Columbus Day activities from Chalk Talk

Visit Chalk Talk for other great Columbus Day ideas.  The top picture is a TLC activity, the second is a nice writing prompt (which is a huge focus for our county this year with the new implementation of Common Core). 
http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/

All Year Timelines

Chalk Talk idea....

All year timeline.  Select a few pictures from each month to display in hallway to show main projects from that month.  Can add pictures too.  :)



http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/2011/09/class-timelines.html

Dr. Jean & Friends: STACK AND STAPLE LITTLE BOOKS

Dr. Jean & Friends: STACK AND STAPLE LITTLE BOOKS: I love blank books! Why? They are opened ended and a perfect way to challenge children at different levels. They can be used...

Tutorial: Painting with Condensed Milk

Tutorial: Painting with Condensed Milk

Word Roll and Find

Sight word roll and find....
laminate and dry erase!
http://activitymom.blogspot.com/2011/06/word-roll-game.html

Jumping Bean phonics

Index card with letters
Cardboard with word family
hand student letter index card and then they jump onto various word families and say the newly created word.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/jumpingbean_kindergarten/

Germs!!!

Bags labeled "touched" and "untouched".  Have them observe two slices of bread and see which one looks "germier" in a few days....  

Glitter germs would go great with this too!
http://www.education.com/activity/article/germs_make_me_sick_kinder/

Number Memory Match

Number memory match.  We could play after our number intro book.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/Number_Memory_kindergarten/

Syllable chompers

Great idea!!! Have the kids chomp the syllables!!!
http://fromkindergartenwithlove.blogspot.com/

KindergartenWorks: tidying up the house area in Kindergarten

KindergartenWorks: tidying up the house: With a title like, "Tidying Up the House," I should be talking about my own house... but I'm referring to one of my literacy centers. With ...

"Exercise" the alphabet

A whole list of ways to "exercise" each letter of the alphabet.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/Exercise_Alphabet_kindergarten/

Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans

Countless crafts and activities theme and alphabet related!!!!

WOW!

Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans

Wheels on the Bus

A Place Called Kindergarten's great idea for Wheels on the Bus!
"The wheel's on _______'s bus go _umpty- _ump, _umpty- _ump, _umpty-_ump, all through the town"

http://aplacecalledkindergarten.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-week-in-kindergarten.html