Recently I visited a kindergarten teacher while her children were having rest time. We looked at her classroom and how to maximize her space.
As I was leaving, rest time was over. “Watch this,” she said. She reached into her desk and pulled out a button that she pushed. It played the Jeopardy theme song which was the signal for her students to put away their mats and move to the carpet for instruction. It worked like magic! She told me she’d gotten it at Hallmark a few years ago.
She then showed me her other buttons. She had one that plays James Brown’s “I Feel Good”. For small group, she has the famed “Easy” button from Staples. In fact, I have that one, too! Do you have any buttons you use in your classroom?
Debbie Diller 
I have a “square” button that when press plays the “Get Crunked” theme song that our Saints football team uses……but sadly it just made the kids go crazy and didn’t help at all in my classroom!!!! I guess I could just use it at dismissal time on Fridays though. 😉
I have the Q&A button as well as an “In the Zone” button that plays the Twilight Zone theme song!
Where do you get those buttons?
Victoria, the buttons usually come from Hallmark. Recently, Walmart even has some of them in their Hallmark section. I have the Jeopardy one from there, plus a Pep Talk button. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the In the Zone button there too. The Easy button is from Staples, of course.