Candy Canes Everywhere--free printable

Simple is better; Repetition is good

This free printable book is in a format that will look familiar to many of you.  I plan on using this in my less advanced groups and individually.  You can too!  It also fits in with the holiday theme, with a touch of advice at the end.

  I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.  I'm blessed with plenty of everything and a great family.

Click here to download this book in Boardmaker.

Click here to download this book in pdf

icons and blue sentence strip

We had a special treat at Thanksgiving!  We chatted with Andorra who is in the Peace Corps in Indonesia, literally on the other side of the world.  This left me feeling full of gratitude for her and what she is trying to do, and for the wonders of the internet.  I miss her terribly, but virtual chats make her seem closer.

Google chat between Andorra and her grandmother

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On the Christmas Tree--simple printable book with icons

We are headed to Brevard on Thanksgiving morning--over the river and through the woods.  I am putting up a simple book (found on Tarheel Reader and adapted, and I also changed many of the pictures that were not sharable). We only have three weeks of school before Christmas, so I'm putting up as much as I can now.  Go HERE to a modest holiday collection.

Click here to download this book and icons.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for all of you, and for the technology which allows me to share with you and to learn from all of my fellow bloggers.

SmartySymbols icons now (commercial license)

The Thankful Family

 I posted this last year, and love it so much, I'm doing it again.  I'll treasure this forever.

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When Vicki was in first grade, she had the greatest teacher ever--Ann Overton.  She asked the kids to do a project involving being thankful, and involving the family.  Vicki, David, and I all took this on, and the end result was a video that I replay occasionally, and totally love. (This was all done with VHS--no digital yet.)  I'll never forget helping her with this!  It was the best school homework project ever!  By the way, the kids pictured in this are now all adults---they do grow up fast.   Yeah!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Mary Wore Her Red Dress printables

School should be cancelled on the day after Halloween.  Stress and exhaustion reigned today at my school.  TGIF!

Our fab OT and I attempted to introduce a new book with the little friends in the EC class (Mary Wore Her Red Dress). I didn't have my own printables, and instead downloaded some from Boardmaker Share, which I normally love, but this time, they didn't suit the group's needs, and the book reading wasn't quite right.

So, I made my own printable icons to try next week! If at first you don't succeed, try again; change it to make it work!  I've paired the color word with a black/white icon for the object. I will leave pairs attached when cutting them out.  Look for the link below to download these.  This really is a great book complete with cute illustrations, a catchy repetitive nature, and a familiar theme for the kids!

What was really fun was letting the kids try on some clothes afterwards. The clothing also didn't quite match the book, but it didn't matter.  We had one kid who was a bit tactilely defensive--so he just watched, and another kid who super enthused about the pink pants.

 I plan on doing this lesson again, individually with some of the kids.  In the past, I've taken pictures and made a class book.  We'll see if that happens this year!

Click here to download the icons in boardmaker

Click here to download the icons in pdf

Pink pants!

Happy November everyone!!!!













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