Crayon storage ideas classroom

Hey guys! I just wanted to take a minute to share my newest little project! While browsing the Dollar Tree, for way to many classroom items than I am willing to admit, I ran across these adorable little snack boxes. They are located in the food isle and come 2/$1 or if you are lucky and can find the BONUS packs 3/$1!!! Ummm....yes please you can do your whole class for cheap! AND they had lots of colors to choose from! I got orange, blue, green, pink and purple!! They hold 24 crayons like a…

These 21 brilliant organization hacks and storage solutions cost next to nothing - many of them are totally free! Organize your entire house!

I have a secret to share: Community supplies are not a thing here in the Cayman Islands - at least not in our public schools. The first time I ever saw community supplies used in a classroom was during my student teaching experience in the US. I was bewildered. "You mean all these supplies are just shared among the students? They don't have their own?" I asked my CT. However, as strange as it seemed to me at the time, I was also able to see the benefits of using community supplies in the…

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I was so tired of the crayon chaos at our house! We had several containers of crayons that were all different sizes, so not easy to store or stack. Something had to be done, for

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My students work in table groups and have a community bin with all the supplies they require throughout the day—colored pencils, crayons, glue sticks,

Last year I had to move out of my big kindergarten classroom that I had been in for over ten years, into a tiny, little room. Making the move to a little room inspired me to get super organized. Okay...I am already super organized, but I figured if I had to live in a tiny room, it might as well be cute. Since I would be teaching in a really cramped space, I decided to simplify my color scheme. I went with black and white polka dots with pops of teal and lime green. I started shopping and…

You'd think that now that I've left education that maybe I would stop with these posts, wouldn't you? Well, I've been wanting to do this post for a long time, and it just so happens that I have a little time on my hands right now. I've been snapping pictures for awhile of tips that have been successful in my classroom and that have saved me time. I couldn't leave those pictures unused without sharing them with people who could potentially use them. So here goes . . . 1. Keep a reasonably…

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