It's that time again!  Time to swap products with a blog friend in the Magical Product Swap, hosted by Mrs. Stanford's Class.  This time I was able to partner with Heidi of My (Not So) Elementary Life.  She is such a sweetheart.  I just LOVE her products.  
For the review, I received Heidi's Learning In a Winter Wonderland.  It's a pack with 10 literacy centers, aimed at K-1 students.  Here are some of my favorite aspects of the pack:
  • The content is awesome.  10 literacy centers!  All I have to do is print, laminate, and cut.  Voila!  
  • 92 pages ($6.00 on TPT... pretty sweet deal)
  • It's beautifully made.  No clip art squishing, everything matches, and it's so stinkin' cute.
  • She includes blackline worksheets for students.... only the things that are meant to be laminated are in color!  Hallelujah!  
  • All the activities are easy to understand, include clear directions (and answers), and are totally fun and engaging.
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Click to see on TPT
I thought I'd give you a little video tour so you can see how awesome it is for yourself.  
Since Heidi and I swapped sort of late in the game (like literally two days ago), I didn't get a chance to print and laminate everything yet.  I did pick two that I thought I'd try out this week!  Here are some photos:
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I like to store my centers in 9x5.5 plastic bags. I can fold the recording sheets in half and stick the pieces in.... and SEE everything! :)
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The "Beginning Sound" activity
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The cards are nice, large, and the graphics print beautifully!
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Heidi's "Real or Nonsense" word activity
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Ice chunks with the words... they're about 2in x 2in. I love that she includes so many cards. You can adapt it for a shorter activity if you want! Or how about an assessment? :)
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Recognize that polar bear? ;) Also, check out that hack job on the corner. I swear I couldn't cut a rounded corner to save my life. I bought one of those cutter things, but can't find it.
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I played along. :) Love it!
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Getting fancy with the camera angles. Haha.
So what do you think?  Something you could use?!  I love it and will definitely get some use out of it in the coming weeks.  If I was still teaching K, then I'd honestly use the heck out of all of them.  They are perfect for K-1!  :)  

Head on over to Heidi's blog to check her out... or better yet, head on over to TPT and grab yourself a copy of this!  You'll love it.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go and check out all the other product swaps on Mrs. Stanford's link up!  There are a TON of great reviews.  Maybe you'll find something new.  :)
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Thanks to The 3AM Teacher for the button!
 
 
This is an adorable and easy project my kids did during a short penguin unit (Winter time of course).  Seriously.  How cute are these little guys?! 
This was a center during the week and I posted student-level directions for them to follow.  The document has teacher directions and student-level ones.  Click to download ! 
Here's a really cute penguin game/printable for math:
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Created by Cheryl Carl
Enjoy!

Ashley