Rock Names

I have to giggle at the title of this post - yes, my charges are little rock stars for sure...!  It looks as if I am in the midst of a rock fetish - the last time I wrote about rocks was when I was inspired to integrate them into Language and Geography lessons as seen in the post HERE.  This time, the idea came to me to use smaller ones as place holders in the classroom.  Oftentimes, the children enjoy "holding their place" with a name tag if they must step away from their work at any given point in the morning.  Last year, we used laminated American flags for this purpose which you can see in THIS POST.  While preparing classroom materials for this coming school year, I wanted to think of a way make a placeholder without having to laminate anything.  While I have nothing against laminated name tags (in fact, I LOVE laminating things in general!) I just wanted something a little more soothing to the eye - after all, these will be in use everyday and sometimes that shiny glare can get tiresome...  Again, rocks to the rescue:

Our Rock Names  to be used as placeholders in the classroom.  

I decided to place them in the tray so that each name can easily be seen.  Also, later in the year, I plan to add the children's last names on the on the other side of each stone.  Can you just see the little hands reaching for their names?  :)