Ack! Ok everyone, Iām just trying to keep it real here and show you what kind of disaster occurred to my beloved school room over the summer. The kids playing in here definitely took its toll and I was procrastinating even going in there!
But fear not, this is definitely the BEFORE picture!
And after several hours complete madness one eveningā¦ahh, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone left me alone while I was working on this, I think they could sense the urgency. Hereās the AFTER picture:
Is it wrong that I donāt want to let my kids in here now?
I organized all of our manipulative containers in shelves along the back wall. I tried to put all the pre-k stuff on the pink shelves and then the math stuff and older kidās manipulatives on the blue shelves.
The only dangerous thing here is that the Teeny Tot can easily get to all of this, but then it will also eliminate the climbing that was going on before, soā¦
The blue and white drawers contain puzzles, coloring supplies, blocks etc.
Here is my armoire it contains all my teacher supply stash. The white shelves next to it have some games and our Expedition Earth Geography supplies and books!
And here are our desks, they are on opposite walls, older kids on one side, smaller ones on the other. Wondering what the drawers are for? We use the Workbox System and LOVE it!
Click here to read more about Workboxes including workbox printables!
Whereād I get that?
- Workboxes: I got mine at JoAnn’s on sale for 50% off, that makes them about $30 ea. A reader just let me know that they are now at Sam’s club for $30/ea too!
- Student Desks: Purchased from a church school closing for $5 ea! I suggest you check Craigās List for student desks list before paying full price!
- White Board: Purchased from a church school closing for $5 ea! I suggest you check Craigās List for white boards before paying full price!
- Student Chairs: These were our play chairs from Pottery Barn, they were overpriced and I would not buy them again! Check Craigās List again!
- Alphabet Tree: I purchased it from Lakeshore Learning, it was a bulletin display! You could probably make a cute palm tree from construction paper for free!
- Animal World Map: I purchased this from Costco for about $8
So thatās our room for the start of 2010-2011. Hopefully it stays all nice and pretty like this, but Iām not really holding my breath on that one.
Look BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing š
Sweet! I wish I had a room I could dedicate to just school.
Thanks so much for sharing, I enjoyed looking at all of your beautiful organization and how everything is set up for this year!
Beautiful space! We have the same tiny tot problem over here, that is why all our manipulatives and our work boxes live in our home office. We'll see how that works, going back and forth from our main learning space to the office, but you do what you gotta do when you have little ones around. Thanks for sharing your photos!
Gorgeous! I love seeing your prep work. It must have been SO much to get it to where it is, but awesome job! And I wouldn't want to let the kids in it either š
Your room is beautiful!!We don't have any one room….I planned on getting our rooms up yesterday (on my blog), but something occurred that needed my attention. Ah…such is life!Going to try and get it up today!!
Love it! I had to LOL at the thought of your tot climbing the shelves like a little monkey. Mine would too.Your before picture hasn't got anything on the one I posted back in May. It was truely horrifying. LOL
Your school room is so cute! I don't have a whole room to devote to HSing so I am a tad jealous!
Great room! Thanks for keeping it real. š
Very funny, you sound like me-the fam hits the trails when I go into my "gotta clean this disaster" mode. I see a lot of folks buying those chairs from IKEA for about $13 each. They don't look too bad, so may be another alternative to Craig's list. Love your room and your creativity-well, am so tickled you are on the crew this year too! Have a great one!