KFUNdamentals

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Meet Who?

Meet Me!

Now that the new blog, Kinder Tribe, is up & running with some amazing give-aways, we want you to get to know us. I'll start...

So that's just about all there is to know about me! But, just to clarify a few things...

~Yes, I've been teaching for 37 years (I think I was 2 when I started!) with the last 20 years in K.
~If you love coffee and you don't have a Nespresso machine, you are seriously missing out! I also can't live without my iPhone and MacBook. But I need my coffee first!
~Don't leave me alone in an office supply store with all of those cute, colorful paper clips! I might never leave!
~Ahh, The Napping House. I think my favorite part is how the illustrator, Don Wood, introduces light and color into each illustration as the sun begins to rise. I also like finding the flea on each page.
~Dr. Jean! Who does't LOVE Dr. Jean? I have been a fan of hers for years.
~And last, but not least, Kindergarten! It's a magical place where kids learn faster than they do in most other grades. I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher from the time I was in kindergarten. I wrote my 8th grade career report on becoming a kindergarten teacher! Unfortunately, I had to wait 17 years before there was a K opening! The good news was that I gained experience teaching every other grade 1st-8th. My heart is in K. I LOVE everything about it. Just the word "kindergarten" makes me smile.

Want to meet more?

Now head on over to our collaborative blog and check out the other Teacher authors by clicking on "Meet The Teachers" at the top of the home page. And while you're there, enter all of our amazing give-aways!

Click the image to get yourself over to the Give-Away!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Have You Heard The News?

There's A New Collaborative Blog on the Block!

Click the image to see the new blog.

Today is the day! Kinder Tribe, originally a Facebook group that started to support and inspire K teachers, started a collaborative blog! There are 16 admins (I'm so excited to be one of them!) but there are tons of opportunities to link up for linkys or submit a blog post to be featured even if you are not on the admin team!

Great Give-Aways!

Click on over and check out all of the amazing Give-Aways like:

$75 to spend at Teachers Pay Teachers

$10 Gift Certificate from Mel @ Graphics from the Pond

3 Colored Clipart Sets from Nikki @ Melonheadz Illustrating
School Schedule Kids Bundle from Sarah from EduClips and
Bus Stop Kids Clip Art Set from Emily @ Polka Dots Please!

Color Word Writing Practice by Hadar @ Miss Kindargarten
Search and Color - Sight Word Edition by Tara @ Little Minds at Work
Pencils, Glue and Centers too - Back to School Centers for Kindergarten

by Melissa @ The Printable Princess
Magnetic Letters Word Work - CVC Words by Caitlin @ Kindergarten Smiles
K Back Pack by Elizabeth @ Kickin' it in Kindergarten
Literacy Circle Time Charts - Bundle by Elissa @ Mrs. Jones' Creation Station !

1 year subscription to Showbie!

Plus, A KiNdEr TrIbE 16-piece Product Bundle!

Click the image to go to the Give-Aways.

And There's More:

Meet the authors at Kinder Tribe:

Click on the image below to see all of the amazing authors. Here is my intro:

Click the image to meet all of the Teacher Authors.

But That's Not All...

Every Friday we will be doing a Feature Friday where you are all invited to sign-up to send a blog post in that will appear on this blog! More information about Feature Friday and how to sign-up is coming shortly... so stay tuned on the Facebook page! The first one will be July 31st!

Here is a link to Kinder Tribe's FB Page:

No, That's Not All...

We will also be having a linky party every Wednesday called "What Went Well Wednesday!" One of the admin's will be posting a successful lesson, activity etc. from their classroom and you are all invited to link up as well!
The first one will be on July 29th!

And remember, when using social media, please use this hashtag:

#kindertribe

What do you think about all of the cute graphics? Yukari Naka did an amazing job designing our new blog, FB, & all of the graphics. Hey, we even have a Pinterest page!

Leave a comment here if you stopped by Kinder Tribe's new blog, FB, or Pinterest Page and let me know what you think.

Saturday, July 18, 2015

My Periscope Cooking Demo

Mouth-watering Breaded Chicken:

So easy and quick to make!

What Is Periscope, you ask?

My new toy is the FREE Periscope App on my iPhone. You can grab it from the Apple App Store or wherever Android users get their apps. (I admit it, I'm an iPhone snob. Please forgive me.)

I got to thinking that lots of teachers are just chilling' and enjoying some time off without having to think about school at all. They probably have some time on their hands to do things like, umm, cook dinner!

I LOVE to cook, so I thought I would Periscope a quick little "how to" on what I was making for dinner.

What's Palma Cooking Tonight?

I only showed how to make the "mouth-watering chicken", but here is the entire menu:

Appetizer: Caprese bruschetta

Mouth-watering Chicken

lemon potatoes

green salad

We started with the appetizer:

Sliced mozzerella, tomatoes, and fresh basil.
Drizzle with olive oil & your favorite balsamic vinegar.

Drizzle olive oil on sliced sour dough bread and brown in a cast iron skillet.

So good!

Now, those who know me know that I'm a Pescatarian.

But when I tell people that, they think it's a religion!

Here is what it means:

pes·ca·tar·i·an

ˌpeskəˈte(ə)rēən/

noun

a person who does not eat meat but does eat fish.

Chicken does not qualify as fish, so the chicken dinner was for my dear husband.

I enjoyed eating all of the side dishes.

My chicken-less veggie dinner.

Then, I made the sides:

Lemon Potatoes:

Mix in a baking dish:

3-4 Sliced & diced potatoes (leave the skin on)

4 cloves of garlic

Squeeze in the juice of 1/2 of a lemon

salt/pepper

drizzle with olive oil

add 2/3 cup of water

Bake @ 350 degrees for about an hour.

As it bakes, it absorbs the water.

So I set up all of my ingredients, logged onto Periscope, and recorded my own little cooking show!

Here is how to make the chicken:

Wash 6 boneless chicken thighs in salt water & pat dry.

In 1 bowl: squeeze the juice of 1/2 of a lemon into 1 cup of plain yogurt.

In a 2nd bowl: combine 1 cup of breadcrumbs, 3 T of Parmesan cheese, 3 cloves of minced garlic.

Coat the chicken with the yogurt and then the bread crumbs.

Place the pieces in a baking dish & bake @ 350 degrees for 1 hour.

It was so much fun and I got lots of cute comments and hearts. Even Clifford got in on the show. And, it was ALL ORGANIC!

So, download the free app

search for KFUNdamentals

and look for "KFUNdamentals What's Palma Cooking Tonight?"

Then you can see the "live" video of my demo,

but just like Cinderella, it will be gone when the clock strikes

6:15 PM Pacific time on Saturday, July 18

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

It's Almost August! Time to Get ORGANIZED:

Celebrate a different color every Friday:

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Organize your calendar to celebrate one color each week. Here are some great calendar cards for your calendar pocket chart.

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Use these calendar cards to mark your special "Color Celebration Days" on your class calendar.

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Copy them on white card stock, laminate them, and they will last for years.

Celebrate a color each week:

We celebrate a different color every Friday for 11 weeks. This is what we do:

Red Week: Wear red, taste strawberries, make a Clifford paper bag puppet.

Blue Week: Wear blue, taste blueberries, Listen to the story Blue On Blue, by Dianne White.

Click the book cover.

Yellow Week: Wear yellow, make lemonade with real lemons, make yellow crowns to wear home.

Each child got to squeeze 1/2 of a lemon, + water & a bit of sugar.

Green Week: Wear green, taste green grapes, make green paint with blue & yellow in a zipper bag,

(Read Little Blue, Little Yellow.)

Squirt a bit of yellow & blue in the 2 bottom corners & seal. Let the kids do the mixing.

Orange Week: Wear orange, make orange juice from real oranges, paint 5 orange pumpkins on a

fence.

Each child got to squeeze one orange and drink their own juice.

We sliced a pool noodle, dipped it in orange paint, & stamped 5 pumpkins on a fence.
When they dried, we added faces made from black construction paper scraps.

Purple week: Wear purple, make purple slime, make the mini book "The Tale of the Purple Mouse".

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Brown Week: Wear brown, make bear biscuits, bring your bear to school for a Teddy Bear Picnic.

Click the image to get the download for the directions to make these Cinnamon Bears.

Black Week: Wear black (we always look so elegant on that day), taste raisins, draw with charcoal

chalk.

White Week: Wear white, taste jicama, make white ghosts.

Pink Week: Wear something pink (even if it has just a dot of pink in it), taste pink watermelon, write our names with hot pink markers on all of our work on that day!

Here is a Freebie to culminate our unit:

Click the image to grab you FREEBIE.

So, What do you do when teaching about colors?

Let us know in the comments.

Now get back to the linky by clicking this image:

Click the image to get back to the linky.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

I Scoped In Periscope!

Have you tried Periscope yet?

It's a FREE app that lets you create a live video while your watchers interact with you. They can text you and you will see it right on the screen, unless you are like me and are too nervous to notice the text on the screen!

Search for "Palma's Favorite Things From KFUNdamentals" in Periscope.

They can also send you little hearts which means they

like what you're saying and you earn points for them.

I talked about my favorite tutu apron from Kinder-gardening.

CLICK HERE to see her selection.

Tutu aprons are coming soon.)

She makes the interactive lesson cards too!

I also talked about Sit Spots (from sitspots.com) and ESGI. I gave out my $40 off code (B2174) which anyone can use on their 1st year, but you can grab the 60 day FREE trial right now at

esgisoftware.com

You should give it a try! It's fun, it's easy, and you can get a lot of info out there "live" while it's happening.