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Over the summer, I love to search for treasures for preschool at thrift stores and garage sales. We don't operate on a shoestring budget, we operate on half a shoestring. Garages sales and thrift stores keep our tuition costs down (don't you wish universities could say the same thing? Believe me, I do!)
Because I am on summer break, I just plop the bags in the classroom and leave. Sometimes I turn on the light and check phone messages but I try not to stay too long. The piles of found treasures and recycled items grow on table tops, chairs and the floor. I was going to take a before and after picture of the classroom but it was too scary and just too embarrassing. :-)
I've spent the last few days in the classroom. I've been putting all the treasures in their proper places, planning lessons and getting our centers organized for the new school year.
One of the centers your child will experience is our Art Center. There are a ba-zillion ways to present an art center in a classroom. This works for us because of our limited space. The bins hold stickers, crayons, markers, colored pencils, stencils, glue, construction paper and collage items plus there is paper, cardboard and rulers. The Art Center plus our easel provide the children with unlimited opportunities for creative expression in our classroom.
The bulletin board is called "The Garden". The Garden changes as the seasons change. The tree remains the same but the children provide the rest. Our bulletin boards are created by the children. I provide a basic background and the kids provide the rest. Look under the "Bulletin Board" label on our blog for ideas and inspiration. Check out these past blogs about the garden for some more ideas---
AUTUMN-
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/10/our-fall-garden.html
SPRING-
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-spring-garden.html
