I am officially in panic mode for Back To School. When you walk into Office Max, Walmart, Target or wherever and this is what you see, it has a tendency to send chills right down even the most seasoned teacher. I’m raising my hand to say I’m in terror mode and need to get going on my ‘to-do’ list.
I know none of you could possibly have this problem, but most nights I can’t see the top of my kitchen table. I have 4 or 5 or 10 projects going on at one time.
“Sorry boys, I know it’s raining out but we will be eating
breakfast, lunch and dinner out on the deck again today. Mom STILL hasn’t cleared the table.” I’m the only one right?
And I’m so bummed that I didn’t buy more of these little green tubes last summer because now I have spent half of this summer obsessed with searching for them online, and I can’t find them anywhere. (Why do you deny me Big Lots? I love my green daily planning/word family storage totes! ~sniff, sniff)
The big ‘to-do’ I absolutely need to get off my list is to move all my thematic totes to my house! (Shhhh don’t tell my hubs. If I’m lucky and really sneaky, it won’t figure out that I’ve turned our storage room in the basement into my private school room until hunting season when he goes looking for his gear. By then, I’ll have squatters rights to the space and I’ll be home free.) I really just need more space for my kinder friends to move and by getting a couple bookcases full of these out of the way, I won’t have to give up the important stuff like sensory tables and dramatic play.
But that’s just the beginning of my back to school to do list. There’s so much more. My head is just a spinning.
So what about you? Are you in your Back To School panic mode yet? Well, maybe I and the girls from Freebielicious can help you out a bit. Once again, the girls have teamed up with Educents to bring you some instant downloads that will get your year off to a fabulous start. This packet is loaded with fabulous products for back to school including book studies, craftivities, classroom prep packets and content material to get you ready. There are 23 instant downloads in all. You just HAVE to check them out.
Of course, I’ve added one of my most favorite new products to this pack that I know you’re just gonnaLOVE. It’s part of the second generation of Word Families Galore!
Word Families are one of my most popular products and this second generation is even bigger than the first packets. Here’s just a few of the items you’ll find in it.
For a limited time it and 22 other products from the Freebielicious sellers will be bundled and offered to you for $34.99 from Educentswhich is 68% off! Twenty-three products for your kinder and first grade classrooms and over 1200 pages of materials from some of your favorite teachers! It’s a bundle you are sure to LOVE!
If you’d like to get more information on Back To School and the products offered in this pack, take a moment to take a peek at some of the other teachers featured in this bundle and their preparations for back to school as well as their featured item in this bundle.
I just got some of those green bins at Big Lots in Cadillac while we were on vacation, in the back to school stuff! Hope you find more if you are still looking for them!
Are you kidding me? I haven’t been in there for a week or two. I’m heading there tomorrow to check it out. Thanks for the heads up
These bins are fantastic!! My husband asked me the other day when we would get to eat at the table instead of on tv trays. 😉 Good luck with your list.
We won’t see our table until October easy! It’s not pretty.
Marsha
I’m not sure we have ever eaten at our table haha!!!! LOVE those bins!!!!!!
I know right!
M
I am able to see my kitchen table but my pool table can be made into a table by placing a top made by a friend and that is fully covered. I needed the space that the pool table offered!
Oh I’d like that better because it would be tall enough to work at without having to stoop over. Great idea. I think I need a pool table.
M
Hi Marsha,
I LOVE your Word Family packs. 🙂 I just set up my word wall with the ribbons I made last year from your short vowel bundle (there’s a pic on my blog) and was so excited for the learning my kidlets will do when we go back to school! I just bought your ‘I Can Do It Myself’ Constructing Numbers and can’t wait to use it either! I think maybe I should just direct a percentage of my wage each week to your store! 🙂 Thanks for making such amazing resources.
Lauren
Love, Laughter and Learning in Prep!
This post totally made me laugh out loud. I’m having to make space in my new room too. Currently my entire classroom is in my garage, and on my kitchen table. It makes me so sad that I can’t teach with you. We are cut from the same obsessive and creative, Irish cloth, I think! I’ve chosen to use my storage unit as a “working library” of sorts where I can fill my containers, switch out books and totes for the seasons/months and get my centers (many of yours) organized and ready. Now my new dilemma…can I get the custodians to haul away the three EXTRA filing cabinets, ENORMOUS teacher’s desks and LARGE (5 total) individual tables. Unless they want my kids to be squeezing between each other side ways…and I haven’t even started to decorate. Ugh! It’s a new adventure…always….an honor and an adventure….Be blessed, friend.
Super cute little “feed me” guy! Where did you find such a little garbage can?
Yes! I’m wondering this too!