Classroom Setup

After a long Monday and 4k Institute Tuesday and Wednesday, it was FINALLY time for my co-lead and I to arrange our classroom!!

Here's a before picture - okay, we moved the desk to the corner, but that was before we got the brilliant ideas to take a before picture. 

We got that table with the tablecloth thanks to the janitors waxing the floors Thursday night.

We moved the cubbies near the family board and door and kept the art supplies where they were. We moved the little table near it so kiddos can do play doh and draw at that table.

This was the start to our circle time area where we'll put our calendar and job chart.

This is the mess left on the other side of the room half way through the day.

 This is the other area that was a bit of a mess. I am still puzzled why the camp staff put the sensory table on top of the table..

This is how the room looked at the end of Day 1. My co-lead scrubbed real hard on the chalkboard to get the sticky parts of the velcro off. We decided not to use the calendar pocket chard in the previous picture. It seemed like it might be overwhelming for a 4 year old. That broken rocking chair will be thrown out and we'll get a replacement. I'm really happy with my idea of putting that long bookshelf in front of the desk area. Even if we're kinda "trapped" back there, it keeps the kiddos away from it.

 Here's our calendar area! We have a temporary rug out because the one they ordered probably won't be in by the time school starts. I felt our calendar part looked very plain when we left. 

This is the view from the dramatic play area. We still weren't sure where we were going to put the sensory table in use or not in use yet. 

Day 2 - We got the jobs written on our job chart. Still need to fix calendar on there. My co-lead realized she spelt it wrong. I love our colors chart we got. I'm kinda addicted to going on trips to The Learning Shop! 

Our calendar area doesn't look so plain jane. We got that schedule chart from one of the kindergarten teachers who was just throwing it away. One person's trash is another person's treasure! The weather chart is one my mom got me at Walmart. Thanks Mom! :)

Our birthday board. I love that we got the blue sprinkle border and while putting up our poster, we realized the poster had green sprinkles as a border!

Our dramatic play area. A big thanks to one of the camp staff for taking those pillows to the laundromat. We weren't going to have them in the room...they were so dirty! Now we can use them. :)