Day 5- Organization

            

I love, love, love Schoolgirl Style.  I am definitely doing buying this to use next year.  I'm totally in love with her poms, daisies, ribbons, lanterns, chalkboards, and tape!

Can't wait to redecorate and organize at the same time!

Melanie has classroom decor by theme.  Here's a list of some of her themes;

Summer, Dogs, Ladybugs, Vintage, Carnival, Bees, Daisies, Polka Dots, Chevrons, Camping, Sea, and Rock Star.

But go check it out for yourself... http://shopschoolgirlstyle.com/

I've been working on organizing everything into binders this year.  I used this for my binder organization and LOVE it! 

Here's the link to purchase this from Brooke from 

{adorable blog by the way}

I do have my classroom library organized pretty well.  Everything is labeled according to reading level and genre.  I probably have thousands of books of all levels and interests.  

Here are some pics from Pinterest  of some beautifully organized classroom libraries...

 

There's a lot of information out there about how to do this. Here's what I used...

                   

http://cjayneteach.com/blog/2013/08/08/throwback-thursday-classroom-library-organization-101/

I need to work on teaching my students how to be organized. Do you have any ideas for me?  I'd love to see/hear what you do.  Please comment with links to your shops, blog posts, Pins, or anything else you'd like to share.  I promise I'll read and buy some of the things that work for you!

For the Love of Jon Fundraiser

I want to share a post from A Teeny Tiny Teacher with you today.  I am truly touched by what Kristen has written in her post.  Please visit her blog and read Jon's story.  

Please pray for sweet Jon and his family and consider making a donation.

A Teeny Tiny Teacher: For the Love of Jon: I have struggled to write this post for some time now. It is difficult for me to write for many reasons.  One being that I know a lot of y...

Day 4- Professional

                      

I am halfway through getting an endorsement in Library Science (I LOVE Children's Lit!), but would like to pursue an endorsement in Art Education.  I'm going to look into the requirements and start taking some courses over the summer.  I love teaching art and love even more visiting blogs that have lessons for Elementary Art.  Here are some of my favorite sites...

    
http://www.teachkidsart.net/home/


http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/


Check out here Painting Projects board on Pinterest

And her PDF shop  that has amazing murals, coloring books, how to draw books, and artist lessons like the ones below...

  
  

I also love Jamestown Elementary Art blog
   

Follow Denise on Pinterest.  She has some great ideas for art lessons!

Day 3- Fitness

                                  

Fitness is important to me.  I plan to do more indoor and outdoor activities this year.  I want to do more dancing, running, indoor rock climbing, basketball, Pilates, yoga, and soccer.  Last year, I ran a half marathon, and I would love to train for a marathon. Click on the picture below to visit my Pinterest board for some running tips. 

Some new things I want to try this year are CrossFit and Aerial Fitness.

 

I love my Pilates machine and use it on a daily basis!  

   

I started juicing over a year ago and am addicted! Click the picture below to visit my Pinterest Board for some yummy recipes!

My go-to for fitness motivation... 

http://www.blogilates.com/

Crafting and Creating

Day 2: Crafting and Creating 

             

Here are some of my DIY projects from my Pinterest Boards. 

 I love all of these ideas...just need to find the time to do them! 

And I'm already thinking about Valentine's Day.  

School crafts, home decor, and gifts for my students...

Door Decorating Contest

I'm so sorry I'm posting this so late!  I have been so busy this break and can't wait to get back to teaching and blogging.  This is a pic of my classroom door {closet}.  I have included a link below so you can see all the other adorable doors.  

I have more pics in my classroom, so I'll share those sometime this week. We haven't had access over the break.  Hope you all had a wonderful winter break!

Click here to see more ideas from our Classroom Door Decorating Contest

I'm also linking up with Blog Hoppin'.  And I'm late, so I'm going to start today with Day 1.

            

Fun and Family

I really want to get out more this year.  I want to do more crafts, art classes, dance classes, walks along the river, date nights with the hubs{ideas from these amazing girls...http://www.thedatingdivas.com/}, more cooking, and traveling to new places.  I'm going to work on balancing work and family.