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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Birthday Bash!




Ok, so hopefully by now you know that I am guest blogging for Elizabeth over at Mrs. Hodge and Her Kindergarten Kids today.


If you haven't seen my post about celebrating birthdays in the classroom - please start over there first and then come back here for another SPECIAL SURPRISE! There's a couple of FREEBIES there for you to grab and I don't want you to miss out!

If you've already been over there and are now back to collect on the 3rd FREEBIE - you are in the right place! Here is it.......

If you are like me, you can't spend TONS of time celebrating birthdays because you have to meet SUPER high expectations for your kinders.  I have to make the things I do fit with what we need to be learning so I'm not wasting alot of instructional time.

I created a game to play with my special birthday child (and his/her guided reading buddies) that will keep the focus on academics while also being a special "treat".

       

In this game, each child chooses a character and works to earn the number of candles that equal his/her age. For example, if you are 5 - you need to earn 5 candles first to win. If you are 6 - you need to earn 6 to win. Some of the cupcakes have candles - some don't. Earn your number of candles to WIN!! 

How do you earn candles? 

By reading the word wall words on the cards. I have included both kindergarten AND first grade words!


8 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for all of the freebies!! What do you do about celebrating summer or "break" babies? You know, the ones that have a birthday over the 2 weeks off at Christmas or over Spring Break? Thanks again!!

    Rochell

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  2. Thanks for sharing. This is fantastic.
    Rhonda
    Classroom Fun

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  3. Thanks for the book freebie! I love it! My crowns are made by the kids. In the first couple days of school I have the kids trace their hands (both). This allows me to observe fine motor skills. Then I file them, ready for their day! On their day, they cut their hands out while I measure their head for the band of the crown. I write "I am 6 today!" on the band which gets the hands stapled on showing that. Bending the fingers can sometimes get tricky depending on the cutting! The kiddo then gets a birthday sticker, a birthday pencil, and sang 'Happy Birthday' in 3 languages (I have a multi language room). They love it! Adding the book would be wonderful!

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  4. I love your ideas! So cute! We always sing Happy Birthday, they make a cute hat and I give them a birthday sticker. Love all your cute goodies! Thank you!
    Cheryl
    Crayons and Curls

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  5. Thank you so much for these goodies!! I am excited to celebrate even more this year than I did last year with these little guys!!

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  6. Thanks for the great freebie! I celebrate the "summer b-days" on thier 1/2 birthdays :) This way everyone gets a special day at school!

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  7. I too celebrate summer birthdays on their 1/2 birthday....but I've also seen a mass birthday celebrations for summer birthday right before school gets out....

    Melissa - that is SUPER cute idea with the hands. :0)

    jeannie

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  8. Love the birthday freebies. Thanks. I like the book idea because the other kids make a page for them. How sweet.
    Jenn

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