Bulletin Boards!

Bulletin boards can be the very thing to set the mood in your classroom. Here are  ones I have set up in mine: 

Double boarder is super cute! Thanks to my co-worker Jenny, this idea gives the boards a little extra happiness! 

My watering hole! I added a raffia skirt to this one. 

Burlap border! 

You can see I've chosen zebra/ cheetah lining to go with my jungle theme. I found a red pocket holder to use in my listening center to hold the books they will listen to that day. You can also see the finished product of my reading hut! Here is a breakdown of it being made: 

I was blessed with about four boxes full of brand new paint- so I put some of it to use on this hut! The lanterns were purchased on oriental trading company to give it some extra flare. 

Hope you are enjoying my projects! Getting ready and organizing is more fun than I thought. Stay tuned for more updates coming soon! 

Introducing: My Classroom in Pieces

This is so exciting! I've chosen to do a safari- jungle theme for my Transitional Kindergarteners (TK). Here are some pictures I've taken so far.

This is my clip chart. Students will learn how to be responsible for themselves by moving their clips up or down according to the behavior they display everyday. 

Here are my awesome zebra curtains made by my grandmother. She is the world's best sewer- if you have someone with talents you down have yourself- it never hurts to ask for a little help! I also used an inverse spray job on those bags behind the right curtain for library bag holders. Here is a close-up of them: 

All I did was buy fabric spray paint at Michael's, and laid down a stencil! 

This next project I did is seen all over Pinterest: 

I am lucky enough to have a professional carpenter (my grandfather) to help me carve out the wooden parts needed to stabilize the top parts of these stools. After he carved them out, all I did was add foam padding and jean fabric with my staple gun. These are now stools for my listening center. 

I had a lot of fun with this next one: 

 

This tree took me around four hours to make, but totally worth it! Her name is Sally the Sleeping Tree, she says: "Please be silent as you read under me." I've arranged for my listening center and reading hut to be near her so the kids will learn to have whisper voices near her. 

All I did to make Sally was twist brown butcher paper for the branches, and painstakingly stapled each limb to the wall (so lucky all my walls are staple-walls). The trunk had to be massively taped down to the blue cabinet with clear tape. I made her face out of black yarn and tried to make it so it doesn't look so scary! My fiancé has told me it looked like it'd be in their nightmares if I'm not careful with the placement, so I hope it sends off a happy/peaceful vibe! Other than that, I just taped/ stapled the little leaves- which will eventually change with the seasons, and decorated with the students' art throughout the year! 

That's all for now. I've been told to try to enjoy my summer as much as I can before the craziness starts, so off the the pool I go!