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My Spring Fling with Captain Obvious!

 I was in Wal-Mart over the weekend. and I happened upon their Easter aisles.  Well I did a little gasp and sprint when I saw these tubs for 97 cents!  Yes please and thank you very much!  I love my math containers but these tubs will bring an element of fun to our math and literacy activities! 

 
I brought them home and introduced them to the family and pets.  
We are in love.
{I am so sorry that my office appears to be yellow–it really isn’t}

 Next, I saw these!  PERFECT for game pieces!  The bunny trays are ten frames ya’ll! {I thought for sure they would have 12 holes for a dozen eggs but NO it’s ten!!!} My screams echoed through the pet and beauty aisles upon finding these!!!

I put two together to make a 20 frame!  {Captain obvious here- I am sure you can figure that out}

Or just one for a ten frame!
10-2= hoppy math!

 

Next I found these egg shaped bowls which will hold my spring manipulatives!! 
 
These foam pieces are great for small group when I am working on missing addend or subtraction!  I can already see their excitement when doing math just because they can pick up these glittery foamy pieces!  16 – 4 anyone?! 

 I set up my new math tubs and game pieces to see how I would like them and I even played them with my kids.  My 11 and 12 year old got so excited about the finds!  {I must be raising them right}

If you are needing to prepare for your Spring centers, I have put these new centers on sale.  You can choose math, literacy, or both.  {all on sale}
 10 common core math centers

10 common core literacy centers

or all 20 math and literacy centers together for a discount!  

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    1. All sooooo cute! I was just there this morning….early….for Tay'sbday and didn't even go down those isles….now I MUST go back:) So fun….still want to be in your class:) Love it if you would link up to my Made It with all this goodness:))))

      4th Grade Frolics

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    4. I noticed that in one of the pictures you have 10 center buckets. Do you have somewhere on your blog where you explain how you run your centers & rotations? Do you have all 10 centers going at one time? I'd love to hear all about how you make things work in your classroom!

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    9. Oh my word. I think you are keeping Walmart in business this week. This post makes me so happy. Your centers look fab (my students are going to LOVE them) and the bins make them even more engaging. Which I didn't even think was possible with your work!

      You're awesome, Reagan!! Thanks for sharing this!!

      Kristen
      A Day in First Grade

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    12. oh my word, it's all too perfect!! Your kids are going to love it all! And I love that your own children get it, you are raising them right girl 🙂

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    18. You truly inspired me! I ran on down to Walmart and spent $40 on Easter stuff! I could have easily bought everything! The stuff was just so cute! I was so bummed they didn't have the little bunny counters for the tens frames but I will try a different Walmart! Thanks so much for sharing! I really appreciate it!

      ThePolishedTeacher

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    19. Oh my! This post is full of so much goodness! I am going to Walmart to-night! I will probably have to buy your math centers too. Gangham and ninjas! My boys will die!

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    20. Love the containers, counters, and cuteness! I have so many bins and buckets but I just may have to head out to buy some more;) You're kiddos will *LOVE* these! Thanks for sharing all the fun!

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    24. Those centers look so stinkin cute! And I think I know the theory behind only ten places for eggs on those bunnies- they have to account for all the ones that either get eaten or are dropped:) Erego…..10.
      You continue to amaze me with all you do! I am requesting a smidgen of your energy via mail!
      Squirrels
      Going Nutty!
      misssquirrels@yahoo.com

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    29. Soooo cute! Had to buy the ceners (both sets) AND make a run to Walmart! You just made them look so irresistable. Sure hope I can make them up quickly. Only bummer….no access to color printer at school. My kiddos are going to love these!

      ~Judy~

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    31. Oh sure! I didn't read this post until almost 10:00 pm… I only live about 25 minutes from WM and I am almost tempted to make a run! I have the centers in my shopping cart. We don't have school on Friday so I think I will be busy printing, laminating, cutting and organizing! 🙂
      Liz in South Dakota

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    33. You are too funny! I just have to show this post to my husband. He thinks I'm the only "teaching-crazy" shopping nut on the planet. Now he will know there are at least TWO of us! Hee! (Did I mention he is an accountant?! Yeah… He LOVES my teaching spending habits!) Love your shopping-shares… and love your TPT unit more! I'm heading over to TPT to do some shoppin' right now! Thanks for sharing!!!

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    40. HAHAHA! Love that comment about your screams could be heard throughout the pet and beauty aisles! Only teachers can get that excited about "stuff"!
      :)Kim

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    41. Regan- You sooo inspired me that I just got back from Walmart a bit lighter in the wallet but got me some of those SUPER cute buckets! I can not wait to use them for my centers.. What fun stuff:) Don't tell my husband… he has "forbid" me to spend any more on school stuff this year… hard to do being a "first" year first grade teacher.

      Love your blog!!

      Emma

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    42. Hi Regan,
      Thanks for the heads-up with those bunny trays. I think I will head out to Wal-Mart
      tomorrow. I have been so super busy with assessments and parent conferences lately. Thank you for sharing your finds.
      Fawn

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    49. So, I just saw this post and HAD to go to Wal-Mart. I ended up spending about $50 bucks and bought buckets, bunnies, and foam shapes. I'm sure I had more stuff in there but I was SO SUPER excited to find the bunnies. Those were TOO cute! I want to get more! 🙂 They didn't have the little egg bowls but I did go to the Dollar Store and they had these mini tubs that were spring colored and went perfect! I love it all and I'm so glad I came across this post!! You rock!!!

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