Laminator Love

Remember how excited I was to buy a laminator?  Well I finally used it  :D

It is a dream to work with too!  I make a lot of the materials I use in the classroom.  Most of these materials require a color printer.  I don't have one of those at school, so my materials were not being made because they would get lost in the shuffle of traveling between my home and the laminator at school. So now I can print off what I want, cut it, and then IMMEDIATELY laminate the work so it is then ready to take to school.  My goal is to do one new work on the weekend. 

My first attempt was a calendar.

I used velcro so we can change the dates to match the actual calendar from month to month.  There are special cards for holidays, and a couple that say Happy Birthday.  I found a calendar in a CD case for 50 cents, so that is going on the tray as the control for the kids to build the month.  I got the free printable from Montessori For Everyone.  So far it has been a popular work in the classroom!

Whoops!

Silly is precisely how I feel right now!  I sorta messed up my training plan for the half-marathon I'm walking in October with ms. caboo (who is a stronger woman than I & will be running it).  I should have begun training at the beginning of July and not the beginning of August as I had thought all summer.  If only I had written it down on my calendar when I chose my training program!  Now I'm looking at needing to do a 5 mile walk this Saturday.  Gulp.  I hope my knees are up to it!

P.S.  Don't fret, I have written all my workouts down so there will be NO MORE EXCUSES