Neat N' Tidy Chair Pockets

Funded Jan 7, 2022

My students met this year head on and overcame lots of challenges and obstacles. A lot of my students started the year with very little organization skills and an overall unwillingness to tidy up after themselves. Our new chair buddies definitely helped with that! By the end of the year, the students were tidy and self-sufficient.

The larger pocket helped hold materials that the kids used on a daily basis. For example, their dry-erase boards, Journals, Math and Reading books- they were always handy and ready to go! The smaller pockets worked like a charm... they held the kid's tangrams, scarves, egg shakers, beanbags, and counters. We wasted very little instructional time looking for our school supplies.

It took about a week for the kids to understand that leaving books or other school supplies out on their desks or on the floor was not the way we'd keep our room nice and tidy. The chair buddies gave my students a place to organize their school supplies this year but a lifetime of organizational skills and memories:)”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Schmitz