Updating My Teacher's Office!

I have a separate office attached to my classroom that I share with two assistants.  It is quite cramped and I wanted to make it more homey.  So I decided to personalize it a little bit.  I decorated a bulletin board with zebra duck tape and black office organizers with the tape too.  I think they turned out well!

Before

 After

I filled the board with past children's/parents cards and class photos.

This is right above my computer screen now :)

Then I duck taped all the container's edges with the zebra tape too. 

Next I want to order one of those Etsy teacher signs.  Then it will definitely be more homey :)

Classroom Management Problem Solved!

Problem: I was noticing that my students had a hard time understanding how many could be in a center at a time.  
Solution: So to help with this I came up with our "Monkey" system.   

Each center has monkeys that represent  the amount of children that can be at that particular center.

 There is velcro on both monkeys so a student just places their monkey on the spot and it shows who is in that center.

 Then the students each have their own matching monkey with their name on it. If there is no room for their monkey then the center is full.  When a child moves, they move their monkey to a new "open" center.
At the end of choice time all the monkeys go back to their home on a black homing board.

 Problem Solved!  It only took a few days for the kids get the concept down.  Now they walk around saying "don't forget your monkey" and "is it monkey time?"  So cute!