Wednesday, November 28, 2012

10 Christmas Books (Day 3)

All of the books on today’s list are new to our collection this year. I can’t WAIT to read them to my little guys and explore them together – I know that some of them will be treasure favorites!

1. Reindeer Christmas by Mark Kimball Moulton

 

2. Suzy Goose and the Christmas Star by Petr Horacek

 

3. Santa’s New Suit by Laura Rader

 

4. The Last Straw by Fredrick H. Thury

 

5. You Are My Miracle by Maryann Cusimano Love

 

6. The Little Red Elf by Barbara Barbieri McGrath

 

7. The Longest Christmas List Ever by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis

 

8. The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas by Stan and Jan Berenstain

 

9. Russell’s Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton

 

10. Counting To Christmas by Nancy Tafuri

You can check any of these books out on Amazon by clicking on the book picture – this is not an affiliate link – just a link to some great books!

You can check out the other books in our collection here:

10 Christmas Books (Day 1)

10 Christmas Books (Day 2)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

10 Christmas Books (Day 2)

Here are 10 more Christmas books in our collection – I hope you’ll find some new ones to love in this list too.

1. The Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas by Anne Muecke

 

2. The Christmas Humbugs by Colleen Monroe

 

3. Jingle Bells by Iza Trapani

 

4. Christmas Wombat by Jackie French

 

5. Oh, What A Christmas! by Michael Garland

 

6. Shall I Knit You A Hat? A Christmas Yarn by Kate Klise

 

7. Olivia and the Christmas Present adapted by Farrah McDoogle

 

8. The Christmas Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood

 

9. A Pirates Night Before Christmas by Philip Yates

 

10. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (Illustrated by Mary Engelbreit)

I’ll be back with more tomorrow – I’d love to hear what books you have in your Christmas collection!

You can see yesterday’s list here:

10 Day’s Christmas Books (Day 1)

Monday, November 26, 2012

10 Christmas Books (Day 1)

Hi everyone,

Sorry I’ve been MIA (again)………this time next week I’ll be in the hospital delivering our baby girl!! I’ve been trying sooooo hard to get everything done but a few things have fallen by the wayside – blogging being one of them. I had wanted to get a new Christmas unit out by now but that didn’t happen either. I am halfway through my winter unit though and I DO plan to have it out before I have the baby :-)

The international movers will be here a few days after Christmas and we’ll be moving to a small apartment until the baby’s paperwork comes through and we’re ready to fly off to our next adventure (like moving to Australia). Please pray for us during this transition – especially for our kiddos……..LOTS of change coming their way and we’re not sure how they’ll do. My husband and I will also both be out of a job at the end of January so please pray for opportunities to open up once we get to Australia.

I PROMISE once things calm down a bit I’ll be back to blogging in a more permanent way!!! For now though, I’ll just fit in what I can – thanks for those of you that have stuck with me!

As in previous years, I’m planning to do  LOADS of Christmas reading with our kids. I had wanted to plan lots of crafty things  and a whole countdown but I came to the reality that it’s just not going to happen this year. Most things are packed and I’m pretty sure that after a c-section I may not be feeling too crafty for a while. This year, we’re just going to go with the flow……….books though – I can definitely do!!!

I’ve been adding to my collection this year and thought I’d share with you what I have…..in case you’re looking to add to your own collection or looking for some great books to borrow from the library. I have WAY more books than 25 (book collecting is an obsession of mine) so we’ll be reading a few each day. I thought I’d break it down though so the post doesn’t get too long. I’d also LOVE to hear your favorites :-)

These are in no particular order of love:

1. Night Tree by Eve Bunting

 

 

2. The Legend of the Christmas Stocking by Rick Osborne

 

3. Toot and Puddle: I’ll Be Home For Christmas by Holly Hobbie

 

4. Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas by Jane O’Connor

 

5. Petunia’s Christmas (I have a used copy of this one) By Roger DuVoisin

 

6. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin

 

7. Christmas At The Toy Museum by David Lucas

 

8. Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo

 

9. Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

 

10. The Tale of Baboushka by Elena Pasquali

 

You can check out all of these books on Amazon by clicking on the book picture (there is NO affiliate link – I just wanted to share my favorite books with you) and read a description. Also, my sweet friend, Dawn is having a fundraiser for Show Hope (you can read her post HERE). If you’re looking for some PreK activities to do with your little ones, consider purchasing her cute pack for only $1!!!!!

You can check it out by clicking the picture above :-)

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Spider, Bats, Owls and Cats! A MASSIVE New Unit!

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Hi Guys,

What a weekend! We had a super fun time at the pumpkin patch yesterday – definitely some fun family memories that I’ll treasure forever :-)

I also FINALLY finished my “Spider, Bats, Owls and Cats” unit and it’s now posted in my TPT store. This thing is MASSIVE (205 pages) and took me AGES….the problem is that I kept wanting to add more!

Anyway, here are some pictures of what’s included:

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Language Arts:
Web Sleuth (Beginning Sounds)
Whoo Knows Lowercase Letters? (Lowercase Letters)
Whoo Can Rhyme? (Rhyming words)
A Web Of Letters (Upper/Lowercase Letters Match. Includes 3 cut and paste worksheets).
Letters Are a Hoot (Alphabetical Order)
Spin and Write (Letter Writing)
Hanging Around Letters (Missing Letters. Includes Upper and lowercase)
Batty Beginnings, Middles and Ends (Beginning, Middle and Ending Sounds of CVC Words).
Owl Roll and Cover (Letters/Sounds - Includes Upper and Lowercase).
Colorful Creepers (Pocket Chart. Includes Worksheets and 2 Booklets)
Scat Cat! (A sight word game like "Boo")

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Math:
Roll and Color (Using 2 Dice)
Creepy Crawly Patterns
Bat Patterns
Batty Numbers (Ordering 1-20)
Numbers Are a Hoot (Number Ordering)
Spin a Hoot (Counting)
What Comes After?
What Comes Before?
Cat and Mouse (10 Frames)
Cool Cats (Cut and Paste number 1-20)
Branches For Owls (Measuring)
Flies in the Web (Counting)
How Many Cats?
Making Numbers With Crazy Cat (includes booklet)
Scoop and Count Spiders
Spiders and Flies (Counting and Comparing)
Sticky Tally Marks

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Emergent Readers:
Spiders, Spiders Everywhere!
Creepy Crawly Patterns
I See Spiders
Creepy Counting
Graphic Organizers
Posters and Worksheets included for:
Spiders
Bats
Owls
Cats
Science
Lifecycle of a Spider Craft
Writing
Itsy-Bitsy Poem (craft)
Eeeeek, a Spider! (original poem by me) Poster and worksheets included.
My Spider Story


Detailed instructions, common core standards and recording papers (INCLUDING many that are differentiated) are included for EVERY activity!

If you’re interested, I’m selling the pack for $5 . Click on any of the above pictures to get there.

PS – I’m doing a giveaway of the unit on my Facebook page but be quick, it’s only for the first 3 people that follow me on FB and leave a comment (with email address) under my “Yay it’s done” post :-)