Time to Play!

I have been a bit MIA this week as I had a cold that kicked my butt and sent me to the couch for 3 days...it was not pretty people, even when I put make up on, didn't help.

So in between napping, coughing, sipping tea and ignoring the reports I still have to write I started a couple of projects I have wanted to move on for a little while now.

The first one which isn't quite finished yet is A Christmas Activity Book, this will help to keep your littles busy and learning during the wind down to the Christmas holidays.  The great thing is they can take it home if they haven't finished it as it is full of literacy and numeracy activities as well as crafts and games.  Will let you know when it is uploaded and ready to go!

Second little project is a freebie for you!  It is a file folder game for making time, well not really for making time, if I could do that I would be a billsquillionaire!  No people, it is for students to make an analogue time to match a digital time and all as a compact and easy to store file folder game.

Just click on any of the pics above to get your free copy!  I hope your kiddos enjoy it!

Telling the time and Easter activities

Hi all,
I just wanted to share a few pics of the happenings in my classroom in the last week or so.  I have had so much going on I feel like I am just catching my breath........in time to start planning for next term, oh they joy!

Well we have been looking at time as mentioned in my last How Pinteresting post, you can read about it here.

So we made these fabulous flip clocks that allow the students to have the 5 minute mark under the numbers. First we wrote the clock numbers on a small paper plate, this was the first challenge for some of them.

                                        Here you can see one of my kiddos writing the          10 min mark under the number 2

Then we made our minute and hour hand and labelled these, we also divided the clock into quarters and labelled o'clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to.

(Can you tell how well trained my kiddos are already not to look at the camera!!)

When we put our clocks together we were then able to use them to....

make our daily shedule that matched analogue time with digital time.  Match digital and analogue times and count the minutes in 5 minute intervals, and.......

pass the time with our friends!   Yes it was Crazy hair day on that day.

My kiddos loved this activity and I can really see the benefits from them making the flap clocks.  I randomly ask them through the day now what the time is and you can see them counting around in 5's and making sure they are checking where the hour hand is.

Before I go I wanted to let you know about the Easter activities I have in my TpT store, I have been so focussed on school that I forgot to tell you all about them.

Here is my Coin Toss Bunny Hop game.

Students toss a coin to either move to a higher or lower number and try to be the first to get to the other side,  because it uses chance the game is different each time they play it.  I have also included 3 different levels to cater for individual needs.

Click on the pic to get your copy!

Next up is my Easter Bunny Craftivity pack

There are 6 different writing templates to choose from, both fiction and non fiction to go with the bunny template, that you can paint, draw, collage whatever you can think.  Just click on the pic to get a copy.

Hope your week is going well, I will be back with some pics of our Monet inspired Waterlilies collages.

How Pinteresting Teaching Time edition

Welcome again to an edition of How Pinteresting.  This week I have been focussing on teaching time in our maths lessons.  I don't know about you but every year I still have those kiddos who have trouble with telling time so I decided to turn to Pinterest for a few ideas, here is what I found!

This is the activity we did in our room this week, I added labels such as quarter past and to, o'clock and half past as well as labelling the minutes and hours hand.  My kiddos loved it!  I even had a couple saying "oooohhhh, I get it now, they are 5 minutes!"

I definitely have to lable my classroom clock...this one is so cute!

Great to have an anchor chart, I will make one next week and hang it near my new and cute flower clock!

and for the kinaesthetic learner!

This shows the 5 minute intervals as a block of  five one minutes

I hope you found some great ideas for teaching time, I know I have some fabulous review activities planned for the next couple of weeks now.

Have a great week all.