Fall

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Below are some of my favorite CCBB printables that I've come across on the Internet. I've tried to give credit where credit is due: [|//CCBB Story Patterns from KizClub.com//] [|//CCBB ABC Bingo//] [|//CCBB Alphabet Matching//] [|//CCBB Color Names Puzzles//] //(created by// // [|Patti Bottoms] )// //CCBB "I Have, Who Has" Letter Game (created by Lori St. Amand)// [|//CCBB Tree for Cookie Sheet (use magnetic letters)//] [|//CCBB Upper/Lower case matching//] [|//CCBB Lowercase Flashcards//] [|//CCBB Uppercase Flashcards//] ||
 * Our first unit is based on the book __Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom!__ This is such a wonderful to start letter names and sounds instruction in Kindergarten. We have so much fun with the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom unit. We do art projects and lots of letter practice using our names. As one dad said, "Wow! That unit really took on a life of it's own!" I've gathered many alphabet games and flashcards with the Chicka Chicka theme, and this unit is a great introduction to letters and sounds and matching upper and lower case letters. The children enjoy the practice during our center time. We read the book, watch the video, and even have a CD of activities and songs.

Pattern Blocks Computers Reading Corner We Love Pocket Charts! __Here's some other shots of our room:__ Welcome Back Bulletin Board
 * As we began our Workstations, the children enjoy learning how to use the computers, listening center, puppets, pocket charts, and math manipulatives.

The Learning Carpet

Cut-up sentences in the pocket chart (from Fountas and Pinnell's //__Phonics Lessons in Kindergarten__// .) After reading these sentences many times, we discuss how to tell when words begin and end. We learn how to cut them apart on the spaces. Then I copy these sentences on cardstock and have the students pick one, cut it apart on the spaces, and reassemble in order. They glue it on a sheet of paper and illustrate it. [|//Click here for the follow up activity sheets//] ||

(Sorry for the glare of the flash. I tend to laminate everything so it's unavoidable!) After reading the big book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, we complete our next page of our Jazzy Journals. For more information on our Jazzy Journals, check on the August monthly theme page. [|//click here for the September Jazzy Journal printable//] ||
 * Each month, we will do a handprint quilt to put on display in the office. I got this wonderful idea for the very talented Kimberly Jordano. She has examples of these "Crafy Quilts" on her website [|//KinderbyKim//] //.// I've adapted them a little so each child has 4 squares and not just the two she shows on hers. I do not send these home until the end of the year. I collate them together and send each family their child's year of quilt squares. It's amazing to see the growth from the first to the last, especially in their name printing and their self-portrait. Border patterns are an essential part of our Math Investigations study, so we incorporate that every month on our quilts as well.

**Johnny Appleseed Fun!** ** - **    -
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This is such a fun unit. Some children have never even tried other apples than red ones. It's fun to taste test different ones. To make the applesauce, every child brings in half of an apple of their favorite color or type. After graphing our favorite types, we mixed them all together with some other ingredients and throw it all in the slow cooker. It smells so yummy cooking all day. We enjoy it for snack the next day. -

Most kids prefer RED apples! -     -    We can make a picture graph or real graph to show which apples are our favorite kind. We made Johnny Appleseed pot hats, too. [|//click here for the Happy Birthday printable//] In Social Studies, we study Johnny Appleseed as a notable person. A notable person is someone who lived a long time ago, someone who overcame many obstacles, but lived their life trying to make it better for others. We learn about timelines and complete a booklet about Johnny Appleseed's lifetime. This was based on an activity I found in Mailbox years ago. [|//click here for a copy of the booklet//] We read Dr. Suess' __Ten Apples on Top__ and since we're working on patterns in math in September, we do this fun activity. To prepare for this activity, I take a picture of every child, and tell them to make a funny face looking up. Then I trim around the picture so it's only their face and hands. I use our die cut machine to cut out mini apples in different colors. The children have so much fun creating their patterns. This project fits perfectly on the 12x18 inch construction paper, cut in half lengthwise. [|//Click here for the project label sheet//] ||

[|//Apple book by ChildCareLand//] [|//Johnny Appleseed Coloring Sheet//] [|//From Seed to Apple Flips//] [|//Pictures for From Seed to Apple Flaps//] [|//Apple Puppet//] [|//Johnny Appleseed Puppet//] [|//"The Little Red House with the Star Inside" flannel board story and pieces//] //(created by my friend Shirley Anderson)// [|//"Blue Apples? Yuck!" emergent reader//] ||
 * __Apples and Johnny Appleseed Printables__