It's a sunny day at simply sprout....so start your Monday off with a freebie!

It's a "sunny day" at Simply Sprout! We just love our newest design kit for the classroom.
We wanted you to have a little freebie for your own classroom. Just print the tags below onto card stock, cut out and laminate.
(to print insert image into a word document and drag corners to re-size as needed).
Attach signs onto containers for your pencils. We used metal containers with a cutout trim across the top. Perfect for affixing ribbon to. To purchase the entire Sunny Days Classroom Kit for your classroom please visit our Simply Sprout store!

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Bring some sunshine into your classroom with our Sunny Days Classroom printable kit!

Sunny days are here with the start of another great school year!  We are beaming with excitement over how this classroom kit came together.  The trendy chevron is the perfect compliment to the clean grey and yellow color combo.

You'll be a ray of sunshine on your hallway with these adorable tags, student name plates, and word wall letters.

We found these mini galvanized tubs with chalkboard paint (already on them!!) in the $1 section of Target.  Perfect for art centers, math manipulatives, and more!

The Sunny Days Classroom Kit includes:

Dismissal labels: 3x5 (after school, van riders, car riders, bus riders, walkers)
Afternoon dismissal chart
Binder covers (grade book, lesson plans, room mom, data notebook, progress monitoring, class newsletters, parent communication, substitute plans and blank)
Square letter cards (cursive) for a word wall A-Z
Lesson plan templates (2 pages)
Sub plans (2 pages)
Center signs (2 sizes) Math, Reading, Art, Science, Computer, Language and Writing
Round table signs (1 - 6)
Square supply signs (crayons, glue, highlighters, markers, pencils, paper, un-sharpened pencils, sharpened pencils, scissors, books and blank)
Class newsletter template and sample
Round Keep Calm and Teach On logo
Round Welcome Back to School sign (2 sizes)
Daily schedule cards (Morning meeting, morning work, math, reading, science, social studies, writing, language arts, independent work, Spanish, special area, music, P.E., art, media, guidance, lunch, computer lab, dismissal, reading center, teaching table, learning centers)
Class roster sign
Daily schedule sign
Parent communication log
Name tags for the desks
Blank tags for cubbies or supply shelves
Attendance/daily work/behavior chart
Welcome to school sign

 Use the letter cards for multiple purposes in your classroom.  Create a colorful word wall and organize your small groups.

We don't quite know who the new little students will be in our classroom seats, but we do know we need to get organized before the first bell rings.

These large circle table tags are great for labeling your student tables.

We re-purposed an old spaghetti jar to make this "sharp" pencil vase.  Clean out a used jar, hot glue unsharpened pencils (eraser side up) and fill with some beautiful flowers for the new teacher in your life.

The cute grey, black, and white organizational items were also found in the $1 section of Target.

Keep your day sunny with a set spot for your daily schedule.  Post on a bulletin board or laminate and back with magnetic strips for your white board. Perfect for keeping track of your daily assignments and your schedule.
Remember to think outside of the box when it comes to decorating your bulletin boards. We love using wrapping paper to cover our boards. The graphic colorful prints offer a variety of choices, try using some bold polka dotted ribbon as border trim, it stores well and is inexpensive. Definitely a great way to design your classroom on a budget.

 Having designated areas for supplies is a must for having a manageable classroom environment.  Children thrive when they know where items belong and are shown how to properly care for things they will share with their classmates.  These dainty, but inexpensive doilie inspired buckets are from IKEA and can serve many purposes in the classroom.  We labeled them for sharpened and un-sharpened pencils.  A great job for a class helper!

What a sunny disposition you'll have when your desk is neatly organized for the new year!

The kit includes valuable printables like this Parent Communication Log.  What an easy way of keeping up with all the ways that you might share information with the parents of your students.

The newsletter templates, lesson plan template, and substitute plans are also valuable pieces to this all around great kit for teachers.

 We know those Sunny Days can turn stressful at this time of year too.  So in the spirit of Winston Churchill we've taken the liberty to say, "Keep Calm and Teach On."  Without the spirit of great teachers our days would be cloudy for sure.

Because we are full of back to school spirit, make sure to check back tomorrow for a free printable from this collection!

For the complete Sunny Days Classroom kit please visit Simply Sprout's Teachers Notebook store.

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Lotsa Dots Classroom Printables

Lotsa Dots has us going crazy over here at Simply Sprout!
This is our newest classroom creation. We just love the burst of color and the whimsy of the polka dots.

This adorable colorful set is bright and cheery and is perfect for any classroom. This set has everything you need to get started for the beginning of the school year. This set includes printable pages you can print on your color printer, cut, laminate and watch your classroom come to life with fun!

The set includes:

A classroom newsletter template

How we get home transportation cards (bus rider, after school, van, walkers, car pickup)

How we get home sign

Blank labels for cubbies or supply cabinets (3x5)

Blank sign (perfect for class rosters, welcome signs etc.)

Nametags for student desks

ABC's for a word wall or ABC chart

Word Wall sign

Blank round signs (2 sizes)

8.5x11 learning center signs ( Math center, writing center, language center, reading center, art center)

Supply labels for classroom supplies (3x5)

Table signs ( Table 1, 2 ,3,4 & 5)

Large number signs ( 1 - 20)

Open house sign in sheet

Open house foldable signs ( please sign in, welcome to open house, please take one)

8.5x11 binder covers (data notebook, grade book, lesson plans, sub plans, progress monitoring)

Afternoon dismissal chart

2 page lesson plan template (colorful)

2 page lesson plan template (simple)

Blank circles ( 2 sizes) (These are perfect for adding colorful letters to, hole punching the sides and attaching with ribbon, make welcome banners, bulletin board letters and signs)

class roster

 Colorful pom poms are all the rage this school year. They are so inexpensive and fun to make and will definitely brighten up even the gloomiest of rooms.

This set compliments Dots on Turquoise made by creative teaching press 

This is one of my all time favorite classroom kits!

A tech tip for you!

If you are purchasing this item from our online store you will be receiving it as a pdf to preserve original content. However you most likely will want to make this kit your own by typing your newsletters etc on it. So you need to find an online converter to convert the pdf to a word document. (you can find free samples of this type of software) To write on it draw a text box right click on it to format go to colors and lines make sure none is selected for fill and for line. Now you have made an invisible text box which you can use to type wherever you please on the document.  The fonts used in this pack are learning curve and howser and can be found for free online at sites like dafont.com. and Kevin & Amanda's fonts You will also notice once you convert it that the images are individual jpgs. This is helpful if you would like to convert say your newsletter into its own file. You would copy and past the newsletter image into a new document and save as just your newsletter. You would insert the text boxes and such in the same way.

Happy Back to School 

We are so excited to bring you these materials we hope that you will love them as much as we do. We would love to see pictures of your classrooms using our products.

If your pictures are used in a blog post we will offer you a discount on your next purchase. You can email your photos to simplysprout@gmail.com.....we love before and after shots! Happy Decorating!


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Teachers head back to school in style with cute classroom decor kits from simply sprout!

We have been hard at work over the past few weeks designing away trying to create the perfect classroom designs to bring your learning space to life! My favorite part of starting the school year was the chance to recreate my classroom design. I would get giddy the moment I saw Wal-mart start to set up for back to school. The colorful folders and composition notebooks were enough to send me overboard with ideas for a colorful new classroom design......but sadly this is the first year, in over 10 years I will not be heading back to school with the rest of my friends. So instead of spending my time decorating a new classroom I have decided to share my passion for a creative classroom with you. The first design I created is perfect for any classroom colorful shades of green, fuschia, teal, orange and yellow polka dots are combined with adorable owls to bring you Back to School is a Hoot! This 98 page kit features a variety of items perfect for any classroom.   

The downloadable kit contains

A classroom newsletter template

How we get home transportation cards (bus rider, after school, van, walkers, car pickup)

Blank labels for cubbies or supply cabinets (3x5) and (3.5x10)

Blank sign (perfect for class rosters, welcome signs etc.)

Nametags for student desks

ABC's for a word wall or ABC chart

Blank round signs

Pennant signs with owls and ABC's, perfect for making your own bulletin board headers or welcome signs (just hole punch and string together with ribbon)

8.5x11 learning center signs ( Math center, writing center, language center, reading center, art center)

Supply labels for classroom supplies

Table signs ( Table 1, 2 ,3 & 4)

Large number signs ( 1 - 20)

Small number signs ( 1-20)

Open house sign in sheet

Open house wish list tree and owls (for parents to take at open house to donate supplies to the classroom)

8.5x11 binder covers (blank, data notebook, grade book, lesson plans, sub plans, progress monitoring, common core, parent communication)

Afternoon dismissal chart

2 page lesson plan template

Cute little locker storage containers found in the $1 section at Target are the perfect little organizers for crayons and smaller items.

The cute colorful number chart comes in two sizes. The smallest size is shown above. The larger ones would be perfect for a number wall, the smaller ones ideal for a smaller counting chart. Blank owls are also provided for you to add your own numbers or words to.

One of my favorite additions to any classroom are colorful tissue pom poms. They are easy and inexpensive to create. All you need is some colorful tissue paper (I like buying mine from Target in the gift wrap section for just 99 cents).  You cut tissue paper into a square and then fold it like a fan. Tie a ribbon in the center for hanging.  Use scissors to cut a pointed triangle on the ends and then peel apart the layers revealing your pom pom. These are great for bulletin boards, hanging above tables, or lining the wall to add some much needed color to drab concrete block walls often found in classrooms.










These cute welcome to school circles were made by adding my own text to the existing templates found in the printables kit.



Use an online program to convert your PDF to a word document (there are several free versions out there).  Once in Word draw a text box, right click on it, and click format.  Choose lines, click no color, and no fill so the text box is clear.  Add your desired text.  I used Howser and Love you like a Sister.  This way you can create your own custom labels for your classroom, binders, boxes, cubbies, etc.

 

I found these two great locker storage bins at Joann Fabrics last year and they were just perfect for me to use for putting my papers in that needed to be graded or filed.

To compliment this kit I used a tree and owl cutout from Carson-Dellosa.  I used the pennant banners to make an ABC sign.   All you need to do is just print, hole punch, and attach with colorful ribbon. These pennant letters are perfect for bulletin boards, welcome signs, etc.  In the kit there are letters A - Z and a few blank ones with the colorful owls on them.

This cute over-sized clothespin was found at Target in their $1 section.  The colorful striped frame is magnetic and just 50 cents at Wal-mart.
If you don't want to take the time to customize your blank owl templates in word you can also use a white paint pen (sold in the craft department).

My best finds came from Wal-mart. They had this black chalkboard poster paper for just 97 cents. I trimmed it out using my two favorite supplies double sided tape and polka dotted ribbon. Ribbon can often be found on sale at most craft stores (especially at Hobby Lobby) and makes the perfect border trim.  It stores easily and you don't have to worry about it getting wrinkled or creased like border trim.

I always loved creating my lesson plan templates each year I liked having something that was different from everyone else. This colorful owl template is perfect for lesson planning.  You can either print and write out your plans (that is the method I prefer, there is something about hand written plans that comforts me), or use the template to type on (just remember you may have to convert it from a PDF to Word document first).
 

Creating this cozy space has me wishing I was headed back to school myself!
By the way, Wal-mart also has the cutest metal signs for just 50 cents. They have three different designs, this one was one of my faves! Will trade Coffee for gossip!

I hope you love this set as much as we do! This is just the first of many to come. so be sure to check out our Simply Sprout Store, and become a fan of our store by clicking add to favorite shops.  That way you'll be the first to find out when we add new items.  We will be creating thematic units, science and enrichment materials, bulletin board seasonal decor, organizational printables, and much much more! We also love special request so if you are looking for something specific please don't hesitate to send us a message or email us.
simplysprout@gmail.com

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