O.K.---I know I need to post a Disney Days recap and I will, but I can't resist sharing this:
I've been working quite a bit in my new classroom and can't wait to post a before and after. I love blog stalking classroom set ups. It's exciting to get the honor of setting up a new room and using all the wonderful ideas I've collected over the years, so stay tuned! :)
...it's actually summer! I've been so busy with moving classrooms ( and schools! ), going to different compliance trainings, and tying up the school year that it hadn't really set in until today. Summer has started and Disney days are coming SOON! I can't wait! For now, I leave you with a "before" of my soon to be home away from home.....lots to do, but aaalll summer to do it! Yay!
Today was Field Day at school and oh! how I miss having my own babies to play with! Fortunately, next year will be a different story. :-)
It's very strange, this being in transition between schools. I know I am choosing what is right for me. And you know what they say...If the teacher is happy, everyone's happy, right? It's just difficult to walk away from the friendships I've made and the kids I love. But being closer to home, with a class of my own is where my heart is!
This weekend, I hope to make some headway with cleaning and organizing my new classroom. It is such a luxury to know this far in advance where I'll be and I don't want to waste it!
In the meantime, life is good on the patio...you should join me!
I'm not gonna sugar coat it. This time of year is tricky. It would be easy to wallow in the coulda-woulda-shoulda, but what good does that do?
I celebrate Mother's Day because I have been blessed with a mother that loves me, nurtured me, and gave me an amazing beginning on this wonderful journey we call life.
While not a mom myself (details here), I also celebrate Mother's Day because of this:
"How ironic that Teacher Appreciation Week ends right when Mothers' Day weekend begins. I want to thank you for being more than just a teacher to our children. Because ONLY a teacher can understand when someone asks us, "Do you have any children?" what we mean when we say, "Yes, 25+." So Happy Mothers' Day!" - Joe Martin, Ed. D.
I've been blessed with hundreds of kids over the past 19 years of teaching. While I may not get to tuck them in at night or put them through college (silver linings, right?), I hope that I've nurtured them and helped give them an amazing beginning to this wonderful journey we call life.
In honor of teacher appreciation week, I decided to post something I completely appreciate! :)
You've gotta love patio time after a long day!
So, last weekend I just couldn't pass up some super fun 75% off bargains for my new classroom. I'm wanting to do an updated, fun vintage-y feel, black and white polka dot, kid friendly extravaganza. I think these little jewels will fit the bill:
How cute is the eye chart calendar? Love! And the "Great Job" is a chalkboard vinyl...and the notebook paper is actually a wipe off board. I think it will be great right by the classroom door for those constant last minute dismissal changes and such, don't you think?
I also began beautifying the back patio. It's one of my favorite springtime rituals. Keeping it all alive during the 107 degree summer weather is another matter...
Dianthus, Begonias, and Delphiniums...oh my!
Of course, the four legged children wanted in on the photo action:
Magnolia (Maggie B--the middle child)
Poppy, the herder of all, our oldest and most vocal baby...
The youngest of our brood, Daisy, was off chasing something, but I thought I'd share our best behaved child...ha!
And after a fun filled day of planting, shopping, hair trimming, and a spring pedicure I surely needed this:
Happy weekend, everyone! Enjoy! :)
...but this sign:
will be hanging in my FIRST GRADE classroom next year! After much soul searching, I've decided to leave the "specialist" role and go back to my roots...where my heart is...with a room full of six year olds. I've been hoping and praying for just the right school, with a first grade spot to become my new "home". I've gotten the verbal thumbs up, so now I'm just waiting for it all to be signed, sealed, and DONE! I have so much planning and decorating to do!
Next year will be my 20th year to teach...seriously?!? I have no idea how that happened so quickly, but that, along with my happiness to have my own happy 22 first graders, is all the excuse I need to go nuts to create "The Happiest Place to Learn!". If anyone has cute black and white polka dot ideas, bring 'em on! Let the shopping begin!
Woo!
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