Too Much Time On My Hands!

So I have decided that I want my classroom colors to be lime, pink, orange, and electric blue! Pink obviously because it's my favorite color, and I love the blue and lime combo. I added orange too just because I have a lot of orange bins, and I saw the cutest (and cheapest) orange rug from ikea that would look great as my morning meeting rug! It's polka dot, which kind of messes up the chevron theme, but it's way worth it because of how cheap it is! It's a 4x6 for 20 dollars! Definitely a steal!

Seeing as though I am just working summer camp, I have way too much time on my hands when I get home from work and just wanna lay around in the air. I decided to make my calendar and supply labels using my new colors!! I finally tried PowerPoint to make my items. OMGGGG I love it. Why have I been using word all this time. It's so much easier, and I love the way you can rearrange the order of items which is what killed me in word, trying to make the text be in front of the background without having to copy and paste a million times! Take a peak...

The chevron background is from Mel Stampz and the clipart is from My Cute Graphics!!

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Curriculum Planning

As I have been exploring the world of tpt and all different blogs, I have seen a lot of "Curriculum Calendars". I thought this was a great idea! The curriculum I was given for next year is very scattered, a different binder for each subject . I tried writing my first month of lessons and it was so annoying going from one binder to another just to find out what they wanted me to focus on for the same week! So I decided to make my own curriculum calendar! This way all the subjects goals and objectives are in one place for me when I write my plans. Here is an example of what I have done so far. I may change it up by adding some more information, like standards etc. But I think just having the focus in one location will help when I plan. If I put all the standards, goals, etc in the calendar then it will pretty much be me writing the lesson. If anyone has any ideas or tips let me know!

New Beginnings

I know it's only June and school doesn't start until September, but I am getting very excited and anxious for my new classroom! Today I was invited to my new school for a faculty lunch in. I thought this was so thoughtful! All the women are great and I know that I will have a lot of help in the months to come. I also got a chance to team up with the Pre-K teacher to talk about routines. The Pre-K and K Teacher really work together throughout the year,  so she wanted to make sure I was on the same page. I also had a chance to scope out my new classroom. Luckily, my classroom was the 2nd grade classroom, so I don't have to empty anything out myself haha. The classroom is already empty, but it needs a lot of work....

 The desks will be replaced with smaller group tables. I love that I have a smartboard and can't wait to implement it. I have a lot of ideas for my new room though! That ugly green cabinet is going to get spray painted probably a nice bright green. I want to do something with my desk, but just not sure what yet. All the chalkboards are getting covered with border paper, since I highly doubt I will use them. 

I plan on putting my morning meeting area right next to the smart board. I am going to need a big bright area rug for this space. I looked at some from ikea and target but they're very expensive. I am going to ask some friends if they have any of their old rugs from college that they would like to "donate" haha. I also want to get a cute teacher chair. I feel like something like that should be made for you, so I will probably just get a cute chair from ikea.

I also want to find out if I can change the curtains on the closet. I think some bright sheer curtains would look really cool. I also want to sand and paint the two little book shelves as well.







I plan on tackling those tissue paper pom poms to hang from the ceiling. I get really impatient with things like that and they never come out right, so I offered some wine to a friend who is really crafty to help me out with the pom poms. I know they will look great with her help. I am going for a bright theme. Lots of bright greens, blues, oranges and pinks!




I decided to try and make my own ABC and 123 posters. They actually came out good! I plan on printing them onto card stock and having them laminated. I am working for the archdiocese and they have a program called "make and take." You make an appointment and they laminate anything you want, for free!!! They can also blow up things to make big posters. I plan on visiting this place a lot over the summer!


The clip art is from Scrappin Doodles.. I will edit this after I find out how to give the proper credit to where I get clipart from!! Sorry, still learning!! :)

I cannot wait to get into my classroom over the summer and get to work! I already told my mom she better be ready for some long days helping me!

If anyone has any tips on money savers please let me know!!

Getting excited!!!

Hey all! This is just a sample page! I am very excited to start preparing for my first year in kindergarten! If you have any tips or suggestions please feel free to comment!!

Thanks!