St. Patrick's Day and Five for Friday

I love celebrating holidays with my Pre-K friends.   Most of my littles have not been in school before so what they experience  in my room is a first, and that is exciting! So on Saint Patrick's Day, we had a visit from Lucky the Leprechaun. Let;s just say their excitement could not be contained... ALL DAY LONG!! Our rainbow windsocks took several days to complete,  but were well worth the effort!  I love how the colors compliment out alphabet too! We painted every other color the first day, so the colors wouldn't bleed together. After all rainbows were painted and dried, we worked on measuring and cutting the party streamers which was the perfect addition to our measurement focus in math this week. Windsock idea was found on Pinterest HERE. CRASH! is one of our favorite games! It is a matching game and can be played with any concept.  We are working on number recognition from 1-20  and I was able to differentiate the numerals worked  during small group instruction.   If the numbers match you keep them, if they don't match you return them and CRASH! makes you return all your cards to the pile! This edition of CRASH! can be found in my Farm Unit for pre-k and kinder. With our teacher work day on Friday and spring break next week,  we had to sneak in a few Easter activities this week. Easter grass, Easter eggs, large tweezers and buckets were a hit! I ordered the large tweezers from Amazon,  but have also seen some at the Dollar Store recently! Our class was invited to watch Scott Humston on Tuesday and his Pro Kids Show.   Can I just share with you that this is the BEST character ed show that I have seen in my twenty years of teaching! I saw the Pro Kids show five years ago at the elementary school  that I taught at and when my youngest son attended.   Scott Humston used comedy, magic, puppets and music  to teach character ed in a way that CONNECTS with students! So much, in fact, that my now middle schooler wanted to go watch  the evening show at my current school for parents and students! I LOVE his saying: CHARACTER IS WHO YOU ARE WHILE NO ONE IS LOOKING! I am linking up today with Doodle Bugs Teaching and Five For Friday. Be sure to head over to see what everyone has been up to!