puella's Profile

Single mom with two kids and a small apartment here. I allow my kids to play in my room whenever they want, largely because I grew up in a home where everything was so strict, regimented, and restricted, that I tend to lean in the opposite direction. I think there are lots of good points in the comments, however.

Nice, another HUGE Sufjan fan here! My kids and I were just listening to Illinoise last night!!

I love your list and the comments! Julia's Bookbag, we share the same taste! Little Fur Family is one of my absolute FAVORITES. I also love Gyo Fujikawa.

And from the above list, Jenny Linksy! The Little House! Gosh there are few things better in this world than wonderful children's books.

I get it too. We have the exact version above, and I don't love reading it, to be perfectly honest.

I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. My daughter started school last year, as a kindergartener, and she had such a horrendous teacher. The woman made no effort, was completely non-nurturing, and in addition to all her other horrible attributes, she did absolutely nothing to her classroom. It was very dirty (literally...a mom came in and volunteered to wash the windows 3/4 of the way through the year because they had clearly not been cleaned in years.) There were a few very old, unattractive educational posters on the wall, the cubbies still had the names of prior kids on the labels. It was depressing. I probably cried as much as my daughter last year, who was miserable.

Thankfully, this year she has a much better teacher who has some nice features in her room and who has, most importantly, made some effort. It makes me so happy to see classrooms like this. It's a shame that there really are some terrible teachers/learning spaces out there. (And, incidentally, this was at one of the highest-rated public school in my city. You can find bad teachers/bad spaces in just about any school, I think.)

In any case, after that ramble--I love this space! It looks great! The egg carton idea is awesome.

I think this is adorable, and I also love that it looks like a room in which a real child actually lives--it's not just a showcase.

Banana Mish Mash, I laughed out loud :).

I love every single one!

The pinata is awesome.

Hahaha, love. I think when my kids are a bit bigger and more controlled in their art, it would be fun to have them try this. I think these are seriously hysterical.