New Products in Store.... Surprise unveiling of a New Product Line

Do I tell you about the 'Australian Horse Coin Currency' or 'Horse Telling Time' Activity Centers first or the new Science Pockets instead??

I've been super busy... when the inspiration and motivation kick in you should jump to as quick as possible before it's gone again.  Life is so busy here at my house.  There is always something to do, some little distraction, and lots of work as a mum.  And sometimes we just need to enjoy the precious little babies we have in the quiet.  This week though, the inspiration has had me very busy.

Yes, so, I made a Horse { Australian } Coin Currency activity center set.  It has 135 cards to date.  That's 9 different sets in there.  Each set has 15 cards and a recording worksheet.

Then I also made a bunch of Horse Telling Time activity centers as well.  It has 6 activity centers in it, and a couple of recording worksheets too. I am hoping to add a couple more to the pack at a later date to complete it.

But my most exciting new addition is the introduction to my new product line:  Science Pockets.

The first pocket that I did was take my Salmon Lapbook and shrink-a-dink it down to a pocket.  Essentially it came down to a pocket with a couple of mini books, illustrated visuals, pocket title and a life cycle flip book.  

So now it will only take a couple of lessons to complete the theme instead of about 12 { that's how many lessons I have in the lapbooks }.  And it'll look great when you put all your pockets together as a Big Collection of Pocket Books.  { but I digress }

And then I did a Bee Pocket.  Yes, it comes with photos to show you how to set it all up.  Now imagine the beauty of it completed.  

Super cute, hey?

A Science Pocket

Bee

1. Passage 
2. Vocabulary
3. Drawing Life Cycle 
4. Illustrations to cut out
5. Pocket Titles
6. Bee Hive
7. Mini Book – Bee
8. Life Cycle Flip Book

An awesome research pocket for your 2nd - 5th graders. I've tried to make it interactive, eye catching, and interesting. 

Fill your pocket with mini books, illustrative visuals, flip books and more. 

Thanks so much for visiting.

Scrappy Initial Letter Sounds

A few years ago I did an initial letter sound workbook filled with worksheets designed to focus on initial sounds for each letter but since then I've picked up some more great clipart and decided to revamp the original into an upgraded brand new work.

Apart from the new clipart all the way throughout, I also added in the additional task of writing the individual letters of each picture on the page, included more pictures to choose from, and popped in a picture key on each page as well.

So now we have:

What the worksheets look like:

Yeah, so I've popped it in the store for $3.00.
You can print them up a bajillion times for yourself/personal family/personal class, but if others want a pack, please send them on to purchase their own.

Just click on either picture to go and check them out a bit more.

Thanks so much for visiting,

catch you later chookies.

Addition Clip Cards

School holiday time always makes me a productive little bee.

Today I managed to pull this one together:

Inside you'll find 110 cards!

Every card from 1 + 0 all the way to 10 + 10.

I've popped it in the store for $3 BUT it is currently on SALE for $2.00 - Bargain.

Print on cardstock and laminate for durabiltity.

Just click either picture to jump over to TpT to check it out.

Thanks so much for visiting.

CVC Fill It Ins and Copywork

I've got a new little upload in the store this week:

Inside you'll find 15 worksheets - 3 worksheets for each of the 5 vowels. 

Simply have the child circle the correct word, next - copy the missing word into the lined space provided, and lastly - copy the completed sentence in the space below.

Perfect for your beginner readers and writers.

$3--

Just click the cover above to go and check it out.

You can print them up a bajillion times if you like, just so long it's only for 

your direct family or classroom.

Thanks for visiting chookies.

Decode and Write

I finally decided to separate out these particular types of worksheets and finish off the short vowel sounds since that is where Charlotte is these days.  Then I bundled them up and put them on TpT as well.

If you're interested, there are 10 worksheets in the pack { 2 worksheets x 5 vowels } and I've priced it at $2.00.  You can print them up a bajillion times if you like for personal use.  Priced as if you had only one student, but if you have any more than that, it will make it a bargain buy.

Just click the cover to go and check it out.

Thanks for visiting.

Writing Beginning Sounds

You know, a lot of that hard work from my past is paying dividends these days as Charlotte works on her alphabet and what nots.  It's so nice to just be able to grab a book, print and go.

These pages come from this book:

Week 19

Mothers Day this year was probably the best one I've ever had.  Normally we just skip on by without much of a do, but the girls wanted to spoil me, so we let them.

This week I purchased a couple of new items to help break up the monotony.

The first one was a Grade 5 Reading Daily Warm Ups.  Each page comes with a reading passage and some comprehension questions.  I don't use it like it's intended though.  What we do with them is for the child to read the passage and outline it.   At some point we will also extend that to re-writing the passage from the child's outline once we're comfortable with the level.

The book has 150 passages, fiction and non-fiction with a multitude of different types of reading.  It retails $18.99 on TpT.  Just click the cover if you want to go and find out a little more.

Another book I purchased was the Grade 5 Science Daily Warm Ups.  Again, this has 150 pages of worksheet or activity based work.  I really like the daily warm ups because it doesn't make the children sit there for yonks to learn a new concept.  I like the idea of introducing new concepts in a brief manner.  This also retails at $18.99 on TpT.  Just click the cover if you want to go and find out a little more.

Something I also bought was another pack in this particular paragraph writing series.  If you need a break from intensive instruction or want a handy dandy walk through, this is certainly very handy to have.  I like to offer them out on occasion to help break up the monotony.  I particularly like that it step by step, line upon line.  It gives the child a clear path and direction in which to write.

In school this week Charlotte worked on this:

Math

And randoms. { cvc a }

We also got two new phonograms to add to her flash card pile.

The big girls worked on MOH II and their Wordly Wise 5 book.

And here's one of those outlines based on a passage from the new Grade 5 Reading Daily Warm Ups.  The idea is to outline well, enough to make it possible to write their own passage.

A bible coloring page.

Saxon Time.  We've up the ante with this one.  If you get a pink slip, it's got to be fixed on the day, no more dragging lessons out over two days now.

This week I'll be linking up with:

I hope you will join us.

10 Recent TpT Purchases

As you all know, I quite like shopping over at Teachers Pay Teachers.  It occurred to me that you might be a little curious or interested in what I've been buying.  So today I'm going to show you 10 TpT purchases that I've done in the last couple of months.  { I've done more, but yeah, I'm just going to highlight 10 of them. }

I've also hyper linked them to their TpT store.  

Just in case you might like to check them out too.

You get a lot of bang for buck with this packet.  There are a lot of worksheets.

Multiplication Bracelets

April No Prep Packet { preschool }

Simple Machines

EE & EA worksheet pack

Read and Reveal { cvc words }

CVC Word Family Work

Vowel Teams: Sound it Out

Blends and Digraphs Word Builders

CVC Words - Solve a Word

Yeah, so that gives you a little peek into the type of things I've been buying recently.

Would you be interested in seeing what else I might have bought there too?

My Scrappy Beginning Sounds and Writing

Yay, I finally did another book.  I bought some new "scrappy" clipart and thought it would work awesome in something like this:

Just click the link if you're curious.  It's not a freebie, but it might be of use to those who have beginner learners/readers this year.

Thanks for visiting.

{ Anaconda Writing Materials }

This week I put together a little writing packet on the Anaconda Boa Constrictor found in South America.

I included a little written piece to start the unit off.  It has both an Australian and American versions in the file.  That way I can get the children's interest from the outset and start them off nice and gently.

Also included are task cards and writing pages, with plenty of worksheets and interactive notebook pages to complete the unit.

There are 9 different activities.  Plenty to keep one busy for about 2 weeks of writing.

Activities included:

Reading

Note taking

Opinion Writing

Narrative Writing

Informational Writing

Procedural Writing

Vocabulary

Fact & Opinion

I was super pleased with how it came out.

Thanks for visiting.

My Monkey Counting

Charlotte my 3 year old monkey is almost ready to start doing some counting, and it is with this in mind that I did this next little pack.  { I've got the same format in my Humpty Dumpty and Polly Put the Kettle On packs } but you know me, always have to have them done in different cutey themes and clipart.  So anyway, what I did is take this portion of the pack and rework it for a Monkey theme.

Numbers 1 - 10.

Tracing and Missing numbers to 20.

Counting cards to 30.

Yeah, so if you're into Monkeys with your monkeys just click any picture to go and pick up the pack for $2.00.

Thanks for visiting.