A new classroom with windows means finding an awesome solution for curtains! A sweet teacher offered up a dollar store curtain hack I knew I had to try! Check out this Dollar Store Curtain Hack that will make your pocket book look fat while keeping your classroom cool. What You Need Buy Dollar store table cloths. I chose a rainbow of colors since black primary colors is the theme of my … [Read more...]
Off to Neverland
Decorating the outside of my room is not my favorite activity to do when all the back to school stress is hitting hard. But it is a great way to display student work and to make the school building feel inviting. Our school allows each team to come up with a theme for outside their classrooms. Kindergarten's theme is Fairy Tales. This year inspiration struck when I adopted the fairy tale of Peter … [Read more...]
How to Reset a Kindergarten Classroom
What to see how easy a classroom reset can be in Kindergarten? Each year I have to do a classroom reset. My Kindergarten Classroom has tile floors which means we each year I have to clean up my classroom to get all the items off the floor. It is a pain, but also a time to clean up and purge items that build up. I try to keep as many items in my classroom as possible, to make the reset easier. … [Read more...]
The Pros and Cons of Flexible Seating
Lets talk about the pros and cons of flexible seating. Flexible seating can look like a fun but the real question should really be "Is flexible seating the right environment for my classroom?" There are pros and cons of flexible seating for every teacher so you really have to examine your classroom, your students, and your students' needs to decide if flexible seating is the classroom environment … [Read more...]
Sharing Kindergarten Class Tour 2016-2017
Welcome to Sharing Kindergarten Class Tour 2016-2017. This is my first year in this classroom after moving to the school. It is a work in progress and it is constantly evolving. I have find, acquired, and grabbed up many classroom items over the past 12 years which helped me to create the classroom I desired. Where Did It Start? Here is a view of the classroom when I entered it to begin moving … [Read more...]
Classroom Reveal from Sharing Kindergarten
Welcome to my classroom reveal. My second home is my classroom. It is my happy place. This classroom isn't perfect, but it was created by me! Classroom Goal But more importantly is what my classroom is to my students. First, I want this place to be their second home. Secondly, I need it to be their happy place. And, of course, I desire for it to be predictable, organized, and created for … [Read more...]
How to Cover a Crate Seat
How to cover crate seats can help change the look of your classroom. As my classroom is coming together, I am putting together seating options for my students. I was given these awesome 6 black crates for my classroom. They are a great option for me since I am lacking on storage without cabinets in my classroom. The owner before me had home depot cut the wood inserts to fit the crates. In … [Read more...]
Start of the Year Wall Decor
What should each and every Kindergarten teacher know about start of the year wall decor? More so, what wall decor remains on the wall all year long? Also, what wall decor remain on the wall year after year? Here are some Start of the Year Wall Decor Ideas. Alphabet First, you must have an Alphabet that connects to phonics skills. You will refer to it everyday, multiple times a day. Place this … [Read more...]
Classroom Help! What To Do?
Classroom Help! What to do? Guys. I NEED your help. I need your creative minds. I need your years of problem solving and out of the box thinking. I Need Help! Look at the panoramic view of my NEW classroom. I am SO SO SO excited to get a beautiful, bare, clean slate to start to transform. I am beyond blessed to dive into this space and make it my dream classroom. BUT. {Isn't there always … [Read more...]
More Banner Making Ideas
I am slightly obsessed with making classroom banner is this year. I am loving the look of banner and I love how easy they are to create. I found an additional way to make another banner so I want to share it with you. First, I printed out these white banner pieces. I didn't want the dark, ink rich versions for this project. Then I took a hole punch and put circles inside the existing … [Read more...]
How to Create a UNIQUE Classroom Carpet
As I am changing schools, I am learning to be very creative and think outside the box. My old school bought me a BEAUTIFUL Lakeshore Carpet that I loved. It was colorful and awesome. I cried when they delivered it. I WAS SO HAPPY! But guess what belonged to the school? The carpet. So when I left, I had to leave it. I also shed a few tears. Here is my old room that was awesome... with … [Read more...]
How to Make a Classroom Banner
I have seen so many awesome classroom banners all over the place that I think are AMAZING. But, I could never figure out how to get them to work for me. Then I had an light bulb moment and figured it out! This way be very basic, but I am assuming there are other people in the world who didn't know how to create a banner as well as those who are looking for more banner inspiration. I … [Read more...]
![I have another food related game ideas for you guys, but after chatting with Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles, I am going to work a little more on one of the games to make it outstanding for you. I know you won’t mind holding tight until it is ready. I promise it will be yummy and […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9b/66/61/9b66617f361bfc9ae66f96aa1cc0dbb6.jpg)
![Oh the weather outside is frightful… and I know it is still winter… {I live in GA and we might have a delayed start tomorrow because it is SOOOO COLD.} BUT I am already making some FUN plans in the spring using the NEWEST book from Lucille Colandro called… There Was an Old Lady Who […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f0/d9/4c/f0d94c64ee9e97a08d808221f8fc2773--teaching-first-grade-kindergarten-common-core.jpg)
![Check out this super CUTE Mother’s Day craft my are making for their fantastic mothers. Since I LOVE bright colors, I made all my copies onto bright paper. We cut out and assembled all the pieces on day and left them inside our baskets. And because I didn’t have Easter grass, I had to make […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ff/49/8f/ff498f824838e9544c596f8d72cf4d7c.jpg)
![I had a sweet email from a blog reader asking me about the “Write Me Three” Units I put together. She asked me to “explain how to use” the Write Me Three sheets I make. Here are my kids completing their Write Me Three activity. I jumped on this chance because I simply LOVE […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/12/d0/5f/12d05fbe8e6edb2e2ad36dfda216e434.jpg)
