Blog Design Giveaway…Photo Challenge…Pics of my Room YIKES!

A Photo a Day Challenge
I am participating in the August 2015 photo challenge. Today is the first day and the “A Photo a Day”challenge thru #EDUGOOD. The challenge today is “Bestie” in honor of “National Girlfriend’s Day”.

Blog Design Giveaway
I am super excited to announce I am giving away a free blogger blog design through my Facebook page. It’s simple to enter, just leave a comment on my Facebook page and you are in!! In addition from now until August 10th I am offering 20% off my design package.

A Work in Progress
So as I shared before my co-teacher and I moved to two classrooms with a connecting wall that has doors that slide open. We have been crazy busy trying to move furniture and get it set up. Today I will share our “before” pictures. We have so much combined stuff there was barely a path going through the classroom. At this point when we took the picture, everything had been moved to one room because the other side was getting a new floor. Don’t laugh too hard!!
             

Got Cars??

Happy Sunday!!
Can you believe we lose a whole precious hour today? Noooooo say it isn't true!! 

So today I am linking up with a bunch of my Kinderland Blogger Friends and we are having a SALE!!! Yep, it's true and just for you!! 

I was paired up with the EVER FABULOUS..... KACI HOFFER!!! I just luvers that girl, and her blog  Mrs. Hoffer's Spot! She is just a sweet person and she makes super cute activities that the kids LOVE!!!

Do you have a bunch of these laying around??

If not then run out to the Dollar Tree and grab the 8 pack pictured above because they fit PERFECTLY on this......

Seriously!!! My boys walked into the classroom and saw this laying on the table and they instantly wanted it!!! I told them it wasn't ready....it still needed cut and laminated and they did not care!!

They are CVC words done in a road font so the kiddo's 'drive' their little cars over the road and sound out the words. 

You could use it with lower kids and they could name the letter or the letter sound! My boys wanted it NOW!!!!

It comes with 20 road word cards and 20 matching pictures.

You can glue each picture to the back of the word so it is self correcting. The kiddo's just flip their card to see if they read the word correctly. 

AND....she made 4 record sheets to pair with the activity.

Even your struggling learners will be jumping at a turn with this center!! It is on sale for the next 3 days. You can grab a copy for......

.....wait for it.....

$4.00

YUP!! I'm serious....it's on sale for the next 3 days!!

Oh, and guess what?? Kaci said I could also give away a copy here!! Just leave me a comment and I will pick a winner Monday night. 

You can grab this item here.

And be sure to stop over at Mrs. Hoffer's Spot and show her some love!!

You can visit everyone participating in the sale by following the linky party below!!

March Clip Art Freebie

I was playing around with a different art program today to see if it was any easier to draw with. I made a few pieces of March clip art that you can grab here for free. Just right click and select 'save as'.

Girl with shamrock

Striped shamrock

Dot shamrock

Today I gave my Kindergarten Math Story Problems set a complete makeover. I changed the font, added colored mats for each design, and I added a number line to every page. I really like how it turned out! I think it is even better than the original file. If you previously purchased it from my TPT store be sure to download the new version. 

If you do not have a copy you can leave a comment and your email below. I will give away 3 sets on Friday. Speaking of Friday, I have set a personal goal to make Friday's my Fabulous Freebie day. My goal is to post a new clip every Friday!!

Did I show you what I got for Valentine's Day???

Yes!!! Another new grandbaby...that's 2 new babies in 15 days if you are keeping count!

Have a great week!!!

Join in the fun....FB Scavenger Hunt

Happy Saturday!!!

I just wanted to stop in and tell you about the awesomeness that is happening on FB on this 

Sunday at 3:00! I have joined up with a few of my fabulous friends to host a FB Blog Fans 

Scavenger hunt! Sound fun right

So here is the deal 

There are 16 bloggers participating and each is donating a fan-ta-bu-lous prize

To win all you have to do is follow the clues and leave a comment on the person's FB page with 

the correct answer

Shuna from Pocket Full of Kinders will give the first clue here at 3 p.m. central time on Sunday

Once you figure out what fabulous blogger her clue refers to leave their name or link in the 

comments! All fans who answer the clue correctly will be entered into the individual drawing as

well as the big drawing!

To find the next clue you will hop over to that person's FB page, you can get to it by visiting their

blog and clicking on the FB button in the sidebar,  and read your next clue

There are 16 clues so that is 16 chances to win

There will be a winner for each clue 

Each winner will then be put into the big drawing where they will have a chance to win it all!

Before we look at the prizes here are the rules

* you must follow each person's FB page!

( You can do this before hand but we will check to make sure that you are a follower!)

* You can only comment once to each clue {So make it good}

*You can comment between the times 3p.m. central time and 7p.m. central time

*Winners will be announced at 8p.m.

( If the random number thingy chooses you as a winner and you have not followed each FB
another winner will be chosen)

Take a look at the prizes that will go into the big drawing

Pst, this may or may not be your little cheat sheet

First up is 

Me, hehe

See you Sunday

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Alphaclips, Something Clever, and a Winner!

Hi Teacher Friends!

Did you find great deals at the TPT sale? There are always so many great products to choose from. There are a lot of very talented teachers out there!!  I am having a lot....a LOT, of fun making my clip art. I am slowly getting the free alphaclip set finished. I will have something for C tomorrow. What should I do? Carrot? Cap? Cactus?

Congrats to Stacy!!

 You won a copy of my brand new December Centers Packet. I am especially proud of this set because I drew every piece of clip art used in the entire set. You can find it in my TPT store. It includes 9 fun and colorful games for your Kinders. Hand's on and fun, with a record sheet for every activity.

December CC Language Arts and Math Activities for Kindergarten

I saw the cutest bulletin board today at school....can you say clever? It is made with foam cups, isn't it cute?

I can't wait for Monday at school. I will be doing Elf on a shelf! I have found SO many fun activities for it!! I will take lots of pictures!! Have a great week!!

:) Nancy

Weekend Giveaway!!

I am so excited.....did you see my new blog address? I am now www.joyofkindergarten.com. I have been trying to figure out the directions to set this up for days. It is far beyond my computer abilities...that is for sure!!
So I would like to have a little weekend giveaway. I am giving away one set of my October Kindergarten Homework Packet. It includes 4 weeks of homework with an October theme. Although I designed it with homework in mind I think it would also be awesome as morning arrival work, or something to do for kiddo's who finish early.

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Have a fabulous weekend!!

Giveaway Winner!!

I have a giveaway in the works for when I hit 300 blog followers!! It is sure to be AWESOME! You won't want to miss it. I have a brand new math center that we have been using this week with a football theme. Here is a preview:

I will post pictures of this new center, and the other fun things we have done so far this week tomorrow!

Congrats to Kelly B. and Karyn W. you won my blog giveaway!! 

If you missed my recent post about the product exchange you can read about it here. I had the opportunity to review the 'AT' Word Family Packet, created by Shuna from Pocket Full of Kinders. My students really enjoyed the activities (and we are actually still using them in our 'Word Work' centers). Kelly B. you won the 'AT' packet and Karyn won my Kindergarten Homework Packet.

Product Swap with Pocket Full of Kinders

Fall has arrived and so has this quarters installment of the "Great Product Swap". This time around I was paired with the super talented, super funny teacher Shuna  from Pocket Full of Kinders.
She always makes me laugh with her witty blog. She also makes great teaching packets that your students are sure to enjoy. For the product swap I got to review her "At Word Family Pack". It was AWESOME!! ...Over 100 pages of greatness. Check it out:

The packet includes the following:

*-at family word cards with pictures
*identify the beginning sound of each -at word with pictures
*-at word family playdough and trace mat
*stamping -at words
* cut and paste
* I have Who Has
* -at words mini book
* cut and paste -at words mini book
* word search
*write the room
*mystery word ( figure out the mystery -at word)

I selected three centers from the packet to start. The first was the playdoh mats. My dear sweet co-teacher and fabulous friend is not a fan of playdoh...and since the room is carpeted the custodian is likely not a fan either, lol. Guess what...that was A-OK because the kids loved using the wiki sticks to make their "At" words. They also love using the wipe off markers....funny the things that motivate kids (besides the appealing teaching activities of course). 

 Next we used the word cards with magnetic letters. The kiddo's found the missing beginning sound letter or matched the letter depending on their ability level.

And for their 3rd center they did the "At" Family take-home book. The kiddo's colored and filled in the missing "At"word. 

And there was SOOOOO much more! It has enough activities for at least two weeks or more!! So guess what? Shuna is having a sale on this great packet! You can visit her TpT store and snag a copy. While you are there check out all of her other great items. I also love her Chicka Boom Playdoh Mats . She has 75 items in her store so you are sure to find something to fit your kiddo's needs....and they will LOVE it!! OK,now for the best news...... Shuna said I can give away one copy of her 'At' word pack! And I am throwing in a copy of my September Kindergarten Common Core Homework Packet as well. Just follow the directions below and you will be entered to win!!  

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Now head on over to Pocket Full of Kinders to see her review of my products. Stop back tomorrow! I have a brand new clip art set and I am giving away a copy of this to all of my followers!! Here's a sneak peek!!