Tomorrow

I have two Make-n-Take sessions scheduled for tomorrow and as crazy as it sounds, I'm super excited!! No matter what else I do during the summer, I always make sure that I sign up for Make-n-Take. For those of you who may not know, Make-n-Take is a "workshop" for teachers (and parents) to go and make things for the school year. Everything is free and you can get as much as you'd like as long as you use it to make something. For example, if you wanted a piece of poster board, you'd actually have to make it into a poster instead of taking it home blank. In addition to getting all kinds of stuff for my classroom, my grade-level coworkers and I always sign up to go together and I really enjoy their company (which I don't get too much during the year because I'm always with the kids).

The consultant at my math workshop last week was from Maine and she told us all about something even cooler than Make-n-Take. They have a huge warehouse called Ruth's Reusable Resources that teachers can "shop" at and take anything they want. At this warehouse, people have donated all kinds of classroom materials, computers, and even tables that teachers can take. She told us that there are very few rules and limitations on how many of each thing teachers can take (for example, only one computer per teacher). This sounds so nice and I would love to have something like this for teachers in Mobile!