Spring Break Countdown

In Pre-K we love to do countdowns to special days.  It is a good reminder for the kids and teachers. :) It helps with one-to-one correspondence, counting, and number recognition (We always write the number of days left on the board.).

 

This is one we have for Spring Break.  We display it on our dry erase board. 

 

  I printed the reproducibles from Twisty Noodle.

 

I made the basket the size of a paper plate, and I increased the size of the eggs as well (using a copier, and the maximize/minimize feature).  I colored them using both markers and colored pencils.

 

The basket used two paper plates.  The basket picture is cut in half so that the handle is on the back plate.  The front of the basket is on the front plate.  The front plate has been cut in half, glued together for additional strength, turned around so the front faces the front of the others, and then taped to the back so that it forms a pocket.  I hope that made sense.  I apologize for not taking pictures.

 

 

It can now hold the eggs.

 

 

For a finishing touch I made grass to "hide" the eggs.  It is laminated green construction paper cut in half, and then the tops are cut irregularly to make it look like grass.  I kept the length of the cut about the same, but I alternated the angle of the top of the grass to make it remotely more realistic.

There's a chocolate bunny at the end for that very special last day!

Our classroom door

Here is our classroom door prior to all of the decorations from the kid's crafts.  We went simple.  

We would have to cover it with flame retardant treated fabric if we covered the door.  The Fire Marshall doesn't like butcher paper covering the entire door.  

We put PreK on the door in big letters so the parents/guardians would know where to come to drop off their children and sign in.

The border on the window was added for a pop of color and to tie it in to the inside bulletin boards.

The Welcome sign serves not only as a welcome, but also as a way to show the expectations of our classroom.  

Thank you to this blogger I found through Pinterest for the idea for the Welcome sign.  I used Microsoft Publisher to create it.