Motion in the Ocean, Teddy Bear Picnic, and a Freebie

How do you like that for a title? :) 

Motion in the Ocean....

My group of kiddos is learning about ocean animals this week. 

So - I pulled some great readers from 

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Two of these are available in the animated version on raz-kids. The Coral Reefs book is multi-level which will be helpful for my 'more capable' ones. 

We are also visiting National Geographic's website to do some animal research! Have you seen the kids site? 

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Many animals have short video or audio clips so the children can see the animals in their habitat! And... MAPS! So neat!

Here is a screen shot of the Kids: Animals and Pets: All home page. 

I like that it is organized by wildlife or habitat...

And you can print out fact cards for the kids to use later (or put into a book like we did with our animals unit....) 

Teddy Bear Picnic ...

FINALLY got something done... This unit came about when I learned a new little trick in PowerPoint...  Thanks to my friend at Funky Fresh Firsties...

You can fill a shape - with a picture! WHAT? 

I know - mind. blown. 

So I started playing around with that - and before I know it - I had a patterning and graphing unit in the works! 

Here is a preview...

And last... 

A FREEBIE! :) 

Click on FREEBIE - or either picture to download the file from my dropbox. 

Nothing special - just something I made so that my kiddos could write down their 'facts' that we are learning from our books and websites. :) 

And the super cute clip-art is from Nikki at Melonheadz! :) 

Have a great night friends!