It’s Time For A Giveaway!

Hello all!!!

I am so excited to be writing this blog post!! You have a chance to win a $250 gift card to purchase supplies of your choice from Oriental Trading!!! This give away will run from July 16 to July 30, 2018. Now, I am sure you understand my excitement!!!

Just think what could you buy for your classroom with $250!   Oriental Trading and Learn365 have so many amazing products to choose from!!! Just click the picture above to go explore and start making your wish list!!!

I personally love all the items that are stem related as well as  all the awesome materials to use during your guided reading groups!!! 

Click the link below to enter!!!! 

Good luck!!!!!

$250 Oriental Trading Gift Card Giveaway

A Charlie Brown Valentine

Love is in the air! Love is in my classroom! February is such a short month but it is such an important month!

My firsties love to learn and they love to get to experience new things! For Valentine’s Day I transformed our room into a Charlie Brown valentine!

At this age they love to make crowns to wear and make their valentine day boxes! I love the Charlie Brown collection from oriental Trading! 

What I loved about the crowns were they had adhesive on them so my kiddos could do them on their own! No staple needed! Win win situation today!!!!!!!

Here they are all completed! They are soooo cute!!!

Don’t you love the valentine card boxes!!!!!!!! These are so amazing and it makes it so easy for them to pass out the Valentine’s and bring them home!!

They made Charlie Brown character lollipops!! 

The lollipops were the heart lollipops from oriental Trading! The Charlie Brown lollipop pieces were also from there! 

They went Gaga over the valentine treat bucket! This was at each seat and it was their materials for the day! They then took them home!

 In their buckets were Charlie Brown pencils, erasers and crayons!!! They loved these!!!!

Of course, I had to make a photo booth! Snoopy table cloth hanging on the wall with a snoopy be mine sign and snoopy cut outs hung around! There was also a giant snoopy stand up!

So this is how my Classroom looked for Valentine’s Day! 

I love how oriental Trading has all that I need!

I am a blogger with oriental Trading and I receive materials in return for my honest reviews! These opinions are my own and are not impacted by any other entity! 

Have yourself a Charlie Brown Christmas!

To end the last week before the Christmas holiday, we celebrated a Charlie Brown Christmas!

I love Charlie Brown! He is my absolute favorite and oriental Trading has the most amazing selection of Charlie Brown holiday items and activities!!!!

First, I decorated the classroom!! The kids loved it!

The balls hanging from the ceiling and the cut outs are from oriental Trading! They are very cute and sturdy! 

I also put up a Charlie Brown back drop and giant snow globe! This just added to the ambiance of the room! These are also from Oriental Trading!

The tables were decorated with green vinyl tablecloths. I got these from oriental Trading and they come on a roll that you cut to fit your table or area you would like to cover! The trees I got from michaels as well as the garland and ornaments. The Charlie Brown cutouts in the tree are actually Charlie Brown photo booth props from oriental Trading! 

Of course, the kiddos need to have Charlie Brown pencils, erasers and crayons to use for this amazing day! And don’t forget a stocking for them to store them in. These stockings are so cute and the kids can decorate them! We used permanent sharpies and scentos markets!!

I got the pencils, erasers, crayons and stockings from oriental Trading!

For our day, we made reindeer food!

Candy cane reindeer!

Reindeer cookies using sugar cookies, frosting and edible reindeer parts made by Wilton!

Of course we made Merry Reindeer Munch From the Kindergals!!

For our ornament of the day, we made snowmen from oriental Trading!

For some games, we played Charlie Brown plinko, bean bag toss and bingo! These are all from Oriental Trading!

So there you have it! Our Charlie Brown Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our peanuts gang to yours!!

I am a teacher blogger and these are my own opinions! I received the materials from Oriental Trading in exchange for my product reviews! I was not compensated for my opinions and these are my own opinions! #ad

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Winter Stem

Science in first grade is snow much fun!! We did winter stem activities and the kids had a blast!

We read the books, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas and the Grinch! 

After we read these and talked about them, the activities began!

First stem center, we reviewed force and how it affects the notion of objects. Then they got their marshmallow blasters! The focus was to use just the right amount of force to hit Pete the cat and the grinch with a marshmallow from their blaster! I found these awesome blasters at Oriental Trading!! 

The next center was to build the tallest chimney for Pete the Cat and/or the Grinch to go down. They used toothpicks and mini marshmallows! 

The next center was marshmallow poppers! They had to figure out how to make their marshmallow pop higher then their neighbors! The marshmallow poppers were a hit and they are from Oriental Trading! 

At another station, we made snow! The kids loved watching the chemical reaction when we added water to their snow pail! I got these from Oriental Trading!!!

These winter stem activities were a hit! Thanks to Oriental Trading for having these amazing products!!

To end our day, smore ornament making!! 

I am a teacher blogger and these are my own opinions! Orientall Trading sent me the products to use and to give my honest feedback! #ad

Polar Express

All aboard!!! Two of my favorite words I love hearing as my kiddos enter the multipurpose room to board the Polar Express! 

They have their tickets ready to go and they hand them to the conductor!

We, as teachers, have our favorite time of year or activities that we experience with our kiddos. I absolutely love the week before we go on Christmas break! I know the kids are a little bit hyper and not themselves but I love the magic of the season!

Polar Express is the second day of this amazing week and thanks to Oriental Trading and Learn365  I was able to add some details that made this day even better!

Isn’t the background and the train an amazing addition to any Polar Express day! I took their picture in front of this for their parent gift! And they turned out so stinking cute!!!

We wore our pajamas and had hot chocolate and candy canes! They loved the candy canes and they also came from Orinetal Trading!!!

Of course they got bells! These were taped under each seat so the kiddos could get them when the little boy got his in the movie!!

It was a great day for all! 

I am a teacher blogger and was provided these materials from Orinetal Trading in exchange for my opinions. These are my own opinions and they are not influenced by Orinetal Trading or learn 365. #ad