Hi, I'm Alessia and I have a FREEBIE for you!

Hi!  I'm Alessia from Mrs. Albanese's Kindergarten Class.

 

 

I am super excited to be one of the newest authors here at Freebielicious...joining the other amazing teacher-bloggers that are here!

 

I live in Toronto, Canada, where it is mighty cold and snowy right about now.  So I thought it fitting to share with you this little activity.  We have been learning about positional words and this is a fun and NO-PREP activity for your kinders.

Click on the picture to come on by my blog to say hi and pick up your freebie!

 

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Meet Ms. White from First Grade Blue SKies

I am super excited to be an author for Freebielicious with my amazing friends!

Let me introduce myself: I am Jennifer White, the teacher behind First Grade Blue SKies.  

I am married to a great guy, Shawn...

I have three awesome kids…

 Jack and Maggie….and Emma (it is impossible to get a good picture of all three at the same time…Can I get an Amen from moms of multiple kids???)

This is my 17th year to teach and I have taught Kindergarten, First, and Third.  I teach in a rural, public K-12 school in Alabama.  I have 16 students this year, and some are kids I taught from last year when I was in Kindergarten!  (I wish looping was a possibility every year for me!)

This is a picture of me in First Grade:

I love to read and watch British mysteries…I am a whodunit kind of girl.  

(insert Elementary, BBC's Sherlock, and Masterpiece Mystery…not to mention Poirot, Marple, Nero Wolfe, and Dave Robicheaux)  I think I may have a problem!

My gift to you, since you've hung in there all the way to the end hearing about my somewhat dull life, is a freebie and tips for playing Heads or Tails (from Investigations) where kids use pennies to explore number combinations.

Use paper plates when kids are dropping their pennies to prevent them from falling off their desks.

Use containers from the Dollar Store to have your pennies divided up already so that any time you want to play the game, the pennies are already in groups of ten.  You can have kids take out pennies to change the amount or add additional pennies to make a larger number.

 This is a picture of the label of the containers that I found that are perfect for the penny storage 

(they are from Dollar Tree)

Here is a recording page to change things up a bit from the norm…directions are included, so even if you don't use Investigations, it will work for you  (and you can choose any number to explore the combinations with, so it can work k-2).   

Get your freebie {here}

 

Leave a comment if you can use the freebie!  

Thanks for reading this very long post all about yours truly!

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Doubles Aren't Trouble!

In my first grade classroom, we are always working on doubles.

This is a quick and easy game to copy on colored paper and have your kids play to practice their doubles facts using a die.  

 Click {here} to get your freebie!

  Visit my blog to get even more great freebies!

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Kinder "Count" Number Puzzles

We've been working on not only identifying numbers 1-10, but also putting them in correct number order. It's an important skill for pre-k and kinder. So, here is a fun pack of number puzzles to liven up your math center time right before Halloween.

I hope you like them!

Click HERE to grab!

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Tens Frame Playdoh Mats

I recently posted on my own blog about what I learned in Kindergarten. For the first two weeks of school all kindergarten teachers have an extra adult in their classroom. That extra adult is either a reading para, pre-school para, or a pre-school teacher. Our pre-school students start school two weeks later.

To find out what I learned in Kindergarten this year, head over to my blog by clicking {here}.

 

 

Here's your hint...

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Apple Tree Counting Mats

Hi Freebielicious Friends!

I'm back with another small apple-themed freebie..... This time it's a math center activity perfect for pre-k and the beginning of kinder. It's super simple and a great way to get your kiddos counting and using one-to-one correspondence.

Here you go! If you hop over and like the freebie, I'd LOVE for you to follow my store. You will get updates any time I upload a product or a new freebie!

 Click here to grab this freebie!

Oh, also be sure to check out my blog. I also put great free stuff there as well!

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Out of this world freebie

This is a simple little activity that didn't make it into my larger space pack.  It's perfect for younger children learning to put numbers in order.  For older children, see if they can continue on if you start at a number other than one.  Make two copies and play concentration.  Click on the picture below to grab it for free.

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Pirate Math Freebie

Hop on over to my blog for a freebie from my new pirate unit. 

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3 Math Centers and a Printable!

I found some inspiration at the dollar store and came up with "free" 3 math centers!  Come grab a free printable and a couple ideas to get you through!

Just click my button below

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