Unforunately, she is still in school. What?!?! It's June! Anywho, Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard guess blogged his Monday Made It!
I must say it's pretty fabulous, and I might need it! And its a FREEBIE!!!!! Who doesn't like freebies???
Ok, on to my Monday Made It. The Monkey and I has a blast making it! Are you ready to find out what it is??????
It's test tube addition centers!!!!!!! As I'm sure you've figured out, I'm a huge fan of Greg's (Kindergarten Smorgasboard), so you'll hear a lot of ideas that have come from him. This is one of them. I saw them here.
So first, I ordered test tubes, number beads, and glue from Amazon.
I ordered these colored test tubes, like Greg, because they looked way cooler than just clear, but I have heard that the clear ones actually work better. I had a slight problem with the caps, but more about that later. Click on the pictures to take you to Amazon.
After I knew the two numbers only added up to 10, I put water in the tubes so they were between half and two-thirds of the way full. And by I, I mean Monkey. Hey, we have to work on those fine-motor skills!
We started with a water dropper, but it was too slow. I found an infants' medicine syringe in the drawer, and that went much faster. Plus, Monkey had more fun with it.
Once we had enough water in the tubes, it was time to start gluing the lids on. Luckily for me, it was time for Monkey and Little Bug to take a nap, so they weren't climbing all over me while I tried to do this.
I used the "Glass, Metal, and More" glue from Amazon (linked above).
I tried it several different ways. I first tried to put the glue on the lid and then push it into the test tube. I didn't get a picture of that way because it was kind of messy. So, I tried it a different way. This time, I put the glue around the top of the tube itself and pushed the cap into the test tube. This seemed to work better.
I must say it's pretty fabulous, and I might need it! And its a FREEBIE!!!!! Who doesn't like freebies???
Ok, on to my Monday Made It. The Monkey and I has a blast making it! Are you ready to find out what it is??????
It's test tube addition centers!!!!!!! As I'm sure you've figured out, I'm a huge fan of Greg's (Kindergarten Smorgasboard), so you'll hear a lot of ideas that have come from him. This is one of them. I saw them here.
So first, I ordered test tubes, number beads, and glue from Amazon.
I ordered these colored test tubes, like Greg, because they looked way cooler than just clear, but I have heard that the clear ones actually work better. I had a slight problem with the caps, but more about that later. Click on the pictures to take you to Amazon.
Little Bug helped me get all the test tubes put in the rack so they could be accessed easily.
Then, Monkey put one numbered bead into each tube while I went after him and put in a second bead. Students will look at the two numbered beads and add them together.
Because I teach Kindergarten, I made sure that none of the tubes added up to more than 10. However, because 9s and 6s look the same, I might have a few friends who add more than 10, but that's okay…we'll call it differentiation. Speaking of differentiation, I did take all the teal colored tubes and made them only add up to 5. This will help some of my friends who might be struggling to just focus on smaller numbers until they understand better and can move on.
They look so fun!
Then, Monkey put one numbered bead into each tube while I went after him and put in a second bead. Students will look at the two numbered beads and add them together.
Because I teach Kindergarten, I made sure that none of the tubes added up to more than 10. However, because 9s and 6s look the same, I might have a few friends who add more than 10, but that's okay…we'll call it differentiation. Speaking of differentiation, I did take all the teal colored tubes and made them only add up to 5. This will help some of my friends who might be struggling to just focus on smaller numbers until they understand better and can move on.
After I knew the two numbers only added up to 10, I put water in the tubes so they were between half and two-thirds of the way full. And by I, I mean Monkey. Hey, we have to work on those fine-motor skills!
We started with a water dropper, but it was too slow. I found an infants' medicine syringe in the drawer, and that went much faster. Plus, Monkey had more fun with it.
Once we had enough water in the tubes, it was time to start gluing the lids on. Luckily for me, it was time for Monkey and Little Bug to take a nap, so they weren't climbing all over me while I tried to do this.
I used the "Glass, Metal, and More" glue from Amazon (linked above).
I tried it several different ways. I first tried to put the glue on the lid and then push it into the test tube. I didn't get a picture of that way because it was kind of messy. So, I tried it a different way. This time, I put the glue around the top of the tube itself and pushed the cap into the test tube. This seemed to work better.
I did have some issues with getting the caps on the tubes. Some of the caps kept popping out of the tubes even after being glued. It was very frustrating.
I talked with Greg, and he had the same problem, too. He suggested taking the water level down a bit. That did worked for some, but others I just had to keep closing. Eventually, as the glue became tackier, the caps began to stay on better.
Overall, I'm very excited to use these. Plus, I have a TON of number beads left. The possibilities are endless, people. I'm thinking we are going to need test tubes for making ten, test tubes for number recognition 0-20, test tubes for place value of teen numbers, etc. I can't even put into words how happy and anxious I am to get more made and use them in centers next year! The sweet kiddos who end up in my class are going to have a blast! And I'm going to have a blast watching them!
If you think you'll need a recording sheet (I will), head over to the Kindergarten Smorgasboard, and he has a test tube recording sheet FREEBIE!!!!!
You are already making thing for next school year. You go girl. You reminded me I have test tubes under counter,but mine are for party shots. Hehe.
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