November & Oh My… it’s December?

This photo shoot took place in the ugliest corner of my classroom…if you can only see behind that yellow backdrop…lol. Speaking of my school, did I mention I am getting a new classroom in a few weeks???

That is pretty much self explanatory….I hope. The pre-dated calendars will be updated yearly. I will also update graphics as they become available. What you see above, is basically what you will be getting for $7. With a class size of 25 you will be spending 28 cents/student for this year only. Will you have access to the calendar next year? Why, yes you will. 28 cents/student-one time fee=priceless. You can even do it with your own children! This will be a treasured keepsake that is better than any gift card, ornament, etc. Does it take time? Yes. 

I start after Thanksgiving which would mean I am starting tomorrow…EEK! My students will be getting the calendar templates to color & number for morning work until break. This is the ONLY time they are allowed to color all year long. I display a copy of a colored calendar to give them a sample of colors they should use. While they are coloring, I am doing at least 2 handprints with each student. I don’t have room for anymore in the morning. They will dry throughout the day. After they are dry, I will have the students paste their finished sheets on black construction paper. I print out the sheets on regular copy paper btw. After they are finished pasting I will have them put them in our crate. 

 Here is my friend Stacey from Teaching Ever After. She is doing the project with her own children. Since her little nuggets are young, she chose to print out the calendars on card stock back to back. She will be putting together the calendar without pasting each page on construction paper like I suggested. This way uses less paper that is for sure. She also is going to put a photo of her kids on each page. It looks like Norah had the September calendar. She is going to put Norah’s picture on September so Grandma knows whose handprint it is. After she was done she really wanted it for herself. I suggested she scan the pages so she can keep one for herself & give it to each set of grandparents without having to do prints each time…GENIUS!

 This is the cutest thing I’ve seen! This would be the perfect picture to put on that specific handprint page! Adorbs!

Also stayed tuned & start taking pictures for the annual Classroom Elf linky party! If you missed it the last several years click on the picture below to get some ideas, start taking daily photos & be ready to link up on December 8th.

Michelle from Apples & ABC’s & I are excited to share our ideas for using an Elf in the Classroom. If you don’t follow Michelle or I on Instagram, you should. We will be posting our daily classroom elf adventures daily by using the hashtag #elfintheclassroom 
We think you should join us!

The button ABOVE is the button you will
use if you plan on linking up on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH. We will go live
on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2013 so get your post ready to publish bright &
early on Sunday morning. Please be a doll & link back to either one
of our blogs. We will be going through the posts to make sure you are
linked back & your post if about using an elf in your classroom. Can it be an old post, yes. Just make sure you are linked back to us. We will be doing an Elf in the Classroom linky party on December 8th, December 15th & December 22nd.

Do you have to use THE elf on the shelf? No! I am using the one below.

 I purchased this cutie patootie elf HERE!