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Saturday, August 24, 2013

My Jungle Themed Classroom

Welcome to my teeny-tiny but welcoming classroom!


I got this classroom jungle themed door decor idea from Pinterest but could't find the source. I wish I could link to the person whose idea it was in the first place.
I made this cute "Welcome" banner which you can download for free HERE





This year I decided to have all of my students as helpers for a week. Just to keep everybody happy :) as they love having responsibilities sooo much. I just have to add the students' names on the pockets.


A classroom will not be complete without rules. And of course, they are jungle themed :)
You can find my complete Jungle Classroom Decor Set on TPT. Just click HERE

Sunday, August 4, 2013

My Busy Summer!

It's almost time to get back to school. How was your summer?
As for me, I had a long list of things I needed to get done. Our trip to Ukraine had to be postponed for another year :(, so it was a perfect opportunity to catch up on some work.
- I "spring cleaned" the whole house, including all of our 24 windows, scrubbed the floors, organized the closets, cleaned up my messy laundry room and guest room (which had turned into a storage room full of my school supplies and holiday decorations). This project couldn't wait any longer and I am happy I got it all done!
- I also downloaded some new music to my iPod and re-joined the gym. Hopefully I'll be able to continue working out during the busy school year.
- I added a few lessons to my TPT store (mostly science). As a kid I didn't particularly like this subject. It was uninteresting to me, even boring. Maybe because of that I put my energy into creating science resources for young students in an effort to make them more exciting. Now science "comes to life" with colorful posters, printables, projects, and hands on activities.
- However, I mostly had a blast spending time with my 2 "boys" (my husband and my son), cooking for them, watching movies together, going to the beach and just relaxing.
So it was a nice, busy summer break and now I'm ready to tackle yet another exciting school year!
Good luck to all of the busy teachers who are getting ready to get back into their classrooms! Have a successful and stress free school year!