Pins, Pins, Pins!

I could not resist linking up with this! I have been pinning ideas like a mad-woman this week, and hope you will also enjoy some of these wonderful ideas. You can click my pinterest button on the sidebar or right here to follow my many boards. 

I have been working on organizing them this week!

I picked eight goodies to share, because eight is my favorite number! :) All the pics link to my pin, where you can then hop on over to the marvelous sources.

Have parents add transportation clip!

I have had open house on my brain, trying to think of how I can make it both fun and efficient. I love how this idea has the parent go ahead and clip the child's transportation on my transportation clipchart (you can get the text/ graphics I use as a FREEBIE. 


Helps them understand the difference between city, state, country etc.

How stinkin' cute is this?? The "where do you live" standard is a BEAST for my kids, so maybe this adorable craftivity will help?



SImple trick for getting kids to hold their pencil right
Oh my word, I pray this will work. Getting some kids to hold a pencil right can seem impossible! I totally tried this out myself though and they're right - it leaves you only one option for how to hold onto the pencil. I can imagine a kid finding a way around this trick eventually though...*sigh*



On the topic of writing materials...
crayon heart

My heart is melting just looking at this - right?!? LOVE.


I love this idea! I remember getting one of these from one of my teachers when I was in elementary school! Great idea to give out during an open house or even mail home to parents!
I am definitely going to write a meet the teacher letter this year. 
Might have to sneak in a picture of my handsome pug. :)


seat pockets for preschool and kindergarten via www.pre-kpages.com from book covers! Aha!

Genius. 'Nuf said. When are book covers going on sale??


Elkonin boxes...from paint sample cards
Another way to use paint samples! Lovely! 
If you are craving guided reading ideas, you really must go see the post I pinned this idea from. It was incredible! 


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Ok, ok...not a teaching idea...but it does make me smile!
Did you like the star numbers I used in this post? I have Ashley Hughes to thank for the graphics - her recent freebie celebration week was AMAZING!



Oh, I just hit 50 followers on Bloglovin! I think I need to have a big party/ giveaway when I hit 100. If you'd like to contribute and item for me to giveaway, email me! 

If you want me to hurry up and have this giveaway:
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Giveaways Everyday!

You know, one of my favorite things about summer is having time to enter lots and lots of awesome teacher giveaways. Occasionally, I even win! Haha! This post lists the giveaways I have entered for the week of July 1 to July 8th. Next week I will make a new post. Check these out and good luck! Congratulations to the bloggers who have posted these on the accomplishments they are celebrating. You rock!
To visit, just click the pictures. Easy Schmeasy!
Learning 4 Keeps

From Oriental Trading Company: You can enter once a week in July!

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-Mrs. Cobb
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PlayDoh!


Hello!
If you have been following my blog awhile, you know I love:
1. Hands-One Learning
2. Making my own homemade playdough! 

So when I saw Primary Possibilities' collection of Play Doh activities, I was delighted!!! I am way over budget for this month, so sadly these have to go chill on my wishlist...but they will be mine, one day. Seriously, you must check out her ideas. Brilliant and well-made!

Click the picture to check it out!
 
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In light of the impending death of google reader...

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have switched over to using Bloglovin.com! It is actually much nicer than google reader - woohoo! You should check it out and use it to follow my blog!
Tori from Tori's Teacher Tips is hosting a Bloglovin' Linky Party. Woohoo! It is a chance to get better acquainted with Bloglovin' (a tutorial is on her blog), find other bloggers who are also using Bloglovin and maybe even gain more followers.


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Digital Story of Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten

Hi everyone! I recently put together a quick digital story movie for my Mercer University graduate school reading class on how I teach literacy skills in my kindergarten classroom. Since I filmed in the summer, I couldn't use my classroom for the videos, but it is still a rather accurate representation of my favorite methods and strategies for literacy instruction. 

If you are interested in making videos like this, I highly recommend Windows Movie Maker. It is a free program and is super easy to use!

Please enjoy and then 
leave a comment with your favorite literacy activity or feedback on my ideas!


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Kindergarten Countdown

Ok, I am mostly posting this so I don't lose the link, but you'll love it too: http://kindergartensmorgasboard.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-kindergarten-smorgasboard-abc.html

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-Mrs. Cobb
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Race to the Top: Georgia

I am sure you have heard of President Obama's "Race to the Top" initiative. I live in one of the state's that has been awarded this grant. I had an assignment for my Contemporary Curriculum class where I could self-select a current topic in Education to learn more about and show how it is impacting our schools. Here is what I put together:

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