DIY LEGO Table!

I have a 10 year old LEGO enthusiast!

Yay...she has tons of LEGO sets!

Boo...she has nowhere to set them up to play.

Praise God...DIY LEGO table!

We first started with a 5x5 foot piece of plywood. (3/4 inch thick)  

 We couldn't decide on a color until my mom had the great idea of matching it up to the green LEGO building plates!

Perfect match!

 The base is simply four Trofast storage units from IKEA.  Yep!  I love that place!  

I have two of these in my classroom as well!

I love the way it is starting to look!  The only problem is when those tiny pieces, (Who am I kidding?  They're all tiny!) roll onto the floor.

 So my dad made a trim that goes around all four edges...

... to keep those pieces all on the top!

 Now the fun part!  Sorting all the LEGO bricks into the correct bins!

Now she has room to play with all her LEGO's at once!

Click here to check out where the inspiration came from!

May Currently and LEGO® Creative Writing

I am super excited about May and all it holds!

I have been asked to lead a session for a LEGO® Build to Express Workshop.  It didn't sound to bad until I found out that all teachers and administrators from 18 (Yep!  That is 1 ten and 8 ones!) districts!  I don't feel prepared at this point, so I will be working my tail off to get prepared for this presentation.  In order to get ready for it, I have made a product to help with creative writing.  I am excited about using it with my students!

5 Sentence Paragraph Graphic Organizer

Opinion Writing

I am hoping to use these next week to see how my students like them!  You can check out my LEGO® Build to Express End of the Year Creative Writing Prompts

I love that it is time to link up with Farley!
 for May Currently!!!!!

Listening

My daughter just turned 14!  Good thing she has great friends!  I love to listen to them and the conversation that takes place!

Loving

I do an ABC countdown for the end of the year.  Today was "F" day.  Flip flop day!!  To bad it was still pretty cold and the kids had to wear socks and shoes to school to change into their flips.  Mrs. Neels was brave and wore flip flops to school!  My toes were cold!

Thinking

Most teachers are feeling the stress of end of the year activities.  Testing, behaviors, tying up loose ends before the end of they year.  The list goes on...

Wanting

I want the sun to stay.  Most of the day has been raining but now it is peeking out!  Stay sun stay!

Needing

I have been asked to lead a session at a LEGO® BuildtoExpress workshop.  While I am honored and excited, I am not looking forward to the extra work to plan for it.  I used them for math today making word problems using three addends.  It was pretty fun to hear the students come up with word problems!

"There was one dancer on the stage.  2 more joined in.  1 came on stage at the end to dance.  How many dancers are bowing now?"

So cute!

Surprise

I love Amanda Pauley at Mrs. Pauley's Kindergarten!  Not only do I enjoy reading her blogs, but she is so very sweet!  We teach in the same district but in different buildings and anytime I need help or have a question, Amanda is there with an answer!