Kindergarten froggies and Summer craziness!

Oofta!  This summer has just flown by.  And, just like every other teacher, I am getting ready for the start of the new school year.  

Like the past several years, I taught summer school again.  I have to say that I am sure blessed to be able to teach one of the incoming kindergarten classes.  I got to know several kiddos that will be in my class come fall.  It also helped me begin my transition from 3rd grade down to kindergarten.  We all had a blast this summer!

Our three week session was divided into 3 learning adventures: space, ocean, and rainforest.  We sang songs, practiced alphabet and number skills, talked about expectations, made crafts, and more importantly- got to know one another.  During our rainforest study, the favorite song was a cute song video from YouTube.  It is called Walking In the Jungle.  Check it out!  It was a great movement break.

Another favorite craft  were these cute paper plate frogs.  It took 2 days to accomplish this task.  

Day 1 we looked at tree frog pictures and learned some pretty cool facts about them.  Then the kiddos chose a paint color and painted their paper plate.  

Day 2 we added all of the important details: legs, eyes, tongue.  My students needed to match the same color body with the frog's legs.  After that, it was up to them to use crayon to add dots or other fun features that they saw in the rainforest frog images.

They turned out so incredibly cute; I just had to share!

I love the one who turned the tongue into a nose!

I have been super busy getting my classroom ready.  Cross your fingers that I can finish this week because, I bought a house this week!  I want to make sure that I can get things fixed up in there before the start of the school year!

Wish me luck!