Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Rockin' Resources Linky/ Monday Made It and I Made a Button!!!

Maybe I should have started with how excited I am with the fact that I finally found instructions I could understand to create a button!!! So I can now say look to your right and GRAB MY BUTTON!
The Madness That is Kindergarten

Now that I have discussed my button, I am going to join in with Kelly at at Teacher Idea Factory with her Rockin' Resources Linky.

Here are my five things I could not live without:

ONE: Word Family Stories and Activities

I love to use this book in my small groups, the short word family stories as choral reading passages for my kiddos, the packets as home-learning assignments near the end of the year, and it has these pull tabs with all the decodable words from that family. It probably has more uses that I haven't thought of yet....we will see that this year brings. :)

TWO: Fabric and Felt

I have fallen in love with all the many uses in my classroom for felt and fabric. I use it to make decorations for my room, to cover bulletin boards, to do crafts with the kids, etc. I bought a ton of felt and have many things running around in my head to do with it. :) :) :)

THREE: Post It Notes

Like most of you I can not live without post-its. I am going to use them for centers. I use them to write sight words and letters my kiddos have to practice. I love them in different shapes, colors, sizes, with lines, without lines.

FOUR: Enchanted Learning


Love the cool pictures and arts and crafts ideas that I get from this site. I also love the read, write, and color books. Great resource!

FIVE: Blogs

I have come to love getting ideas from all of you out there in Blogland. Not only do I get great ideas, I also feel like I am not alone when I wonder about certain things. The support I had been missing for some idea I had or find someone who has had some of the same issues I have had. You guys are probably the best resource on this list. :)


Moving on to Monday Made Its  with Tara over at Fourth Grade Frolics.

I have been trying to carve out time to finish some crafty project for my classroom and here it is:


I made these clips to go on my wall by the front door of my classroom. I will add clips witht he kids' names or pictures so that I can keep track of how everyone goes home and am able to easily change their method of transportation. Saw a bunch of different ones of these on different blogs and on Pinterest but I really like how mine turned out. So happy in fact that I actually put the cute monkey circles on my TpT store. It's my first item up for sale though I will be adding a couple of more over the weekend. I have been working on quite a few things but am not quite sure of what to put up. Please give me any feedback!

I also made some more cushions!



13 comments:

  1. Thank you oh-so much for linking up! You have been so busy . . . and you made yourself a button? WOW! I had to hire someone to do that. Way to go! Your list of resources is spot on. I am a HUGE sticky note fan myself. Here's to a great year :)

    Kelley Dolling
    Teacher Idea Factory

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    1. Thanks! The resources linky is an awesome idea. I love seeing all the different things teachers like to use. The only down side...it makes me want to go out and buy them... :)

      - Vicky
      http://themadnessthatiskindergarten.blogspot.com

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  2. Good job on your button! I made mine too...I am loving these easy-to-understand tutorials!

    Nichole
    Craft of Teaching

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    1. I am quite a ditz when it comes to computer langauge so even with the easy directions it took me four tries! Thanks!! ;)\

      - Vicky
      http://themadnessthatiskindergarten.blogspot.com

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    2. I kept having to erase and start over too...when the huffing and puffing would get to be too much, my husband tried to help me! LOL I finally did get it right!

      Nichole

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  3. Love your button! Very cute! I have nominated you for a blog award! Hop over to my blog to pick it up!

    Jackie
    Crazy Daze in First Grade

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  4. Your "how do we go home" ribbons came out adorable!

    http://mspasquakinder.blogspot.com

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  5. Your button is fabulous! I am a new follower. I'd like to pass along an award to you. Hop on over to my blog to claim it!

    Mrs. B's Nook

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  6. I need to make a button, too. What tutorial did you use?

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    1. I found a really good link from The Cutest Blog on the Block to another blog and its exaplanation was pretty easy to follow. Here is the link: http://www.manicmother.com/2009/09/how-to-make-grab-my-button-box.html

      Hope it helps. :)

      - Vicky
      http://themadnessthatiskindergarten.blogspot.com

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  7. Thanks for the info on the tutorial for the blog button. I used another tutorial but my picture didn't show up. Now it works! So thankful...

    Amy
    Mello’s Memos

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  8. Vicky, I love your monkey circles. I have a monkey theme in my classroom and these will work perfect for us!!!! Thanks for sharing. I am a newbie blogger as well and would love for you to come follow me.

    ~Rachel
    Teaching with Z

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    1. So glad you liked them, Rachel! I popped by your blog and joined! You have some awesome ideas up there.

      - Vicky

      P.S. How did you add the signature with your blog's name? I have been looking for how to do that everywhere.

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- Vicky

http://themadnessthatiskindergarten.blogspot.com