I have received a Lovely Blog Award!! Thank you to Sharon at http://dogdaysofkindergarten.blogspot.com/ Now for the rules... 1. Follow the person who gave me the award. I am following Sharon! 2. Link back to the person that gave me the award. Sharon   Here is her link! 3. Pass to 15 new bloggers and then let them know they have received the award. Hopefully I can find 15 who have not received this award. I'm starting to hunt. 1. The Daily Cupcake 2. Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten 3 Kindergarten Tales 4. Mrs. Spatafora's Kindergarten Blog 5. Miss Kindergarten 6. The Very Busy Kindergarten 7. 'Lil Country Kindergarten 8.  Mrs. Jump's Class 9. The Polka Dot Patch 10. Kindergals 11. Sprinkles to Kindergarten! 12. Welcome to Room 36! 13. Time 4 Kindergarten 14.  Connecting the Dots: A Kindergarten Blog 15.  Mrs. Mayas' Kindergarten There are soooo many great kindergarten blogs out there!! Check them all out!

This is the before of the book closet! Well, just about before - I almost forgot to take a picture! This is a mobile cabinet that houses my books. I have 3 cabinets like this. These are the books that go with each theme/unit I teach. It is organized in order that I teach the units. But as you can see - I just put stuff in front or even on top of the books - you know, the books that you find after you put the rest away, or the one you buy but don't take the time to put away correctly! :) I finally decided how I wanted to organize it better. I figured out that those cute little baskets (top corner) fit two deep and and four across. AND... they are $1 a piece at Christmas Tree Shop! So I went shopping!!! They didn't have any at the one local store. :( So I went the opposite direction and went to another Christmas Tree Shop! They were out of them also!! I started to panic! I finally decided what I wanted to do to make it easier and more efficient and I couldn't!! :( So when m...