Saturday, August 13, 2011

My Jungle themed Classroom Decor!

Welp, I redid my entire room this year and transformed it into a Jungle:) It's finished!!! And just in time too! I had orientation on Thursday night and our 1st FULL day of school was yesterday (a friday)
I saw this bulletin board idea here and I just LOVED it!!!! Have you seen Frog Steet Press's Zebra and leopard print decor!?! It's ADOR.ABLE!
As you can see, I do NOT have a small class this year. So far, I have 25 Kinders.
I tried to take a close-up picture of the bling letters....YES! I said Bling letters! These cute curly letters come with bling to stick on!!!! Also by Frog Street!!
Here is a pic of my classroom from the door. If you follow my blog, you know that I don't have a very big classroom and there is NOT ONE closet in the entire school:( So, my classroom doesn't look as nice and tidy as many of yours do...
Here are some pictures of my whiteboards...As you can see, I don't write on them:) I use my easel to write on:)

If you like any of the jungle themed goodies (word wall, number words, behavior management) you can check them out in my TPT store:)
Here's my calendar...we don't have any active boards in our building so everything is done the old fashion way:) You can grab the days of the week that I used here from doodle bugs:) I also got the idea for my birthday display from Clutter free classroom. I plan to take pictures of the kiddos and post them under their birthday months:)
Here is a shot of the back of my room. I got the directions for the tree from Deanna Jump. She used material for the leaves on her tree though. When I went to the fabric store, I almost fell over when I saw that it was NINE DOLLARS a yard! Holy Cow!!! I opted for green poster board instead:) It's hard to see my locker tags, but if you haven't grabbed them yet, I have them as a freebie in my TPT store:) Click here!
Here is my helper display:
Here is a pocket chart stand that I made from PVC pipe. Then, I wrapped it with zebra print duct tape:) (The monster poem in the pocket chart is from Deanna Jump's back to school math and literacy pack:)
Here is my start student board. I got the idea for the title "Top Banana" here at Little Priorities:)
 If you'd like my little "How do you go Home?" display you can grab it here!
This freebie was made with clipart from Scrappindoodles.
I'm sure you guys have seen these all over pinterest and teaching blogs!!;) Here is my version of the storage crate benches:) If you haven't seen them, you can grab some directions here:)
Here's my reading tent:) = yet another fabulous Target find;)
And last, but not least, I got this SUPER cute idea from Under the alphabet tree! You just hang a ring above each table. Each time the entire table is on task and doing what they are supposed to do-they earn a monkey! (from Barrel of monkeys game) You just hang one on the ring! When they get 5 monkeys they get a reward:) LOVE it!;)

There you have it!;) Hope you enjoyed my jungle themed room and hopefully you got an idea or two to use in yours:)!


32 comments:

  1. I am loving your room, what great ideas and your set up. I had never seen this theme before everything correlates I would love to be a student in your class, fabulous job.

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  2. Very cute. I am doing a safari theme this year, which is close to what you are doing. Thanks for the freebies.

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  3. It turned out great Katie!!! Love it!! I'm going to have to do a different theme each year now with all this cuteness going around!

    Hadar

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  4. For your helpers chart, I know they sell that at Lakeshore Learning but how did you personalized the job titles?

    missnguyensclass.blogspot.com

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  5. Super cute room! My neighbor across the hall is doing jungle this year too, I will have to show her your pictures! I love, love, LOVE the pvc chart stand! I never thought about making one myself and chart stands are a rare commodity at our school! Thanks for sharing!

    Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten

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  6. Fabulous! And I think your room looks nice and tidy without the closets. My favorite part-- the monkeys hanging off the rings. Brilliant!
    Kristin
    A Teeny Tiny Teacher

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  7. Wow! You're room looks awesome! I would love to have been one of your kids on Friday. Their eyes must have been wide open. I love the hanging rings idea! I'm trying to think of a way to tweak it since my students rotate tables, but I will find a way. Thanks!

    Pam
    Rayos de Kinder

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  8. Your room looks fantastic. You have shared so many wonderful ideas. I am going to have to check out that Frog Street Press stuff. I have one more week to be ready.
    BusyBees

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  9. Love the jungle ideas!!! I also have a safari theme in my classroom so I appreciate the inspiration. You can check out some of my classroom pictures at http://polkadotteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/classroom. Thanks again for inspiring more ideas!!!

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  10. thanks everyone!! @ Wild about Kindergarten: That is the same helpers chart that you've seen! All I did was print out new labels and mount them on scrapbook paper. Then I glued them on to cover up the old titles and laminated them:)Hope that helps!

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  11. Katie I love this idea! congrats on accomplishing it! I have your popcorn wall too! Any way of getting your how do you get home with an after school (ESP) choice?
    christy.inglis@sendit.nodak.edu

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  12. Love these ideas, Katie! I especially love the monkeys hanging from the ceiling! What are they hanging from?

    Liesl
    http://wildworldofkindergarten.blogspot.com/

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  13. Thanks for sharing all of your ideas; your room looks great! I have a small classroom, too, but only 17 or 18 students. Have a great year!

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  14. Loving your idea of creating your own pocket chart stand - it looks great! I think I know what I'll be asking my husband to make for me this weekend!!

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  15. Your room is adorable! I LOVE the hanging monkey idea. Super cute! I have a jungle theme too. Feel free to check it out :)

    http://wildaboutk.blogspot.com/

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  16. Your room is really cute. I have a safari theme in my room too. My helper of the day is my Top Banana and the student of the week is the King/Queen of the Jungle. I have the same color monkeys, but it drove me crazy that the color words were written with a capital letter at the beginning so I retyped the words. My daughter made name vines using letters from the elison press that hang from the ceiling for each student. I will display their work on them.

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  17. OMG! I love this. I am doing a jungle theme this year and have several of the items you have shared. I purchased your behavior chart a few weeks ago. Your room looks great. Thanks for the pics, and freebies. Love the monkeys idea.
    Rose
    The Wonderful World of Kindergarten

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  18. Everything looks amazing! I hope that you have an amazing year!!!
    Cyndy
    Counting with Coffee

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  19. Cute Room.....I thought the monkeys were adorable. I love your coconut tree.
    Sue :)
    http://theverybusykindergarten.blogspot.com/

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  20. such a cute room! I am doing jungle theme as well. I may just grab your "how do you get home" page! Thanks for sharing! I will be posting my room soon... still little things to do yet.. eek!

    http://firstgradejabber.blogspot.com

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  21. I am sooo going to cover my pocket chart stands that are made out of PVC pipe with duct tape. What a great idea! Mine are just spray painted. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.

    http://arainbowofteaching.blogspot.com

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  22. Love you jungle themed classroom! This is my first year teaching and I have been trying to collect ideas for decorating. I am doing jungle as well :) Have a wonderful school year! Thank you for sharing!

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  23. Your room looks AWESOME! I am seriously going to take a personal day this year, just to visit you!

    :-)ReadWriteSing

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  24. I LOVE the monkeys for table rewards!!! Gotta get me some!!!!

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  25. I love your photos! I was wondering if there was any way you could upload your little jeeps that are on your whiteboard. You wrote the child's name on them and they are to DIE for!!! I have been having so many troubles finding something to label my children's hooks. I love your freebie but my hooks are outside the classroom and I would feel safer if there were no pictures on them. I would love if you could!!

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  26. A very creative and unique ways to inspire your students to cooperate in school affair. The set up makes the children inspire and not be bored in school.

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  27. great work. out of box thinking. i love your word wall idea

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  28. Great! you're so creative! Thank you for the ideas...

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  29. Where did you find the fabulous letters for their names? I Also would like to know where you found the little animals to go around the tiny white sheets of paper?
    Your classroom is awesome.
    Deana Gibson

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  30. I was just wondering where you got the cute color monkey's? I just bought a whole bunch of stuff from you on Teachers Pay Teachers but I couldn't find the monkey's!

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