Favorite Pins Friday

Double post Friday!  Are you sick of me yet?!?  I'm linking up with Cara from The First Grade Parade for Favorite Pins Friday. This has been one of my all time favorite linky parties. I've found so many creative pins, inspiring pinners, and unique boards to follow!

1.  Flair Wear  I stumbled across this cutie patootie bow scarf on Etsy!  It's mintastic and precious in every way!  It comes in a variety of colors!  This is on my must haves for a fall vacation this year!

2.  Electrified.  Is it crazy that I'm already thinking about the fall?  I found this little pin and knew I had to incorporate in my home decor for October and November.  It's perfectly enchanting, don't you agree?

3.  Capacious Cookery.  I worked for a designer for three years.  The amount of work that goes into preparing every detail of the house is astounding!  I'm dumbfounded in the amount of unusable space found in my past three homes.  My current kitchen is of no exception.  The next pin is BRILLIANT!  I have the space and now the inspiration.

4.  Obsession Overdrive.  I have a confession!  I'm obsessed with scarves.  I wear them in every season.  At times a scarf is worn to keep out the cold, but other times I wear the scarf as jewelry, an accent for the outfit.  My obsession stems back LONG before scarves were cool.  I have several drawers filled with beautiful colors..  I literally slap myself in the head when I saw this pin.  #feedingmyhabit

5.  Erudite Enthusiasm.  I'm sure there are a few 'Royal Watchers' out there!  Are you anticipating the birth of William and Kate's first baby?  I stumbled across this pin almost a year ago and died! This pin is obviously from their wedding.  As we are awaiting the news of the birth and gender, I thought I'd share a pin that is sure to give you a giggle.

6.  Nebulous Nursery. Keeping with the theme 'Royal Watcher' above, I wanted to share the most adorable baby space.  What a perfect space for a gender unknown.  I'm certain my favorite design element happens to be the stripes on the ceiling.  Whimsical and delicate without being overly feminine! 

7.  Oddities and Fascinators.  Are you on Instagram?  Obsessed?  I'm not sure how this will feed my need for snapping pictures, but I will say the Polaroid by Soicalmatic has peeked a serious interest.  First off, I love the nostalgic feel of Polaroids.  Secondly, it's so dang charming!  Third, I love anything odd and want to be the first to own it.  Finally, it looks like Instagram, one of my favorite places to "hang out"!.  In 2014, Socialmatic is expected to release a hybrid digital/film camera.  Seriously, read about it here!

8.  Rainforest School Theme.  This upcoming year, my school is hosting a rainforest theme.  I've been hunting for pins over the past few months.  I stumbled across Teacher Bits and Bobs: Open House while being a sleuth!  When you click the image from my board you are linked into a ginormous post of visuals from their crazy fun happenings at school!  PS, I bought her unit too!  Nothing short of amazing!

9.  Math. Numbers, Problem Solving, Fraction, Oh.MY!  My math board is filled with amazing ideas.  As a matter of fact, it has more than 300 pins.  YIKES!  The next pin is a simplistic idea that I'm incorporating this next school year. During my summer dollar store finds, I purchased a photo album and inserted a set of flashcards inside.  Instant center!

10.Bulletin Boards.  I stumbled upon this amazing pin yesterday!  I linked over to myteacherpages.com to read about how the Twitter exit ticket works in her classroom.  It's a must have for the 2013-2014 school year.  The first image is from Pinterest.  You can see that the kids use this chart as an exit ticket tweet.  After students complete the exit ticket, they place it on the twitter feed.  The second pin I found on the Interactive Literacy Bulletin Boards page.  The image shows what the chart looks like before the "tweets" are are added.  I love that it's incorporated students numbers for kids to place their sticky on.  Since I already number my class, this will eliminates problems when my darlings forget to put their name on the paper (which happens all too often)!

I hope you found a pin that is inspiring to you!  These are not my original pins, so I linked the board in which you can repin.  If you are insterested in checking out more crazy fun ideas, click the image below and check out all the amazing finds at The First Grade Parade!

Favorite Pins Friday (Giveaway)

Hi Friends!  Welcome to Favorite Pins Friday hosted by The First Grade Parade.  For this linky post, I'm going to share a few personal and professional pins.  Five for Friday will return in August.  For now, we will bring in one of my obsessions, Pinterest!

1.  Make Yourself Epic!  Within this board you'll see a common theme more recently, ANYTHING mint!  The Mr. is certain I need to be committed.  I have a confession, I'm a Shopaholic and it's mintastic!

2. Oddities and Fascinators!  I found an uber exciting pin which allows you to take your Instagram photos and turn them into magnets.  This past year I created a separate Instagram account for my classroom.  With privacy setting in tact and an anonymous name, I was able to create a place for parents to follow daily images without the fear of the pictures being exposed to social media.  This year, I'd like to make each child a magnet photo collage of images as an end of the year gift with Sticky Grams.  

3. Reclaimed Designs.  From the side of a barn, an old milk crate, or the haul of a boat, old reclaimed wood will catch my eye with any design or decor.  Aged and imperfections show character and beauty.  I found a neato pin in which I'm inspired to create and bring to my classroom as a chart stand. 

4. Geekery.  I'm a geek when it comes to apple technology.  I love purchasing books through various apps: books from Barnes and Noble on the Nook app, books from Amazon on the Kindle app, books from iTunes on the iBooks app.  I visually display the books in class through a previously purchased adapter.  Recently I discovered a visual projector that can click to my iPhone or iPad.  

5.  Everything In Its Place.  Before the school year ended, one of my teaching partners took her old 3 drawer bin and spray painted it hot pink.  I was surprise at how well it revived an old, spent 3 drawer container to a fresh, vivacious storage component perfect for a new school year.  I wasn't as keen on painting the drawers too.  She did, it looked great, but worried it wouldn't last.  Then this past week, I stumbled across this cute freebie.  I'm currently tackling a new fun crafty project that with this freeie from Fun in 4b. 

6. Pimp My Classroom.  I find myself looking to outdo each year with classroom design and decor.  With a degree in design, a passion to shop, and a fondness for Pinterest, I'm forever looking for fun and cutesy ideas for "Pimping My Classroom".  I found a great way to display book on Pinterest.  Two looks, same concept AND one will, for sure, make it's appearance in my first grade classroom.  

7.  Cavity Caper.  Oh boy, this board is sure to send you to the dentist.  Each year I host a Camping with Book for the final week of school.  I'm always looking for unique camp snacks to share with the kids.  S'mores can be so messy!  ...Until now!  This brilliant pin gives a fresh new spin on the classic snack!

8.  Sub Tub. As I prepare for the upcoming year, I am restocking each of my sub tubs with activities for each month.  I stumbled across this pin which will help the substitute tremendously.  Now she will have a name for each face.  I modified a bit to include a little about each student.  Class Helper, Technology Expert, Proximity Needed, etc.  The joy of looping is that I know and have pictures of each kid.  I will have to insert a few newbies when I get my new roll. 

9.  Erudite Enthusiasm.  Shared wisdom, profound statements, or just downright witty are the preferred pins in this board.  I'm sure some random funnies made their way too.  This next image speaks for itself...

10.  Brilliant Units. A reward system that I will incorporate this year is Amy Lemons' Wear it Proudly unit.  It's just darlin'!  She has dedicated an adorable post here on the entire file.  I'm going to share the pin first then a few additional pictures next!

Here are a few sample of rewards included...

For positive, proactive behavior management in my class, I use the CHAMPs approach.  This behavior system provides students with an understanding of all expectations before, during, and after instruction.  For those that follow CHAMPs as designed through the week, I provide a reward.  We know kids LOVE some form on instant gratification.  Don't we all?  This year I will incorporate Amy's unit with my CHAMPs charts in hopes to hit the ground running.

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PS. Since I'm not the original owner of each of the above pins, I linked my pinterest board so you can repin directly from the source!