Are you ready for some inspiration? Meet Whitney Kelly from Carlisle, AR! She shared that she is originally from East Texas, but met her hubby (the farmer, as she affectionately calls him), fell in love, then moved to a small farming community in Arkansas. She said that the town that she lives in doesn’t even have a stoplight! Whitney teaches Kindergarten in a town called Hazen. This is her third year of teaching.
Whitney found my site and about a month ago and sent me the sweetest email! Whitney explained that her classroom originally had white, yucky walls. She quickly transformed it by painting it a bright and cheery lime green! I love the color! My eye went straight to her polka dot curtains – I have the same fabric in my classroom! Did you notice the owls? They are the hottest thing in children’s decor right now. The tree is a large decal – I wouldn’t have thought a decal would stick to cinder block, but I was wrong. That is an idea to store away for a future project for sure!
I just love the camping theme and how child-friendly everything appears. I also love how the space looks “happy,” but cozy and inviting at the same time. I bet her students love coming to school everyday and getting a chance to read in that tent! What a fun classroom! Well done, Whitney!
Don’t ya just love peeking into other teacher’s classrooms? I know I do!
Love the color. Love the owls. Love the wall decal. Love the rug. Love the fun border around the first bulletin board. What a happy room! I can’t believe she painted the entire room – wow.
Kate would love to walk in to a classroom like this! Very creative!
Jessica
Something about this one that I really like. I do really like the green walls and the owls. I LOVE that owls are very big right now for children’s apparel and decor. Was that a shower curtain hanging up near the listening station? That would be a fun way to divide a space. I’m guessing there are specific rules to using the tent? Maybe 1 or 2 children at a time during daily 5? I just REALLY like this classroom.
Just curious how she made the cute orange bulletin board border- I couldn’t tell from the picture. I also live owls. That is my theme this year- but I am using brown, blue, and a little orange.
Thanks for posting- I love looking at other teachers’ rooms as well!
The orange border looks like tissue paper ‘flowers’ as fire.
My favorite is the little tent reading nook. AMAZING! I <3 this room. My favorite so far! Kudos
I love this room. Where did you get that blue table that you put the listening center on?
How did u make the orange border???
Please help!!!!!!
I really like using the trade book covers and the vocabulary word right with it. You could also have a sentence strip with the sentence with this vocab right in it.
I have an in home daycare in Canada. I love the idea’s that I have seen on this site.I will be using some of the idea’s in my home to brighten up my daycare. We are multi-age,so I will have to adapt certain aspects,but it will be beautiful just the same. I especially love the tent,I will use this as a calming corner or reading corner.Thanks for the great idea’s!