May Flowers!

We finished our Spring Gardens this week.  I do these every year and I love how each year the gardens look just a little bit different.

This year I just had the students punch out their flower shapes using a flower punch and a circle punch.  I think the caterpillars are just too cute!

We also made diagrams of a sunflower.  I loved having the students use puffy paint for the seeds in the middle of the sunflower!  

We also had to add a fun math activity for the week.  The students made Fun Fact Flowers.  They chose a number between 10 and 20 and had to write number sentences that would equal the number.  Lots of thinking here!  It was a fun week but I am ready for the weekend.  Have a great one!

Peep Snacks

I am just loving my short Spring Break.  We only have four short days...basically a long weekend. However, we had  absolutely NO Snow Days this year so this break was very much needed!  My little guy and I had a lot of fun making these Peep Snacks.  This idea was found on Pinterest from the website www.applevalleygirl.com and I modified it just a tad.  I melted some white chocolate, dipped some pink marshmallows, waited for the chocolate to dry, and then lined the marshmallows and peep onto a skewer.  This was so simple and kid friendly....much easier than dying eggs and my son will actually eat these.  He just won't eat the eggs!  I hope many of you are enjoying your break and all the joys of spring!

Spring Snack

I usually like to pass out candy snacks the day before Spring Break but not this year.  This year, I filled some triangle shaped bags I found at Hobby Lobby with cheese puffs and tied them with a decorative green bow.  I made 23 cheese puff carrots in about fifteen minutes and the cheese puffs were so much more affordable then candy.  I'm hoping the students like them.  Have a great day!

Easy Bunny Craft

The students had a great time decorating an egg with bright colors and simple decorations.  The egg was then cut in half long ways and then stapled to the top of another egg cut out.  The students then decorated the second egg to look like a rabbit's face.  This was a cute and easy craft and the kids loved it.  A nice way to spend some extra time right before spring break.

St. Patty's Day is on the Way!

I had the best time making these little rainbow treats for the students.  All you need is rainbow colored licorice sticks, gold coins, and long plastic bags to make this simple little rainbow treat.  I am hoping the students will love the treat as much as I do.  In fact, I think I ate one too many of the colorful licorice treats!  Have a great week!

Bunny Bread

This is really not a post for teaching but I just had to share the Bunny Bread that my mom, son, and I made this past weekend.  We used almond slices for the teeth, raisins for the eyes, and shaped the bread dough for the body.  After we baked it and let it cool, we cut a hole in the belly for the dip (this kind of panicked my son a little bit!) and decorated it with lettuce, carrots, and baby tomatoes.  It was really, really cute and my son was so proud of it!