Teacher Survival 101--Emergency Kit

While this is only my third year of teaching, it didn't take but only a few days during my first year of teaching, actually make that my first year of student teaching, to realize I will need a few extra items in my purse to get me through each day.  As I threw a few more items in my bag each week, I realized it was getting a little out of control with the mini pharmacy I was beginning to store in there and the added weight was making me pack even more meds into the bag for aches and pains.

I had seen emergency kits on Pinterest before, and am the master at packing lists and toiletry kits, so I knew exactly what I needed to do for my classroom.

First, I decided to pack absolutely everything I may eventually, someday, maybe need.  If I were to actually do this, I would need a whole filing cabinet full of things to ease aches, pains, hunger, and so on.  After I begrudgingly eased up on my Type-A-must-have-everything-perfectly-just-so I narrowed it down to just the essentials of things that I would need on any given day for any given {most likely} emergency.  And I came up with this...

Emergency Kit
1.  Cute plastic box with lid {I got mine at Target a year or two ago}
2.  Airborne
3.  Tea
4.  Tylenol/Advil
5.  Pepto Bismol
6.  Sudafed
7.  Bandaids
8.  Makeup {cover up}
9.  Deodorant
10. Shout wipes
11. Sewing kit
12. Summer's eve wipe

In the Zipper Bag
1.  Toothbrush
2.  Toothpaste
3.  Floss

It makes my life as a teacher just a tiny bit easier....and when it comes to teaching, I'll take what I can get to make my life easier.  I hope this gave you some ideas for your classroom or even a smaller one {in a cosmetic bag} for your purse!