It’s coming on Christmas now… last week was the beginning of December and already, the kids are getting very excited about what is to come this month. The teachers have organized a Christmas program which was named, “A Casa De Fe Christmas” and this will include a re-telling of the Nativity story and will include all the kids Pre-K to Pablo (whom I’ve heard will be getting reindeer antlers, along with Edison). It’s kind of overwhelming but exciting at the same time because the kids really dig it. I would love to post some sneak-peek photos of this but I feel I should wait until the event when more pictures can be taken and then posted afterward.
BUT… to whet your photo appetite, I have decided to put up some photos of the kids in their new classroom. I realized I hadn’t done that and I figured now is as good a time as any.
Here is my amazing whiteboard. I’m sorry you can’t see very well. My camera is anti-flash at the moment and only functions in bad lighting… so these photos are going to be dark… just FYI. I was going over the rules of school and our classroom and decided that drawing a narrative of it would be a lot more fun than just reciting the list. 
Here are the kids making the letter “Ee” with their bodies on our astro-turfed reading area. Look how much space there is now!
Here are my shelved cabinets with the kids’ reward stickers posted on the doors. They get stars and stickers for good behavior and when they complete the chart, they get to pick a prize out of the Treasure Chest from the office. I keep my cd player, clock, toys, and In-Box on there.
Here’s the other end of my cabinets. This is where we start our day with our Blue All About Today wall hang and a short Bible story and a prayer.
I think this is my favorite wall because it’s where the Reading Nook/bookshelf is, the bean bag chairs, the sink, and my great big purple bulletin board! I divi-ed up the board into three sections because we aren’t allowed to use the walls… so there’s Spanish projects, English projects and Math projects. I love having space to post their work and they love seeing it up there as well.
Here’s more of the front of my classroom.
And here’s where all the brainstorming, planning, and teacher “think-ery” happens.
And finally, here are all the kids after we had practiced our names with Play Doh! Isn’t Greis’ toothless grin precious?
Hopefully my next post will be about how the program went. Stay tuned!