Teacher’s who build their classroom foundation based around the structure, organization and activities tend to have safer more exciting classrooms. Within this blog I have found and chosen my favorite four teacher’s websites who have come up with brilliant strategies to make my future classroom perfect when it comes to organization, structure and activities . Enjoy!
The first teacher’s blog that I have really come to love was called The Brown paper bag teacher. This women’s name is Catherin and she is full of amazing ideas in order to help a teacher organize their classroom. To start of her organization of her library area is extraordinary. As you can see in the picture her ideas of organizing the books from the genres to the alphabetical books is truly a great idea. This website was so easy to read through and it was amazing to see the different ideas from Catherine.
The next great example for organization and great activities comes from a website called pocket of preschool. This website showed a great discovery on how to organize and structure a math center. This website shows how the teacher has labeled everything to help the students better understand where everything is. This center is filled with manipulatives that will make math more exciting to learn about and could make it that much easier as well. I personally loved this idea.
I have discovered these example pictures from the website listed above.
The last teacher website I found that was so intriguing to me was from teaching mama. This website had such great ideas based around independent learning centers for the students in the classroom. The idea on the site was simply called the “quiet box” which is seen to be 5 boxes labeled Monday through Friday. These boxes are simply used at nap time or could even be used during an independent learning time. It was amazing to see that each box was filled with something different in each. Every item placed in these boxes promote quiet play. For example, in one of the boxes there is a puzzle, a book, an activity pad and a sticker book. I believe this is so amazing to have! It helps the children get comfortable playing independently but also understanding how to do it quietly. Below I have attached the pictures that I had found from the website to show you! It is awesome.
Detailed Analysis of Websites:
The Brown Bag Teacher Blog
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This website was so fun to read and
engage with. It was very easy to navigate and understand. The images that
were provided were great and displayed a lot of potential for ideas in how to
structure and organize a classroom, as well as showing the easy way to set up
a library so childre are able to learn how to develop their reading skills in
a well-organized way.
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Pocket of Preschool Blog
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This website was full of exciting ways
into helping a child learn and develop within a well-organized classroom. The
website intrigued me with the way the centers were organized and put
together. It helps readers gain
knowledge on how they can structure their centers and also bring activities
within them.
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Serenade to Second Grade Blog
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What very inviting website this was.
It was informational on how a teacher can display their classroom. The words
from the writer brought great ideas for a comfortable and safe classroom
layout. This website was very easy to navigate was bright and displayed many
great pictures of the classrooms.
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Teaching
Mama Blog
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This website was so great to be introduced to. It was jam packed
with educational activities for children to do within the classroom that will
keep them engaged but also will help them understand independence when it
comes to playing and learning developmental skills.
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Hi Sarah! What a great blog you have created! Don't sell yourself short! All of the websites you have listed have really great ideas for organization in the classroom. The Brown Bag Teacher site had such great ideas for library storage! It makes me want to overhaul my classroom and re-create everything. The Pocket of Preschool site had a super helpful tip in their center organization- put a picture of the contents of the tub onto the tub itself. this is something I used to do in preschool, and I think it also works for the older grades to. I did it in a third grade class a couple of years ago! Teaching mama also offered some great ideas with the quiet time boxes. That is an awesome idea! You did a super job on your blog, keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your blog, you did a really nice job! All of your websites were very informative and helpful. Your blog was nicely organized and detailed. I enjoyed the quiet-time boxes as well. I think they can be extremely helpful in a classroom. It is definitely something I am going to try when I start teaching! Keep up the great work and good luck in the future!
Jennifer Langlitz
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteYou did really well organizing your post and summarizing each of the blogs you found to be helpful. I like that most of the pictures show a lot of bright colors. Sometimes, all we have to work with is "boring" colors but we can still be organized. This can also be altered as we do things such as placing pictures of contents on each bin or other storage item. The pictures can add color when we do not have much color to work with. I love the idea of making sure kids are comfortable in the classroom and that everything is easy for them to find, not just easy for me. I hope my classroom can have as many manipulatives as pocket of preschool's picture shows!
Great job!
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteYour blog looks great! I found these sites very informative and insightful. Thank you for sharing.
Paula
Hi
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog. You have chosen some great sites that are very informational. Your blog is engaging and provides good pictures to show examples. Keep up the great work.