The shipping is what gets you, but I still am happy with some things I ordered from VistaPrint. Check these out:
Business Cards to reward good behavior:
Bumper Stickers for the Treasure Box
Mailing Labels for my books
A vinyl banner
A car door magnet for a filing cabinet or magnetic white board
A mouse pad for a student computer
I am out of pocket $25.00 for all this and a few more free things (a pen, a ink stamper, a coffee cup) that I forgot to snip a picture of! Big thanks to The Apple Basket Teacher for sharing the VistaPrint goodness with me.
So, I've never really had "recess" before as a teacher. We had "outside time" for 30-50 minutes a day in Pre-K. I would take out soccer goals, hula hoops, bubbles, trikes, basketballs, sand toys, even musical instruments and the children continued their learning through play outdoors. Now that I am faced with the time constraints of an older grade, I'm redefining recess.
I love being outdoors. Sunshine brightens my day. Birds singing puts a spring in my step. But let's face it...it's Georgia and it is HAWT outside, I tell ya. I have to make the minutes we steal away to recess really count. There is 1 playground, but again...HAWT plastic slides...not so fun.
I spent some of my childhood in El Paso, Texas. They know a lot about HAWT. The black pavement on the playground would literally fry an egg. There were no shade trees. We all huddled in the shade that the school building provided, and so we learned to play games in small spaces, and since moving back from El Paso, I haven't seen a single child play my favorite game....
CHINESE JUMP ROPE!
Here is a great video from a PE teacher showing the simplest jumps.
Please share your favorite activities, fun games, or pieces of equipment that you use for recess in my first Linky Party, and please follow my blog :)
