recycled turkeys!

I found the cutest little turkey hiding in my yard today! Well, not really, but isn't he adorable? We made these darling turkeys a couple of years ago and this year we are going to use him as a writing prompt. If you would like the instructions on how to make these turkeys, you can find the tutorial at plum pudding. We decided to add feathers to ours just to give him some added pizzaz!

memory matching game

I found this great idea for a memory matching game using cereal boxes a long time ago at plumpudding. It is so easy to make and so fun to play AND a great way to recycle all those expty cereal boxes!

materials-


several empty boxes (I used any kind of expty boxes)
circle pattern
scissors
pencil

directions-
1. trace the circle pattern 2 or 4 times anywhere on each box
2. cut all the circles out
3. place them face down on the floor or table
4. take turns flipping circles over
5. when a match is made, player gets to keep their match

Also check out these cute recycled bookmarks and turkeys that she made with cereal boxes. We made the turkeys last year and plan to make them again this year, too! I'm thinking we will make the bookmarks for the kids in our co-op class.

write, wipe, repeat!

One way that we are green in our schoolroom is by using a dry erase board to practice handwriting. For a few months, I printed off handwriting sheets from the internet (expensive) or would use handwriting paper (felt guilty for not keeping it). So, when I saw this lined dry erase board, I snatched it up very quickly! My only complaint is that I wish I would have gotten one more! I found this one at K-Mart while still living in Georgia.

plastic lids

I'm really trying to recycle, reduce and reuse things around our house. And, I've been brainstorming some ideas for more math ideas. Is it just me, or does there seem to be not a lot of ideas for math out there? So, I've been saving my plastic bottle/milk jug lids and came up with a few ideas to use in school.


patterns


number pre-writing practice sheets


pictures