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Showing posts with label monkeys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monkeys. Show all posts

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Welcome to the Jungle!

Well, another year has almost come to an end so that means one thing...Open House! Last year I shared pictures of my insect filled room...and shared that I LOVE Open House. It's true. I do. Love it!



This year our 2nd grade team decided to change it up...and we went WILD! Thanks to my dear friend, Pinterest, we were able to transform our rooms into the tropical rain forest. Enjoy!




What is cuter than a troop of monkeys hanging from the ceiling? I'd say sloths...I love them!



Safari Kids...with writing inspired by Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the Rain Forest..."




Fractions, and bar graphs, and fun...oh my! My students created their own tropical bird using fractions. Then they graphed the number of fractions that they used and analyzed their graph...who says math is for the birds?




Bananas About Multiplication...students created their own multiplication problem...then they brought it to life with their banana tree!




Rain Forest Alphabet...rain forest creatures A-Z...anteater to zorro...no, not the masked hero...the fox-like rain forest animal!




Do you know how many layers are in the rain forest? Room 9 does!




You can't have a rain forest without the red-eyed tree frog!




I put a little display together of different items that come from the rain forest: the chemical in insect repellant, cocoa, coffee, coconut oil, tapioca, vanilla, cashews, macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts, grapefruit, lemons, limes, pineapples, bananas, papayas, mangoes, coconuts, spices, and so much more!




Of course, the highlight...the students animal creations!




Monkey See, Monkey Do, Landry Tigh Just Turned 2!

Today we celebrated Handsome and his 2nd birthday! Before he was born everyone must of known that he would LOVE monkeys because we received quite a few monkeys and monkey related items. All of them were and are his favorites...so choosing a party theme was easy!

Here is the adorable invitation created by Kristine Schroeder at KDS Designs:


There is a wonderful park right by my parent's house...so I reserved our spot and it was PERFECT!

The tables...


Monkeys and bananas!

(bins were from Dollar Tree, pinwheels: Party City, monkeys and bananas:WinCo)





Favors for the kids...filled with Landry's favorites: a monkey, bubbles, and M&Ms!


It's not a party without some cake!


And of course you need something to eat!












Everything is all set up and ready to go!


(I made the banner using my Silhouette, tags and labels were created using Microsoft Word, foam monkeys came in a craft set fom Michaels)


Here is the birthday boy!




"Muscles!"






Love my little family!


Poppie trying to find the trick to "Barrel of Monkeys!"


The kids had a blast playing at the park! Landry enjoyed his day...it was an all around SUCCESS!!!