Prepping the Classroom
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| This is what the classroom looked like when I first saw it. |
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| Everything was jammed packed into the room. It took my mom and I hours to peel back the layers. |
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| The cabinets in the room were pretty beaten up so I gave them a coat of paint. |
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| I spiced them up a bit by painting The Very Hungry Caterpillar. |
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| This cabinet became our art storage, but also serves as a way to retell The Very Hungry Caterpillar. |
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| I added the life cycle of a butterfly on our other cabinet. |
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| This is our bulletin board in the quiet room. It opened up the conversation about how we do not jump on the cots. |
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| Our picture schedule. We refer to this a lot throughout the day. |
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| My little minions hang up their coats and backpacks here. |
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| Our door holder is responsible for changing this every time we leave the room. |
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| The shapes I made use pictures of things the kids are familiar with to help them identify shapes. |
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| This will be where we display our art. |
The Kiddos Arrive!
Our first week went great! We've been working on establishing our class routine, name recognition, and concepts of print (identifying the parts of a book). We also talked a lot about our classroom rules:
- We play safely and keep our hands to
ourselves. - We listen to the teachers.
- We are nice to others.
- We keep our classroom clean.
- We use inside voices and walking feet.
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| A lot of friends play at blocks every day. |
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| Our friends worked together to sort all our animals, bugs, cars, and people in the block area. |
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| They really enjoy our woodworking area. They use prior knowledge to "use" the tools. |
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| Our friends always have a lot of ideas for what they want to build, but in case they need a few ideas we have several posted on the wall. |
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| They used the waffle blocks to make tracks for the cars and animals. |
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| They also used tape to make roads. |
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| Feeding the bunny - Great fine motor practice! |
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| Complete with helicopter noises :) |
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| We can also feed the monkey and the dog. |
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| Connecting gear manipulatives to make all kinds of things. |
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| Playing with puzzles and lacing beads. |
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| A bike made at quiet time. |
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| A rocket ship made at quiet time. |
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| Washing the dishes. |
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| Putting on a puppet show. |
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| Dramatic Play is another popular area in our classroom. |
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| Playing with baby dolls. |
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| Paper Doll puzzles. They really enjoyed making silly outfits. |
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| Our class plays outside at the same time as Miss Lisa's class. |
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| They LOVE the parachute. |
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| Giant Frisbee! |
