Confetti Room Back in Oklahoma Again

As I had posted in my last blog, I left Maui and came back to Oklahoma. It was very hard to leave but  I learned that I needed a lot more money and my own jet plane to live in Maui. It is a beautiful place. I did however earn a real appreciation for many things I have in Oklahoma that I did not have in Maui. Every time I think about going back I just remind myself of all the things I would be without. So many things that you don't think you will miss, and you do! :) Here I am back in Oklahoma for at least two years so my son can finish high school. Then we may be moving to the west coast, we will see.

I am teaching kindergarten again and so I decided to use the same theme I had started in Hawaii. It came from the schoolgirlstyle blog/website. The theme is called confetti. You will see that it look very different in this room that in the Hawaii room. Part of that is because I have new carpet in my room and  there is very little furniture in the room compared to the other room. The room is smaller too but I think it turned out much better. I purchased white bookshelves on clearance from Walmart. Having more control over the color and having less furniture to deal with gave me more control over the outcome. So here it is!

You will notice the blue hue in the room. I covered all my lights with filters, so there is a blue light instead of the harsh white light.

 I ordered stools like in Hawaii for my guided reading table. This time I ordered the taller ones, they work perfectly!

 I wanted to create a separate reading meeting place like in Hawaii but it was too small so the chair was moved to the big carpet. Now that is used for both read aloud and math.

 The number corner/math area is a pre-designed layout (the wall part) that goes with out new bridges math curriculum. I added an additional number line on the top and shapes on the bottom.

The tables looked so cute! We pulled out play dough the first day and the white paper was ruined so it came off by the second day. Lesson learned.

                        My library space I was pretty excited about! I really love the turn out!

 Kitchen center worked out well. I used it to create an enclosed space around the sink and cabinets.

                  I managed to get a pineapple in and a photo board to pin some Hawaii photos too!

After understanding the impact that a brightly colored number line can make I made sure to incorporate it into the new room of course. 

 I am getting ready to start the second full week of school and I am already contemplating some layout changes! I am also considering going back to alternative seating. We will see how things go!

Mahalo!