After a break from Laura's Lily Pad to get my school year started, complete a college course on Play and Learning, and deal with some family issues, I now am dusting off my blog and sharing my classroom photos of my new Ocean Friends PreK classroom.
I started out the year with an ice cream shop in my dramatic play area. The freshly painted wooden kitchen pieces were donated by a family from my church and were painted by another member of the church. My director made most of the decorations when she did this dramatic play area in her classroom in year's past.
This is the view when you enter the room. I have since added a table and rearranged some things, including moving the easel nearer the door and behind the cubbies. You can see my question of the day pocket chart on the right side, hanging on our bathroom door. Student name cards are on top of the cubbie shelf.
I am hard at work on some new products for my writing center using alphabet stamps. I am gearing these printables specifically for preschoolers since most of the stamping activities I have found lately are more for kids who know their alphabet and are working on words. I am excited to test using them in my classroom over the next week to see how the students like them. My coworker has also expressed interest in them, so after some feedback and any revisions I will add them to my Teachers Pay Teachers shop.
