hop back to my blog each day of every month to enter. It is just my way of thanking you for being such awesome blog readers!

Some Sweet Prepping

I am very close to the end of a wonderful summer break. I have started prepping and organising some new activities for small group learning. I made a new box just for play dough mats and have laminated my new Valentine Subtraction activity. 

I am using labels from my Classroom Labels set to label my boxes and tubs this year. I have added an 'editable' file to this packet, so you can now type and print labels for your classroom in a range of sizes. 

In the Valentine Subtraction activity, your little learners will gain valuable fine motor practise in making twenty chocolates for their chocolate box.

They will then model the subtraction process by removing some chocolates from the box. As with all my 'Fun Play Dough' packets, there is a short rhyme for your students to say as they roll the dough. I have found this helps students stay focused and get into the rhythm of rolling and modelling the dough. 

They can record their subtraction action on the worksheet. 

In other exciting news, today I acquired this little bundle of fun. I love that it can be rolled up and packed away quickly. 

I am going to use it as a small group spelling activity - most probably for sight word revision. 

It is big enough for multiple students to work on at the same time, and has fun magic markers to write with. The cleaning wand is AMAZING! The pen cleans off in seconds. 

If you are interested in buying one for your classroom, it is called "Doodle Magic" and it is made by Crayola. I think it would be perfect hanging up on the wall as well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today - don't forget to enter my TpT gift voucher giveaway - toady and every day!

100 Days of School

This weekend I was thrilled to notice that my TpT store had reached 7000 followers! 

Oh my goodness. It feels like it was just yesterday that I felt the excitement of reaching one hundred. 

In celebration, I made a '100 Days of School' number line puzzle freebie. 

You can grab the freebie from my TpT store by clicking  HERE

I made some eye candy for the week ahead in my planner. Under heavy influence from my sister, I recently became a 'planner addict'. It is lots of fun and a good way to indulge in creativity, paper, stickers and all-things-cute! If you need another obsession interest in your life - look up #planneraddict on Instagram!

Appreciating my 7000 followers made me reflect on how things are achieved. When I focus too much on the 'big picture' - all the jobs and roles I have - I get lost in the enormity of it all, and at times can get overwhelmed.  I need to constantly tell myself to just focus on the little moment I have now and what I can do with it. They do add up, and they do made a difference!

You can download my little planner/diary card HERE. Hopefully as I open up my planner each day this week, it will remind me to be at peace with my life of 'little moments'.

The absolutely adorable and amazing Cara Carroll has also just made a blog post with wonderful ideas for a '100 Day Celebration' in your classroom. I always get excited when I see that Cara has blogged and true to form, her post delivers so many wonderful ideas - you will love it!

Find Cara's blog post (including freebie) HERE