For those curious, here are the full day kindergarten requirements in Washington State :) We are required to follow this, & it explains what areas we must have in our classroom, what “play to learn” time is, and more! Thought I would share why I am setting up my room the way I am ☺️ Not sure if there are similar requirements in place in other states or not! www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/earlylearning/pubdocs/wafull-daykguide-january2016.pdf
haileykatelynn that was really interesting to read! I teach third grade in Virginia but my degree is in Early Childhood (PreK-3rd). I really appreciate how much consideration is taken in your state to child development and age appropriate curriculum. Unfortunately my state isn’t as in tune with early childhood development. I do have one question though, I see all the items that are highlighted stating that each classroom is required to have all of those things. Does your school provide those items? I know you mention buying a lot of things at goodwill. Are you reimbursed at all? I know teachers everywhere (myself included) spend hundreds of dollars each school year on their classrooms but it just seems like if the state is making these items a requirement they should be provided in each classroom.
I suggest taking up the scissors and only pass them out when needed. That would keep the problem with the children cutting their hair, clothes, papers, other kids' hair. They will do that. Even some of my first graders did that. You would have more space for the crayon boxes. All of those center things are so cute. The kids can just take a book to that little nook. No need to rearrange the library.
Commenting lots of praise again today, because girl you are rocking this. I’m literally 2.5 minutes in and I’m like YES GIRL! I loved that you read through comments, appreciated the help, but were ultimately not swayed by others opinions. It’s your classroom and your vision, and you very respectfully stated that.
Love the magnetic letters and shapes! I like when you do a mixture of showing when you do things and/or just talking about what you did! Your classroom is coming together really nicely!
I am loving your set up videos. I'm going into my final year of school with student teaching rapidly approaching. Even though I am planning on teaching middle school, it's great to see your ideas and get inspiration for my own future classroom :) thanks for sharing !
Your room is coming along nicely! Your district has provided a wonderful space for you. I am also very impressed with your confidence. You are honest about things you haven't figured out yet, but I have seen your confidence increase so much since you taught summer school! Also you mentioned you needed more snack containers. You can order all of those things from Dollar Tree online. Personally I hate going from store to store to get enough of what I need. Keep up the good work!
Your class is coming together so nicely! You have created such a welcoming learning space for your kiddos! My middle school classroom turned out pretty well this year too, kinda similar to yours, practical and put together. I filmed classroom set up videos too! Love looking back on the process!
you can also try goo b gon and I have had success with clorox wipes in the past...but totally agree with the stickers they use!!! Annoying! Good job with your classroom!
As a retired Pre K teacher I love watching your class room setup videos, bringing back many memories for me!! You have alot of the same areas, centers and fun items that my classoom did~ Good Luck this year!
Have you thought about having the mailboxes face the door? It would allow you to sort things into them while keeping an eye on your room and keep the block area from climbing into the mailboxes too. Also a mr. Clean eraser will clean up your caddies 👍🏻
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many opinions on one comment section! I think you’re doing an amazing job! It’s your first year and you’ll learn what you like and don’t like as you go! And to answer the question about your filming, I enjoy seeing both ways you’ve been doing it!
Love your classroom so far!! Play to learn time is so much fun for the kids. Do you know if you run small groups during that time? Also, I would check with other teachers and see if there is a state requirement on where your library has to be placed. When I taught Pre-K we were required to have the library away from the louder centers like blocks and building. Maybe that was just an Iowa/Kansas thing!! Lots of progress you have made and it is turning out so nice! :)
you should turn the student mailbox shelf around facing the other way where the slots are facing the left where the door is at, so then when the students are coming in they can turn in their work and also on the way out. And that way when the students are in that area building then they're not in the way of students, or you trying to turn stuff in.
Hailey! Great organizing! You may want to invest in some cleaning supplies: GooGone (removes all the lables and sticky stuff) and Mr. Clean erasers will clean any permanent marker (i.e. the orange caddy bin) and if it's extra dark than use some hand sanitizer to remove the rest!
It seems like there is so much stuff for them to play with. Maybe take some stuff out and rotate in toys/activities every other month...vs having every single thing out and in a place. I think this is going to be hard to maintain. I would imagine they aren’t going to have tons of play time...it isn’t daycare or preschool, so having less options seems easier for you.
Washington State requires full day kindergarten to actually have 60 minutes or more of “play to learn” time! It’s called “WA Kids” if you are curious for more information!
Here is the link to the guide that we are required to follow for kindergarten in WA state :) www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/earlylearning/pubdocs/wafull-daykguide-january2016.pdf
haileykatelynn thanks for info. I still think rotating out toys wouldn’t be a bad idea and it would allow you to not have to manage as many bins. Kids actually do better with less...it becomes overwhelming for them just like for us! But to each his own! I’m enjoying your journey! Not hate, just unsolicited opinions. 😉
I think rotations of play toys would be good because keeping things organized may get a bit much and as you know the kids tend to leave stuff everywhere.
There are bigger caddies! I bought some at Walmart last year that are shower caddies, and they work great! I teach 5th and 6th grades and I think you are going to be fabulous! Keep up the great work!
Speaking from experience I definitely recommend that you don’t put out scissors or glue sticks for the kiddos until you teach them how to use them properly. Their curiosity will definitely compel them to start cutting and gluing random things including themselves and other kids! Lol I teach prek and only take those supplies out for supervised activities and then they immediately get put away when we are done
Paint the back of that bookshelf facing the library with chalk paint or dry erase paint. That way the kids doing blocks can also draw "blueprints" or whatever they want
I had the same thing happen with those silly magnet boxes with the target sticker... Thanks for suggesting a label, I spent too much time taking the sticker off
love your chanel....even though I am not a kindergarten teacher anymore (high school now ) decorating my class was the best thing ever,,,,,I always had a "theme" and decorate the door, bulletin boards etc...what is your theme?? donuts? bees? apples?
I think not having the book shelves you used as dividers pushed against the ones in the back ended up working out so kids aren’t walking over each other to move to another space, there are two exits/ entrances
Wow... for only 3 days your room is looking great!!! I don’t think it would fit but is it possible to turn the bookshelf with the dry erase side showing (same as the one when you enter your classroom) and have it face the built in bookshelves? I don’t know if that makes sense. As in, only one side (the right) is touching the wall with the white floating bookshelves. If that fit it would be perfect & the kids would have plenty of space to sit in groups or for playtime. Can’t wait to see all the letters & labeling haha... seriously :)
Have you tried using Goo Gone to remove those labels? It is a bit strong, so you might want to use cotton swabs. Your students will enjoy being in your class. It feels wonderful to see a Kindergarten classroom with so many fun activities. Any chance that you could include Tinker Toys?
I haven't yet! I didn't have anything with me to try and get it off, so I just used water, but now I have some more things to try and use! I just looked those up and they look so fun! I will have to look into getting some :)
How many years or months before having this classroom did you start gathering materials? I graduate in a couple years in ElEd, and I'm worried I'm not gathering anything right now! Your classroom looks amazing!
What if you take the shelf you were talking about moving so it is perpendicular to the wall with the white display shelf? I feel like its hard to explain in a comment but basically it would be parallel to the library.
Suggestions for a few cheap things you could add to the art caddy: cotton balls, qtips, straws, toothpicks, little foam balls (I think they are technically called vase fillers), yarn, and tissue paper.
For those curious, here are the full day kindergarten requirements in Washington State :) We are required to follow this, & it explains what areas we must have in our classroom, what “play to learn” time is, and more! Thought I would share why I am setting up my room the way I am ☺️ Not sure if there are similar requirements in place in other states or not!
www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/earlylearning/pubdocs/wafull-daykguide-january2016.pdf
haileykatelynn that was really interesting to read! I teach third grade in Virginia but my degree is in Early Childhood (PreK-3rd). I really appreciate how much consideration is taken in your state to child development and age appropriate curriculum. Unfortunately my state isn’t as in tune with early childhood development. I do have one question though, I see all the items that are highlighted stating that each classroom is required to have all of those things. Does your school provide those items? I know you mention buying a lot of things at goodwill. Are you reimbursed at all? I know teachers everywhere (myself included) spend hundreds of dollars each school year on their classrooms but it just seems like if the state is making these items a requirement they should be provided in each classroom.
I love it
I suggest taking up the scissors and only pass them out when needed. That would keep the problem with the children cutting their hair, clothes, papers, other kids' hair. They will do that. Even some of my first graders did that. You would have more space for the crayon boxes. All of those center things are so cute. The kids can just take a book to that little nook. No need to rearrange the library.
Kids&cats I agree, I teach 1st grade and don’t keep my scissors our because kiddos love to make a mess or cut their hair.
Commenting lots of praise again today, because girl you are rocking this. I’m literally 2.5 minutes in and I’m like YES GIRL! I loved that you read through comments, appreciated the help, but were ultimately not swayed by others opinions. It’s your classroom and your vision, and you very respectfully stated that.
Okay you are easily becoming one of my favorite people ever!
@@haileykatelynn and you are becoming one of my favorite people!!! Haley/Haileys have to stick together!!
I'm watching this video for the second time! Lol. It just makes me excited to be a teacher soon.
Love the magnetic letters and shapes! I like when you do a mixture of showing when you do things and/or just talking about what you did! Your classroom is coming together really nicely!
Your room is coming along great! I just started day one of setting up my first classroom. It’s definitely more work than TH-cam videos make it look! 😂
Thanks girl! ☺️ that is so fun! It is so much more work than TH-cam videos make it seem 😂
I am loving your set up videos. I'm going into my final year of school with student teaching rapidly approaching. Even though I am planning on teaching middle school, it's great to see your ideas and get inspiration for my own future classroom :) thanks for sharing !
Your room is coming along nicely! Your district has provided a wonderful space for you. I am also very impressed with your confidence. You are honest about things you haven't figured out yet, but I have seen your confidence increase so much since you taught summer school!
Also you mentioned you needed more snack containers. You can order all of those things from Dollar Tree online. Personally I hate going from store to store to get enough of what I need. Keep up the good work!
Omg I never thought of an art cart for the kids! I love that idea! Thank you!
you have an amazing classroom. the setup/storage area is great and i love those shelves for books!
Thank you!! ❤️
I struggggled with those stickers too on the Target magnetic bin things!! 😂
Your class is coming together so nicely! You have created such a welcoming learning space for your kiddos! My middle school classroom turned out pretty well this year too, kinda similar to yours, practical and put together. I filmed classroom set up videos too! Love looking back on the process!
I like it when you film as you work but great video! I love seeing your progress
Rubbing alcohol will take labels and adhesive residue off real easy ! Love watching your classroom progress
Ahhh thank you!! I will try that. I’m so glad you are enjoying ☺️❤️
Try hand sanitizer too.
you can also try goo b gon and I have had success with clorox wipes in the past...but totally agree with the stickers they use!!! Annoying! Good job with your classroom!
Orange essential oil is also a good sticker remover 😁 plus it smells good!
I love seeing how your room is coming together! Such a fun and inviting room for kids to come into!
As a retired Pre K teacher I love watching your class room setup videos, bringing back many memories for me!! You have alot of the same areas, centers and fun items that my classoom did~ Good Luck this year!
Have you thought about having the mailboxes face the door? It would allow you to sort things into them while keeping an eye on your room and keep the block area from climbing into the mailboxes too. Also a mr. Clean eraser will clean up your caddies 👍🏻
Love your classroom. It is the cutest!
Thank you! ❤️
Oh my gosh! I look the little nook and your book display area on the wall. Also, I totally need to go to IKEA and get that rug.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many opinions on one comment section! I think you’re doing an amazing job! It’s your first year and you’ll learn what you like and don’t like as you go! And to answer the question about your filming, I enjoy seeing both ways you’ve been doing it!
😂 thank you Clarissa! I appreciate it! ❤️
Your going to be a great teacher and will make kids love learning im reallly insired by you!
Love your classroom so far!! Play to learn time is so much fun for the kids. Do you know if you run small groups during that time? Also, I would check with other teachers and see if there is a state requirement on where your library has to be placed. When I taught Pre-K we were required to have the library away from the louder centers like blocks and building. Maybe that was just an Iowa/Kansas thing!! Lots of progress you have made and it is turning out so nice! :)
When you make the calm down bin/area can you show us please?
You and your classroom are amazing!❤
you should turn the student mailbox shelf around facing the other way where the slots are facing the left where the door is at, so then when the students are coming in they can turn in their work and also on the way out. And that way when the students are in that area building then they're not in the way of students, or you trying to turn stuff in.
You could drape a little curtin between the shelves you have closing off the library area just to close up the space!
Omg yass girl! I followed you about a month ago on my moms insta! Love ya gal
Awww that is so sweet! Love you too friend! 💗
haileykatelynn use soapy water to get that sticker residue off
Hailey! Great organizing! You may want to invest in some cleaning supplies: GooGone (removes all the lables and sticky stuff) and Mr. Clean erasers will clean any permanent marker (i.e. the orange caddy bin) and if it's extra dark than use some hand sanitizer to remove the rest!
For getting labels off there’s a trick if you go over it with an hairdryer it gets off faster
Good to know, thank you!
It seems like there is so much stuff for them to play with. Maybe take some stuff out and rotate in toys/activities every other month...vs having every single thing out and in a place. I think this is going to be hard to maintain. I would imagine they aren’t going to have tons of play time...it isn’t daycare or preschool, so having less options seems easier for you.
Washington State requires full day kindergarten to actually have 60 minutes or more of “play to learn” time! It’s called “WA Kids” if you are curious for more information!
Here is the link to the guide that we are required to follow for kindergarten in WA state :)
www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/earlylearning/pubdocs/wafull-daykguide-january2016.pdf
haileykatelynn thanks for info. I still think rotating out toys wouldn’t be a bad idea and it would allow you to not have to manage as many bins. Kids actually do better with less...it becomes overwhelming for them just like for us! But to each his own! I’m enjoying your journey! Not hate, just unsolicited opinions. 😉
haileykatelynn omg! 60 minutes a Day is so nice! We don’t have that here.
I think rotations of play toys would be good because keeping things organized may get a bit much and as you know the kids tend to leave stuff everywhere.
There are bigger caddies! I bought some at Walmart last year that are shower caddies, and they work great! I teach 5th and 6th grades and I think you are going to be fabulous! Keep up the great work!
Speaking from experience I definitely recommend that you don’t put out scissors or glue sticks for the kiddos until you teach them how to use them properly. Their curiosity will definitely compel them to start cutting and gluing random things including themselves and other kids! Lol I teach prek and only take those supplies out for supervised activities and then they immediately get put away when we are done
Paint the back of that bookshelf facing the library with chalk paint or dry erase paint. That way the kids doing blocks can also draw "blueprints" or whatever they want
to get labels off I either use rubbing alcohol or you can use a blow dryer!
Aweee You making Me wanna be Moree A Kindergarden Teacherr!!
You are doing an amazing job!
I had the same thing happen with those silly magnet boxes with the target sticker... Thanks for suggesting a label, I spent too much time taking the sticker off
If it hasn't been mentioned they do sell large size caddys. I found mine at Hobby Lobby
You should get goo gone to get rid of the sticker easier or lemon essential oil works perfectly
love your chanel....even though I am not a kindergarten teacher anymore (high school now ) decorating my class was the best thing ever,,,,,I always had a "theme" and decorate the door, bulletin boards etc...what is your theme?? donuts? bees? apples?
Use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on your caddy, it will look like brand new. :)
I think not having the book shelves you used as dividers pushed against the ones in the back ended up working out so kids aren’t walking over each other to move to another space, there are two exits/ entrances
Wow... for only 3 days your room is looking great!!! I don’t think it would fit but is it possible to turn the bookshelf with the dry erase side showing (same as the one when you enter your classroom) and have it face the built in bookshelves? I don’t know if that makes sense. As in, only one side (the right) is touching the wall with the white floating bookshelves. If that fit it would be perfect & the kids would have plenty of space to sit in groups or for playtime. Can’t wait to see all the letters & labeling haha... seriously :)
It’s looking great!
I like the classroom but some stuff should be in lower shelves because the kids might not reach
I had the same problem with my target magnet bins!
I know this is old but where did you get your art cart from with the clear drawers? Thanks!
I know I’m really late to this video but when you need to get stickers off of things use Goo Gone!! they sell it at grocery stores & on amazon!
You should put the calm down stuff on the table when you walk in cause the table is away from everybody else so they can calm down
I ended up doing that!
I had those magnetic caddies from target too and couldn’t get the sticker off so I returned them! So frustrating!
Do you have any type of smart board to use? Also, do you know what curriculum you will be using for ELA and math?
Have you tried using Goo Gone to remove those labels? It is a bit strong, so you might want to use cotton swabs. Your students will enjoy being in your class. It feels wonderful to see a Kindergarten classroom with so many fun activities. Any chance that you could include Tinker Toys?
I haven't yet! I didn't have anything with me to try and get it off, so I just used water, but now I have some more things to try and use! I just looked those up and they look so fun! I will have to look into getting some :)
You can find it at the dollar tree. And a little goes a long way :)
Can you show us what all of the doors go to in your classroom??? Are those windows right into another classroom?
Use Goo Gone for the sticky labels!
Where did you find the bins for the crayons? Did you already say? I've been looking everywhere
Dollar Tree :)
How many years or months before having this classroom did you start gathering materials? I graduate in a couple years in ElEd, and I'm worried I'm not gathering anything right now! Your classroom looks amazing!
I started seriously collecting things after I got my job. I had collected some things like books, but not any grade specific items.
It’s starting to look soo good!! I’m so excited for you to start your first year! Also, are you going to do anything to your office?
Thank you! ☺️ yes I am! Lots of things still left to do! 😅
Alright sweet! Best of luck! I know you’ll get it done. 😊
What if you take the shelf you were talking about moving so it is perpendicular to the wall with the white display shelf? I feel like its hard to explain in a comment but basically it would be parallel to the library.
Suggestions for a few cheap things you could add to the art caddy: cotton balls, qtips, straws, toothpicks, little foam balls (I think they are technically called vase fillers), yarn, and tissue paper.
When will you go through the cabinets?
I took everything out of the cabinets except for curriculum books (hence why the carpet was filled for so long haha)
Where’d you get the rolling carts?
My caddies from target only fit 5 crayon boxes.
you can tive it there
Less talking more showing how you are completing your classroom love the your room so far
Use WD-40 to get the stickers odd
Off. And the stickiness
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Shower caddyies
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