Rainbow Fun!

We had a great time preparing for St. Patrick's Day! We talked about Rainbows in Science, and wrote about them in our Science Journals. Then we did some fun activities along with making our Leprechaun friends! Have fun looking at our pictures! :)

Click here to watch a cute Full Episode video of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Scroll down to watch the Chasing Rainbows! It has a great Rainbow song on it! :) My son loves "Hat" as he calls it! :)

Here are the Leprechaun's we made! I got the pattern from my mom! They are so cute! :)

Some of our Leprechaun's needed a hair cut! :)

We also made a rainbow! :)

We gathered things in our classroom of each color of the rainbow, and made a rainbow out of them! It was a fun Science activity! :)

Making rainbows in Math! We love sorting colors! :)

Gotta LOVE rainbow Goldfish crackers! :)

More sorting bears into a rainbow! :)

We got gold at the end of our rainbow! :)

Skittles...Taste the rainbow!!!! :)

Happy President's Day!

Here is a fun Harry Kindergarten song you can sing with your students! Enjoy! :)
"Whatever you are, be a good one." President Abraham Lincoln
Here's a cute idea I found from Growing Kinders Blog that I am going to do with my students. Click here to get it too! :)

Valentine Friends! :)

We made our Valentine holders, and I just LOVE them! I got this idea my first year of teaching out of the Family Fun magazine! Here are pictures of my class making their Valentine friends! :)

Happy Valentine's Day! :)



Scoop and Count!

I got this adorable Scoop and Count activity from one of my favorite Blogs Can Do Kinders! The kids had a great time counting the snowballs (marshmallows) and writing their numbers! This was a great practice to write teen numbers too! Enjoy! :)

About Mrs. Spanhut! :)

Me on my first day of Kindergarten! Don't you love my mullet! :) Ha! :) It was the style you know!!!! :)

Hi friends! I grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa! I'm very proud to be a Panther! :) My mom teaches Kindergarten in Mt. Pleasant, and my Dad is a Technology Coordinator, Co-Athletic Director, and Head Volleyball Coach at the Mediapolis School District. I literally grew up in the gym and classroom. I have so many memories of going to many practices, basketball and volleyball games to support my dad, and also pretending to be a teacher like my mom in her classroom! I have two sisters, Ashlei and Jill. My Mom, Dad, Aunt Lisa, sister, Ashlei, and husband are all teachers! My Grandma Jan taught Kindergarten until she retired, and my Grandpa Larry taught High School History. It was just in my blood to be a teacher! :) I always knew I would be a teacher since I was a little girl, and now I am! :)

I graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College with a BA degree in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education. I also attended Indian Hills Community College, and University of Central Missouri.

I am married to my wonderful husband Brian Spanhut, and we have a son named Daxton! Dax is 3 years old and is always happy and full of curiosity! We love it! He keeps us on our toes, and we love watching him grow and learn new things everyday! We also have a daughter, Milly in heaven. She is our angel watching over us everyday. :) Here are some pictures of me and my family!



My family! Brian, Dax, and me!

Our sweet Milly Jan and Dax. :)

Having fun with Dax! :) I LOVE being a Mommy! :)

 

We got to meet Phineas and Ferb at Disney in the summer of 2011! We are big P&F fans! :)

Our family sponsors Zohet from Honduras every month! :)

I always have my parents fill out questions about their child at the beginning of the school year. Here are Questions and Answers about me!

Question: What are your hobbies?
Answer: I love to go to Church, be a Wife, and Mommy, teach Kindergarten, sing, play sports, Blog, collect ladybug things, creating things, scrapbook online, and spending time with my family and friends.

Question: When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Answer: I always wanted to be a teacher! I also wanted to be a singer, lifeguard, and coach!

Question: What is your favorite color?
Answer: Red!

Question: What is your favorite T.V. show?
Answer: NCIS, Psych, Bones, HGTV, Phineas and Ferb, Curious George, Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, and Daniel Tiger. :)

Question: How long have you been a teacher?
Answer: This is my 8th year of teaching! I taught 2 years of Pre-K at the Martensdale-St. Marys School District, and now I'm a Kindergarten teacher at the Johnston Community School District!

Question: What is your favorite snack?
Answer: Mt. Dew and Peanut Butter M&M's! :) Yum!!!!

Question: Where was your favorite vacation?
Answer: To the Bahamas, Orlando, and Mexico!

Question: What do you value most in others?
Answer: Kindness, friendship, honesty, and smiles! :)

Question: What is your favorite insect?
Answer: A ladybug of course! :) I also love the butterfly in honor of my sweet Milly in heaven. :)

Question: If you could choose one of your personality traits to pass down to your kids, what would it be?
Answer: Loving the Lord with all my heart, smiling, loving, giving hugs, and never giving up on your dreams! :)

Mrs. Spanhut's Classroom Pics! :)

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Here are a few links I talked about in my pictures that you can visit! :)

Conscious Discipline by: Dr. Becky Bailey click here!

Pencil holders signs from Pinterest click here!

Happy Groundhog's Day!

We had SO much fun today! We watched a clipping about Groundhog's Day, and then we went outside in this beautiful weather and traced our shadows! We also took our friend, George the Groundhog outside to see if he saw his shadow, and he did! 6 more weeks of winter! :)

George the Groundhog! :)

Here is the shadow of our friend, George the Groundhog!

We were SO excited to see George's shadow! :)

We had fun tracing our shadows! :)

These shadows looked like they were holding hands after they were traced! We thought it was so funny! :)

We LOVE Harry Kindergarten songs! Enjoy this Groundhog's Day video! :)