WP's Very Own School Shelf~

For the last week or so WP has wandered around the school room doing whatever the girls were doing or not really knowing what to do.

I decided it was a good idea he had his own school shelf so I dumped found this old shelf in the garage and filled it with activities for him.

Top shelf holds two baskets with Leapfrog Books and ABC letters for free play.

Bottom shelf holds two sets of drawers with two trays on top. One tray is his name activity and the other has stickers and paper.

The drawers hold alphabet and number activities. I'm pretty sure he did every single thing on his shelf in one day but am positive he will do it all over again tomorrow!

A little sponge just soaking it all in!!!

Starting Week 5~

Four weeks of school behind us and there has been much refining of activities and procedures if I can be so formal.

One abstract that most children struggle with is the passage of time... what comes next, when do we do ???, is time for lunch yet?

You get the picture...

I have read on various blogs of a workbox management system for the work kids need to complete.

I began shopping around for a drawer system we might incorporate into our schedule... tried to use the clear see through ones but just wasn't working.

It didn't take long to find exactly what I was looking for~ a 15 drawer rolling cart to organize our days/week into one area.

The clear drawers on top are for me to drop books and ideas for next weeks of planning.

The notebooks are their binders where we add and document all they are doing each day~

 The new system went into action today and worked like a charm!

We call them our Rainbow boxes and our school day starts on red and goes through purple... day complete.

Red~ Bible, Calendar, Morning Work

Orange~ FIAR work, Writing Journals

Green~Reading/Language (phonics)

Blue~ Math

Purple~ Art, Quiet Reading Boxes, Catch up Work

The big drawers house my materials and things for WP... the two smaller drawers: top for EK's work and bottom for SJ's.

We worked through each drawer and everyone knew exactly where we were on our schedule for the day.

A look around our room~

EK and SJ work on the calendar board together before I get there and share the info when I am ready to listen.

Literacy centers are just there if someone needs a little something extra to do or if WP needs an activity.

 Art supplies are used a lot~ even in the afternoons and evenings when school isn't is session. :)

Word work drawers are used during our reading time.

Math centers are the same idea as literacy~ there if we need something extra.

Calendar~ the one only SJ works on.

 Our world map is one our favorite things in our room~ refer to it all the time!

Teaching stuff is pretty much anything I might need in a lesson.

Still love our room~

and being together every day!!!