To theme or not to theme, that is the question...

For months I have been thinking up themes for my classroom. I have been surfing the net for hours on end looking for inspiration and decorating ideas. I have found so many cute theme ideas to choose from. A few of my favorites are garden, fairy tale, jungle and candyland. I came really close to deciding on the jungle theme but in the end decided against it. I decided to go with no theme at all and here is why. First of all I find that no matter how great your theme is, it gets boring after a while and I don't want to go all out buying everything to match my theme only to have to change it next year. The other reason behind my decision not to go with a theme is the fact that I am a perfectionist with an addictive personality. If I went with a theme I would have to go all the way and any little thing that I needed but couldn't get to fit in with my theme would drive me nuts! So there it is, no theme for me. Now I just have to work on making my class as inviting and interesting as possible without a theme to help me. I am up to the challenge look forward to trying to out do myself. Time will tell if I can pull it off...