I Tried It, so Let's Talk About It: Smelly Spots

So I was doing my usual blog stalking browsing and I ran across an idea that my 6th grade self would have loved- Smelly Spots.

Smelly Spots? First of all, if you if you try to "google" this precious gem, BEWARE.

You will get some pretty weird/ew gross results.

Yeah....

I will spare you the details.

Anyway.....

I happened to stumble upon this idea from a pretty cool blogger, SPRINKLE TEACHING MAGIC. Visit her blog here.

Actually, she has a You Tube Channel and blog, and I forgot EXACTLY what posting lead me to her and why. Meh, but you can check out her You Tube Channel here.

She is hilarious.

Anyways, I was thinking during my Spring Break last week about things I can do to motivate my students for the remainder of the year. Students are showing signs of the End Of Year itch....

And to add icing on the "We Want Summer Now" cake, our district extended our year due to Snowmaggedon 2014.

Introducing Smelly Spots!
SOo..One of my students struggles with behavior. But surprisingly, off of a vacation, she had an awesome day :-)I called her over and talked her up pretty good about how wonderful her behavior was...i told her how she earned all her daily behavior points and I wanted to do something EXTRA SPECIAL.I asked her if she'd ever heard of a smelly spot. 

You should have seen the quizzical look I got.

I reached in my desk, and pulled out lip smackers of various flavors: Watermelon, Kiwi, Cotton Candy, Blah blah. I told her to pick her favorite.

Student: KIWI!!

Me: Excellent Choice...let me see your hand!

* Student gave me her hand and I stamped it on.

Me: That is was an EXCELLENT DAY smells like.

Student : * Cheesing from ear to ear.

I kept preparing them for dismissal as I, one by one, called them over. 

There Their looks of anticipation were so stinkin' cute.

Eventually, they all were walking around sniffing each others hands.It was hilarious!!

I managed to stop giggling to rally them for a group photo.

Okay so, I know what your thinking.

Yes, I had a little too much fun with Photoshop. 

And YES, I literally "lol'ed" as I put disguises on their faces.

Smelly Spots are officially my favorite new incentive.

Have you ever tried Smelly Spots? If you are looking for anything new for the almost summer "home stretch", I highly recommend them.

BTW: Lip Smackers were like 8 bucks at Target, so it is fun and teacher budget friendly!

Have you tried anything new lately? Blog it and Link up here!

Let's Talk Tuesday: Do You GO NOODLE?

I have OFFICIALLY gone NOODLES!!

Just kidding....

But I have found a new resource to use in my classroom.

It has been a buzzin' on the teacher bloggosphere. SO my wheels started turning.....

I wondered if my kids would like it.

WHAT KID WOULDN'T?!

Hey, I have even fell in love with it.

"What is Go Noodle?," 

....says the teacher that has been hiding under a rock.

THIS (look down) is GO NOODLE!!!

*jumps into a twisting jig*

I like to call it Brain Break Heaven.

Yeah, that's what it is.

Okay so you start out with a teeny tiny monster goober.

You say monster, I say GOOBER!

Okay so they are ACTUALLY called CHAMPS.

Anyway, your class completes different warm-up, calming or 

just-because-they-are-awesome-and-cool activities...

like Hurdles, or Zumba...and fun little jigs.

or breathing exercises.

OR THE ROBOT!!!

My kiddos melt my heart.

But anyway.....

As they complete tasks, their little Goober grows...

and becomes big and strong...

JUST JOKING!!! She is circa early 90's!!

It grows like this:

And when they finish the levels, they can choose a new Goober.

Here are a few of the "growed up" Champs:

I teach two grades, so I even made it a friendly competition between both classes. So as they are switching I always hear, "Did you guys Go Noodle today?"

Here are my kiddos as they Noodle!

SO STINKIN' CUTE!!!

Now.....

You want to hear the best part?

IT IS FREE!!!

(they have a paid option, but we are enjoying the free version)

I really think my kiddos deserve a little fun after the year we have had, with switching over to Common Core Standards, new testing formats with more BCR's/Performance Tasks, and test after test....

AFTER TEST.

I hope that anyone who is not currently 

"gettin' their noodle on" will do so. 

And if you sign-up and LOVE it, like I know you will....

Okay so BEFORE you leave I have a question....

What other brain break activities are you doing in your classroom? 

Inquiring minds(me)want to know.

Okay, now click the picture (below) to head on over!

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 and would like to use it on my sidebar...

Does it belong to YOU?

Let me know so I can add in your street cred.


P.S- This is also my 1st time linking with Fourth Grade Flipper....

Go check out this link...LOADS of cool "Tried It's" to try!!!!