Back to School Ice Breaker for SMART Board!

I know some blog friends are just getting ready to head back to school. I offered these freebie downloads on Kleinspiration when I did a guest post for her a few weeks ago. Wanted to post them up on my blog for anyone who wanted to give 'em a try during the first few days of school. My kids just LOVED the Balloon Pop -- big hit!

Go HERE to download this freebie! Enjoy! If you like it, please leave me some feedback!

 Click HERE to download Tic-Tac-Know for free!

Rules Rap!

Hey guys! I got this fabulous back to school idea from my friend over at First Grade Fever! I did tweak the song to fit the rules in my classroom. What a fun and engaging way to learn the rules! I bet my firsties won't soon forget this catchy song and the rules to go with it!

I posted the video of my kiddos singing the Rules Rap on my classroom blog. Click HERE to view!

Back to School Buses!

This is one of my favorite back to school projects -- these buses always get lots of positive comments when they are displayed in the hallway!  I got this idea sometime ago from a Mailbox Magazine.

Here's what you'll need:

• 9 in yellow paper square
• 2x9 in. black rectangle for bumper
• two 2x3in black paper rectangles (tires)
• 3x5in white paper rectangle (window)
• two 1x2 in black for lights
• Orange, red, black, and white paper scraps
• crayons
• glue
• scissors

You'll need to round the bottom corners of the short side of each tire, glue them on. They glue the bumper on. Round off the top corners of the bus. Glue small black  rectangles to go at the top, add red and orange circles for lights, and 2 more red circles for tailights. Round off corners of the white rectangle, draw self portrait in window. Add a label with the students name for the license plate. Write a bus number on the bus, and add black stripe detail.

We also took a white crayon and added some detail to the tires.

Hope you all have a great start to your new school year!