For those of you who are not on Pinterest (where I have a visual collection of this list at www.pinterest.com/sec_solutions), I decided to post the list here. This is a list of everything the new (or veteran) teacher should have in his/her classroom.
Here’s our Practical Teacher Survival Kit…in no particular order (thanks to all who contributed!)
- Some kind of crate or storage box to keep everything in
- Advil or other headache medicine
- Ice Pack (so kids don’t have to leave your class to go to the office)
- Band-Aids (for the same reason)
- Throat Lozenges (remember, you talk a lot throughout the day and those kids are germ-mongers)
- Tampons (for you and students)
- Deodorant (it’s not just the kids who can get “funky”)
- Hair bands or hair clip
- Chocolate (need I say more?)
- A lightweight sweater (for those times when you can’t control the A/C)
- Safety pins (in case of wardrobe malfunction)
- Gas-X (for “those” times)
- Chewable Pepto-Bismol
- Tums
- Flashlight (emergencies)
- Screwdriver (the kind that can be switched from phillips to flat-head)
- Box of Kleenex
- Jar of coins (for those days when you or a student forgets lunch or lunch money)
- Granola bars
- Hand sanitizer (keep out of view of students, unless you are willing to share)
- Water
- Hand lotion
- Brush and hairspray
- Latex gloves
- Blister band-aids or moleskin
- Mouthwash, Listerine strips, or Altoids
- Chapstick or other lip stuff (I like Burt’s Bees)
- Travel toothbrush and toothpaste
- Candy, stickers (for primary), homework passes or other reward for students who surprise you by being/doing something great!
- A binder or file full of filler activities (for those times when you are caught off-guard with an extra five minutes in class)
Have other ideas? Let’s keep on adding! I would love to hear your recommendations.
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