tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61920776633306347682024-02-20T22:43:20.551-08:00 Wolkis WonderlandLeAnna Wolkishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195329431139693683noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192077663330634768.post-15334230324999645722016-07-24T21:31:00.000-07:002016-07-25T17:02:37.044-07:00"Make - Over" My Chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So those of you who know me...already have heard how I love to go to garage sales on the weekend and "dumpster dive" in people's garbage </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fast forward to today! I was playing around in my classroom on a summer day, moving furniture around & materials. As I was playing with my "teacher toys"...I looked at my rocking chair which was donated to me by one of my Kindergarten Kiddos families a few years ago! It is very special to me because I know that he was rocked in it as a baby and then I was able to rock in it as I read him and his Kindergarten friends their stories each day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ya'll know how dusty things get in your Kindergarten classroom over the years...so it was time for a make over! As soon as I took off the brown pillows and saw the white wooden background, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I ran to my "Marvelous Mommy" and asked her if she could do the dirty work for me!!!! </span></div>
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LeAnna Wolkishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195329431139693683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192077663330634768.post-10599258576194171542016-07-13T23:23:00.002-07:002016-07-14T09:48:13.144-07:00Tidy Up Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Now close your eyes and let me walk you into my Kindergarten Den at school. I am super fortunate to be teaching in a beautiful classroom with an incredible storage room that I share with my Terrific Kindergarten Teammate. Not only do I teach Full Day Kindergarten, I also present in the Paradise Valley School District, for the AZ K12 Center and Nationally with SDE! So I am always pulling materials out of my den to use at conferences, share with friends, families and other teachers. I </span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">naturally </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">feel extremely happy when I can put my finger on something to embellish an activity with my kiddos or help a fellow teacher out with a tool they are looking for that they don't already have. The BEST is when I see an idea & think...I know I have that in my den or I could make that with something in my den! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well...Wait for it...Wait for it... O.K. Open your eyes!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Problem #1</u>: When I need to grab something it's like I am playing Tetris! </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">(Insert smiley face)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Problem #2</u>: I have collected so much S.T.U.F.F. that I could open up my own store! </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">(Some of you are thinking right now...is that really a problem? LOL)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><u>Problem #4</u>: I hurt my shoulder lifting a box up on a shelf that was filled to the top with, YES, you guessed it...something GREAT! That I still need! That I can't get rid of!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">So while most of you were enjoying your summer vacation, getting a mani or pedi, shopping, sleeping in, getting your craft on, or traveling to a secluded island...I was at school participating in "Tidy Up Time!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Thanks to my </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">"</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Marvelous Mommy"</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">, she was right by my side the entire time helping me stay strong and encouraging me all the way through this "Tidy Up Time" process! It took us 1 week, 20 garbage bags & 5 trips to the school dumpster to get to this </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">HALLELUJAH Moment</span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">! When we walked out of school on the last day we could actually see and feel the light at the end of the tunnel!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The most important part for me is that I am surrounded by my favorite teaching materials and I can't wait to do the </span><span style="color: #351c75;">Happy Dance</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> each time I walk into my den to easily grab something from its clean special place! </span></span></div>
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