Personalized Classroom Posters: W.E.L.C.O.M.E.
Not quite, but I’m working on it. I haven’t done anything in my classroom yet since I’m sort of working at home. I’ve completed some of my posters, here’s a sample welcome sign with quotation I saw online three years ago, I will post this on my front door. If you own the clip art or you wrote the quotation, just send me a message and I will link you up.
Read MorePlaytime in 2nd Grade?
Do you have play time in your school for 2nd graders? I know do know that playing is the best way to teach preschool, how about older kids – 2nd grade in particular? Do you have free play where kids are aloud to play with any education classroom games (not center activities). Something like sections for kids to build (using blocks or other manipulative), paint, do craft or even play dress up? I really hope to give my students this school year some time to ‘play’: free play but at the same time learn. I really want to include a dress up corner where students can use nursing uniforms to play ‘doctor’s office’ for them to improve their communication skill. I noticed that most of my students are ashamed to do a ‘play’ during the past 2 years I thought but last year, I did a ‘play’ and all my students enjoyed it. What are your thoughts about this?
Read MoreClassroom Furniture WIsh Lists
The school year 2011 – 2012 is just around the corner, are you ready for the beginning of the school year?
I wish I can say I’m all set and ready for the coming school year but I’m really not. I haven’t done anything related to school work since in June. Our family was so occupied with our home renovation project that 1 hour in one week in front of the computer is all I had lately.
I’m happy with some of the shelves my husband built this summer vacation that I wish to stop by the metal buildings and hardware stores again to shop for materials that I might be able to use if my hubby agrees to make some for me. 
Here are my furniture wish lists this school year:
1) Window/Easel Stand
2) Felt/Story Board
3) About 5 Shelves for Centers/Daily 5 materials and Books
How about you? What are your furniture must haves in your classroom?
Read MorePreparing for the next School Year
Yes, I am trying to prepare for the beginning of the school year again, little by little I need to create my 1 year plan, beginning of the school year activities until the end of the school year activities, including my planned grad gifts or end of the year gifts. I must plan in advance to make sure the next school year will go smoothly. In the meantime, I plan to finish my planned classroom wall decorations – word wall, daily five posters and other posters.
Read MoreOur Toddler’s Summer Activities
One 1/2 more months and summer vacation is almost over!
So far, we’ve enjoyed our break with the kids. Here are some activities we did to make sure my toddler is having fun and learning as well.
1) Swimming at the pool and the beach (play with the sand)
2) Painting (balcony)
3) Hand/Finger Painting – she used to b afraid of the paint on her hands but she’s now having fun
4) Reading – using books, nook read to me, leappad, leapster, tag reader, lexia reading and reader rabbit
5) Solving Puzzles – we got her sets of 24-100 pieces puzzle
6) Making arts & crafts – coloring and cutting
7) Watching Barney, Dora and My Baby Can Read
Exercise / Workout with daddy
9) Riding her bike
10) Walk at the park
11) Indoor camping – since it’s mostly raining.
12) Mini lesson using preschool and kinder workbooks
13) Doing household chores – she loves helping me clean and decorate. She loves arranging flowers eventhough we do not have the Seattle flower delivery services here. She still enjoyed picking flowers and arranging them with mommy.
Transfer to a Different School
Should I or should I not? I’m still dealing with this dilemma. Hubby needs to transfer to another school but I don’t know if it will be wise for me to transfer as well or just stay. Leaving means moving down all my classroom decoration and selecting all my personal resources, furniture and supplies then transferring to the newschool. Yaiks, that’s like needing rv loans to buy rv so I can load and fit in all those things I need to transfer. Though I love the thought of owning new rv, starting all over is a hussle. We only have one car though and we need to have the same workplace or perhaps he need to select a 15-30min hour drive close to my current workplace. What should I do?
Read MoreOrganizing Classroom
Re-organizing my classroom was the one that took so long in my class. I had to put everything in the corner, cover everything, unplug and put away all cables and network cable testers. That’s what took me so long. I need to make sure that next year, I’m more prepared for end of the school year. Anyway, I will spend some of my summer break decorating my classroom little by little so that I’m all set beginning of the school year. At least, I’ll try.
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