My Buggy Backyard Classroom Theme

This year I decided to go with the bug theme.  So cute and fun!

Check out the old school desks.  I love them though!  I found hanging paper lanterns from 5 and Below for $1 each.  Set's off the backyard look.

This board idea came from here.  I was in the Dollar Tree and saw the fairy wings.   OOOH!  Butterflies for a buck!  I'll take it.  I just used construction paper for the caterpillar and dragonflies.

Birthday Chart has bugs in jars.  I used the poster maker at the teacher center to make this.  Nice and big so it filled up a good chunk of wall, yay!

Matching alphabet and numbers.  Letters and Numbers

Cozy Spot Changer

So, having pillows and cushions in my room has always been important to me to encourage the kids to curl up with a book.  Of course, the downside is the inevitable squabbling over who gets to sit on the cushion.  I almost took them all home this year to avoid the drama, but I thought of something that will get rid of the problem, and let the comfy spots get used fairly.
Very simple really.  I used Powerpoint to make a wheel with my kids in the center.  I took pictures of all my pillows, (and headsets)  we argue about those too!  I assigned one student to be the cozy spot changer.  She will turn the wheel one turn every day so everyone can see clearly who's turn it is and there will be no fuss!  Yay!

Powerpoint tip:  Just insert circles and lines.  Use two separate pages, put a brad in the center.