SNOWMEN AT NIGHT - ARTWORK.

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?

http://youtu.be/bgMlYDfXpiM

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

Thanks for stopping by :)

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

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥Sunny

WONDEROPOLIS - WEB-WOW!

A Wonderful Web To Visit
Wonderopolis.org

My Kinder Kids and I can visit for 
5 minutes
but wonder for...a while longer.
Then start to write and write.
Lots to wonder about in this world!!!

Dear Reader,
I hope you enjoy this with 
your kids at home or school.  

Let me know your favorite wonder.

Thanks for stopping by :)

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

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Parent & Child visit Wonderopolis.org together.
Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

See you at school.  :)

3 #EASTER EGG-CELLENT IDEAS! A Number of Scrambled Eggs!

#3Easter Egg Extentions

A Number of Scrambled Eggs!

Dear Reader,
What to do with all those plastic Easter Eggs?
Count your chicks before they've hatched.
NO!
Just count eggs and dots.
I have been waiting and waiting to be able to 
share these EGG-cellent ideas.
I love these colorful eggs and Kinder Kids do too.
This is a fun way to practice matching 
numbers to dots.

Write a number on the top half of the egg.
Draw dots to match on the bottom half of the egg.
Scramble The Eggs!
Pull the eggs apart and mix up the top and bottom.
Now match the numbers and the dots.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever U are, in our

 Whole Wide World,
I'm Wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Draw your own paper eggs 
with numbers and dots.
Scrambled the eggs.
Match them up.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

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

2 #EASTER EGG-CELLENT IDEAS! ABC Scrambled Eggs Letter Match!

#2Easter Egg Extention
ABCs Scrambled Eggs Letter Match!

FINALLY!!!
What to do with all those plastic Easter Eggs?
I have been waiting and waiting to be able to 
share these EGG-cellent ideas.
I love these colorful eggs and Kinder Kids do too.
This is a fun way to practice matching 
BIG letters to little letters.

Write a BIG letter on the top half of the egg.
Write a little letter on the bottom half of the egg.
Scramble The Eggs!
Pull the eggs apart and mix up the top and bottom.
Now match the Big and little letters.

Dear Reader Try this with some of the letters 
in your child's name.
OR
You might want to make it harder by mixing up the
color of the top and the bottom of the egg.
Please share if you have other ideas.

Thanks for stopping by :)

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

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Write letters from your name onto plastic eggs.
Or draw your own eggs with letters on a paper.
Scrambled the eggs.
Match them up.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

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

1 #EASTER EGG-CELLENT IDEAS! Word Families Twist!

#1Easter Egg Extention
 Word Families Twist!

What to do with all those plastic Easter Eggs?

FINALLY!!!

I have been waiting and waiting to be able to share these EGG-cellent ideas.

I love these colorful eggs and Kinder Kids do too.

This is a fun way to practice word families.

Write beginning sounds on the left side of the egg.

Write a chunk like "at" on the right side of the egg.

The new word could be a real word or...

 For an extra hard practice 
throw in a silly word like z-at.

You might want to try these 
word families.

"at": c-at, f-at, h-at, m-at, r-at, ch-at, z-at

"en": d-en, h-en, m-en, p-en, t-en, wh-en, n-en

"ing": d-ing, k-ing, p-ing, s-ing, r-ing, th-ing, v-ing 

"op": h-op, m-op, p-op, t-op, sh-op, y-op

"ug": b-ug, h-ug, j-ug, m-ug, r-ug sl-ug, f-ug

Have fun making up your own word families
for all your plastic colored eggs!
OR
Save some eggs for some of my other 
Easter EGG-cellent Ideas.

Dear Reader,
Try some word families with your kids at home or school.  

You might want to try my list of word families.

OR

Make up your own and share your word family in the comment box!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Where ever 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.

Make a list for a word family.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.

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

ABC SONG - ALPHABLOCKS

Alphablocks Have Personality Plus!

My Kinder Kids are having fun with these silly singing alphabet blocks.

They are really enjoying learning through songs.

We also get lots of people peeking in our room.

Songs do spread Sunshine:) 

Dear Reader,
 Thanks for stopping by :)

Try singing this with your kids at home or school.

How do you teach the alphabet to your kids?

Let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by :)

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

Sunny Daz 4 U

♥

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework. 

Listen to the song: The Alphablock ABCs Song.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent and child write your first names.

What is your favorite Alphablock?

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

ALPHABLOCKS 1 SOUNDS

Sounds Right!

These are fun ways to practice letter sounds.

Getting all the letter sounds down can be tricky for Kinder Kids.
This makes phonics fun!

Dear Reader Try singing this with your kids at home or school.  What song did you like best?

Thanks for stopping by :)
I'm wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U 

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework.

Listen to the song.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent & Child write your first names.
See you at school.  :)

ALPHABLOCKS "at" WORDS

The Cat Sat On The Mat.

 This is a fun way to learn "at" words.

It makes blending sounds easy and fun. 

Many Kinder Kids find it hard to blend sounds to read words but not so with Alphablocks.

My Kinder Kids were singing and blending and laughing as they read "at" words.

I am so excited I found this!

We love this video and song.

I hope you do too.

 :)

Enjoy! 

Dear Reader Thanks for stopping by :)
Try singing this with your kids at home or school.
How do you teach your kids to blend?
Let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.

I'm wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

#Homework for Kinder Kids

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework. 

Listen to the song: The Cat Sat On The Mat.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent and child write your first names.

Have fun blending sounds to read words!

See you at school. :)

Trains

Trains! You've Got To Love Them!

Colorful Trains Are Fun To See Whizzing By.

Trains are a fast way to learn colors.

This train will get you from 1 to 10.

See the number, read the number word 

and count objects.

This train will help you count from 10 to 20.

Learn your shapes and don't forget the hexagon!

This train will help you learn solid shapes.

Learn your ABCs as you learn about trains.

I wondered how Q would fit with trains.

I learned something new too!

I hope you enjoyed your train rides.

Dear Reader Thanks for stopping by :)

Try singing this with your kids at home or school.

How do you teach the alphabet to your kids?

Let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.

I'm wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

*1 Homework for SunnyDaz Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework. 

Listen to the train songs.

Write a comment that says: I did it.
Did you have a favorite train?

Parent and child write your first names.

If you leave a comment I will 
consider you 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.
  :)

COWBOY MATH

Howdy Partner!

Be A "Quick Draw" In Math Facts!

Miss Carla Cowgirl came to class today.
She showed the Kinder Kids how to draw the answers to addition facts FAST!
In our Cowboy Math Center each Kinder Kid had the tools to be a "quick draw".
Each Kinder Kid had a white board and marker.
Miss Carla Cowgirl showed an addition fact for only 3 seconds.  That's FAST!
Kinder Kids were so fast to grab their marker and "quick draw" the answer.
There was a stampede of learning going on!

Dear Reader Thanks for stopping by :)

Try this with your kids at home or school.

How do you teach your kids addition facts?

Let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.

I'm wishing...

Sunny Daz 4 U

*1 Homework for Kinder Kids*

Parents monitor your child as they do this homework. 

Practice your Addition Facts FAST!
Use The Addition Facts Flashcards.

Write a comment that says: I did it.

Parent and child write your first names.

Can you do each fact in 3 seconds?

See you at school. :)