Hands On Rocks, Dirt and Measurement

The ideas I'm sharing this week are NO PRINT and NO PREP. It's the really good stuff we do with kinders, right? In my class, we are continuing our units on rocks and dirt along with our math focus in measurement. Two great topics for getting down and getting dirty with learning!

First, I went out to the storage trailers and pulled out boxes of Cuisenaire rods and more building blocks for free play.
Next I got out the wallpaper feet. OK, technically these aren't no prep…but since I cut these out TWENTY-THREE years ago when I first taught Kindergarten, I'm counting this as no prep. CLASSIC.

Every child brought a stuffed toy for measurement exploration. We measured length/height, but we decided it probably wasn't a good idea to explore capacity. I mean who wants to unstuff a stuffed animal!?

For our science focus, we went to the nature trail to start our rock collections. More next week on the measuring and weighing.

That one didn't make the cut.

Changing the subject…How about that TPT sale?! Here's a look at some of my purchases. I can't wait to use these in some new teaching materials. They are all from Creative Clips.

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