I did work in my classroom today and made a lot of progress (the custodian finally moved out all the stuff I wanted out!!!) but forgot to bring my camera. DOH!
So........I'll share a couple of photos of the art shelf I set up last week. It's a work in progress. I prefer a different kind of shelf, but I am grateful for getting this one and am determined to make it work. It came with some different white baskets that completely filled the openings. I prefer to have all the materials easy for the children to view and access, so I replaced those baskets with smaller ones and some wooden bowls I've thrifted. I do think this looks so lovely. I had a lot of inspiration from my new favorite blog, Fairy Dust Teaching. You HAVE to go check it out. Such loveliness!
The empty spaces are for glue and possibly some other things I haven't decided yet. I really love having all the open baskets for collage materials. And the jars of crayons and markers sorted by color on top I love too! I like the idea that this will require the children to sort by color every time they return crayons or markers to the shelf. I haven't ever displayed the colors like this, so I'm excited to see how it works out.
The jars are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tess. I love them too!! And I was so lucky to find a bunch of empty baby food jars in the workroom at my new school because I haven't had those around the house for many years.
ReplyDeleteLaura, I found your Montessori blog in 2009 when I began my career as a Montessori teacher. It is still a blog I frequent for many great classroom ideas. I am glad to have found another of your blog's and to see that you are still blogging about children's education in other forms, although I do miss your Montessori posts :) I have bookmarked this blog as I am assuming it is the blog you update the most frequently. Thanks for all your inspiration!
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