Tour of my VIPKid and GoGoKid Classroom!

So for Valentine's Day my present to myself was to buckle down and get my office/classroom/spare bedroom organized. My awesome friend came over to help me do it!

First, we moved the desk away from the wall so that I would have a place to put my decorations or my green screen.

Then we decorated the wall behind me with these adorable color monsters. I figured they will be great to extend with on occasion as well. I have my name sign up and my white board for easy access.

On my desk I have my flash cards in my handy dandy case! I also keep my name post it and my post it that I cover my camera with before classes in arm's reach.

Directly under my keyboard I keep my squishy fruits. I found these at the Dollar Tree and it always surprises me how much I use them!

On my second tier, I keep my felt books from the Target dollar spot along with my Kindle Fire for showing Google Slides.

On my left second tier I have my shark puppet!

On top of my desk I have my popsicle stick props that I have stuck into styrofoam from Michaels. (I need to make some more props for sure. What is on y'alls must have list?)

I also have my wine rack that I turned into an office supply holder to keep the things I use ALL the time close to me, like my microphone!

I just got these sticker books in yesterday and I am SUPER excited to start using them tomorrow for rewards!

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My friend had a flash of brilliance and convinced me to hang shoe organizers on the side of my set of bunk beds to hold my other props/supplies!

There you have it! My newly organized and revamped classroom!

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