New Year's... We gotcha covered!

Hey guys! It's Rachel from the tattooed teacher. I hope every one of you had an amazing holiday season (and continue to enjoy some time off!).
I wanted to take time to share a few freebies we have for New Year's! I know it is always a struggle getting back into the groove in January, so hopefully you'll find something to help you out!

Need some freebies-we got that!

Happy New Year freebie-Cara Carroll (from her blog!)

New Year's foldable-Rachel Lamb

New Year's photo props-Deanna Jump and Mel Lloyd

New Year's writing freebie-Little Warriors (from her blog!)

ABC Math Up-Growing Kinders

Winter Break follow-up-Rachel Lamb (from her blog!)

Need clipart-we got that!

School Supply Addict and gold set

Graphics from the Pond

Lidia RB

Krista Wallden

Need centers? we got that!

Math and Literacy centers-Little Warriors

Happy New Year's CVC game-Deedee Willis

Literacy and Math centers-Erica Broher

Happy New Year Making Words-Growing Kinders

Looking for K-1 (and some 2nd, too)?...we got that!

Common Core Math and Literacy-Erica Broher

Happy New Year-Kickin' it in Kindergarten

Hooray for New Year's Day!-Kim Adsit

January Busy Teacher (1st grade)-Katie King

Squirrel's New Year Resolution book companion-Cheryl Saoud

Happy New Year activities-Julie Lee

Math and Literacy Fun unit-Little Warriors

New Year's graphtivity-Erica Broher (Not pictured-Sorry!)

Stating the New Year on the Right Foot craftivity-Erica Broher (not pictured-Sorry!)

My Resolution for the New Year - Writing and Craft - Traci Clausen (not pictured-Sorry!)

Looking for 2-3 resources? we got that too!

New Year's Fun-Amy Lemons

Squirrels New Year Resolution-Cheryl Saoud

Everybody's Makin' Resolution writing-Rachel Lamb

January Busy Teacher (2nd grade)-Katie King

New Year's graphtivity-Erica Broher

and don't forget to enter for a chance to win one of TEN $10 TpT gift cards from the Blog Hoppers!

Yarn Alternative and a New Year FREEBIE!

Hey peeps!

Happy WINTER BREAK!!! Isn't it fabulous?! Did you sleep in?

I'm popping by real quick to ask you if you use embroidery floss.

This stuff...

I keep it separated in a little plastic case.

It's fabulous! It is super cheap, comes in a beautiful variety of colors and can be used for all sorts of things! Plus it takes up very little space - so it's easy to store.

I use it quite a bit instead of yarn. It's much prettier and not so "clumsy" looking.

I use it for the balloon string on this New Years project. Bulky yarn would just be too much.

That little New Year penguin is a quick, simple little lesson about resolutions and a cutie pie little penguin - perfect for a wintery bulletin board. 

One more little tip... Try using a variety of materials for your bulletin boards. I avoid butcher paper as much as possible. Fabric lasts longer, is reusable and stays vibrant.

For my snow themed January boards I put up batting from the fabric store (or Wal-Mart). It's a great "stand in" for snow. I love that these little New Year penguins are slip sliding 3D style! :)

Aren't the snowy hills fun?

We will be doing this little New Year Penguin project when we go back to school on January 5th. 

We also will be working on verb tense with this freebie reader available to my "fans" on my Facebook page. Just click the Exclusive Fan Freebies tab on my FB page from your browser (the mobile app doesn't show the tabs).

Enjoy every second of your break!!! 

Are you ready for 2014??

Hi there, friends!!! It's Katie, from Little Warriors!!!

I hope you're all enjoying your Christmas break!!

I know that many times, Christmas break is a time for you to relax and spent time with your family and friends. School is put on the back burner for a couple of weeks. Time to unwind and relax....until you realize-uggggggh!!!! There are only a couple more days left of break and you left your plan book at school because you had planned to go in over break and do a little planning-haaaaa!!!!!

Don't panic!!! Last year at this time I was just finishing up my maternity leave and had 3 months to think about what I was going to do with my kiddos that first week in January :)

That's when I created this little New Years Math & Literacy Unit.

I'll share with you some photos that I took last year and never had a chance to post about! LOL!

My favorite part of this unit is the New Year's "Toast".

We talk about how toast has 2 different meanings and what a New Year's toast really is. Then, we brainstorm things that we can toast to.

Next, we make our cute little "New Year's Toast." 

This unit is packed with tons of FUN!! It's a great way for your kiddos to celebrate the NEW YEAR!!! Here are a few of the activities that are included:

There is a little letter to mail to your kiddos to get them excited about coming back and celebrating the new year. It also tells them to bring in a few items for their time capsules. They will be opening these next year to see how much they have changed over the past year :)

 New Years Bedtime graph:

Some fun snacks!

Pop a balloon to find a sight word. If you can read it, the kids get a point. Can't? Teacher gets a point :)

Click on the image below to go check this unit out!

You can grab this little Freebie from my blog by clicking on the picture below :)

Happy New Year!!!