{NEW PRODUCT} Apple Alphabet and Number Matching Cards *English AND Spanish*

Head on over to my Teachers Pay Teachers store to download your very own set of apple matching cards! I used the cards last year as an independent activity, especially when students finished their tasks early. The purchase of the cards comes with a sent of upper- and lower-case matching cards, as well as matching numbers to tens-frames.

This set is the Spanish version. And HERE is the English set!

Flexible Seating

I visited my classroom today - I haven't been out of school for a full month yet! I was hoping to see if any of my new furniture had arrived. Sadly, there are no new tables. No new chairs.

I'm jumping on the flexible seating bandwagon, thanks to a grant I received from my district. While quite a few teachers opt to completely remove desks and tables from their classrooms, I have decided to keep the tables. They will be at different heights, and have a variety of seating options.

Truth be told, I'm beyond nervous to start the school year with flexible seating. If I had my way, I would start the year with your typical table heights, and the regular school chairs. Switching the room up in November or December would be ideal.

But storage. Oh, the storage problems in a school. There wouldn't be a place to store all of the seating options. Instead, the flexible seating will begin on Day 1.

I opted for clover shaped tables, instead of rectangular tables. I will still place four students at each table. I plan to keep each "type" of chair together, at one table.

These awesome Zuma rockers will be at one table. Hokki stools will be at another table. Floor cushions from Lakeshore, regular chairs at another, and two different types of schools from IKEA: the Urban Junior Chair, and the Marius stool will finish out the rest of the tables.

Here's a quick peek at my classroom from the 2016-2017 school year.

Stay tuned for updates on the new classroom design as the school year gets closer!