This week has been a whirlwind of emotions and activities. New teacher orientation was really nice - I met a lot of transfer teachers from other areas (new friends!) and started to get a little settled in my new job. Thursday night I was in my classroom until 9:15 pm and Friday I went over for about three hours before Bubby came to see me. :-) It is still VERY overwhelming; I have brought a ton of stuff home with me to sift through and recycle and some curriculum resources to peruse as I start to plan out the first few days of school.
Because my room has zero natural light, I have been working really hard to make it a happy, colorful place for my new kindergartners. I must admit, I am very jealous of my friends in the county with nice furniture and resources - but you know what? We'll make do, it just may take a little longer. I'm merging the safari theme idea with stick figure kids to get lots of primary colors and happiness to my brick walls.
One thing I have wanted to do for awhile is learn how to sew. I wanted to make pillows for the reading corner that coordinated with the theme and gave the kids somewhere soft to go. As mentioned in an earlier post, I went and got lots of fabric and mama brought down her sewing machine for me to use. I had no clue what I was doing and had to read the manual step by step to learn how to thread the darn thing.
I ended up making two pillows last week before I even knew I had a job. I must say, I am extremely proud of myself - I even put zippers in so I can take the covers off and wash away the kindergarten boogers! The zippers were really hard but I got them in nonetheless!
Safari pillow.
Zipper skills.
Yesterday I went and bought some more fabric - 2 yards - that matched my patchwork safari fabric but is white. The only window in my room looks into the special education hallway and I've determined would be MUCH too distracting for my little ones. I wanted to make a curtain that would still let in a little bit of light - hence the white fabric.
Pinning a hem - go me.
It definitely is not a professional job, but I have to say that I am SO proud of myself. If only sewing was one large mathematical program it would have been simple, but I am not what you would call "domestic." Hip hip hooray! More photos to come once everything is up in my room. This week we're all working in our classrooms so hopefully a little order will come to room 10.
Because my room has zero natural light, I have been working really hard to make it a happy, colorful place for my new kindergartners. I must admit, I am very jealous of my friends in the county with nice furniture and resources - but you know what? We'll make do, it just may take a little longer. I'm merging the safari theme idea with stick figure kids to get lots of primary colors and happiness to my brick walls.
One thing I have wanted to do for awhile is learn how to sew. I wanted to make pillows for the reading corner that coordinated with the theme and gave the kids somewhere soft to go. As mentioned in an earlier post, I went and got lots of fabric and mama brought down her sewing machine for me to use. I had no clue what I was doing and had to read the manual step by step to learn how to thread the darn thing.
I ended up making two pillows last week before I even knew I had a job. I must say, I am extremely proud of myself - I even put zippers in so I can take the covers off and wash away the kindergarten boogers! The zippers were really hard but I got them in nonetheless!
Safari pillow.
Zipper skills.
Pinning a hem - go me.
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