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Free printable monthly cleaning schedule eBook. A whole house cleaning schedule to keep you on task and not get overwhelmed! Great resource.

Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...

I have a lot of projects and tasks to manage and I finally found the answer - A Project Board!

A time management worksheet will inspire you as you work your way toward improved productivity and better health and well-being. Significantly...

Sometimes when students have an inappropriate response to events that are out of their control, they need time and a safe space to process what happened. Enter Antarctica: A place to go when you need to chill out! This blog post is all about creating a Take a Break spot for your students to self regulate.

One of the tools we use in feng shui is called the Feng Shui Bagua Map (which literally means, eight areas). Each of these areas represent a significant area of lives, including family, career, wealth, and relationships. Our homes are energetically-connected to our bodies and our lives. This connection influences us at a profound level. […]

Get your teacher life organized with 200 free Google Keep headers! This note-taking system will revolutionize the way you teach.

If you’re teaching a split class (multi-grade or combined class) and need advice on classroom management and organization, you’ve come to the right place! You’ll find practical tips from teachers who have taught in multi-level classrooms and combined classes at all different grade levels. Tips and tricks from teachers in combined class schools I’ve invited … Continued

Create a kids command center with visual reminders to help them navigate each day - includes printables!

Whenever my mind or schedule feels particularly all over the place, I approach my day from the foundation of mind-mapping it all out first. Mind-mapping allows you to write the way you think - with one thought branching off into another and then another. When it comes to planning my day, I mind-map in two ways - depending on the kind of day I'm having... EXAMPLE #1: ERRAND-BASED MIND-MAP EXAMPLE FOR DAYS WHEN I'M RUNNING ALOT OF ERRANDS I fill in the circles with the different places I'm going, determining where I'm going first, then second, then third, etc. To the left of the circles, I write down the time that I plan to be at each location. To the right of the circles, I branch off into the tasks that I plan accomplish at each location. Here's what is on the mind-map above: - HOME: confirm meeting with Miranda; 20 minutes yoga - 11am // BANK: close bank account - 2pm // CAFE: meeting: STP and samples - 4pm // POST OFFICE: buy stamps; mail back Old Navy package - 5pm // HOME: make lasagna for dinner *After I mind-map my day like this, I'll transfer these tasks onto the To-Do List section. EXAMPLE #2: AREAS-OF-MY-LIFE MIND-MAP EXAMPLE FOR DAYS WHEN I JUST WANT TO SEE MYSELF MAKE PROGRESS IN MY LIFE IN GENERAL: I fill in the circles with the things in my life that I want to focus on that day: my health, my blog, my clients, etc. To the right of the circles, I branch off into the tasks related to each area of focus. Here's what is on the mind map above: - OWL: post new listing on Etsy; finish designing SOS printables - FEA: upload new posts in Edgar; create blog post graphics - HEALTH: exercise 20 minutes; buy organic bananas at fruit stand - FINANCES: update accounting - CLAIRE: send invoice *Again, after I finish mind-mapping my day like this, I'll transfer the tasks to my To Do List. There you have it! I've been using this method for years and it still saves me from going crazy. :) To get a version of this printable, check out the one HERE in my Etsy store. :)

The NOISE analysis is an alternative to SWOT. NOISE is a planning technique of looking at what is working and determining areas to improve.

Printables and checklists you can use in your home to help you figure out how to get organized, and stay that way.

House Beautiful offers colour meanings in Feng Shui.

Have you been putting off your photo organization project? Here's a simple plan for getting them out of storage and into albums for your family to enjoy.

Need help getting started purging photos? Start by tossing the "no brainer" photos. Here's a list of 10 photo categories to get you started!

Get your finances organized and all in one place. Learn How to create a budget binder that works and customize it to your needs.

My name is Leigh Collazo, and I am a Texas-certified school librarian and secondary English teacher. I've worked in schools as a teacher or librarian for 18 years, both in Texas and in China.

Hi everyone! My family binder is now organized and up and running. I still have a few more sections to fill out as I go along but good enough for now! I must give a

This semester I’m trying to revamp how I take and keep data! To do this, I searched and searched through Teachers Pay Teachers for data sheets by other SLPs! Always great when you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. I found tons and tons of great, FREE data sheets and thought I’d share my collection […]

The #1 mistake people make trying to organize their photos is to go about the process in the wrong order! You have to follow this system to organize well!

I think I am in love with this linky because I am in love with Pinterest. I am linking up today with the ever fabulous Cara from The First Grade Parade to show you some of my favorite pins. {Although I didn't pin much since I didn't have internet for half the week.} Here are my favorite SCHOOL related pins: Here my favorite HOME related pins: My favorite FUNNY pins: I know I will be pinning more this week. If you are interested in following my pins, please click {here}. :) Today is the last day to sign up to donate for my giveaway. If you are interested, I would be greatly appreciative. Just fill out the form below. If not, that's fine too, but check back on Sunday so you can enter the giveaway! :) Loading...

Looking for the perfect way to manage all that information rattling around in your mom brain? Click through to find out how to use Trello.

Well, today was the first official day back for teachers in my district. Our students return this Wednesday so I guess it's a good thing that I can FINALLY say that my classroom is in order and LOOKS like a real classroom again! It's taken so much longer than I had anticipated and it seemed like each time I completed a task that two more popped up. Now that all of the setting up is done, I am so excited to share the finished product with you. One of the biggest projects to undertake was creating my Wall of Fame in my classroom. I am so excited with how it turned out. This is one of the few times that something looks exactly like I pictured it in my mind. I designed the banner using Keynote on my Macbook and then had it made on Vistaprint. I bought chevron ribbon from Hobby Lobby and decorated the clothespins myself. There is glitter EVERYWHERE! It looks amazing and I can't wait to start displaying student work here! I ran out of glue so I used spray adhesive instead....I am still finding glitter in my kitchen! I cut the ribbon different lengths so that I wouldn't run out. My mom was nice enough to tie the bows for me. I used a glue gun to attach the glitter clothespins to the ribbons. A finished ribbon! It turned out exactly like I pictured it. I am so EXCITED! After completing the Wall of Fame, I started to create some extra bulletin board space in my classroom and hallway using Azure Blue paper and multi-colored chevron duct tape. It is the cheapest and easiest way to create new display space in your classroom. All I did was staple the paper to the wall and podium and then outline the paper using the duct tape. Trying to brighten up my hallway. I'm going to use this bulletin board to display my hallway expectations. This is the front of my podium. Another important area of my classroom is my self-assessment table. I do not pick up papers at the end of my class. Instead I have students self-assess their learning from that class period and turn in their work in designated baskets. I use a ranking system of Novice, Apprentice, Practitioner, and Expert in my classroom. It is probably one of my favorite things that I instituted in my classroom last year. I worked over the summer to revamp my system and decided to upload the finished product to my store. Click here to check out this amazing self-assessment system for your students! After finishing the self-assessment table, it was time to set up and decorate the back walls of my classroom. I call this space my Wall of Wisdom. Usually the Wall of Wisdom only contains posters that I have bought from our local school store, but this year thanks to Vistaprint I was able to create one of my own. A few of my favorite pieces of advice to share with my students. This is the banner that I designed. I also got this design in business card size so that I can staple it inside each of my student's agenda. Next was getting my teacher space organized. Trying to organize my things and space was a very long and tiring process. It's crazy to think of the things that you accumulate in just a year. I used pink chevron fabric from Hobby Lobby to create a table skirt that went around my desk and side table. I love it! After getting this attached to my desk and table, it was on to getting rid of the clutter and going into super organized mode. Before the de-cluttering process :( After the de-cluttering process :) I don't know what I would do without my teacher toolbox and calendar from School Aids! This just might be the most organized this bookshelf has ever been...I'm hoping it stays this way. I also repurposed an old teacher toolbox and updated it to match the theme of my big toolbox. This toolbox will contain classroom management rewards like my student punch cards, stickers, student shout outs and more.If you want punch cards for your students, click here to check them out! Here's a sample of my positive behavior punch cards! This thing needs a little excitement added! Much, much BETTER! The final beast I had to tackle in my classroom was my office. It sometimes reminds me of Ariel's cave from The Little Mermaid because there is no telling what you will find in there...especially as the year progresses. Seriously, it was so bad that I didn't even take a before picture! At least you get to see the finished, amazingly organized office! :) I moved my filing cabinet into my office because it was just taking up space in my classroom. You can actually see the top of the desk :) If you look real hard, you can see that my shelves slightly resemble a shelf in Walmart...I may have gone a little overboard :) Here are just a few more peeks to see from around my classroom. I created this memo board to display computer expectations in my classroom. This is a perfect example of my OCD. My construction paper is sorted and labeled by color. A poster that I created on Vistaprint that I will be using on the first day of school Seriously the best way to display learning targets. It makes so much sense for the kids. Thanks Pinterest! :) Another way to promote positivity in my classroom by allowing the students to give each other shout outs. You can buy this product in my store if you click here! I won these books as part of a grant from First Book. I have enough copies to give each of my students! Last, but not least I have to show you the awesome Common Core planning product that I bought from Study All Knight. She has this flip chart available for all ELA grade levels. You should go check it out! I hope y'all like the finished product as much as I do. Like I said earlier, it was a very long process and I wanted to give up so many times, but I am so glad that I pushed through. Now the real test begins. I'm really hoping that once school begins in two days that I can continue blogging regularly and sharing what happens in my classroom.

Feng Shui Colors and Directions for Front and Back DoorsThe main entrance still remains as the most important in Feng Shui, however the back door can usually be an entrance that we use daily (a more "practical" access to the home) so you might want to pay…

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Find ways to incorporate the values of feng shui into your bedroom to help you feel calm and collected. Learn how to make feng shui work for you.

It is wonderful to uncover the facts of an ancestor's life, but putting a face to a name is the most amazing discovery of all. Find out where to look for ancestor photos.

Once you've learned the basic principles of feng shui, it is time to start obeying the almighty bagua. The bagua is a diagram divided into nine sections that guides the practices of feng shui placement. Each segment is assigned to at least one...

How brain dumping can help the creative business owner, along with a free brain dump worksheet from Paper + Spark

Have you got recipes here, there, and everywhere?? Then you need some organization, girl! Here's how to use Microsoft OneNote for getting your recipes organized so you can search less and cook more!