Love Book

I honestly cannot remember where I originally saw this idea but it is a space saver!  Teaching Kinder, a lot of kiddos draw pictures, write stories, or bring special colorings from home.  I love them, I really do, but unfortunately, I do not have space for 100 pictures of Mickey Mouse or drawings of hearts to fit on my classroom walls... cue the LOVE BOOK.  After the first few weeks of school, the colorings and drawings from home start coming in so I tell my students about my love book (that is placed in the middle of the classroom).  I tell them how I absolutely LOVE their pictures from home and that I place them in this special binder.  I explain every week when I am feeling sad, lonely, or just need some love, I open my love book and their pictures make me feel happy! In Kinder world, that is all the satisfaction they need that their pictures are valued and appreciated.  I do look at their pictures and drawings from time to time (and clean it out every summer) but for during the school year, it saves time and space to hole punch the paper and add it into this three-ringed binder.  Parents could even use this at home to save, store, and organize all of those beautiful colorings and drawings your babies give you! #LoveBook #OrganizeStudentsDrawings #TeacherHacks #ParentingHack