You are seeing summer in the horizon, but there is so much to get done before you’re able to walk off into the sun set. Well I’m here today to give you some tips and tricks on packing up your classroom. Packing up my classroom is always stressful to me. How are you supposed to pack up your classroom while you’re still teaching a group of little ones? Over the years, I have come up with ways that help me not to stress out over do this dirty deed. Here are some tips and tricks to help you when it comes to packing up your classroom. Start Early Start packing up a little at a time. I like to start a month before the end of the school year. Start by packing up items that you no longer need any more. Then move onto items that the children are no longer interested in. Taking a basket or two off the learning center shelves at a time. The children won’t notice and you are able to place those few baskets back in the storage closet or cabinet without create a huge mess. Take Pictures Before you start moving things around and pilling things up make sure you take some pictures. Taking pictures will help you set your room back up or if you are planning on making some changes it will help with that too. There is nothing more frustrating than coming back in August only to forget where you had things. Packing Boxes I never have enough room in my storage cabinet or storage closet for all the items in the learning center shelves. So that means packing boxes and closing centers down. Start with centers that you know your children can live without. Place the containers right down in the box and stack them on top of one another. This will save you time in August you won’t need to sort and place items in containers. Organize Center Labels As you remove labels from shelving save them. If they are worn out take a picture of the items before placing them in the boxes. This will make relabeling a snap in August. One Last Scrub Give items one last scrub before you put them away. The children can help with this part. Turn the sensory table into a toy washing activity. They like helping, after all it’s their classroom too. Don’t for get to give the shelves one last scrub before you go too. Homework for Summer Pack up your home to school bag on last time. As you are cleaning up place items that you know you want with you over summer. Items I like to pack are professional development books, lesson plan book and curriculum guides.
But You can’t take home more than what will fit in your school bag. It’s summer after all.
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Connecting with others can sometimes feel awkward or uncomfortable at first, but seeking out professional relationships will "nurture your teacher soul and inspire you to be great". (Ziemke) Join the new Facebook Group and start nurturing your teacher soul. Together we can inspire one another to be great. This group has be created for district preschool teachers to come together and work together. We know that collaboration is the best practice in creating a health happy school environment. There are times as a preschool teacher set in the midst of a K-5 school that you feel like you are on a deserted island all alone. If you feel this way then you are at the right place. You have found your pack, your people, your tribe, your peeps, or your squad. We will be here for you through thick and thin. Need help with a project, not sure where to start we can help you with that. Together we can make any day brighter, easier, and a whole lot funnier. Need help with planning, assessments, standards, ECERS, CLASS, and all the other things that go along with being a district preschool teacher. Your pack will be there for you. As we juggle around all of the must do paperwork we will still keep children's best interest in mind. Creating for them a happy, healthy classroom environment. I appreciate you!!
I could go on and on about how I appreciate you the teacher. What I love about Teacher Appreciation Day ![]() I don’t know about you but I love when a little one comes in with a smile and joy in their heart to hand you a hand drawn picture of them. As they hand it to you with a small little voice saying, “I love you teacher.” This just makes my day, week, month and year. ![]() It makes my day when a child walks in holding a wilted little flower in their hand, holding it out to you saying, “I picked this for you.” Taking it from their small little hand smelling it and telling them how it made you feel that they took the time to pick a flower just for you. Going together to find a jar that we can put it in with water and place it in that special place. List of my Top TpT Stores Another thing that makes this day special for me, is finding amazing resources at amazing prices during the annual Teachers Appreciation Sale on TpT. Happening Tuesday May 9th and Wednesday May 10th. Start making your wish list know so the you can save 28% tomorrow. Use the code THANKYOU17 Here is a list of my favorite preschool teacher created resources on TpT. |
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