Lilley of the field

Welcome to my classroom! I am pretty excited about the way it looks! We themed the outside of our door like The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It's so colorful! This is the main part of the classroom.... Thanks Aaron for making that new shelf above the sink! So much more counter space! These are fun chairs I got at Target for $20 each... great sensory chairs for my kids. Teacher area.... never clean really. This is the most organized it may be all year. The arrival/ departure station thingy... The new few pictures are of the sensory room... a small room attached to the main one so my kids can have a sensory break and we also double the space as a changing room. All our changing stuff and feeding stuff is sooooooo organized now... finally! Our daily picture schedules. New month/ date pieces.... love Teacherspayteachers.com My students who are non-verbal communicate with these buttons called Big Macs...

My posts have been less frequent towards the end of this summer, but today is the last official day of my summer so it felt necessary to end it with a blog post. While I was cutting a ton of peaches to freeze this morning, I thought I would include a little haiku I made up- counting syllables and all on my fingers covered in sweet, rich peach juice. Farewell sweet summer. I enjoyed playing with you. See you in a year! Alas, time has flown by. I had a mini freak out moment when I looked at the calendar and saw August first roll around. Why? Mainly because I realized it was time to go back to school and there are all these things I said I would update, redo, and plan during summer for this coming school year and well, not all of those got done. But, I've learned that I will never get all things done. There is grace for the teacher.  However, once my mild freak out subside I had multiple days (which are still continuing) in which I thought quite literally-  I have...

T-4 days until the kiddos come. Crazy mode starting in 3, 2, 1. Ready. Go. Last year, I learned the hard way. Not only is it important to prepare for my classroom, at my classroom, but in my home. Here are some things I've done to prepare: 1. Freezer meals!! For the last 4 weeks, I have cooked 1 freezer meal a week including chili, soup, Hamburger pie, and something else I can't remember right now. We probably have about 12 meal worth. 2. Laundry. All of it. Sheets and comforter included. (Well maybe you change your sheets really often like you're supposed too... but if you're me... well... I won't tell how long I let them go...) 3. Say NO to everyone asking you anything. Ok, that's not exactly what I do, but it would be helpful if I did. But I did tell some people I couldn't do things for the next couple of weeks. 4. Paint toe nails. It just makes me feel better. 5. Buy enough groceries to last for 2 weeks!! It's possible (at least for 2 peo...