I finally had the chance to sit down a create a freebie for the squirrel mini treat envelopes I talked about in this post.  I realize that not everyone may have a Dollar General nearby to be able to get these exact envelopes, so I created something similar for you to print and fold. It won't take a lot of ink for the envelope, either. You can always print it out in grayscale and copy it onto construction paper, too. I hope you like it! There are 25 pages in all.




Click on any of the pictures below to download Nuts About Numbers from my Teachers Notebook Shop.

I've been searching around for lots of new things to do this winter and I thought I'd share some of the great freebies that are out there.

I know there are tons of great paid items, as well. However, I'm a huge Dave Ramsey fan and one of my goals for the New Year is to pay off our last 20 acres by the end of the year so I was only looking for freebies. (If you haven't heard of Dave Ramsey, you should definitely check him out. His book, Total Money Makeover, completely changed the way I look at money, finances and debt.)


If you have a New Year's goal to save money or pay off debt, you should definitely look into his books or classes. Sorry for the little plug for Dave, but I love him!!! A sweet friend of mine gave me free tickets to see him live a few months ago and according to my husband, you would have thought I was a teenage groupie the way I was like, "Oh, Dave! Did you know I get to go see Dave? Look, there's MY Dave!" Ha! It's seriously sad, but I do love the man for saving my finances. My biggest and best achievements were paying off my grad school student loans years early and saving an additional $300 per month for retirement. We now have everything but our land paid off and that is such a huge blessing. Yay! Now back to our regularly scheduled post on winter planning. Sorry! ;)



Snowman Brace Map from Can Do Kinders 


The Mitten Printables from 1+1+1=1



Draw a Snowman by A Kinder Garden in Bloom
My Snowman Emergent Reader from Can Do Kinders
Skip Counting Snowmen from The Littlest Scholars
The Snowman Emergent Reader from Mrs. Albanese's Class 
Lots of cute Snowman Ideas from Kindergarten Rocks (You have to leave a comment for her to send them to you.)
Winter Rhyming and Winter Letter Match from KinderKids Fun
CVC Word Write and Read from Can Do Kinders
Roll-a-Snowman from Live, Love, Laugh Everyday in Kindergarten 
Penguin Color Emergent Reader
Pine Tree Place Value
Winter Animals Memory
Winter Writing Prompts
Winter Math Journal Prompts
Snow Buddies Story Starter at Read, Write, Sing


TpT January Freebies
Winter
Penguins
Snow/Snowman
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Winter Links
This site has lots of winter links.

After spending time playing with cardstock, punches and ribbon to make the pencil pails in the previous post, I remembered why I use to scrapbook. There are so many fun accessories!!! We had lots of left over paper, so I decided to put it to use.  I can’t miss any opportunity to use my scallop punch, too! I’m in love with all things scallop’y’! I have created a couple of printables and a template for you to use, too!


Here’s what I used:

• Stampin’ Up scallop punch
• Stampin’ Up! 1 3/8” circle punch
• 2 different colors of cardstock
• alphabet printables

I created the following sets for you to print. Just click on one of the following links to take you to the printables.

1. Alphabet Capital and Lowercase Match
2. Numbers 1-20
3. Blank template for you to create your own printables

 

I think these circles would be fun for all kinds of things! I am going to make some with colors, shapes and patterns, too. These scallop punches would be super easy to store in Altoids tins, pencil boxes, baggies, envelopes, baggies, etc.

What would you create with these circles? If you create something, please come back to this post and enter your link in the form below.

While I’m waiting to get my Math Work Stations book, I am working on compiling lists of blog posts that have lots of great ideas for Kindergarten Work Stations. I have gone through lots and lots of links, but I’m only posting those I found to be the most beneficial and most easily adaptable for Kindergarten. I hope you’ll find something useful, too! 

***If you don't see a link on here that you think would be beneficial, please leave a comment and let me know!***
Chapter 1: What is a Math Work Station?
Chapter 2: Organizing and Managing Math Materials

• Mrs. Wills Kindergarten
• Primary Graffiti
• KindergartenWorks
• Froggy Friends Fun
• Kindergarten Rhode
• Oceans of First Grade Fun
• Mrs. Patton's Patch
• First Grade Shining Stars!

Chapter 3: Getting Started with Math Work Stations

• Mrs. Wills Kindergarten
• Learning With Mrs. Parker
• Primary Graffiti
• F is for First Grade 
• Dillo Digest
• Froggy Friends Fun

Chapter 4: Beginning Number Concepts Work Stations

• Mrs. Wills Kindergarten
• Lots of number sense and counting ideas
• Kindergarten Crayons
• Primary Graffiti
• Finally in First
• Dillo Digest
• Learning With Mrs. Parker (I love the number cards & puzzles!)
• A Special Kind of Class
• Mrs. Patton’s Patch
• A Teacher’s Touch
• Oceans of First Grade Fun (Great ten frame printables!)
• Lory’s Page
• Apple Girl Amber
• Read-Write-Sing

Chapter 5: Addition and Subtraction Work Stations

• Mrs. Wills Kindergarten
• Learning With Mrs. Parker
• Spin and Add
• Spider Legs Math Mats
• Addition and Subtraction Mats
• How Many to….

General Ideas

• Lots of Math Work Station Pictures
• Math Work Station ideas
• Guided Math
• Math Stations Self-Check Sheets
• Math Tubs
• More Math Tubs
• Lots of links to math ideas
• Under the Alphabet Tree

To read Math Work Stations by Debbie Diller for free online, click here. You will need to click on the green box above the book that says preview online.