Why had I never tried this helpful little tool before now?

Last week, I picked up a Fiskars circle punch like the one below to cut out some iron on tags I had made for my son's clothes for daycare. Well I haven't gotten around to printing those out yet, but today I made some positive reinforcement coins for my classroom using the punch. I'm in love! I think I need to get more of these in all different shapes! I cut out over 300 little circles in no time. This handy little punch saved me sooooo much time! I laminated all the coins, but the punch doesn't like to cut through the thick laminating so I'm having to cut all of the coins out of the laminating, which is taking forever, but I can't imagine how long this project would have taken if I didn't have this handy dandy punch.

Here are the coins I made. I plan on handing them out to the students for following directions and making good choices in class. After they earn 20, they will earn a trip to the treasure box. If you would like a copy of these, check out my Teachers Pay Teachers shop for a free copy. I printed these on cardstock, punched them out and laminated them.

Teddy Bears Galore!

I've decided that the theme for my classroom this year is going to be teddy bears. They are just so cute and cuddly! I can't resist a cute teddy bear! I have been collecting teddy bears since I was a kid so I have quite the collection. Most of them are sitting in storage right now, so I figured why not use some them as a warm, fuzzy addition to my classroom.

Since I decided to use the teddy bear theme, I've been busy making all kinds of fun teddy bear 'stuff' for the classroom. I've created printable nameplates for the tables, cubby tags to label each child's cubby, stationery/letterhead for letters home, sticker/incentive charts, and 2 in. x 4 in. labels to label home folders, bins, etc. I'm really excited about the stuff I made.

If you have a teddy bear theme going in your classroom or just like the stationery set, check it out in my Teacher Pay Teacher store.

FREEBIE Linky Party

Who doesn't just love FREEBIES?!?! Lauren at Just Add Clipart is hosting a freebie linky party today, so be sure to checkout all the wonderful free stuff for your classroom!

My freebie is a Teddy Bear Counting Book. It combines practicing counting and writing of numbers and number words. Check it out at my TPT store.