Can’t Wait to Try
Posted by Debra Liverman on 07 Aug 2008 | Posted in: Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Holiday and Seasonal, Intermediate, Kindergarten, Preschool, Student Activities, The Mailbox
I got an email from my son’s school this week with his list of needed school supplies for first grade. When I suggested we head out that evening to go shopping he said, “Mommy, can you go get them for me? I’ll just stay here.” I was shocked! How can anyone not get excited about picking out brand new school supplies? And then I realized, maybe it’s a teacher thing! Every teacher I know gets giddy over gathering new “stuff” for her classroom. And it’s not just the supplies, it’s the new ideas you can’t wait to try. Whether it’s a new bulletin board to display, a new homework system to implement, or a great game for getting acquainted during the first days of school, as teachers we just can’t wait to give them a try.
As you have been preparing for back to school, what ideas have you found in the August/September issues of The MAILBOX, TEACHER’S HELPER, or BOOKBAG that you are eager to implement in YOUR classroom? Some of my favorites are the back-to-school journal prompts (p. 57) in Grade 1 Teacher’s Helper, the activity cards (p. 16-17) in The Mailbox Intermediate, the Dinosaurs Before Dark book unit (p. 16-17) in Bookbag, and this idea from The Mailbox Grades 2-3 (p. 58).
Awesome Apples
On Back-to-School Night, have each parent or guardian write a note to his child on an apple cutout and then tape it to a tree display. The next morning, students pick their apples from the tree and read the words of praise and encouragement. –Rosemarie, Harrington Park Elementary
I’ll be looking forward to reading about which ideas you just can’t wait to try!
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i need help fpr lesson plan on pirates.. I am a day care teacher of a group of 4-5 yrs old.. It is my firstr time for this theme
thanks for the help…
Ditto to the teachers who want to have access to prior issues beyond one year. I am constantly loaning units,
ideas, and issues of Mailbox to colleagues in need or
who are struggling. The magazines don’t always make their way back to me! Being able to retrieve back issues would sure make me less stingy with my current issues.:)
I teach transitional K and we use our sensory table everyday.
1. Large frozen ice chunks w/ liquid watercolors and eyedroppers
2 Bird seed w/ spoons, cups etc..
3.pinto beans
4. soil w/ earthworms
5.colored rice
6 coffee sand
7 chicken feed ( my favorite)
8 water w/ fish nets and shells and plastic fish
9 clean mud (ivory soap and tissue)
10 we also put k-nex and legos inside
hope this gets you off to good start!
Hi, All. I appreciate the great response to this blog posting. Many of you have expressed an interest in gaining access to old Companion pages. I wanted you to know that I have passed your suggestions on to our Editorial Director. Thanks for your loyalty to The Mailbox.
Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas for things to do in a sensory table with preschoolers!
Thanks
I have subscribed to Mailbox Magazine for over 10 years and still am excited as each issue comes in the mail. I do wish we could access issues that are beyond a year old since I don’t always have time to download all of the ideas each month. It’s good to know others feel the same way. Well….Can something be done about that??????
I love having the internet access to Mailbox! My only complaint is I wish you could store more than one year of back issues. Sometimes when I am looking through old issues I would like to print something, but it is not available!
I love the ability to go to back issues and find ideas. I use Mailbox Magazine constantly for our weekday education program. As a matter of fact, a school teacher friend of mine told me about the magazine in 2000 and I am on my 8th year. You guys do awesome work!!!!
Get acquainted night for PreK-Adapting the apple idea….
This year my back to school theme is ‘Preschool is more Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys’. I am using the monkey pattern from Aug-Sept ‘08 and adding a banana. I will save these and add them to their “All About Me’ pages as a keepsake.
I am a senior at Stephen F. Austin State University, and I am about to start my internship for elementary education.
This apple note idea is such a wonderful idea! I think it will really help students who might be scared coming into a new classroom for the first time.
This is an idea that I will definitely keep in mind when I have my own class.
I would also love to be able to retrieve old mailbox issue ideas from the website. I know you can retrieve 1 year back but, it would be great to go furture back then that.
Thanks
I also like the apple idea, but I think I will leave it for open house. I love the monkey reproducible online, “swinging into 2nd grade”. I usually have the kids do an intro. writing/ coloring activity on the first day. Sometimes they’re so nervous they get “stuck”.
I’m going to send the monkey hand out in the mail with my welcome letter, and ask each child to color/design it, and add a few sentences about what they want to learn in second grade on the belly.
Hopefully, all will come in on the first day, ready to display.