Rambles and Resolutions

One of the resolutions I made for myself this year was to make some changes to improve my blog.  I follow a lot (and I am not exaggerating) of teacher blogs.  When I have free time I find myself drawn to my google reader to see who has updated their blog. I have found so much inspiration from the teachers I follow.  My hope is to one day have a blog similar to all that I follow.  I want to have a blog that shows my ideas and products.  Teachers are obviously not known for making a lot of money and I think it is so inspirational to see how teachers use the products they make for their own classroom and sell them to earn more income for their family.  Plus they give out freebies…which I take every advantage of, seeing as a college student doesn’t exactly have the budget to buy frequently.  Through these blogs I have seen ideas I can use in future lessons, have obtained classroom organization ideas, and learned more about the different opportunities and struggles that teachers face.  I know that I have talked some before on the different blogs I follow, but I just learn so much more with each passing day.  With that being said, my goal this year is to significantly improve my blog…but that is definitely something that is going to take me some time to figure out.

Part of improving my blog also includes finally following the trend and getting a Twitter.  Eventually maybe I will be fancy enough to add a button that links to my Twitter from here…but honestly I am going to be taking things one step at a time.

But back to the ideas I’ve obtained from blogs.  One of the things I kept seeing was different ways to decorate classrooms.  I couldn’t stand the wait any longer.  My lovely church allowed me the opportunity to decorate a few rooms.  I went a little (lot) overboard.  But I just love how it turned out!  My church’s children program has recently grown.  I am so excited to see how many more children we have each week.  God is definitely working in the lives of these children and I had so much fun decorating a space that the children will hopefully enjoy.

Now I cannot take the credit for all the signs you see around the classroom, as I did take ideas from blogs that I follow. (One of the things I have to work on is being able to link up the readers to the blogs where I found the ideas.  Such as being able to tell you where I found this font at.)

So up first we have the room I decorated over Christmas break.  I did the youngsters room (ages 3&4).  I went with a polka dot theme.

  

Okay to be honest I am not thrilled with the bulletin board you see in the picture.  I ended up changing the YOU later (but forgot to take a picture) and now I love it.  But of course all that I have for you is the old picture. Oops!

  

I would also love to add some new curtains to fit the room but I do not know how to sew…maybe eventually I can convince someone to do it for me. :)

 

This wall is composed of a Bible verse for each letter of the alphabet.  Each verse is short and sweet and has a picture to help the kids understand better.

 

Here is my attempt at the classic Where are We? sign.

And up next is the junior church room.  I actually decorated this over Thanksgiving break, but I was so busy that I never posted pictures. (Shocker...I know)

   

I love the pennants!

  

I created an alphabet wall for this room as well.  If I were to do it again I would have printed it on colorful paper...but I guess we learn from trying.

 

I tried the ruffled border that I kept seeing on Pinterest and I love how it turned out!

Well if you have made it to the end of this post I am very impressed.  Sorry to ramble for so long...but thanks for reading. :)