Songs to Share

Hadar over at Miss Kindergarten is hosting a Singing Songs Linky Party. I love to sing songs with my kinders....real or made up! Years ago I came across a set of songs written and sung by Joe Scruggs. The songs were all transitional songs for Kindergarten. I had the "cassette" tape...which tells you how long ago it was when I bought it...LOL!! I checked his site, but I don't see it there. He has loads of songs we love to sing including: Late Last Night, Wiggle In My Toe, and Deep In The Jungle.
I am sharing two of my favorite transitional songs by Joe Scruggs. I don't recall the titles of the songs, and I really don't want to get in any trouble so if you know the names please let me know! The first is a song to sing when getting ready to go to lunch/eat: "Listen, Listen". The second is a song to sing when lining up: "I'm Looking"!
Visit my Teacher's Notebook Shop to download free copies of the lyrics.
Then come back here for your own personal Sing-Along! ;-)
(Please don't make fun of my singing!!) ;-) LOL...I worked on this late at night so I may sound a tad tired...LOL!

For more fun songs, sure to visit Joe at his website: Joe Scruggs

Mother's Day Linky Party

I thought it might be fun to share project ideas for Mother's Day. I know everyone sends something home to the moms that's really nice. So feel free to share here in the lounge!

 Typically, I have each child make a set of hand-drawn note cards. Each set has 12 cards and envelopes. The children use black felt tipped markers to draw four different pictures. I copy them on cardstock and cut apart.  (Note; we do NOT color them, I think they look better as simple line drawings).
The children fold the notecards and count out envelopes. Folding correctly can be a challenge for some of my kinders, but they manage!
I lay a couple of strips of masking tape along the edge of a table for the kids to use as a measuring guide for ribbon. We tie off the ribbon to hold the cards together. (although this year we may use a strip of scrapbook paper to hold them together). The kids make a Mother's Day card, choose a colorful bag with matching tissue paper and voila! ;) Each mom gets a set of 12 cards with 4 different designs. Some Moms will frame them a set and hang them on the wall. I will post images and share my template soon. (Everything is at school) ;-) Check back here because they are ADORABLE!
So.... Link us to your blog you can share what do you have your students do for their Mom for Mother's Day!

Party in the Lounge

A linky party that is! I am seeing all sorts of great teacher-made projects, worksheets, units and such with BEAUTIFUL graphics. I would like to get started  creating projects to share, but am not really sure where to look for the graphics. Hadar suggested I have a GRAPHICS LINKY PARTY to learn more. SOoooo here we go...Where do you go to get your cute graphics? Remember the more tools we have, the more cretive we can be!
 Don't be shy, for those of you that sell your graphics...speak up! ;-)