There was an Old Lady who swallowed some leaves

I love all of the Little Old Lady books.  Back in October we read
 There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!.   I saw this idea on pinterest from Teach Them To Fly and decided that it would be fun to do with my students.   I could not find a shirt and pants pattern that I liked so, I drew my own.  If you would like a copy of it, just leave me a comment and I will scan and email it to you.

 The students colored each piece and cut out the pants on their own.  I helped with the shirt if needed (this had A LOT of fine motor practice).  I used a die cut for the pumpkin head.  I used PowerPoint to remove the backgrounds from photos of my students to have just their faces.  Then I printed and cut out their faces and attached to the scarecrow bodies.  The other preschool teacher did not add the photos to the pumpkins.  I think both came out really cute (although my son says mine scares him and his friends when they walk past my classroom)!

I also used this cute activity from Make Learning Fun to help with story retelling!
             







     

Bucket Filling Bulletin Board

I have noticed the trend that a lot of schools are going to Bucket Filling. We started bucket filling at our school a few years ago and it has stuck around. Last year one of my paraprofessionals put together this bulletin board for me and I wanted to share it. ( I loved it so much, that I kept it for this year.  She was able to tie in bucket filling with my monster theme, which I love. 

Please ignore the mess that you can see in the mirror.  I am still working on setting up my classroom.