Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Back to Blogging

Ok, so we fell off the face of blogging!! Well kind of - we still read through our favorite blogs but never actually continued to blog! So here we are back and ready to blog the year away... what happened to us last year?!?! I was preggos from the start of the new school year + a new grade level so that was enough to keep me quite busy.. I welcomed this cutie pie into the world in March! and I am in loooooooove!!! 
So after spending the rest of the school year at home with him and now all of my summer, its a bitter sweet time to start thinking of going back to work. Why bitter sweet? Well as much as I LOVE my job and my kiddies there, nothing can beat being at home with my little guy!! But I am getting ready to go back, so to help me mentally prepare I have been back to blog reading and pinterest searching for all the great ideas I can find! and oh boy there are sooooo many!! This is why I love the online world, ideas are just a click away!

I came across the great idea on pinterest of how to create your own dry-erase boards and was instantly inspired.. I have been wanting dry-erase boards for each student to have in class. They were pretty expensive to purchase one for each student and although I add it as a wish list item for the class each year, but have never been able to get each student to have one - so we have always shared! Well not this year.. thanks to Peace-Love-Prek  I was inspired to do my own! 

I have always wanted to use these in class for so many endless assignments:
* Quick way to show their answers during reviews
* Group work
* Jotting down notes to share with book buddy
* Math practice
* Spelling Practice board
* Use during guided Reading / math groups

Easy peasy! I got my handy dandy laminator and laminated white printer paper (if I would have thought this through before hand, I would have used card stock so it would be sturdier, but I was to excited to think.. lol..)  Then I sent my hubby out to get cute decorative duct tape for me! I was home with a baby and it was raining, so it was easier for him since there is a Home Depot across the street from his job, plus he is a helpful and supportive hubby!! Once I had the tape, I covered the edges and there you have it, cute individual white boards!! =)
So here it is my first project of the summer to be used with my kiddies this school year! While making these I also this it would be great to maybe have the kids make one to keep at home they would be great to use for
* Spelling Practice & Math Fact Practice

Please share any other great ideas you have for these fun dry erase boards! 

Happy Tuesday Blog World! 


Thursday, July 26, 2012

Our First Blog Post

Our first blog post!

Where to even begin…

We have spent countless hours reading other teacher blogs and Pinterest (our other addiction,) becoming inspired day by day with all the amazing information available. We thought to ourselves, umm… what a great way for teachers to stay connected and share ideas and resources! We should start our own blog! So we did! We are very excited and hope that we also inspire others as we have been, to create, share and motivate! Hope you enjoy following and sharing with us as we begin our blogging journey!

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