DIY Sugar Scrub

I have officially been snowed in all week! I've been trying to come up with things to keep me occupied, so I had a little at home spa day. After a face mask, I whipped up this super easy and natural sugar scrub.

I typically use a sugar scrub from Ulta, but I am currently out and can't make it to the store in this storm. This DIY version is made out of things you probably already have at home. Plus, you can make a small batch in just 5 minutes.

Directions: Mix together 1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1 tsp. honey.

That's it! Quick, easy, and natural.

This sugar scrub is gentle so its perfect for everyday use. And it smells great! If you are stuck inside like me, make this scrub for a little at home spa treatment.

Math Freebies

I called this the week of the math freebies. I finally downloaded/printed/laminated all of the awesome freebies that I've found on Pinterest. I have no idea how teachers did it before Pinterest. 

Here are some of the freebies in action during centers this week.

 Arctic Addition: Choose a card with an addition problem, solve the problem, and cover the answer. A great color version is also available.

Snowflake Tally Marks: A simple cut and glue sheet. Great practice for this new skill.

Hot Chocolate Subtraction/Addition: This is technically Christmas themed, but the kids didn't really notice. We had been practicing addition and subtraction with marshmallows anyway, so it fit right into our unit.

Here is a compiled list of where you can get the freebies I used this week. Kuddos to these creative teachers!

Arctic Addition by Rowdy in Room 300

Snowflake Tally Marks by The Printable Princess

Hot Chocolate Addition/Subtraction by Khrys Bosland

Oh and one more! I don't have pictures of it, but we use these cute penguin mats to practice addition stories today. The kiddos used goldfish crackers to tell their stories. It was during one of my observations and worked great!

Penguin Mats by Kroger's Kindergarten 

I spend way too much time on Pinterest, so follow me on there for ideas by season/theme and subject.

https://www.pinterest.com/casey_harlan/

January in Kindergarten

We have been enjoying lots of winter activities this week in kindergarten. Our hot chocolate subtraction mugs and The Snowy Day art are currently on display.

We had used marshmallows for a Christmas project, and of course I bought way too many! This hot chocolate project was great for using some of those marshmallows. I gave each of the students 6 marshmallows to start with. They then had to roll a die to see how many they got to eat. We used those numbers to create a subtraction number sentence.

We also read The Snowy Day this week to introduce personal narrative writing. Then we drew our favorite parts of the story. You can see that we are working hard on labeling our illustrations!

On Friday, we took a break from our personal narrative writing to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. Day. If you haven't discussed it yet, here are some great free resources!

The King and His Dream Video

This was just the right length and amount of info for my kinders. We watched the video and then made a graphic organizer about what we learned.

As we were reviewing sentence structure, we did a shared writing piece about what we could do to fulfill MLK Jr.'s dream.

Download this FREE writing paper from Kathy Romano and Christina Murphy.

We also colored a picture of MLK Jr. for our hallway display. You can download several FREE coloring pictures from Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas.

I can't believe January is almost over! It will be time for Valentine's Day ideas soon. Enjoy the long weekend!