Class-y Caddies

Art boxes, school boxes, supply boxes... Call them what you will, they drive me cRaZy!! Rattling, rolling, popping open at inopportune times, generally causing a distraction. I just can't stand the things. If you enjoy using them, congratulations on your phenomenal levels of patience. Feel free to completely disregard this post. If you, like me, want to pull your hair out every time you see an art box, read on--there is hope!

This year, I made a groundbreaking, earthshaking, mind blowing decision. Kindergarten will have community supplies. After convincing parents and co-workers that this would not in fact signal the end of the world as we know it, I began executing my brilliant plan. For starters, I acquired 5 medium sized kitchen caddies (97 cents at Walmart!) and 5 small cups. (I use 4 tables for seating in my classroom, but I opted to have spares on hand.)

The cups are standard on my classroom tables. Each one contains 6 pencils--enough for each child at the table with two extras just in case. The caddies stay behind my desk unless they are in use. In each caddie, there are 4 pairs of scissors, 2 sets of markers, 4 sets of crayons (only basic crayon colors first quarter--red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, and pink), 4 pink erasers, and 4 glue sticks. See?

I added labels to each caddie that show the table number for easy distribution and collection. I just love having ways to micro-organize things in my classroom. Tada!

I'm looking forward to minimizing clutter and distractions and increasing opportunities to practice sharing with these table caddies this year. I'll let you know how it goes! Keep it class-y, folks.