Classroom Makeover Planning

I am doing a classroom makeover.  I decided to go ahead and do it now.  Prospective students and parents tour the school during summer. Another plus will be organization time during in-service. I can't wait to have it ready.
Teachers are always tweaking their classroom.  This is especially true after the first year in a grade or room. Some things can be changed during the year and others require some downtime.  I have a VERY small room.  It is the closest to the bathrooms (very important with K3) so I am stuck with it. I have been searching Pinterest and brainstorming for the first half of the summer. Now it is time for action!
I teach at a private school.  First impressions are very important.  Right now all of my stuff is off the wall and things are stacked-up.  Parents and students will only see the toys.  I want them to know that our class is about much more than toys.
The past two classes I have had were set-up in a hurry.  I would love to have my classroom ready to go.  Then, I can spend my in-service time labeling with students names and organizing curriculum.
I will post pictures, tutorials, and links as I go.  After I post the information, I would love constructive comments.

Springbreak!!!

I hope everyone enjoys this week with the kids. I will post April's calendar soon.

Baby Animal Week

Our bible lessons about Easter start this week! We will study baby animals this week. We will count eggs (jellybeans) in the nest (cupcake cup) tomorrow. We are going to make a chick in an egg and a lamb puppet during the week.
Wednesday is picture day.
Next week is SPRING BREAK! Enjoy the extra time with your sweeties.

The Pond

We are discussing ponds this week. We will watch an episode and listen to 2 episodes of The Pond. We are coloring characters from the show. We will use pond creatures in most of our lessons. We are going to count goldfish crackers one day and gummy worms another.

Next week is baby animals.

Dr. Seuss Celebration 3

And more pictures

Dr. Seuss Celebration 2

More pictures

Dr. Seuss Celebration

We had a blast on Dr. Seuss's birthday. The clowns are first graders. The sixth and seventh graders dress as The Grinch, Whos, Horton, Sam I Am, and A girl with a Wocket in her Pocket. They came to read to our classes. More pics in the next post.