Arrrr you ready for back to school? Blog Hop

I am SUPER excited to be a part of my very first ever BLOG HOP!!!! I am teaming up with some fabulous early childhood teachers to help you get ready for back to school! Make sure that you hop along through all the blogs for a chance to win some awesome prizes and resources for your classroom:) There are 15 teachers/bloggers who are linking up together!

I am giving away my Nursery rhyme sets!! That is a total of 30 centers! 15 literacy activities and 15 math activities! I am looking forward to using this with my kiddos over the next few weeks. The centers in these packs are perfect for the beginning of the year of kindergarten or as a review or RTI for the beginning of first grade.  You can click on the images to check out the preview of each unit:)

Enter the rafflecopter for your chance to win!!! I wish you the best of luck!! Winners will be announced on Monday:) 

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Hop over to Fun in ECSE to check out her giveaway!!! Click on her blog button to head to her blog. Then hop over to the next blog in the hop until you reach the end!!

Thank you so very much for stopping by and participating in this Early Childhood blog hop!

Five for Friday 8-7-15

I started my first official week back this week! To say it was exhausting would be an UNDERSTATEMENT!!!! It was a great but super busy week!! Here's a recap of my week thanks to the link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching!

We started our school year off with a county wide celebration! All 5000 teachers from my county came! Our state superintendent spoke and I absolutely love him! He has a great vision for our state and his philosophy of education lines up with mine. He told us it was time for the teachers to be able to make the decisions about what goes on in their classrooms. It is time to get back to best practice! I couldn't be happier. 

I got to meet my sweet kinders at meet the teacher on Tuesday! It was so great to put faces to all those names:) They were super sweet and we had a great time!

These are their prizes! The top secret card is the ready confetti poem. 

These are my goals for my classroom this year. I am looking forward to a fantastic year!!

Here is a peek at our first day! We had so much fun!!!!!

My kinder teacher friends will understand that statement! HA! Some days it is just like herding cats! I wouldn't trade it for the world though. I LOVE MY JOB!!! 

We tried to fit everyone in the kinder selfie but it wouldn't work.. I need a selfie stick hehehe! 

Well folks that's my week! It was fun and exhausting! I am planning on getting lots of rest this weekend because next week is a full week with my kinders!!!!!!!

Head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching to link up and join in on the five for Friday fun!

TPT sale and Back to school!!

It's my official first day back at school!! No kiddos until Thursday though:) I am celebrating my first day back by loading up my TPT cart and getting some great deals!! 

I have also added a few new things to my TPT store!! I am going to be doing nursery rhymes with my kinders this year. It amazes me how many kids these days are not familiar with nursery rhymes!!! I created several mini units using the FABULOUS Creative Clips nursery rhyme clipart! It may be my favorite set yet! I say that about all the sets I have from her HA! She is so talented and I just can't resist those sets!!!

My nursery rhyme sets are on sale today and tomorrow:) You can click on the covers to check them out!!! Happy shopping:)

 I hope my friends going back to school with me and those who still have a few days or weeks left I wish you tons of success and a FABULOUS 2015-2016 school year!!!! You guys ROCK!!!!

Must Have Monday

I am linking up with the girls at Freebielicious for this must have Monday! There are so many things that we as teachers need to help our day run smoother!! Here is my list of things I couldn't live without...besides laptops, ipads, and my smartboard!

My teaching friends... aka my PLN! I couldn't make it without these people. They are there to bounce ideas off of, to plan with, and to listen to me if it's been a bad or fab day! I am very thankful for these people! Some of them are my coworkers and some of them I have met through my TPT and blogging journey! I would strongly suggest that you surround yourself with other teachers that share your passion!

The next thing that I MUST have is my scotch laminator!! I love, love, love it! It comes in handy and makes laminating easier! We have a laminating committee at school so not everyone can just run in there and laminate quickly. We have to turn in our stuff and then someone does it. It is nice to have my little laminator on those days that I need something done quickly and especially in the summer!

I also must have my Whole Brain teaching rules! Whole brain teaching has been a life saver for me! It has changed my classroom and student engagement and most of all it is so much fun!

I love quotes all kinds of quotes! I teach kindergarten and I know that most of my kiddos can't read these quotes but I love having the inspiration hanging in my room! 

I could not live without my sterile containers that my kids use to organize their table supplies! It helps cut down on passing out and collecting supplies because they are right there for the kiddos to grab when we need them!

I love my center tubs! Everything for each center goes in the tub. Manipulatives, recording sheet if needed, pens, crayons and markers. They grab the tub find a spot and get busy!

 

The last thing that I must have is my Diet Pepsi! Caffeine gets me through the day! 

Thanks for stopping by to read about my must have Monday! What are your must haves?  Head over to Freebielicious to link up and join in the fun!!

Markdown Monday 7-20-15

I am linking up for the first time with Kelly and Kim's Kindergarten Kreations for Markdown Monday! What a great linky! I am so glad that I found it!
If you are like me this summer is going by way to fast! I start back to school in just 2 short weeks! I have been trying to plan out those first few weeks!! I created this unit to use at the beginning of the year, I also created it for the #TPTsellerschallenge :)
This unit contains 16 activities! 8 literacy centers and 8 math centers. It is originally priced at $5.00 and for this markdown Monday edition it will $300 until Friday! You can click on the cover to grab this unit!

                    

The activities are great for the beginning of the year for kindergarten or as a review for first grade:) 

Thanks for stopping by to read about my markdown Monday! Head over to Kelly and Kim's Kindergarten Kreations to link up and grab some great deals!