New year, new room

I am so excited to start the year, meet all the new Octopus friends, and see my returning Octopi. I moved classrooms over the summer, so getting the room ready has been a work in progress, but I think it is almost there-just missing the busy bodies of the preschoolers!
The classroom has many different centers, that we will explore together in order to open up the classroom for free choice throughout the year. This is part of the Responsive Classroom Philosophy that we do "guided discoveries" together in order to model how to play and interact with materials safely and appropriately, and how to take care of the environment and clean up when done exploring.