First Ever Week in 1st Grade!

There is one word for how I felt about my first week in 1st grade. I felt E-X-H-A-U-S-T-E-D! Those kiddos are needy and I don't think I got one second to sit down the whole week. That is especially bad since the first week you seem to wear the most uncomfortable shoes in your closet. I gave up by Friday and wore gym shoes. I couldn't take it any longer!

So when I thought about it I took a few pictures and would love to share them with you.

We started the week by taking a Back to School picture. I hope to take one at the end of the year and see how much they have grown.

We ended the week with a craft. I waited until the end of the week because I was TERRIFIED to do a craft with 1st graders. I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how well they did. Hopefully that is a sign for how the year will go.

This year I decided to add "Warm Fuzzies" and Mel D's Reward Coupons to my arsenal of behavior plans. I have to say together it is a DYNAMITE combination. PURE freaking gold! My little ones worked SO hard to get a fuzzy. It was absolutely amazing! This past week I only had ziplock bags for the kiddos to put their fuzzies in. Hey one project at a time right?! So it was my mission this week to figure out a better plan. I don't know where I got the idea, but it suddenly occurred to me to contact Starbucks and ask if they would be willing to donate a class set of their iced coffee dome lid cups. Guess what! They couldn't have been more willing to help out! Such great people at my local Starbucks!

So today I got to work right away and this is the final product! I really could not be more pleased. You can grab the cute labels for {FREE} here! You can read more about how to use "Warm Fuzzies" at Seusstastic.