In other news, I called the apartment office of where I am moving later this month and received great news: I can move in early! Woot woot! I was first told that I could not move in until the 14th, and our first work day is the 15th. This has been causing me so much stress! When I called yesterday, I was told that the other person moved out early and the apartment is ready whenever I want to move in! So, I think I'm going to get the key on Friday the 10th (and take a car load with me), and my mom is driving up from SC to help me move everything in on the 11th. We're hoping we can knock it out in a few hours. I will have my current apartment through the 21st, so if there are a few things left, I can get them later.
So, you see the circle on the picture I posted? Those are all the children's books I have. I NEED MORE!! I sold about 10-15 of my big girl books to a used book store and was able to buy 5 children's books (not really a fair trade). I can't afford to put a lot of money into books for the kids to read in class, so I need your help. Where can I find used children's books for cheap? I know SC is having a really huge book sale in a few weeks and I may be able to drive down to go, but do you have any tips for finding books locally?
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The upstairs room in my house looked EXACTLY like your picture before I moved everything to my classroom! Have you checked out the Goodwill in your area? I have a habit of going into every one I see to check out their book selection! I was able to get a pretty good collection started before I started teaching.
ReplyDeleteThose shoes are super cute! I am glad you're able to move in early. My first year teaching I lived an hour from my school and moved closer right at the beginning of the school year. It was hard, but well worth it!
ReplyDeleteMy office at home is currently a disaster from all of the school stuff I brought home! You're definitely not the only one! I have heard that Goodwill has good used books as well. I've also found some books for super cheap at garage sales. I recently went to Once Upon a Child and bought $70 worth of used books, they are pretty cheap and you should have some up there in NC.
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Thanks for the tip! I've never heard of "Once Upon a Child" but there is one 15 minutes away from me! Sweet! I'm going to call them tomorrow to make sure they carry books before I drive out there. Crossing my fingers! :)
DeleteMy kitchen table is my "work in progress" zone with all the supplies for everything I'm making and then I have a HUGE pile in my basement of stuff that goes to school. I was told that I'll probably be able to get into my new room to "move in" next week and I can't wait! It sounds like you have a lot on your plate with moving homes too!
ReplyDeleteI just started a blog about teaching 5th grade and hope you come check it out. Your design is super cute!
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My living room has looked like that for the last month. I finally got it all moved this week. I think I'll just have to accept overflowing boxes of school stuff in my house every summer.
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