Well, you have had a chance to check out the awesomeness of the Osmo Gaming System at its best in my classroom. (If you haven't seen it yet, head on over to check it out!) It is great for word work, math, and creative thinking. 
Well, now is your chance to get this educational tool up and running in your room. Just follow the Rafflecopter directions and cross your fingers and cross your toes for good luck! Some of the entries can be earned if you share every day, so don't miss out!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Do you see anyone you know on here? {Debbie Clement} and {Deanna Jump}? Well . . . It gets better than that! {Kathleen Pedersen}, {Deedee Wills}, and{Kim Adsit} are also presenting! Wow, right? Oh, and {Ron Clark} too!!

I'm just a small fish, but I have the opportunity of presenting at an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, little workshop. I know what you are thinking . . . why is SHE presenting at a kindergarten conference?

Did you know that my very first job was in kindergarten? I taught the little guys for 8 years back in the 'morning/afternoon' class days. I want to share some of my ideas with you . . . and I think they are sorta cool. As a matter of fact, I still use many of these ideas in my 2nd grade classroom. Organization of stations is never an easy task, but I finally think I have it down to a science! (Yeah, and now I'm heading into retirement!)

It's time for the giveaway! Are you ready to win one for your classroom? I'm sure loving mine! I sat down to sharpen about 50 pencils today and it only took me 5 minutes! I know I had to crank the handle, but it is so easy to turn that it didn't seem like I was even sharpening them! They are so sharp too! Click {here} to check them out. You even get your choice of color!

I had never tried one of their games because I thought I had to have a SMART Board. However, I found out that you can run them on a computer! My kids have had a blast checking them out too. The 'Phonics Quiz Game Show' is one of their favorite games.

It allows the students to choose their box and gives them a question. Here is an example of one of the questions. Here's what happens if they get the answer wrong:

2012 was a great year, don't you think? {Monica} and I thought we would start 2013 off with a bang. We have some linky parties set up for a GIVEAWAY! Some lucky winners will win lots of grade level goodies! 

There will be a kindergarten giveaway, a 1st grade giveaway, a 2nd grade giveaway, a 3rd grade giveaway, a 4th grade giveaway, a 5th grade giveaway, and a 6th grade giveaway.

If you would like to contribute items for a linky, just head on over to this {blog post} to get more info. I will take submissions until this Sunday, January 6, 2013.

The giveaway isn't live yet. I want to get your awesome resources set up first. Don't forget to link your blog up as well! I want people to be able to see what awesome teachers we have out in the blogosphere! 

If you know some blogging buddies that may want to contribute, please let them know! The more the merrier!

I hope today went well with your precious little ones. Thankfully, little ones are so resilient. 

 I wanted to share an idea that turned out really cute! My friend, Rachel was at Michael's the other day and found these cute little canvas squares! She was buying white, but when I found out they had black, I was all over it! Even better, there were 8 to a pack! Here's what they look like. 








Then, most of us probably have some craft paint in the closet and old paintbrushes. Even if you have to buy some paint it's like $0.69 or something, right? The paint dries very quickly, so you can complete these in one day!

I did have the kids use the clear twinkle paint over their masterpieces to give it a shimmery look! Then, we slapped a magnet to the backs of these puppies and we are ready to roll! 

Remember, if you would like to do something that is fun and educational too, be sure to check out my math mysteries! They are CCSS aligned and I have lots for the winter months too.

Just click the pics to check them out! I know the kids will love them! The first two mini-mysteries are FREE!

Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks so much to all of you who entered. Hopefully, you found some awesome blogs and TpT stores to follow. I know I did!

Now to the surprise . . . We figured that since so many of you came out to join our Rockin' Giveaway ~ Just for the Heck of It ~ We would choose three winners! That's right, count'em ~ 1, 2, 3! 

I know what you are thinking right now. Just shut up and tell us who won, you big dork! Okay, okay, here it goes! And the winners, from 4,525 entries, who have won all of these FABULOUS teaching resources, are . . .(look on the Rafflecopter form)



Congrats again to Kelly, Jennifer, and Casey! You ROCK!

Happy Sunday!

Are you ready for this? It's time for a Giveaway and you can score almost $170 worth of goodies from some of your old favorites and some awesome new sellers as well. 

You can check out the materials by clicking on the links below. Then, just start clicking to earn your entries. Be sure to follow all the entry requirements. You don't want to get your entry deleted for not reading the directions! (You know we are the worst at reading directions and are the first to complain about our students not following directions!) Well, you better get started! Thanks for stopping by!

Hi there everyone! Long time no talk . . . sorry about that! To make it up to you, I would like to recruit a bunch of my buddies to contribute one of their amazing products that I will use to create one Rockin' Giveaway!


If you would like to contribute an item, add a link that heads to your item so people can check it out. After you link up, be sure to fill out the {Google Doc}!

In the description, please provide:

1. The name of your product.
2. The normal price of your item.
3. Grade levels that your product is appropriate for.