Hello!  I'm currently at the beach in Duck, NC enjoying my last work-free weekend with this absolutely breath-taking view: Can you believe this place?  It's beautiful !  My friend's parent's dream was to own their own beach house one day and they made it a reality a few years ago.  Their home is like a jungle, and her mom likes to call it, Where The Wild Things Are .  (Yes, she is a teacher!) On a separate note, I just learned about the awesome Donors Choose Community, Caring Classrooms .  It's such a great idea and way to get the word spread about new classroom projects in need of funding.  I just donated to a project for a classroom to get a puppet show about accepting others' differences.  How cool!  I didn't know that you could create projects that weren't just for school supplies, books, etc.  Anyway, that project has ALREADY been funded because of how generous everyone in this online community is.   I'm going to leave here on thi...
Is it August already?!  Where did the time go?  If your school is like mine and they make you move classrooms each year, then I'm sure you'd agree that the packing, moving, and unpacking process is a huge PAIN.  That being said, I'm trying to keep everything as simple as possible and I'm keeping the superhero theme.  Hooray! Here are a couple things I already have for the decor: Name tag labels for either the door or bulletin board. - TPT link here - Back to school picture frame!  This is my first time doing this and it was super fun and easy to make! - TPT link here - Picked these borders up on my most recent trip to Lakeshore.   I wish I had seen these last year, but I can't wait to use them in my classroom! - link here - I can't wait to get into my room and start setting up!  Unfortunately that won't be for a couple more weeks, so in between babysitting and laying by the pool I'm going to try to prepare myself by readi...