Shannon's Lil' KinderCuties

Monday, April 1, 2013

Diffendoofer Day (April Fool's Day)

Started by Dr. Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
is a joyous ode to individuality starring unsinkable teacher Miss Bonkers and the quirky Diffendoofer School.

I like to read this book for April Fool's Day. I encourage the children to dress zany...inside-out, backwards, etc and
come to school for a day of Diffendoofer Style Learning. To set the mood, I turn the table upside- down and take
the chairs out of the room. One of my favorite activities during the day is the SILLY SIGHT WORD SEARCH.
I found the idea on PINTEREST (big surprise)! The children LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this vocabulary builder!
Try it... I bet you'll love it, too!

SILLY SIGHT WORD SEARCH

Each cutie wears a sight word on their forehead and carries a clipboard with the names of everyone in the class on it.
The object is to write the sight word the student is wearing next to their name on their list.

Follow my DIFFENDOOFER DAY board on PINTEREST
(click image)

Sunday, March 17, 2013

YEAH!!!!! My BLOG is READY!!!

I feel like a little girl at Christmas. I have been wanting to have a BLOG to share with my KinderCuties and my college students for such a long time, but finding the time to get it all designed and organized was IMPOSSIBLE! That is, until SHANNON'S ANGELS came along.

The first angel to help in this process was my friend, Kristi. Kristi helped me organize my thoughts and channel my enthusiasm. Mind you, this is no small feat, but Kristi is a patient and faithful visionary genius. She talked me through all of my ideas and kept me focused.

The next angel to help was Melanie at Melonheadz Illustrating. Melanie designed the CUSTOM CLIPART of my kinders and me. The kinder clip art is PERFECT! Melanie used photos of my actual KinderCuties dressed up during some of their favorite thematic units. The details are AMAZING!

The third and final angel to come to my rescue was Erika from The Honey Bunch. Erika worked her magic and put it all together. She took my love of doodles, squiggles, black & white polka dots and Disney, and made it all come to life. I couldn't be more excited about how it all turned out!

I am so grateful to all three angels and the time, love and energy they each put into helping me make this BLOG come to life! Thanks, angels!

Lost In Space

"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!"

This is one of my very favorite Kinder-Craftivities.

It makes me smile deep in my heart every time I look at it

and every time I listen to my KinderCuties 'sing and sign' the song.

"SODA POP ROCKET BLASTING"

Mr. Botten VS Mr. Moffat

Oops! Run, Mr. B., RUN!

My KinderCuties and I took cover from the SODA SHOWER!

Mr. Botten and the boys pondered what went wrong.

Mr. Moffat gave out HIGH FIVES to the crowd.

KinderCuties recorded their observations.

"ALIENS ... SAVE THE WORLD"

"BRAIN WORK....MAKE AN ALIEN"

The KinderCuties designed an alien at home with their families and brought it to school.

Then, they wrote stories about the adventures it took in space.

"KINDERCUTIE ASTRONAUTS...LOST IN SPACE"

"KINDERCUTIES EXPLORING SPACE"

"ELA & MATH SPACE ACTIVITIES"

Vowel Tally

Postcards from Space

Moon Facts with Glow in the Dark Moons

The children LOVED the story "No Moon, No Milk",
and the REALLY LOVED Jack Hartman's version of the song "Hey Diddle Diddle!"