This is my bestie Maria!
She is an aspiring Elementary school teacher as well, and she's got all the right requirements! For a program she's in called the PPN, she spent all semester in a single classroom working intensely with 25 students and their teacher. She collected data, taught lessons, and reformed behavior... needless to say, she was BUSY!But all of her hard work paid off as tears welled up in her eyes the day before her last trip to the class. So, as a goodbye to her kiddos and as encouragement for upcoming state testing, she made these CUTE smartie-pants!
Maria had seen the idea on Pinterest, so we went to work! We used blue envelopes for the "pants" by lining up the Smarties inside and bending the paper around it to form the crease we needed. Then, cutting at an angle, starting at the lower corner, we created the side of the first leg. Using a hot glue gun, we finished the first side and the placed the second Smartie in there to create the other crease. After cutting and hot gluing some more, we just used Elmer's glue and glitter to create the seams and pockets. And WAA LAA!
Although this endeavor was pretty cheap (probably around $10), it did take both of us 3 hours to make all 26. However, this was a great 3 hour break from finals! (Visit Maria's blog at http://simplymaria.weebly.com to see some more of her fun and creative ideas!)
After getting some FREE midnight pancakes that night at the BCM, I got up my last day on campus to go hiking. I LOVE the outdoors and the beauty of nature... but do NOT like bugs! I just have this problem where I flail around my arms to try to keep tiny flying things away from my face, and then I scream before covering as much of my eyes, ears, and nose as possible.... So although I agreed to go into the woods around the lake with my boyfriend for some peaceful cardio, I waited until the last possible minute to go.
As if I wasn't nervous enough about the postings and warnings about black bears and snakes for our hour long hike... in the first 5 minutes, we stopped to the sound of crinkling of leaves. Slowing slithering past us, only about a yard away was a snake that was coming out of a pile of leaves... and he just kept coming. We stood there waiting in silence for minutes until his tail finally came out and he moved a good distance away from us towards a tree. My boyfriend, Logan, got a picture of him to show to his friends... Sorry it's not that clear, but I was pushing him to run far away!
And so... I packed up the last of my things, cleaned the empty room, and said goodbye to Logan. But summer brings another whole list of to-dos. With Trevor getting out of school soon, I'm working hard to develop lesson plans that will be both entertaining to his short attention span, but also educational.
I'm excited to say that our first week will be involving my favorite thing: RAINBOWS! Filled with finger paint, loading up Noah's ark, and dancing with ribbon streamers, I think it's going to be a great opportunity for me to decide what activities he likes best while introducing him to new experiences. Since I've got a few weeks until he gets out of school, I'm focusing my time now to work on his sorting activities. One of his goals is to be able to identify the correct object (whether that be his name, a letter, or a color) if given 2-3 options.
I found this awesome download on teacherspayteachers that had the perfect labels for a color sorting activity (you can follow this link for a free download: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mr-And-Mrs). I'm really excited about printing these out and laminating them to become the main labels, and then using a crayon dye-cut to cut out different colored construction paper and laminating it as the colors Trevor will sort. Cheaper than buying anything, and buttons or small objects scare me because with Trevor, everything goes in his mouth!
Maybe you've had an adventure or tried a sorting activity with a child?? Please leave comments with any ideas! Feedback is appreciated! Have a blessed day! :)
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