First day of School

Well my first day of school is over and done and I have to say it went GREAT! At my school we split the kindergarten kids into two groups. Half come on Thursday and half come on Friday. Both days went great, the kids were so cute, and I didn't have any cry! We'll see how tomorrow goes when we get all 25 kids together! That's right, 25 kindergartener's! We are actually in the process of hiring our 7th Kindergarten teacher to hopefully help make the classroom sizes a little smaller, but kids keep coming in to register!

On the first day of school, I read the story Owen and give the kids a piece of a yellow blanket, just like Owen has in the story. The kids were so excited to have a piece of "Owen's blanket." It'll be fun to see how many bring their fuzzy to school tomorrow.

I have a lot planned for this full week of school, thanks to all the blogs out there I have lots of new ideas too! I'm excited to have all the kids together and a full week ahead. I can only imagine though how tired I will be, I was exhausted just after 2 days with only half the kids!!

My Western Classroom

Here are some pictures of my classroom. As a Kindergarten team we all decided to do a Western theme. This is just a peek at what my classroom looks like (not finished yet!)

The birthday board made out of jean paper. The belt buckles say the months on them. I will post the "patches" that will say the kids birthdays when I get them up.

I know this isn't Western- but it's part of my room!

The sign above my kids coat and backpack racks

My bulletin board in the hallway- I had to have cowprint fabric!!