WINTER WATERCOLOR

 Miss Carla's Kindergarten Class

I hope you enjoy your visit to 
my Kindergarten Classroom.

Here is Snowmen At Night, 
a wonderful story included in StoryTown 
as a Library Book.
It is fun to tie Visual Arts into
StoryTown, our Language Arts Program.

SETTING
First we studied the pictures to get clues 
about the setting.
Where did the story happen?
What time of day or night?
What season of the year?

We also learned that the author lived right here in Salt Lake City when they built a snowman that wandered during the night!
Many of my Kinder Kids have played at 
Sugar House Park.
They thought the sledding hill looked very familiar.
It was so exciting to see familiar places in a book!
WOW!
The setting was something they knew!

To create the setting for our snowmen we painted watercolor washes.

We reread Snowmen At Night.
We looked for details in the pictures again.
What were the colors?
Were the colors cold?
Were the colors warm.
How did the sky look at night?
Is the snow white or a mix of colors?
So many things to notice.
An artist needs a watchful eye.
(Does a reader need a watchful eye?)

My Kinder Kids painted beautiful settings!

Miss Maren, our wonderful volunteer, used a three inch brush to lightly wash each paper with water.
Then the Kinder Kids set to work with watercolors.
They loved how the colors ran and mixed.
So did I.
THEN
We needed to let the paintings dry.
It was hard to wait....

CHARACTERS
We learned characters in the story are people or 
animals that act like people.
Well the snowmen acted like people so...
 they must be characters too!

We studied 

Snowmen AT Night 

to check out the characters.  
There were lots and lots of snowmen 
and snow-women and snow-children.
Doing lots of things. 

My Kinder Kids were very excited 

to draw their characters.

We used pencils and markers to draw our characters.  It was fun to decide what they looked like 

and what they were doing.

Details are very important.

(Could that be true in reading or writing?)

We cut out our characters 
and glued them into the setting.
Our pictures were complete 
but our stories were just beginning...
(Can writing be art too?)
;)

I decided to stop at three 
because I could go on and on...
I have 25 Kinder Kids after all :)

I hope this inspires you to 
roll up your sleeves and 
get wet with a book too.
- - -

I am also very excited to say 
that there are 
3 pictures from my class 
shown here on the District web page.

http://www.slcschools.org/departments/curriculum/fine-arts/VisualArtGallery-ElementaryStudentArt.php

The pictures are:
* Under-Water-Sea-Life (row 2 middle)
*Snowman-Cat-Snowballs (row 4 first)
*Snowman-Snowballs  (row 4 middle) 

Under-Water-Sea-Life was created 
while studying another StoryTown book.
Can you guess which one?

Drop me a hello in the comment box.
I would love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by :)


Enjoy Making #Education FUN 4 #Kids!

Wherever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥Sunny

Earth Day An Alphabet Book - A STORY2SHARE

GO GREEN!

Learn The ABC's of Earth Day!

BOOKS R FUN!

Dear Reader,

Here is a perfect book for Earth Day.

Read the book together and then create 

your own ABC Book at home or school.

Want to learn more 
or need some supplies?
Just click a pic to link to Amazon.com

      
      

The kiddos LoVE to make their own stories with fancy FUN tools. 

       

   

I LoVE getting likes!
It makes me want to share more!
Please press the LIKE button 
and help spread the word!
Thanks!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Wherever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

How many ways can you 
"Go Green"?
Can you think of 3 ways?

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Leave a comment and you will be one of my SunnyDaz Kids.

I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.

♥Sunny

6 HALF A DOZEN EGG-CELLENT CENTERS...

Awesome Eggs Everywhere!

#1Easter Egg Extention
 Word Families

#2Easter Egg Extention

ABCs Scrambled Eggs Letter 

Match!

#3Easter Egg Extentions

Number Scrambled Eggs Match

#4Easter Egg Extentions
EGG-atly 10!
Become  an EGG-pert at sums to 10.
This game sums it up perfectly!

#5 Easter Egg Extentions 
I Want SUM!
A Fun Game of Sums! (Addition)
Everyone Wants A Treat!

#6 Easter Egg Extentions
Green Eggs For Sam I Am! 
A #DIY rhyming game.
My Kinder #Kids had fun with this game.

Try playing these at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Wherever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

WORDLE - WEB-WOW!

YOU WILL LOVE 
WORDLE.COM

Have Fun & Play With Words!

Dear Reader,

To play with Wordle click on the link.

Then chose your words to play with.

You might want to make a Wordle 

with your name and things you like.

Keep clicking randomize.

Play with the fonts and layouts until you 

see the one you want.

It will be colorful and fun.

Link me up if you make one.

I'd love to see your Wordle.

(Hints: the more times you type a word the bigger it will be in your Wordle.  To paste in a larger size, or to print to use, save your file to the Wordle Gallery and then press 'alt' + 'print screen' to take a screenshot to paste into your photo editing program, where you can resize etc.)

Try playing with Wordle at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Visit this WOW-WEB! WORDLE.COM

After you explore WORDLE for a while,
write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and be one of my 
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.  

♥Sunny

Eggs and Legs - A STORY2SHARE!

Counting By Twos

Another Fun Way To Skip Count By 2's!

This book is perfect 

to go along with all the EGG-CELLENT centers 

we have been doing.

Click on the image above to purchase book.

Dear Reader,
What else can you count by twos?
Have fun counting feet, legs
ears, eyes and hands or mittens etc.

Count by 2's at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And
Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Count by 2's and figure out how many shoes 
you need for the feet in your family.
OR
Count by 2's and figure out how many mittens 
you need for the hands in your family,

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Leave a comment and you will be one of my SunnyDaz Kids.

I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.

♥Sunny

GO GREEN GAME LOTS OF FUN!

WE WENT GREEN FOR EARTH DAY!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

We reused plastic #Easter Eggs 

for a #DIY rhyming game.

My Kinder #Kids had fun with 

Green Eggs For Sam I Am!

Read Green Eggs And Ham.
Look for words that rhyme 
and use some to make your own game.


Click the image above to purchase the book.

Dear Reader,
This game is easy to make.
I reused green plastic Easter Eggs.
I wrote two rhyming words 
on the top of the egg and 
two on the bottom.
I used rhyming words that 
had the same spelling so
 my Kinder Kids could 
use the letter pattern as a clue.

We "cracked" the eggs 
(separated tops from bottoms) 
and we had "scrambled eggs" 
(mixed up eggs).
My Kinder Kids love scrambled eggs.

Each Kinder Kid in the center chose an egg.
They wrote all four rhyming words and 
at least one extra rhyming word they thought up.  
It could be a real word or a silly word.  
Silly words are so fun to use when rhyming.   
We wrote our rhyming words on recycled paper.

(Hint: I used a black Sharpie pen to write the words on the eggs.  
I used a tissue and rubbing alcohol to "erase" any mistakes.  
Then I let the ink dry over night.)  

Try playing this at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

If you do not have plastic eggs 
just draw your own eggs on paper.
Cut the eggs in half and write your rhyming words.  

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and be one of my 
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U. 

♥ Sunny

ANIMAL RHYMES MEDLEY

What A Collection! 

This is fun for an Animals Theme.

Lots of fun and silly songs.

Dear Reader,

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Listen to the animal songs.
What animal song did you like best?

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment or follow my blog 
and be one of my 
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U.  

♥

AN EGG-CELLENT GAME...I WANT SUM!

A Fun Game of Sums! (Addition)

Everyone Wants A Treat!

We had so much fun playing this game!
Everybody got some sums.

Dear  Reader,
Roll the dice to get two addends.

Find the sum.

Use the egg to hold the Jelly Beans. 

Put the pink die number in the egg top and 
the green die number in the egg bottom.
Put the egg together and count 
how many Jelly Beans are all together.
You just found the Sum!

Write the number sentence.
3+2=5

Repeat until you have five number sentences.

Now you get to eat your Jelly Beans.

What a Treat.

Try doing sums at home or school.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our
 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...
Sunshine And

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Do five or more number sentences.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

Leave a comment and be one of my 
SunnyDaz Kids.
I have taught hundreds over the years.
There is room for you too!
See you at school 
or back here at SunnyDaz4U. 

♥