1st Day of School!

Hello, there!

I would just like to share that I successfully made it through the first day of school! I have 20 kiddos this year, and I can just tell that we are all going to have SO much fun!

I did not get a ton of photos because I was running around like a nut job all day, but I did take a few pictures of the name art project that we did.

We started off by going over rules, and procedures, and making sure everyone knew how they were getting home. Then we read The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi about a little girl from Korea on her first day of school. We followed that up with saying what makes us special, and then we put our names on large construction paper, and glued tissue paper squares to it, and I wrote what made them special on the bottom.

It was cute to hear what they felt made them special. I just wrote exactly what they told me! The next two pictures are of all the names hanging. My room is still only, like, 90% done, so when I get it all in place I will post a room tour. I WANTED to Periscope my room, but my school is way out in the desert and the wifi is not nearly strong enough.

In the afternoon we explored with our math manipulatives, and we played with our play-doh, and we watched Magic School Bus: Busasaurus! I also took all of their pictures in this adorable frame that I made! I was inspired by the one that I saw on @applesandabcs Instagram!

We're going to use the pictures to make a cute beginning of the year "All About Me" poster! Can't wait to share that! Overall, great first day, and I am ready for this year!