Thursday, September 15, 2011

AWANA Sparks: Books of the New Testament Bookmark

In Sparks Book 2-Wing Runner, Rank Section 8 all 27 books of the New Testament are listed to be recited. We created this to help us remember those books.

AWANA Sparks Books of the Bible New Testament Bookmark

Addition Facts 1-10

We printed these out on card stock and laminated them.
Addition Facts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Caught Being Good at AWANA

Mike and I are Sparks Directors of AWANA at our church. For those of you who don't know about AWANA it stands for Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed which comes from 2 Timonthy 2:15 "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." Children come to club to hear a Bible lesson, play games, recite scripture verses they have memorized and have FUN!

We have started giving these notes out with a piece of candy to boys and girls we catch being good! ;-)

Caught Being Good

Place Value Math Center Activity

Math Center Activity




We are working on place value. Last week we learned about the thousands place. So, we came up with a new activity to practice. The last page is a thousands place grouping of blocks with blank spots open to add your own numbers and print as many extra of that page as you need.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Beginning Sound Matching File Folder Game

A couple of years ago we started buidling our file folder collection. We thought we would start sharing some of them with you.


On a Roll- Word Blend Game

This is a game I just made for Meara to practice creating word blends. She and I take turns rolling both a number(1 or 2 syllables) and blend cube. Then we create a word based on the results of the cube writing a one or two for the syllable of the word on the recording sheet. At the end we tally the number of syllables for each blend to determine which blend had the highest number of syllables.


Blend Cube





On a Roll recording sheet





Number 1 and 2 Cube





Saturday, August 6, 2011

Storing Learning and File Folder Games

A few years ago I started looking for a storage solution for the file folder games that we were collecting. We started adding duct tape to the spine of the folder and punching holes in it to be placed inside of a three ring binder. This became a great solution for us. In the past week I have been searching the Internet for wonderful FREE printables to use in our home school classroom for second grade. I realized that most of the games I found needed a storage solution that was easy for our daughter to get out and put away on her own. This same concept worked using 9x12 envelopes, everything stores easily and neatly inside (this time I used clear packing tape).


It was hard for us to keep up with the small pieces that went with each file folder game so we started storing them in sandwich bags. We added hole punches to the bag and the folder and secured the bag with brags.




Here are a few of the wonderful places I found this week and used in the past for FREE printables:


A Place to Share


Differentiation Station


First Grade...a la Carte


Preschool Printables