I used this mailbox for years. Last year I did not use it because it looked old and gross. This summer I recovered it with contact paper from The Dollar Spot at Target and it looks as good as new.
I am using golf size pencils this year with my kindergarten kids. They have small hands and these pencils are the perfect fit for them. I got them at Amazon.
My sweet niece separated my crayons into colored bins. I still have to make 2 labels. I got these labels from Michaels this summer.
Last year I found this cute mirror at an online garage sale. I attached some positive messages around it. I change it out once a week.
I have positive messages hanging around my room.I have high expectations for my kids. I do tell them that they can do anything they put their mind to.
More cute signs.
I hung some positive messages on our door for Open House night.
Our schedule, I have a spot to put our weekly red folders, Box Tops and library books. I found the ruler at an online garage sale. I take a picture of my kindergarten kids at the beginning of the year and the end of the year. I made a mark where I fall on it. I had some kids come back in my room this year and they were trying to see how tall they are compared to me.
I found these display stands at Companies to Classrooms. I made some "helper cards" with the alphabet, colors, number words, shapes, sight words, and writing process. Kids will be able to use them when they want to.
I love my green screen. I was getting tired of putting it up and taking it down and putting it back up. This summer I decided to hang it on the ceiling/wall. I added some ribbon to it. When we want to use it, I will unroll it and then put it back up when we are done.
These are clipboards from the Dollar Tree. I cut the tops off. They will hang artwork all year.
I got these fun Isokinetic discs from Amazon. I got 2 of them 2 years ago. My kids loved them. I had some very generous parents buy more for our class. Last year I had about 12. I also won a contest last year and won some money for our classroom. I ended up buying the rest of the discs for my class so that everyone has one for their chair. I love that they get to wiggle on them.
I made these charts for our bathroom.
My Writing Center. This summer I found the letters at Hobby Lobby and covered them with scrapbook paper I covered my wall with fabric from JoAnn Fabric.
We do Zoo Phonics in our classroom. Last year I hung Beanie Babies that go with every letter all over my room. This year I decide to hang them above the writing center. I got the ribbon for a border from Hobby Lobby. I am so thankful for my sister for running to Hobby Lobby to get me a new roll every time I ran out of the ribbon. I am still on the hunt for one roll of this so I can get rid of the brown piece at the end.
I have daily picture kids for my kids that need to see the steps to our morning and afternoon routines.
I am trying to give my kids more options as to where they can sit in our classroom. I found these fun chairs at Ikea.
This is where we store our iPads during the day.
These are dish racks from Ikea,
More options for seating. These are from Hobby Lobby. If kids want to work at a spot other than their table, they can grab one of these.
This is our meeting area,
These are my Beanie Baby display cases for our Zoo Phonics animals. The top display case has the Beanie Baby for the day. The bottom one has the mystery animal for the next day.
I was going to get rid of this cabinet that was at my house. I used it for scrap booking. My cousin made it for me. I decided to bring it to school to use by my Smart board. I covered it with contact paper.
I covered the backs of all my bookshelves with contact paper and now hang posters on them. Last year they were wasted space.
Our dish racks for our iPads.
Our guided reading area,
I got these spice containers from Ikea. I put letters in them to form words for the chunks that we are learning about. Kids will take a container and make words with the letters.
I use fun wands for our morning meeting.
Our word wall.
Alphabet cards from The First Grade Parade.
My kids have to know 6 digit numbers to enter into a keypad to eat lunch. It is sooooo painful to have to sit and watch them enter these numbers into keypad. They get so frustrated if they get a number wrong and have to reenter it over and over and over until they get it write. Half my kids come in not even knowing letters or numbers. Several can't even find their name. I got these bracelets from Amazon and wrote their numbers on them so they could try to enter it into the keypad for lunch time.
My birthday signs. Kids will hold the number for their birthday,
I made this sign last year. I had it printed at Staples. The man said that it was the funniest thing he has ever seen come across their printer.
My book corner.
I got this picture from Ikea. I made character ed posters and will cover a new word every week.
I got these book bins from Big Lots. I made labels for them.
Each label has a number. Kids will take their numbered bin and find a place to read. This year I put matching number stickers on the shelves. When they put their bins back, they will put it on their number.
Different options for seating.
I got these scoop rockers from several different Wal-Mart stores.
I took pictures of EVERY single thing in my room this summer. I made labels to go with all of our bins/containers. Kids will know where to put loose items if they find them laying around the room.
Our sensory table is filled with Legos for our STEM projects.
STEM/activity table.
I added an EXPLORE corner to our room this year, It has math, science and STEM activities at it.
I made posters to change out weekly,
Letters are from Hobby Lobby. I covered with scrapbook paper.
Our fluency cards are hung on a jewelry holder from Michaels.
Guided Reading Posters from Deanna Jump.
I scored this shelf off an online garage sale.
It's a work in progress. I hope that my kiddos feel at home in their new home away from home.
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