Need Stuff For Your Classroom? How about Free stuff??

Oh my goodness friends. There is so much I want to share with you about my adventures this month. I’m still trying to wrap my head around everything I learned and figure out how to best present that information to others. J I will be attacking my classroom this week. I am on a mission to get it done. Next week I will be in training allllll week.  I’m pretty sure my head will explode! Then, I have four more days to pull said head out of rear and get back on contract. Summer is OVER. Dun dun dunnnn. I remember saying in May, “I don’t think I will travel this summer!” Bwhahaha! Yeah, totally didn't happen.  I loved every minute of my summer though. I didn't create much but I spent a TON of time with my kiddos and that is priceless! We had some pretty fun adventures. I have posted my Back To School Early Finisher's Tub though and will plost October's EFT tonight so watch my FB for the link. Click the pic for more details. 

Now that I am in back to school mode, my “To do” list is ten miles long. So is my “To get” list. Seriously, people have no idea how much teachers spend on their students and classroom.  Luckily, I have my Kreative in Kinder fund to use so we don’t have to eat ramen noodles for a month to pay for back to school. LOL. (Thanks for making that fund possible!)

I was so excited when School Outfitters contacted me and very generously offered to give me $100 to spend in my classroom. That’s not the best part though! I get to give away a $100 gift card to School Outfitters to one of my followers! YAY!!!  

So, what did I NEED? I really wanted a sensory table so this baby is on its way to my school.  

Since my son has had tons of sensory and fine motor issues, this is something that I firmly believe should be a part of every classroom. I know reading and writing are super important but if kids can’t hold a pencil or a book, there is no starting place for success.

The first two weeks of school I do fine motor centers. I think this was critical for my kids’ success last year. It taught them important things like sharing, rotating, restoring classroom materials, but it also helped them prepare their fingers to hold a pencil/scissors and shows me who is going to need the most help with fine motor. Kids have to be pretty severe to get physical or occupational therapy but there are things teachers can do in class to help fix many of the small issues. You can click HERE to see some of my fine motor centers from last year. I will post more the first week of school too.

With my new sensory table (and yes you can get larger ones but I wanted a small one), I will put beans, rice, noodles, sand, water, etc. in it. You can hide letters, words, shapes, objects, etc. in it. Kids will LOVE it. You could also put strips of paper with fun zigzag scissors and let kids practice cutting in the tub. Anything you can do to get their little fingers moving will help in all areas of learning eventually. J

And, because I lack self control in a bad way..I also got these things for my classroom. Ahhh...can you smell the new supplies?!! I LOVE IT!

 

  

 

So, what would you want from School Outfitters if you win? To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below with what you would purchase (it would be awesome if you included the link too so others can see) and enter in your email address on rafflecopter (box below). The giveaway ends Friday, August 2, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. CST. Good luck!

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