These are a few of my favorite things...

I'll borrow this line from The Sound of Music to introduce some of my favorite things that help me teach kindergarten.

Favorite thing #1 - Business card sheet protectors from office depot

Acco–Wilson Jones® Business-Card Untabbed Binder Pages, 8 1/2" x 11", Pack Of 10 (Item # 157078)
	$2.39

These are awesome - I usually focus more on teaching literacy - math planning is Kim's job, so I bought these at first to make my own personalized bingo cards with whatever I wanted, right now I'm using alphafriend photos so that my students who are struggling with letter sounds can practice putting their markers on the picture that starts with the sound.....

When Kim saw them, she immediately thought to turn it sideways and turn it into a ten frame! What a great idea - we use them every morning when we're counting the letters in our helper's name - they can put a colored chip in each pocket for all of the letters in their name.

We're still discovering great ways to use these - if you have any ideas, let me know!