Table Bins

I'm trying something new this year ... I have created table bins for each of my student tables. The purpose of these buckets is, ultimately, to save time. When we have a material-heavy project (like our Love, Splat art activities we did the other day) I have a lot of different martial to pass out to each kid (multi-colored paper, googly eyes, liquid glue, etc). So I spent a few minutes prepping for the lesson by loading each table bucket with enough material for each student at the table. It saved me a ton of time! We'll see how this evolves, but I'm always a fan of organizational time-savers!

I got the bins at the dollar store, and the labels from Amy Lemons.

And just for fun ... here is how our Love, Splat projects turned out this year. In true teacher form, I can't ever seem to do anything the same way two years in a row, so our "Splat" projects and display are a little different than previous years. I got the Valentine garland at the dollar store.