Final Five for Friday in May

It's already the last Friday of May!  With only five more days of school to go, I find myself asking, "Where did the time go?"  I do love summer vacation, but I am going to miss my little cuties.  This has been a GREAT year (wild winter weather & all). 

To celebrate the end of the year, I am having a sale!  Everything is at least 20% off, and some of my best selling items are only $1.00!  Now's the time to grab some bargains.  Print & laminate them in the summer.  After you are done shopping, hop over to Doodle Bugs Teaching for another great Five for Friday.

1. Year End Sale!  Visit my store to find some great bargains!

On sale for $1.00 until Tuesday are:

                   

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2.  Making "ten rods" with pony beads!  My Kinders had so much fun stringing pony beads onto chenille stems to make ten rods.  I now have more than a class set of ten rods ~ and they are fun & colorful!  After the littles strung them on the stems, my middle & high school helpers curled up the ends to secure the beads.  (I teach in a K - 12 building, so I am lucky to have "big kids" volunteer in my classroom!)

We used ten frames to keep track of the beads before placing them on the stems.

We used our beads to play this fun game from one of Deanna Jump's amazing Guiding Kinders Math sets.  Check out the awesomeness HERE.

3.  With report card testing done, we have had a little more free time in our days this week!  My little students have worked so hard, and learned so much this year.  I am happy to let them take some time for creative outlets! 

4. Memorial Day family "picnic."  Well, we ate our meal inside, but we did spend a lot of time outdoors.  My house boasts an absolutely fabulous covered front porch (my favorite summertime hangout!).  My precious granddaughters had fun playing in the turtle sandbox!

5.  Horsey Girls!  Ten month old Amelia takes after her mom ~ she loves the horses!  (Try to ignore how dirty Alice is ~ she seriously needs a bath!  lol)

Isabella & Olivia are just like their aunt and cousin when it comes to horsing around!  Isabella has discovered that the ramp to the manure spreader makes a good balance beam.  Isabella likes to hop on Alice whenever she can.  This was Olivia's first try at being an equestrian! 

Five for Friday - Down the Farm

Howdy!  I thought that I'd use some pictures of our little "farm" for this week's Five for Friday linky.

1.  Five dirty horses.  They love to go outside and roll around in the corral and haven't had a bath lately.

 "Mystery" the Arabian

 "Spirit" the Quar-Ab

 

 "Bob" the Tennessee Walker (on left) & "Alice" the Paint

 "Sundance" the American Mustang (he was born shortly after his mother was rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management.  Click HERE for a link on BLM horses.

2. The old barn across the street.  Once a cow barn, this old structure just sits there.  I really like it - it makes me smile.  :-)

 3.  Apple update.  Our apples are growing like crazy!  A recent strong storm didn't knock any down!  These pink ladies are about the size of ping pong balls!

4.  Pitch forks.  No particular reason for including them is this post...

5.  Barn kitty.  Clementine, a great mouser, sits on her favorite perch - hubby's old Allis Chalmers tractor.

I hope you enjoyed a peek at our rural life!

PS  If you link back to Doodle Bugs, check out #120 - the link just above mine.  Kinder Cakes is my daughter Sarah's blog!