My Classroom digs!

 I'm Bloghoppin again!  This time I'm showing off my classroom.  You'll have to excuse the mess still. They were going through the textbook boxes in my room and there was still a few in there when I took the pictures.  Also, the new shades haven't been put up in my room yet, hence the bare windows.

Ok, enough with the disclaimers...here is my room!

This is a photo of my classroom door before I wrote the names on the cupcakes. It says "How sweet it is to be in Kindergarten." I made the awning from poster board and ribbon and the wreath from rolls of sparkly tulle that I rolled and wired to the frame. After I made the wreath, I realized it was a bit too puffy for my door, so I trimmed it. The cupcakes are cut from different cardstock.

This is my desk area. The empty bulletin board behind my desk is going to be for anchor charts. 

                                                           

Here is the view from my desk.  We were sorting religion lessons on two of the tables.

 This is in the back corner. On the closet door I put the chains for the kid's brag tags. By the window is where the materials for one of my Work Stations are stored.  The Write the Room boxes are in the baskets on either side. They were my Monday Made It a few weeks ago. In each box is a crayon box with materials for each child.

Also along the back wall, you'll find the pocket chart and puzzle area.  In the baskets are the book bags for Reading Buddy time- of course they are empty now :)

This is the free play area.  All of the toys are still bagged up from the summer.  My assistant washes them at the end of the year and then bags them to keep the dust off until back to school. Toy buckets are pulled out a few at a time during project time.  Some of the kids work at the tables on a project while others play on the rugs. We may have pushed more academics in Kindergarten, but we'll always have time for free play.

                                                           

This wall is on the right as you walk in. Under the curtain, there are cubbies I use for storage. You can see the monster treehouse job chart and "Student of the Week" board which is a stage setup.  Right now it is decorated to share things about me!

An important part of my classroom is our prayer table.  Being a teacher in a Catholic School, we begin every day gathered around this table. 

Next to the prayer table is my book cart.  The top row of books are seasonal and changed often.  The middle and bottom rows stay the same throughout the year. Children do choose books for their book bags from the lower bins for their Reading Buddy bags. The popcorn word display will soon be filled with our sight words.  

Finally this is the view from the door- excuse the textbook boxes. The bags on the table are their "Welcome to Kindergarten" bags filled with little toys and pencils and such I've picked up here and there.  They will be at their seats for the open house in a week.  I can't believe it's only a week away...where did the summer go!

So that's my classroom! Head on back to Bloghoppin to see more classroom digs!