Guest Blogger and Friend HoJo -- with FREEBIES!

Hey all! It's Heather - better known as HoJo - from HoJo's Teaching Adventures. Michelle has been a bit preoccupied lately with all things school (you can relate to that, right?) so I decided to step in for her.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet, but I want to share some amazing freebies with you! I currently have 58 products for Kindergarten in my Teachers Pay Teachers store, and 19 of them are FREE! I'm going to highlight a few of my favorites below. =)

Just click on any of the pictures below to get your free copy directly from TpT!

This product is one I created so student recognize a variety of fonts. It's perfect for centers, independent worksheets, and even for homeschooling parents!

This product with ask your Kindergarten students to differentiate between short and long A. They will cut the pictures apart and glue them into the correct column. This was a favorite of my Kindergarten students. {Heck - anything involving glue was!}

This activity was one my students used all year in centers. They had to cut and paste {I told you they loved glue!} the letters into the correct circles. Each circle ends up with the same amount of letters, so they're really easy for students to understand and to grade!

This is one of my Magic Square puzzles. Students match the correct short A word to the picture. The words around the outside are other short A words, but there are no pictures to match. These are great for gifted students or those who are ready for more of a challenge. 

If your students struggle with estimation, this is the packet for you! These six pictures allow you to have your students practice estimating the area or perimeter of each shape. They print great in color so you can laminate them and use them in centers for several weeks!

And finally here's another Magic Square product. This one has students match the lowercase letters with their uppercase partners. Again these are particularly good for your higher students.

There you have it folks! A few of my favorite freebies all located in one place! I'd love to hear what you think of them either below in the comments below in the feedback section on TpT.

Take care!

~HoJo~

I've been BOO-ed!

Thank you Chrissy from First Grade Found Me for BOO-ing me! 

 (I am super envious of her blog design by the way. . . if you haven't seen it yet check it out!   Jealous!)

My favorite October Activities are:

1.  The Story of Jack.

click pic to get this pack FREE from my TPT store!

2.  The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

I love reading this story!  It is perfect for story retell and it's just fun to read!  This year I created a mini unit for it.

Click the picture to see on TPT for only $3.00

3.  Pumpkin Science and Math

We take a pumpkin and do either a math or science lesson on it each day.  For the last lesson we cut it open and count the seeds we find inside.  This is normally $1.00 on my TPT store but it's listed for FREE for the next 5 days (October 11-15)!  Click on the picture to get your free copy.

I was also very honored to be featured on Bulletin Board Ideas for October!   Here's the board that was featured:

Click on the pic to visit the site.  So many great bulletin board ideas!

Here's who I BOO-ed!
HoJo's Teaching Creations
Pocket Full of Kinders
Crayons and Curls
Mrs. Plant's Press
Mrs. Greene's Kindergarten Corner

Summer Calendar Freebie

3 more days!!!  Hip Hip Hooray!  I'm just a little excited!  I have about a million things to check off my list in the next few days but right now I'm just blog hopping and relaxing- the end of the year chaos will start tomorrow.


I don't know about you but over the course of a school year there are a lot few worksheets I had copied and ready to go but did not actually get around to using.  (I hope copier lady is not reading this Shh.....)


Anyhoo. . .at the end of the year I take the majority of those pages and put them into a "summer work" folder for my students to take home.  I also include a summer activity calendar.  For a copy of the calendar click the picture. (clipart from DJ Inkers)  


I know all my kids will work in the folder over the summer and be SOOOO ready for First Grade and next year those First Grade teachers will say "WOW" and everything will be perfect.  Right? Well. . . a teacher can dream!  : )

DJ Inkers Freebies

Tammy from Live, Love, Laugh Everday in Kindergarten posted today about a copyright issue with DJ Inkers and freebies.  I did not know we couldn't share DJ inkers projects.  I knew we couldn't sell them but didn't know we couldn't share them.  So sad.  A few of my freebies will have to come off.  So sorry.  DJ Inkers is missing out on a great market.  Love their stuff but won't be purchasing more if it means I can't share!

A few things I had to remove because they contained DJ inkers clipart and/or fonts:
ABC Posters
Thanksgiving Bracelet
ABC Writing and Drawing
SANTA

I will try to redo these projects without DJ inkers but it might be awhile before I get them replaced.  Ugh.

A Few of My Favorite (Christmas) Things

First of all, I want to say "I knew it!!!"  My class has been NUTS all week and as I was driving home tonight I saw the biggest full moon I've ever seen!   I was thinking either there was a nasty storm headed our way or there was going to be a full moon soon!  Big sigh of relief...there was a reason for their madness!

So, I'm finally getting into the holiday spirit.  Took me a little longer this year (usually I'm on board by November 1st) but I finally got there!  Better late than never. 

In the spirit of the season here are a few of my favorite Christmas things:

1.  My daughter in her Christmas program.  Don't you just LOVE her smile?  She has a zest for life that shines through in everything she does!



2. The view from my bedroom when I walk down my stairs in the morning to get my morning coffee. (I will miss the tree when it's gone.)

Pictures don't do it justice!

4.  The view from my favorite "blogging" spot.  (I'm sure the people driving by wonder if I ever move.)

(If you can't tell...I love Christmas lights!)

5.  Corn Flake Wreaths.  YUM!!!

6.  FREEBIES!  Ok, that's not just a Christmas favorite...that's an all the time favorite!    Click on the word Santa to get a Pocket Chart Freebie of Dr. Jean's S-A-N-T-A Song.