Friday Freebie: Spin and Add February Style

I'm just so excited that it's Friday, y'all.  The weeks are getting longer, but I know it will be summer before I know it.  For now, I am just going to bask in the glory of all things pink and Valentine-licious.  I just love February!  We are always trying to make games and activities for our firsties to practice their math facts, and so I created this little guy here for my favorite month!  It's a spin and add game.  Simple...they just spin and add.  :)  Spin the first spinner with a pencil and a paper clip, then spin the second spinner, and then add the two numbers together.  They record the number sentence on the recording sheet.  Easy peasy.  I included pictures of the candy hearts in the spinner for the sweet babies that need to count 'em up, but I will encourage others to count on with their fingers or use the facts they already know.  You could also give them some candy hearts to count up if you're feeling up to it.  :)  Just click on the picture to download a free copy and feel free to leave me a comment if you enjoy it!  Happy Friday!

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Christmas in November

I am SOOOOO excited!!! It's like Christmas in November around here.  This came in the mail today.

Are you feeling me on this, people.  It's two, count 'em two, brand new Pete the Cat books and a Pete the Cat plush doll.  EEEEeeeekkkkk!!  I am so excited.  And to top it all off a brand new Junie B.  Where have you been, Barbara Park?  We have been waiting for you to get  a new one out.  

Also, yesterday I got the email with my Scrappin Doodles button that I ordered that lets me give away freebies on my blog.  Yippee!  I only had time to make a quick little thing today, but there is definitely more to come.  I made these cutie gift tags to put on some thank you gifts.  And...good news.  I was able to upload files to Google Docs today.  I don't know what changed, and I'm not gonna question it.  Click on the pic for your free copy.  

Here are some pictures of yesterday's Halloween festivities in my classroom.  We had so much fun.   I saw a cute multiplication memory game on Pinterest using Hershey's kisses, so we just modified it for addition.  My firsties loved it!!!  Also, we learned about adjectives, and then we observed a pumpkin.  We made a giant list of adjectives to describe the outside and inside of the pumpkin.  Then the kids wrote some adjectives on paper pumpkin die cuts, glued them to an orange sentence strip, and voila!  A Halloween Hat!  You can see it on on of my students in the first picture.  What did y'all do to celebrate Halloween?