Friday, October 14, 2011

Welcome To Kindergarten!


I'm alive :) I've made it through my first month of teaching.. and I'm still standing at the end of the day (...most of the time...)

Kindergarten has its own challenges, but I'm loving every minute of it!

What better way to sum up the last month than by pictures! I wont be posting pictures of my kiddos, of course, but you can imagine their bright, smiling faces! All 27 of them ;)

My plan book! (Thanks Auntie Dianne & Uncle Marlow!)


When I first arrived in my classroom--it was a disaster! The previous teacher got married and moved cross-country within two weeks after school ended! Needless to say, cleaning the room and clearing her belongings was NOT high on her list... which meant...

Lots of free teaching supplies for me!!!

Book Tubs...

Word works games & materials...

Books... but NOT that mirror. It disappeared! Not that I would even have a space for it..

This is what my room looked like before I took over:

You can't really tell, but there's a horrible poster above the green wall featuring a variety of animals holding hands. GROSS. First thing I did...take down the horrid animal friends border.

That door leads to nothing but a heater. The kids still think it's my secret closet...I wish!

First animal friends and now an entire wall for birthdays? Ugh. Don't even get me started!!

Maybe I'm not cut out for this cutesy land of kinder...

I'm happy to report that after many long hours, blood, sweat, and maybe a tear or two... my classroom is now the home of a wonderful community!


Mascot of the classroom!


Need I say more?


I thought I had a picture of the finished bulletin board outside my room--guess not! There are many more flowers that needed to be added. That's what happens when you find out you have 29 kinders showing up for the first day of school, and you were originally planning on 18!


My Desk.


Classroom :):):):)








Classroom Library (part of it!) Thank you to everyone who kindly donated books!!


LOVE my monkeys! So much better than animal friends...


Calendar (please note the "rotten" apple... how creative, eh?)




I spent hours sorting and organizing books for our classroom library. So thankful for all the generous friends and family who contributed!




Seems like all I do is deal with the darn laminating machine
aka:" That Fancy Plastic Machine" c/o Kindies :)

When I arrived at school on the very first day--this was waiting on my desk:

It was a great start to the day!

While I can't show you pictures of my kids, I can certainly show you how they perceive themselves!

First day: Self Portraits







Multiple personalities, perhaps? ;)


Even though I'm down to 27 kinders currently--those first few weeks with 29 were a doozy! I think some of the parents were noticing... they started bringing me coffee!

...Too bad I don't drink coffee...

I think that's against the law in teacherland:
I'll work on it, fellow teachers--you have my word!


Brand New PUPPET THEATRE!!
This is a class hit! A dad built it, and a mom did all the sewing! It's fantastic!

Well folks, That's it for pictures sans kids!

Thanks for tuning in--hopefully I'll be back before long!