The Schoolyard Podcast S2, E1: Again to College Magic

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Hiya buddies! Welcome again to the Schoolyard Podcast delivered to you by College Specialty. That is our Episode 1 of Season 2.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
I’m your host, Nancy Chung, a fun-loving trainer and content material creator also called @fancynancyin5th on social media, and I’m thrilled that you simply’re right here. A particular shout-out to College Specialty, who gives important academic provides and full studying setting options that will help you rework greater than school rooms. That is the Schoolyard Podcast, a podcast by educators, for educators, the place the magic of studying unfolds. Immediately, our great company, Stephanie Osmondson and Loreal Hemenway of @happilyeverelementary have again to high school in thoughts. Like many academics proper now, we will probably be discussing what we love a lot, which is sharing classroom setup suggestions and sensible concepts on creating purposeful and welcoming areas. These two academics should not solely colourful and inventive, they’re so enjoyable and dynamic. Stephanie and Loreal convey a wealth of expertise to the desk. Stephanie has a background in early childhood schooling with over a decade of expertise specializing in creating participating and interactive studying environments. Loreal comes from a background in elementary schooling, specializing in integrating know-how and inventive educating methods to reinforce pupil studying. Collectively, they based @happilyeverelementary on Instagram and TikTok, the place they share their modern concepts, classroom setups, and educating suggestions with the colourful neighborhood over 279,000 followers. Their mission is to encourage and assist fellow educators by offering sensible recommendation, uplifting tales, cute outfit concepts, and a complete lot of positivity. Welcome again to the schoolyard, Stephanie and Loreal. It’s so good to have you ever again.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Thanks. What a heat welcome, Nancy. Good to just about see you.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
I do know, it’s been too lengthy. I understand how busy you guys are. So thanks a lot for carving out your time to be right here immediately. Final time you had been on our podcast, you share some superb recommendations on creating an inclusive classroom setting that may spark creativity. We acquired an unbelievable quantity of constructive suggestions in your episode. And I’m not shocked by this, but it surely was our hottest, most streamed episode.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
So thanks. Thanks for listening, guys.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
You guys are superior. You’re clearly beloved by everyone. So I do know we’re recording this mid July. However I can see that you simply’re in your classroom and you’ve got been moving into. How excited are you for a recent new college yr?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
We’re all the time excited to sort of soar again in. There’s simply one thing in regards to the vitality you get on a faculty campus that sadly, despite the fact that we’re like filling our personal cup in the course of the summer time, it’s not essentially the identical vitality, particularly as two mothers. We’re house and we actually aren’t resting that a lot proper now with our littles. And there’s something about checking in together with your college neighborhood that does offer you this like elevate and this jolt of vitality that we’re actually excited to faucet again into seeing our workers members and our college students once more.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, I like that. And I do know you’re you’ve been redoing bulletin boards for lots of academics in your campus, proper? Sure.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
How’s that going? Yeah, this summer time, we’re not doing a classroom makeover. And so we determined how can we serve academics nonetheless doing the issues we love. And we seemed in our lockers which are sitting behind us proper now. And we’ve got two panels which are stuffed with bulletin board kits that we’ve created for our Lecturers Pay Instructor Retailer. We’ve had them on show, after which we all the time save the items in a pleasant Ziploc bag, and so they’re simply sitting there. So we thought, what higher manner to assist our personal academics in our constructing by providing to do their bulletin boards? So we’re engaged on 12 to fifteen bulletin boards that we’re delivering throughout our faculty, throughout grade ranges, and we all know how a lot it’s serving to our academics proper now, and they’re simply so grateful to take one thing off of their plate.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, my gosh, I wager. I wager in the event you took signups on-line, you’d get like 1000s and 1000s of individuals saying come to our faculty and do a board for us.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
We regularly get individuals within the feedback like come see me and do my board. And we had been that the majority of our workers did fill out the Google type and was and it made us really feel very flattered. But additionally we had been like, man, I want we may do actually everybody’s struggle large. And we’ll do that once more. As a result of it’s been such an expertise. I don’t suppose we couldn’t. beginning it and it feels good to take one factor, only one tiny factor off of a gen ed trainer’s plate as a result of we all know how rapidly issues pile up on the again to high school season and having peace of thoughts that they will are available and their board is completed was one thing we had been actually excited to present to them.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
That’s superb. You guys are simply giving again to your college and simply all the time seeking to assist others. I like that. So while you’re planning your classroom group and decor for the next college yr, the place do you begin? Properly, I all the time have to start out out like once I get again to high school, I simply stroll round in circles for the entire day. I’m like, actually, actually strolling round in circles. The place do you begin?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
I’ve seen that as effectively with different individuals is like, once they’re like day one classroom arrange the primary day watching all the things like yeah. We’ll see as artwork academics, our dynamic and listing of duties is so extremely completely different. We’re not having to prep our Meet the Instructor letters in the identical manner. Now we have alternatives like that as specialists, but it surely’s not the identical manner you’re accountable for your class. We’re not having to laminate homework folders or issues like that. Nevertheless, we do have a tendency to start out with operate. And for us as artwork academics, and we did this within the Gen Ed classroom as effectively, we try to take into consideration, effectively, what may enhance from final yr and make it possible for we’re like sort of reflecting on the very fact of like, oh, that that was a battle for me like time and time once more. And truthfully, we might most likely be excited about that the earlier college yr after which begin working in direction of implementing one thing higher in the summertime. However going again to high school, it’s like the joy, however like behind making an attempt one thing new that would work and I believe that’s why on our social media we’re so keen about saying like we’re making an attempt this new factor and you already know we need to share it with you guys and see if it may be just right for you is as a result of like we’ve simply discovered time and time once more that you already know as you study and develop you already know your college students have extra alternative as effectively um however yeah I believe for our academics particularly there have been issues like um that we wished to enhance A kind of issues for us particularly was like relax kits to make it possible for we’re accommodating the wants of all of our college students. And so I do know we put a giant concentrate on that this summer time. But when we had been within the classroom, that might be a wide range of issues, whether or not it’s like, you already know, adapting to new curriculum or wanting higher pupil group. However I believe these are issues that we and the varsity you’re wanting ahead to bettering going into a brand new one.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
I like that plenty of occasions skilled academics sort of get within the rut of doing the identical factor yr after yr. And I believe that’s that would trigger burnout, too, in my my opinion, like our personalities, we’ll get so bored. Proper. So yeah. Yeah. So it’s not I imply, it’s in fact, it’s for the children, too. However for our sake, too, after we are attempting new issues, we really feel you already know, we really feel extra refreshed and we really feel extra impressed for the varsity yr. Completely. In your expertise, what classroom design parts have probably the most constructive affect on pupil engagement and studying outcomes?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
There’s plenty of school rooms that Stephanie and I’ve designed in our educating careers from our personal school rooms to summer time makeovers. After which our personal artwork room. And when it comes right down to it, creating an aesthetic of a welcoming setting with colours and vibrancy and issues that have interaction college students actually does make a giant change within the pupil tradition and having the children really feel welcome into your room. There’s nothing higher than wanting on the face of a pupil strolling right into a classroom the primary time. It’s fingers down one in every of our favourite experiences. Once we do makeovers, we love seeing the trainer’s response. That’s fairly rad. However when the scholars are available, it brings us to tears. as a result of you’ll be able to see it on their face. They gentle up and see the little touches that you simply suppose nobody’s going to note. And youngsters will stroll proper as much as them and need to contact them or take a look at them. And it’s actually magical creating these environments for college students. And it simply units the tone for the complete college yr. So I simply suppose the general aesthetic of a room and the vibrancy and the power to make it welcoming for college students is tremendous necessary. And it’s undoubtedly one in every of our favourite elements.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, and I’m positive that fuels you much more, proper? Since you don’t need to get that response once more. I like that.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
And that’s how it’s with all of our occasions. Once more, as specialists, we’re placing on plenty of occasion primarily based issues with our college students. And that’s how we meet our neighborhood. Since we don’t have like a category with dad and mom, they’ll come up our occasions, after which they’ll see what we’re about. And plenty of the occasions there’s this preliminary shock issue with the areas we create. And like Laura stated, it’s often the children, however there’s been a pair dad and mom that pull us apart and so they’re like, if I used to be coming to this college as a pupil, I’d be so excited to return again. They usually’ve stated issues like, clearly, like, I want our faculty had this type of factor rising up. And like, I can completely relate to that. And so like Loreal stated, it’s it’s there’s like this Feeling that setting may give and that’s what we stand behind is a way of security safety Pleasure after which when children are like purchased in in that manner, they’re able to study

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, I do know. Oh my gosh. Like each time you share tales and present us like your classroom and what you guys are doing in there. I’m like, I want I may simply go dwell in there. Like, not solely do I need to train with you at your college. Yeah, I’ll take the I’ll take the decrease one. The largest one you might have. Okay, so what’s what’s the most transformative low price range change you’ve seen in a classroom makeover? I do know you guys are actually good with price range too.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Okay, so we talked about this as a result of there’s other ways to go about it. And folks’s budgets are completely different and typically you might have extra assist financially out of your college. Then others relating to like our massive classroom makeovers and issues that like we’ve got been recognized for on social media, we’re clearly capable of do much more as a result of we do have a price range. And we’ve got gotten plenty of permission from the varsity from the district from the trainer. And so paint can go a great distance in the event you’re capable of. Nevertheless, Loreal and I are considering again to love, the times after we weren’t a enterprise. And we had been doing makeovers for buddies and for faculties with zero price range and so we might solely use what the varsity had like of their lounge or of their trainer room and that meant paper. And so there’s a pair makeovers that come to thoughts instantly the place we solely use butcher paper and huge development paper after which like had like perhaps a $50 price range and we’re shopping for issues like burlap or like cricut mats and utilizing like our cricut machines that we each bought gifted for commencement presents in order that wasn’t even one thing we paid for however the distinction that it will possibly make if you’re keen to love sort of suppose creatively and suppose exterior of the field like we had one of many makeovers was for a mum or dad volunteer room or a mum or dad work room and we wish the the principal had requested for it to be like actually inviting and on the time like farmhouse and burlap and like Buffalo test had been popping off and we made probably the most we beloved it beautiful paper flowers that had been like three toes in diameter I keep in mind I keep in mind this I’ve been following you for a very long time you’d paint the paper. We did all types of issues, and we printed some buffalo test with black ink on white paper. I keep in mind this, yeah. And that was free as a result of we had been printing at college on white paper, however the flowers had been large as a result of we used the 18 by 9 inch paper. After which we additionally folded a protracted piece of butcher paper and minimize out just a little, what’s that referred to as? like a picket fence that went throughout the entire room and it was so stinking cute. After which we made a large buffalo test wall simply by stapling up squares of paper that we had black, white, after which had drawn on to create that buffalo test overlap look. However the affect that it made, and I’m positive the volunteers, as a result of that was not our faculty on the time, the volunteers that went in there, we may solely think about, had been like feeling heat and comfy and cute. And that was the objective. And we solely used paper and a few burlap for that complete makeover. And I believe the affect was nonetheless there, you already know? So don’t restrict your self to your price range. You understand, suppose exterior the field and run together with your creativity as a result of quite a bit could be completed.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Mm hmm. I believe that’s proper once I was beginning to observe you guys. And we’re doing all these murals. And also you had been doing like, I like the truth that you guys are simply utilizing paper and creating these superb, not only a focus wall, I simply felt like only a magical setting that you already know, that’s like, like a metamorphosis of only a easy classroom. You guys have a magical contact.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
We by no means need academics to really feel like so as to have a classroom of your desires or a classroom area that’s lovely and welcoming that you must pour cash into it since you actually. shouldn’t and don’t need to and thoughts you we’ve got suggestions and tips on how one can get cash in order for you and free issues in your classroom however the backside line is you are able to do quite a bit simply being artistic with the issues which are both offered to you or issues you might have round the home and we all the time wish to take home goods and different issues round that we may present that like this might be one thing that’s lovely and you could possibly rework it into one thing lovely and it doesn’t have to interrupt the financial institution.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Proper. Quite a lot of the questions that I get on-line is how a lot cash did you spend on the classroom? And I’ve to inform them, see this merchandise, I upcycled, I took an previous shelf repainted it or like this, you already know, I bought like my I don’t know in the event you guys have seen my sweet machines. I name them my information dispensers. That was a storage sale discover that I repainted and simply added little cute cricut letters onto. And so it was actually low price range however individuals are like that’s a lot cash and I’m like no you simply need to get artistic and spend the time.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Yeah, considering exterior the field is the way you ask for issues. I believe some individuals are comfy simply asking, however like we used to place in our like open home slideshow, your trash might be our classroom’s treasure. So previous toys or previous books or previous furnishings, simply perhaps ship an electronic mail to your trainer as a result of they might use that bookshelf or they might use that ottoman or no matter. And such as you stated, upcycle it for positive.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
So that may sort of naturally result in a special query, which is, what’s the most uncommon or artistic upcycled merchandise you’ve ever included into a category journey design?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Um, I believe we’re most recognized for our lockers. I believe that proper behind you, plenty of our content material as a result of they’re lovely. And to be trustworthy, after we initially created this area, um, we flipped this classroom in 48 hours for a TV present. And in that point, we had been simply making an attempt to convey magic to each nook, however we’re lacking the operate and what we had their operate. Properly, however as soon as we truly had children within the room, we’re like, it may simply operate so a lot better. And so Stephanie on Fb market discovered a gentleman who’s promoting these previous, previous, they’re grey, dusty, beat up lockers. And the method was truly terrible to color them. We simply had somebody ask us like, what particular paint did you employ? And my girlfriend, we use leftover paint, spray paint. I imply, so as to paint colours, I imply, we don’t know what we’re doing half the time, however we’re not afraid to do it. however we took one thing that actually was somebody’s trash and made it into one in every of our most purposeful. A kind of is jam-packed. We use it every day and it’s lovely. It simply matches their area so a lot better and it simply took a little bit of a threat to purchase them and to present it a attempt.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
I’m simply curious the place he even bought a set of lockers.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
He instructed us, proper? He bought them from a highschool and had them in his storage and he had like a piece setup. It was for odds and ends, however he was shifting and so they had been fairly dusty. He left, keep in mind? Yeah, he left like a backpack and a few instruments. We’re just like the male. Yeah. Oh, wow. However it’s attractive.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
It’s lovely.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
When you ever see one thing on the aspect of the highway of a desk, we’ll speak about like our studying nook tables or small group tables or any tables we had a littles in our classroom had been most the time one thing we discovered on the aspect of the highway, a small picnic desk, painted it, made it new and getting that new life in our classroom. And so it didn’t need to take us going to the shop and shopping for a $200, $300 desk.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Proper. And what I like is you’re not simply bringing this stuff into your classroom as a result of they’re fairly or as a result of they’re cute, however you discover purposeful objects. Like, I believe you might have a imaginative and prescient. You see one thing you’re like, I can use this for this. And it’s not simply to brighten, but it surely’s making a purposeful area. So how do you steadiness creating an aesthetically pleasing room which there’s nothing improper with. We spend a lot of our faculty day within the classroom. So in fact, I would like it to be very aesthetically pleasing too. However how do you discover the steadiness between simply having an exquisite classroom versus sustaining a purposeful studying setting?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
So we love this query. And Nancy, we bought to know you first at a convention the place we had been each presenting, and we truly offered on this. And we’re so fast to say, we’re operate first. We’re aesthetic girlies, but additionally aesthetic is subjective. And in the event you’re not there with the operate first, the area isn’t going to serve you. And finally, that’s our backside line, is the area is there to serve each the trainer and the scholars for the utmost efficient engagement and instruction. We’re actually keen about like after we, we do classroom makers for others we like have this complete interview course of the place it’s like what’s working what’s not working what do you completely must see once more that you simply’ve had in your. And what would you want to enhance upon like we talked to having this actually reflective course of and for us. uh operate and aesthetics go hand in hand and like we stated aesthetics are subjective and and truthfully traits and issues are sort of fleeting so if you’re have like a strong group system in case you have pupil group in case you have your supplies organized and issues after which you’ll be able to simply sort of change and tweak the issues that convey you pleasure as a result of that may change additionally all through time um you’re going to be strong so we might advise individuals to start out by what their classroom must operate, whether or not that’s like, okay, my carpet time must function this fashion, or I would like my studying nook to ask college students in with this type of e-book group. Begin with these issues after which discover like the lovable aesthetic labels and discover the world rug that you simply’re like, oh, that is how I need to invite them to the carpet, you already know, however As soon as you are feeling such as you perceive like your individual wants as a trainer instructionally, then it’s it provides the additional enjoyable to say like, okay, I’d actually like this type of a studying chair with like perhaps like a pom pom on this throw pillow. However making an attempt to suit your classroom into an aesthetic is one thing we might not advise. As a result of traits sort of come and go. And we after we began educating was it rainbow with chalkboard? Yeah, it was like actually aesthetic. uh-huh you do not forget that it was like oh yeah rock board and that i keep in mind chevron was like popping off oh yeah uh-huh chevron all the things we’re each in our classroom for positive and clearly that point has handed um however we stand by the issues that we’re capable of do functionally in our classroom so we might say begin there make a listing of your whole main tutorial wants after which sort of fill within the gaps with the issues which are lovely and that convey you pleasure

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Now, our listeners can’t see, however I’ve this like, dorky smirk on my face proper now. You understand, as you guys are speaking, I used to be simply smirking away as a result of, you already know, once I was youthful, my motto was like style earlier than operate, proper? It’s like, you already know, whether or not it’s no matter it was style earlier than operate, so I might be carrying like probably the most uncomfortable footwear and individuals are like, how do you stroll in these and I’d say like style earlier than operate, however

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Now that I’m previous, it’s like operate, operate, operate, operate, no, no, truly, I believe with our garments, we may relate to you on that. I’m carrying a wedge that like, truthfully, isn’t life like for a trainer to be carrying. However relating to the pregnant trainer to be carrying actually however like as an individual who um began educating and was thrown right into a classroom like like a pair months into the yr and was extraordinarily unorganized my first yr it devastated me i felt like i used to be continuously like making an attempt to love hold my head above water and now understanding the techniques that like we’ve got in place collectively in our artwork room it brings us a lot peace of thoughts um understanding that like even when stuff comes up in a day like our classroom is serving us so like we’re good we are able to determine something out as a result of there’s so many different issues which have been completed so deliberately and nonetheless lovely in fact however um yeah so we may have style and performance Sure.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
So change the mannequin. Yeah, we’ll change the mannequin to style operate operate.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
All the identical style operate enjoyable.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, oh, I like that. Go up on my wall. Yeah, I do know we talked about price range earlier than. So in the event you had a limiteless price range for only one space, not for the entire, like for the entire classroom, however perhaps only for one space of the classroom, which might you select? And the way would you make it completely extraordinary?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Oh, wow, this query bought us considering. So thanks. bringing that to gentle as a result of we don’t ever take into consideration a world the place we’ve got a limiteless price range. It’s by no means crossed our thoughts. So to dream just a little bit was actually enjoyable. And after we suppose to our makeover winners, Quite a lot of occasions, plenty of our price range does go to different seating choices of their classroom. As a result of plenty of the occasions in your classroom, what you’re given by your college is a set of furnishings that will not serve your college students. And so versatile seating is one thing that We like to present academics within the occasions the place we do have a price range and plenty of our price range does go to no matter their wants are and if that’s what their wants are and so they need to see versatile seating for his or her college students, we love to try this. So I believe within the artwork room, We had been excited about our tables don’t serve us the best way we wish to see it in an artwork room both. They’re very massive tables. We regularly have little college students reaching throughout which you already know could be disastrous. Paint cups and waters and paintbrush. So I believe that we might most likely do some improve on our desk scenario. We might do away with the classroom tables that had been simply handed to us that we simply make work in the environment and perhaps get some features higher for our artwork room. However I believe plenty of academics would agree that While you’re handed the desks that you simply, and typically academics wouldn’t have a selection at our faculty, they’d stroll into their room and so they had tables once they wished desks, or they’d desks once they wished tables, and also you simply need to make these issues work. And we’ve completed a fairly good job making it work. However in that scenario, we had a limiteless price range. I believe we might modify our furnishings scenario in right here, as we’re oftentimes welcoming 50 college students at one time, 8 college students round one desk and so they’re sharing a small quantity of provides and you may think about it. It’s not all the time clear and it’s not all the time functioning the most effective to its capability. You understand, price range, we’d make smaller class sizes.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Yeah. Oh, is that even an possibility?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
You stated one space. Possibly we’d add chandeliers and disco balls. Yeah, I don’t know. If it was limitless, we’d most likely go, I do know.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Proper. In January, I used to be lucky sufficient to go together with College Specialty as they did a classroom makeover for a trainer. They shocked this trainer in Houston. And guess what sort of room it was? It was an artwork room. So the furnishings, the tables, simply the group techniques, not simply the provides, however the entire room was simply remodeled. And I used to be like, drooling. I used to be like, I didn’t even know they made issues like this. So it was superb to see College Specialty coming in and like simply reworking this complete area. And it was unbelievable. So you could possibly take a look at a few of these tables and desks too. Yeah. And there might be like Barry that will probably be like, right here you go.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Listed here are the tables. Yeah. Somebody on the market.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Wink wink. Wink wink. I do know. Okay. Think about you could possibly journey again in time to your first yr of educating. What’s the single most impactful classroom group hack you’d share together with your youthful self and why?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
It’s humorous as a result of we truly suppose so fondly of our first school rooms as a result of clearly it was like our first impression of educating and we cared a lot about our school rooms that we dreamed of for years. And I discovered quite a bit from Loreal in school as a result of she graduated two years earlier than me and had had a classroom for 2 years. So I’d like go in and like volunteer for her simply to love, you already know, get just a little style of like educating whereas I used to be nonetheless in school. However I keep in mind each of our first school rooms and one factor that we each valued a ton was clearly storage. Now we have a a lot bigger room now as artwork academics, however on the time there have been so many issues in kinder and first grade that you could possibly maintain on to as like manipulatives or as like, you already know, with sure thematic learn alouds that you simply’re like, oh, I’ve to maintain this stuffy for that one lesson. Like, there’s simply so many issues. After which relating to storage within the rooms that we had, it was, there was, Both you wanted to go just a little bit excessive and have issues anchored excessive above your wardrobes or have issues low. Loreal was actually good. Her complete again wall was bulletin boards, however she had tables in entrance of them. And so then beneath each desk, she had totes or storage bins that had been actually massive that held a ton of stuff, however you wouldn’t see any of it as a result of she had this like lovely curtain that was like a theme. shade scheme that coated all the things that was alongside the sting of her desk. And so like issues like that, the place you must like, not simply take the storage. We got these apothecary wardrobes the place there’s 1,000,000 drawers. And issues like that don’t slot in these drawers. At the least ours had been very slender and lengthy and deep. And so there have been issues that like a storage tote is what you would wish. And so issues like that, we’d get artistic with and you may cowl it up in the event you’re capable of stack issues excessive. I do know there’s some occasions the place you must make sure that security is, thought-about. However there’s plenty of issues like that the place it’s like if you must retailer stuff, like get artistic about it, cowl it up. It’s all good. However I’ll conceal all of them. Personally, for first yr academics and for second yr academics or no matter. When you’re not utilizing it, I’d say don’t really feel the trainer guilt of like, but it surely was free or somebody left it for me. Eliminate stuff in the event you’re not utilizing it. Or if it’s not truly purposeful in your room, as a result of that was one thing I struggled with for most likely 4 years, a minimum of was like, holding on to a ton of stuff. And it like sort of frazzled my mind, however I continuously felt like there was potential to make use of sure issues instructionally. And thoughts you, once more, backyard I had facilities circulating and altering each single week. So something may have been used for a middle, however don’t be scared to sort of edit your stuff yearly. Edit it down. Is that this working for me? Is it not? May one other trainer use it greater than I may? I may present it to another person or simply donate or trash it relying on what it’s. However I believe that was one thing that like took me a very long time to study personally as a result of Loreal has been all the time actually good at enhancing her stuff. I really feel that I actually needed to work on as a result of for the longest time I hoarded stuff in my wardrobes and stuff. And till I removed it, did I actually see group, like true group the place I’m like, all the things right here has a house, has a objective.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Yeah. And I do know we’ve had earlier conversations about that being like organized hoarders or like having like, oh gosh, my home proper now, my summer time trip objective was to do away with plenty of my stuff. And it’s

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
all right here nonetheless. Each summer time child, each summer time.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
By yourself time. Possibly spring break, winter break, yeah.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Properly I believe it’s exhausting for individuals such as you and I too as a result of while you’re a artistic individual you see potential that you could possibly change this or that or have this particular operate and so I believe that doesn’t assist. I do know. And I’ll simply paint it or I’ll simply carry on it.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Uh-huh. Properly, we simply want any person to return and say, I really want this. Can I’ve it? And we’ll be like, right here you go. So you are feeling like there’s a objective, that may be a dream. I simply can’t do away with it.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
However I do know, however otherwise you want a Loreal as a result of she’s like professional.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Sure, sure, I do know. Loreal, what are you doing tomorrow?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
She wasn’t educating. I really feel like she may simply be like a house organizer.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Yeah, you’re like, say goodbye. Say thanks for the enjoyment that it introduced you. Marie Kondo it. Yep. I like that. Yeah. No, however thanks a lot for being right here. Now. Now we have a section on our podcast referred to as Tag You’re It, the place the listeners write in with a query. And immediately’s query isn’t educating associated. It comes from Jordan P. And the query is, in the event you may change locations with somebody, anybody for a day, who would it not be? And why?

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Oh my gosh. Okay. I’ve my reply.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
I’ve mine too.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Oh, I wouldn’t have stated it on the digital camera. Oh, yeah.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Okay, right here’s Stephanie Taylor Swift, Taylor.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
You’ll change your reply as a result of we talked about this on a regular basis. We dwell the identical life, however so no completely different. And it will be so useful, insightful, and so insightful. And simply each of us to really which is humorous as a result of like, I’d be house and she or he can be right here and it will be I desire a day within the life together with her on her days. And as a lot as like, I really feel like we do dwell a mirrored life, it will be very insightful to simply spend a day in her footwear. Now, you’re proper. I used to be not considering massive.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Okay, no, I do know.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
He’s proper, although. I’ll say I believe as mothers too the truth that we’re extraordinarily clear with one another it actually helps how trustworthy we’re as a result of it offers us plenty of perception when like plenty of issues as dad and mom you are feeling like oh am I doing the appropriate factor or what are my decisions like there are issues Loreal has introduced right into a dialog I’m like I’ve by no means considered that and our kids are so completely different too that it brings completely different methods up clearly my son’s on the spectrum so there’s plenty of issues that come up that she’s like I I didn’t know that you already know and vice versa

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
However I need to know why you selected Taylor Swift.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Let me let you know. And it’s not essentially as a result of individuals at Travis can see something. No, I simply really feel like that is so egocentric now. I really feel horrible. Don’t really feel dangerous. Rising up, I had this, and I’ve to thank my mother for this, I had this unreal, like I simply accepted the truth that in the future I used to be going to be a well-known pop star. And I most likely believed that with full certainty till I used to be like 15 years previous. After which actuality began hitting once I bought my first job and I’m like, what’s a W-2? Like, I used to be like, oh, this isn’t on the desk for you and that’s okay. However I used to be like a theater and choir child and I actually believed that. And so I believe in the future identical to understanding what it’s actually wish to be like a pop star and like, she’s clearly a mega icon. and businesswoman and identical to all the things, I simply suppose it will be enjoyable. Like, you already know, and to be on a stage and all that. That’s so egocentric in comparison with the place Loreal is. I simply give it some thought day-after-day as a result of I’d love to simply stroll a day in her life. And I’d love for her to stroll a day in my life. And I simply suppose that may be so cool simply to, yeah, simply expertise.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
And I simply Stephanie that you could possibly stroll round, you could possibly stroll round and say, Loreal needs to be me.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
She needs to be me. No, there’s issues although, if I used to be in Loreal’s like life that I really feel like I’d be like, okay, let me do that on for dimension. As a result of like she stated, it’s humorous how mirrored are like, yeah, there’s like very particular issues that like may by no means even be near the identical. Yeah, it will be attention-grabbing. However that’s enjoyable.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Oh, you guys are so fortunate to have one another and dealing collectively so effectively. Yeah. I want each trainer had a piece buddy, like work sister work buddy like that, you already know, of their faculties, lots of people reaching out, they’re like, I want I had that.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
And we want so deeply that everybody brings the consolation and care of like a superb good friend, particularly career. Yeah.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Properly, it actually you guys actually shine by within the quick little reels and the tick tocks that you simply guys share it actually your positivity and love for one another and love for the children actually shine by. So thanks for making that contagious love, you already know, simply, you already know, unfold to everybody who follows you.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
We’ve had a privilege to see you, Nancy, and it has been such a privilege as a result of we’ve discovered a lot.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
So thanks for sharing your time with us. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Properly, it was great having you again. Properly, I hope to have you ever guys again once more for for different extra episodes. However thanks. Thanks for being right here. We love you.

Company: Stephanie Osmundson & Loreal Hemenway @happilyeverelementary:
Love you. Thanks, guys.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Bye. Thanks for becoming a member of us for the seventh episode of The Schoolyard Podcast.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Bear in mind to pack your curiosity and meet us again within the schoolyard for our subsequent episode.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
However earlier than you go, tag you’re it! Now it’s your flip to jot down in with a query which we’ll reply right here on The Schoolyard Podcast for our section referred to as Tag You’re It.

Host: Nancy Chung @fancynancyin5th:
Tag us on Fb, Instagram, Pinterest, or Twitter, at SchoolSpecialty, and hashtag SchoolyardTagYourIt, with a query that you really want answered. One query will probably be chosen per episode to be answered by our featured visitor and myself, and in case your query is chosen to be answered on the podcast, we’ll ship you a really particular Schoolyard Podcast t-shirt. Class dismissed!