CLASSROOM SETUP 2019 | Day 3 

Helpful hint (Since you are starting out) Put your last name on everything that is yours. Bins-write your name on the bottom so it does not bother you. Posters- (before you laminate) write your name on the back on the bottom. This way your stuff cannot go missing. You will borrow things from other teachers, and they will borrow from you.

I’m not a teacher but I love watching room set ups! Lol you are going to be an amazing teacher!

a 30 minute video of you setting up your classroom?! YES PLEASE! you are the most precious. your kiddos are gonna love you!!! 💖

This is what you do on the chalkboard. Put blue painters tape on. Then hot glue on top of the painters tape. Then paper on top of it. Easy to remove without damaging the board and the glue comes off when you remove the tape. Make sense??

To cover those games you could use a tablecloth/ curtain in a pattern that goes with your decor. I use Velcro so you could easily get in and out of the cabinets.

STEM bins- pipe cleaners, beads, modeling clay, aluminum foil, etc. Kids love to create! Thanks for sharing your journey. I'm going on my fifteenth year and seeing your joy for your new class has me motivated to go back and get my room going.

Have you considered replacing the red bins with the pink and keep the purple :) It will look so much brighter!

I have the same doorbell in grey in my room. The kids asked how far away from the room it would still work. We did an experiment. I can be down in the gym or in the math hallway 😁 I take it with me between classes so if I'm not back by the bell, I can ring it and they think I'm outside the door. That way they start their warm up.

A small tip from a perfectionist: maybe you can put the pink at first next to the red (instead of the blue) because pink comes before red so it makes more sense! Love your classroom coming together!

I had two old chalkboards that I wanted to use as bulletin boards. I sanded them a bit to rough them up first. I used a spray adhesive and glued foam board on them both. Now I can staple into them. I am a veteran teacher, just celebrated 25 years in June. I teach Transitional Kindergarten in California. I think your classroom is coming along so well! Love the light from the windows and your bright, light colored bulletin boards and bins, bringing the room back to life. ☺️ Thanks for taking us along on your journey!

I am reorganizing my room for return to school in a few weeks- I have similar shelves to yours.I’ve been struggling on how to best use them better. By coincidence this video came up this morning- I rewatched and am so happy I did! ELA and Math bins will go there! Thanks! I currently have them in a rolling shelf. There will be one less piece of furniture in my room now. 🥳

BTW, I just started following you and I am so excited for your first year in your own classroom! You are a breathe of fresh air!

I have chalkboards in my classroom too! I tape the paper and cover it then input magnets on the back of the boards to go around the edges. I actually love that I can use magnets to hang things on the board!

I have chalkboards that I cover with paper. I’ve done hot glue and tape, but currently, I used sticky magnets for the paper and border, and it’s the best! Just sticky magnet on the back of the paper around the edges. It’ll stay, but you can move it around if you need to.

Its so awesome seeing your classroom forming into your own! I agree that your kiddos are going to love your personality! P.S. Love that lipstick color!

I'm not even a teacher and I can't stop watching classroom set up videos lol. I just love organization and all the colors.

There is whiteboard contact paper! And as for putting the boarder up attach magnets!

We all start to do one thing, and it leads to another. Don't feel bad at all! You are making progress. That is the main thing. Can't wait to see the room with the tables set up! :) I have been a teacher since 1995 and I still love to see these set up videos. It is my favorite part of summer. LOL Praying for you to have a great year!

Better check if you can have curtains if you can't have crate seats it might be because of the fabric.

One more comment ☺️ I love your reference to Friends in your vlog titles!! One of my all-time favorite TV shows!!

Pocketful of Primary put out a video that had TONS of STEM ideas!

Last year, I was a first year first grade teacher! You may want to put shapes and 3D shapes in an easy to grab rainbow bin. Keep counters handy!!!! You never know when you'll get an idea and need to grab them. Also, I keep a bin of unifix cubes all pulled apart, and then I keep a bin of unifix cubes in groups of 10 so that my kids can grab 10 easily. I made the mistake of not keeping ten groups in the beginning of the year. Yikes. Good luck!

One cheap thing I put in my stem bins is Dixie cups! Kids love building with them :) Also, in my room I have pink replace red in the rainbow (but I know you said you don’t like purple anyway...I don’t like red haha) love your videos! Your students are so lucky to have a teacher so dedicated to giving them an awesome learning environment :)

Just finished watching all your classroom setup videos. You’ve done a great job !!! Keep up the good work. I am looking forward to seeing how your class turns out when it’s complete. 😊😊

Hot glue--it's the answer to everything! Also, I feel you when you found MORE Unifix cubes! My team and I found at least 20 packs of foam shapes that we don't use...and we keep finding more and more. I swear they haunt our dreams

What wrong with crate seats? Why did you say they're illegal?

You could 100% be a Disney princess

I suggest going to Lowe’s and just getting those little furniture moving sliders (they look like little frisbees) they have some for hardwood as well, that way you can move your tables and not mess up the floors.

I remember your haul blog last year you mentioned just using the crayon banks as decoration. But maybe you could make it a class savings to then donate to some charity in their community. Obviously the change and what not is yours but you could also send a letter home to the parents and you'd probably find several of them would send change here and their for their children to donate. (And you could tell the parents to send it in an envelope for the student to give you then you place the change in the bins with the class. This way if a parent doesn't want to participate no student feels left out). But it could be a great way to discuss money, savings, why you'd donate, and the ability to talk about the community and why giving back to the community is important. Then at the end of the year when you donate the money all your kids could draw a picture and write a class letter to the charity talking about who they are. And if you wanted you could invite your team teacher to join if she wanted.🤷🏼‍♀️

You need a lot of Unifix Cubes 3 tubs is not too many. Kids generally love them and will build patterns, towers, etc with them. Great for a zillion math activities.

Love your videos!!! Funny and informative!! 🤗

I am so excited and I’m LOVING and LIVING for these videos!!! Please keep uploading and updating us on your first year of teaching journey 💕

Love! My setup starts next week. Love watching your enthusiasm 😍

The chalkboard should be magnetic!! Use magnets glued to bulletin board paper

At 15:30. It may be super cute to put some fun material to cover up the shelves. That way you can keep the games there and it add some color in the room!

Lauren, thank you so much for these vlog! I am a teachers assistant but will becoming a teacher in the next year! I love watching you learn as you go!

For applying paper and boarders use low temp hot glue.

If you wanted to have some dry erase board area amazon sells dry erase adhesive paper that comes in rolls like contact paper. It works great.

Get a box cutter to cut the paper after you staple it to the bulletin board. Makes life much easier.

Have you considered putting up a paper on top of your chalk board so that you can use it as a whiteboard. There are roles of better than paper that have a white board covering if that makes any sense.

You are my new favorite teacher vlogger set up!!

You could use magnetic tape on the back of the border for the chalkboard (if it is magnetic), maybe...

I am also a first year, first grade teacher. I bought the yellow doorbell too 🤗

I'm an elementary music teacher and you just gave me an idea for the using the pocket chart! I'll have to make a video and share it with you when I use it.

My teachers have those doorbells and they ring them when we are too loud

Loving your room so far! Interesting to see chalkboards!

I am a middle school teacher in Springfield Ma. Love seeing videos from someone around here. :) hoping I can put out some content when I start moving into my room.

when your doorbell went off it scared me half to death.....

I suggest checking the games to make sure you have all the pieces. No point storing games that can't be played. I "inherited" a bunch of things that turned out to be trash, including 50 year old curriculum. That was a very frustrating week that could have been spent doing other things but now I am finally getting things set up. Cute but functional is the way to go. No reason storage can't be practical and pleasing to the eye.

I've been hired at my local school district- it's a big, urban district but I've been waiting to find out my actual assignment for what feels like forever! I'm so jealous that you are able to go into your class and set it up! Good luck with your first year, I know I'm nervous lol

Love your videos! I am a first year teacher still waiting to get a job but I love watching other first year teachers videos setting up!

Hey! Is your chalkboard magnetic? If so, you can get the sticky circle magnets (Walmart has them) and put them on the back of your boarder...that is what I did with my white board at the front of the room and it worked great.

You should put some clay or play doh or sofftee dough in one of the stem boxes

For the doors that don’t close you could put a short curtain up!!!

Magnetic border for the chalkboard

In my classroom we don't have bulletin boards. on the chalkboard I hang up foam board and it becomes a makeshift bulletin board

Hi! Lauren! I’ve been thinking about your wonderful bin set up and have you thought of placing a picture underneath or a number to go with those manipulatives/bins? Children need a guide to know where to store them back once they’ve taken them out of the shelves....something to think about????

Have you considered ditching the desk? I am going into my tenth year of teaching and I got rid of my teacher desk last year. It was amazing. I was actually able to stay so much more organized and I loved the space it freed up. I used my kidney table as a desk after school.

You might what to get a few extra of things for new kids that come in throughout the year...

You can also try scotch mounting putty to put stuff on the chalkboards

I homeschool I could still use a doorbell.... right lol🤗

Girl, Sticky tack. How do people not know about sticky tack! Haha! Use that to hold your paper to the chalkboard.

loving the long setup vlogs 🙌🏻

You are so beautiful. I love your makeup and hair and I wish I had a teacher like you 💗

Go to goodwill!!! They almost always have games/materials that are great for stem!!

This will be my fifth year teaching (fourth year teaching 1st) and I’ve learned that unifix cubes seem to reproduce overnight.

You can do a pocket chart center to have students create sentences.

mounting puddy works on chalkboards and cinderblock! :)

Your classroom is really coming along! I love that boarder you choose from lakeshore! Also what lipstick are you wearing? Such a cute everyday color!

I love to see your room coming together. You are doing a good job. I'm wondering if your windows are frosted.

I loved your video! Haha did that person at the beginning who popped in say anything about you filming? I haven't been caught filming yet, but I'm always worried about it for some reason. I will be catching up with all of your videos this week! I will also be working in my room alot this week and I'm so excited! I love all of the storage in your room!

You can also log on to the website for the ringtones Incase you lose the one you want.

You should put a curtain over the side that the doors don’t open. Does that make sense? Lol.

Hello! Could you please tell me where can I get that doorbell? Thaaaaanks ❤️

hey! leave the strip blank. it is separate from your bulletin board!!

Check out the site Raymondgeddes.com for school things. There are school supplies like specialty pencils, rewards, erasers little gift items and more. One of their products called Fiddle Sticks would be perfect for your stem bins. Those rainbow bins are really pretty. You and your coteacher can move the tables together. Also, invest in one or two tower fans for the room. Those 21 little bodies are going to heat up your room even more. Be sure to purchase a good electric sharpener as well. The X-Acto is a good brand. They will last at least two years. The others wear out and will shut down after a few pencils.

How many students are you planning on sitting at each table? If you sit 5 or 6 per table, you'd have extra tables that could be placed outside of your horseshoe tables that you want to do.

What are you going to put in the rainbow bins

Just wondering 🤔 where does the back door lead too ? Do students use it?

O my gosh that yellow button rip headphone users scared the living day lights out of me 🤦‍♀️

Maybe put the smart board in front of the chalk board?

Where did you find orange scissors?

Did you start shopping for your classroom before you became a teacher

School starts on a Saturday!?🤨

Hi, I recently came across your channel and have loved your personality in all your videos!!! Btw, Which lipstick are you wearing? I love the color! 💄😀😃

Check out "Pocketful of Primary" She is a teacher, has lots of ideas and you will be able to learn a lot from her.

I love it! Where did you get the rainbow bins and scissors?

Did your school provide math manipulatives?

Did your school provide math manipulative?

Hot glue the paper on the chalkboard!

Use playdo for stim

Do you know that you can take the red out and put the pink and can still put the purple?

Don’t know if you mentioned this but make labels

Also, this stuff works great on any surface and you can rinse and reuse it: nalaiandco.com/products/nano-magic-tape?pp=1 .

Where did you get your rainbow buckets you use for your math tools?

Are you going to label your bins

So can you throw in a bun tutorial next time?

I’m a MA teacher too! Going into my 25th year! Are you on IG? Let’s follow each other!