Planning for December, part two

Just before Thanksgiving my coworker and I attempted to plan the entire month of December together.  I will admit that I did a good job of getting this coming week planned, but only have a general idea of the rest of the month.  I am grateful that my coworker wanted to plan this way, though, because it will really make the rest of the month much easier.

Christmas Q-tip Painting

I decided that I wanted some fun fine motor practice for my students this month.  We have done a few q-tip painting activities in the past, mostly focusing on making the shapes of the letter of the week.  The set I created involves dot painting along the outlines of Christmas related drawings.  I will probably use the black line with the clip art this time around in my classroom.

To use these printables I provide q-tips or other cotton swabs and a small paint palette with a few colors of paint as well as a paper towel to set used swabs on.  There are a few students who really like to mix colors, so I do need to remind them that these are shared paints for the center and that mixing is not a choice.  I will try to make sure I do have an activity in which those students who like to mix paint will be able to mix during an art project, if possible, during the week.  Otherwise, I will try to let my happy mixers be the last to use the paint at the end of the last centers time so that they can mix to their heart's content.

Visit TPT and make  your wishlist now

Teachers Pay Teachers is having a site wide sale Monday and Tuesday, so make your wishlists now and be sure to check out one of those days.  I have a few items I want to purchase myself and need to decide how much I can budget.  Some are just to use in my classroom and some are to make items to use in my classroom as well as add to my store.

What Will You Put In Your Cart?

The big Love Back to School Sale is going on at Teachers Pay Teachers on Monday and Tuesday.  I will be participating with 28% off.  Make sure you use the promo code BTS15 to get your entire discount on your back to school goodies.

I still cannot decide which set of Preschool Center Signs I am going to print for use in my classroom.  Anyone have any suggestions?

I have been working on making a Happy Birthday banner for my classroom with an ocean theme.  I finally managed to get it to print correctly from my Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, so I will hopefully manage to add it to my shop as soon as I write some helpful printing hints.  I don't want any of you to have to deal with the trial and error I messed with last night.

Tomorrow my church starts Vacation Bible Camp where I will be going on a Thailand Trek with 16 preschoolers.  This promises to be an exhausting, but fulfilling week.  Hope I can remember to check in on my shop and hopefully treat myself to something from one of the other great teacher shops during the sale.