Story From the Great Beyond.....

Today was my first day back in my classroom since May 31st when summer began (ok well teachers were there on June 1st....but I really like the sound of saying that summer began on May 31st - doesn't usually happen here in Texas anymore....) .

Teachers don't have to be back until August 20th with kids starting August 27th. Still, my dad is having surgery in a couple weeks (right before school starts) so I know I won't be able to be in there when I really need to be. So, in I went to get a jump start on things....... To make everything a tad more interesting, summer school is going on and guess where kindergarten summer school is happening?  You guessed it - MY ROOM!

I totally forgot to take a picture of what it looked like before I began working. But since my friend already moved things around for summer school it doesn't really matter.

I have to tell ya I'm not really big on classroom themes (ok stop throwing the daggers you crazy kinder teachers)...... Perhaps I am the last kinder teacher without a classroom theme, but I finally decided on an ocean theme.

I acquired this gorgeous circle carpet from a teacher friend last year that looks like a big ocean.... I love this carpet and it inspired me!

(How stinkin' cute is this carpet of mine??? I really love it!)

So, the carpet sparked my interest in going with an ocean theme.....

Then, I visited the classroom of a teacher-friend and fell in love with her "blue-world".

(Ok so this isn't a good picture and of course I deleted the others, but this is the room that helped me fall in love with BLUE....:0)

So, back to my room today...........It's not nearly done - I literally have only spent 7 hours in it working (with 3 of my kids and a half-way cooperative husband), but here are some pics of MY blue world>>>>>>>.

Now, because it isn't done - please pretend like you don't see the bright yellow bulletin board is the smack middle of my blue sea.....it's not really there..... Ok, so it is there, but won't be for long. I bought this incredible blue, sparkly cloth for my word wall and the little board beside the promethean.... I can't wait to get it up!

More pics to follow ........:0)

So......what do you think?
What "theme" do you use in your classroom?