I LOVE October!

I just love October! I love cooking with pumpkin, I love learning about them, carving them, the smell of pumpkin, and doing crafts with them! Here are some of my fav Pumpkin stories and have you hard of Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman?!?!?!?!?! OMG if you haven't you will be addicted and so will your kids! Here is the song that I've been looking for on CD or mp3 or ANYTHING for the past 2 years on youtube!

We sing it almost everyday! And the kids just LOVE singing along (so do I!). I saw some lesson plan ideas on The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin so I might do some activities on this book as well! Here is a video from youtube! Here are some other random videos I saw while searching around. A

nyway I'm getting carried away and need to do lesson plans! Enjoy!

Bach for the brain!

Well, everyday after lunch my kids get really energized from the food they have and time to talk. I was having trouble calming them down during their independent work and needed a solution! I'm getting back to playing the piano and recalled the study about Bach helping people concentrate better. So last night I downloaded a Bach for the brain playlist to try it on my kids. Well guess what! They were quiet for a whole 30 minutes during a G/T assessment I was giving and they worked the whole time! I have 7 babies that...have a hard time concentrating and following directions, and they were attentive for most of the time! Hopefully they will continue to work quietly while listening to Bach!

Bathroom, out of room procedures!

My teacher friend next door told me about this one and I saw how successful her class was so I decided to do the same! The kids have their names on magnets, put their name in the appropriate box for where they are going, and upon their return they put their name back!