Birthday Bucket

I'm the worst about birthdays.  I know my students have birthdays and I know they're excited about them because on the first day of school they inform me that their birthday is February 22nd.  Then, everyday...every....single...day, they remind me that their birthday is February 22nd.

I love that their Mama's birthed them on that special day and I only get annoyed about their daily reminders once a day, when they remind me.

In the past I've just never seemed to get around to making it a special thing in the classroom because there are just so many other things.

SO. MANY. OTHER. THINGS.

This year I decided to make their birthdays a little more special.  I posted their name and birthdate on yellow and orange circles around my calendar (no picture, sorry, I'm lame).

We also have a Birthday Bucket!  They get so excited about this!  When they come in and the bucket isn't on top of the T.V. I hear them say, "Gasp, she took the birthday bucket down!  It's someone's birthday!"

Inside are a whole bunch of treats to choose from so it's like going to the treasure chest just because you were born.  Which reinforces the fact that I am the greatest teacher in these United States.  It's so easy to make kids happy :)

This is what it usually looks like sitting on top of the T.V.

So on their birthday they get to wear the birthday glasses, pick a treat out of the bucket, and make a foldable birthday book (I got the birthday flippy book from Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge).

B.A. celebrating his birthday this past Friday.

I introduced the Birthday Bucket during the first Friday back and we celebrated the summer birthdays since they always miss out on the class celebrations!  It's been a lot of fun and really easy to incorporate so this Birthday Bucket might be a keeper!