I Can Use That!
Posted by Amy Erickson on 20 Nov 2009 | Posted in: Organization and Supplies
The other day I was dying for a tall, cold glass of lemonade. (Okay, not actually dying, but I really wanted it.) I headed into my kitchen and prepared some lemonade mix. I was eager to quench my thirst, but I paused before I took the first sip. Something caught my attention: the plastic canister that the mix came in. Once I saw it empty, I realized there must be a perfect classroom use for it. It’s sturdy and tall and has rounded corners. I spent several minutes brainstorming ways I could use the canister in a classroom. To store game pieces? To hold math manipulatives? To organize center materials? The next thing I knew, I was wistfully thinking about the storage closet I had in my first-grade classroom. Over the years, I had stocked it with a generous supply of cardboard tubes, plastic containers, foam trays, and all kinds of things I could use for craft projects, games, and activities. To me, it was a gold mine of sorts. I wonder whether anyone else gets so excited about recycling things for classroom use.
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Yes, I am happy to hear I am not the only one constantly thinking of ways to save room and time with ways to stay organized. Being a preschool teacher, I came up with a way to keep each month or seasonal resourses together and easily at hand. I use old type (hard) suitcases to store each season of items needed. They slide into narrow storage areas and you can write on the outside the month and what is inside. This saves me so much time when I am looking for the next season’s materials. Books, topic games, pin ups, boarders, etc, all fit in just one roomy case. I did not buy new cases. I had one I never used and went to thrift stores and picked one up for $1.00. They are easy to find. Hope this helps others!