We have a winner!!!

Congrats to Mrs. L from Life With Mrs. L!  Send me an email and I'll get you hooked up so you can get a jump start on your holiday cards!

Don't forget to check out Sarah's blog next week for our next giveaway!  Thanks to all who are participating in and sponsoring Holly Bloggy Christmas.  It's going to be lots of fun!

Super Giveaway!

I've teamed up with Jennifer from Rowdy in First Grade and Rebecca from Teaching First to do a Super Giveaway!  It's November now (how'd that happen?!), so we're each giving away one of our Thanksgiving units.  Head over to Rowdy in First Grade and enter to win.  You won't want to miss out on this opportunity!

 

Pumpkin Spice Math and Literacy Unit by Jennifer at Rowdy in First Grade

 

Turkey in the Straw Packet: Language Arts and Math By Rebecca at Teaching First. 

Thanksgiving Math Feast from moi!



Holly Bloggy Giveaway #2!!

I'm so excited to announce our SECOND giveaway!  (There are still 7 more, can you believe it?!)  If you have not yet joined Holly Bloggy Christmas, check it out.  Sign ups for participants and sponsors end Monday, October 31st at midnight!  You won't want to miss out...the giveaways only get better and better.



This week we are offering you a chance to get a jumpstart on your Christmas cards!  Christmas is coming...  Fast.  And we want you to have super fabulous Christmas cards!  Jennifer Mecca Designs is offering one lucky participant a digital card design.  Her cards are absolutely adorable!  She will customize it with your photos and text, then email you a proof to upload and print your cards anywhere (Walgreens, WalMart, Shutterfly, etc). 

You have 3 chances to enter to win this fun prize!

-Visit Jennifer Mecca's etsy store and leave a comment here to let us know which Christmas card is your favorite.

- We want to know: When do you usually send out Christmas cards?  Are they ready to be mailed on December 1st?  Or do you send out "New Years Cards" because time slipped away?!  Leave your answer here in the comments.

-BONUS entry Sunday and Monday only: Blog about Holly Bloggy Christmas and our giveaway, letting people know that time is running out to join in the fun!  Leave a link to your post in the comments.  Since sign ups end Monday night, this entry will only be accepted today and Monday! 

This giveaway starts now and ends on Friday, November 4th at 11:59pm.  I will use a random number generator to select the winner.  The winner will be announced on Saturday, November 5th.

Good luck!

A little fall fun!

Is it really only Wednesday?!  I swear, yesterday feels like forever ago.  And I'm still nowhere near ready for tomorrow. 

But even though my stack of school work is taller than I am, I wanted to share a little fall freebie with my friends! {Blogging is so much more fun than grading papers.}  This is going in my math stations next week as a little review of the ways to represent numbers.  There's a good chance I'll make a worksheet to go with it, but I haven't gotten there yet... {you understand, right?}

Cut them apart and the students match up the different representations of the number!  Quick review, fun, and cute!  Click here to grab a copy.

Oh, and a little funny to get through the rest of the week:

So I have my little kinderfriends lined up and ready for the hall when all of a sudden, this teeny tiny little one with glasses that slide off his nose ALL.DAY.LONG. and the sweetest, softest, most precious and hilarious little voice runs up to me...

"Teacher!Teacher!IleftmyjacketI'mgoingtogogettit."  {That is totally how he talks. All strung together and rushed and breathy.  Hilarious.  And yes, I still have 2 friends who call me teacher.  Even though I refer to myself in the third person eleventy million times a day.}

"Wait.  Where exactly are you going?"

"Tothebaffroom..."  {with one foot out the door...}

"Why is your jacket in the bathroom?"

He thought for a second and slowed down to tell me: "Well, I took it off so I wouldn't get poop on it."

All I could do is nod and point out the door, giving him permission to retrieve his unpoopy jacket.  I don't think I want to know what exactly was going on in that stall for it to be rough enough to take off his jacket.  Ohhhh, the children...they keep me laughing.

PS: If you're not signed up for Holly Bloggy Christmas.  Do it!  Now!  The first of NINE giveaways ends this Friday and you must be a participant to enter.  Check it out here.

 

Oh boy, oh boy!!!

Hey everyone!  "Geez" is all I can say about my week so far.  Seriously.  Am I the only one who is just absolutely drowning in this year?  So much work, so little time.

BUT--- there's no time to even think about things that are less than amazing because this week kicks off the ever so fabulous Holly Bloggy Giveaways!  Sarah and I are so excited!  We have well over 60 people signed up to exchange gifts and lots of AH-mazing sponsors who can't wait to stuff your stockings with their wonderful teacher resources.  If you haven't already signed up as a participant or sponsor, you won't want to waste any time.  Monday, October 31st is the deadline!  And all of these crazy awesome giveaways are for Holly Bloggy-ers only.  I don't want anyone to be left out!

Now on to our first giveaway!  A super cute teacher banner from Whimzy Creations.  Check it out!

Aww, precious, huh?!  Sarah is hosting the giveaway this week, so head over there for all of the details on how to enter.
And to think...there are still 8 more weeks of these superfab giveaways!!  I can't wait to share the rest of them with you guys!  Good luck!

We have a winner!!

Amy over at the Resource(ful) Room is the lucky winner of my Fabulous Follower Giveaway!!!  Congratulations!!  I'll be in touch today to get you all of your fabulous prizes!

{Sorry that I didn't have time to make a pretty little announcement.  I'm leaving for a weekend trip in 30 minutes and I'm not dressed, made up, or packed!!!  Aaahh!  Lord help the poor people who have to look at me if I can't get myself together in the next few minutes.}

And speaking of giveaways, check out the news about our amazing Holly Bloggy Giveaways!!!  You seriously won't want to miss out!

Holly Bloggy Giveaways!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... 

Who am I kidding?!  It's still October.  And the only place that looks like Christmas is Cracker Barrel and Hobby Lobby.  But that's a start.  And, I mean, I did have some frost on my windshield this morning...  That counts, right?

Even though we haven't quite hit Halloween yet, Sarah and I are ready to spread some holiday cheer!  If you haven't already heard about our super fabulous Holly Bloggy Christmas gift exchange, click here to read all about it.  Then come back.  Don't worry, we'll wait for you.

Ok, now that everyone's caught up, we have something crazy awesome in store for you.  Are you ready??

9 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!!  Forget about the 12 Days of Christmas!  The 9 Weeks of Holly Bloggy Giveaways is where it's at this holiday season.  Starting next week, we will have one giveaway a week until Christmas!  There will be different ways to enter each week, but you must be a Holly Bloggy participant and/or sponsor to win.  We have over 50 teacher bloggers signed up to exchange gifts and several awesome sponsors who can't wait to fill up your "virtual stocking" with teaching goodies, but you know how it is...the more the merrier {especially when it comes to gifts}.

Now, one of the best parts about Christmas is the suspense.  So Sarah and I want to keep you guessing, but sweet Sarah made this cute slideshow to give you a sneak peak at what's ahead in the coming weeks.  Our very first giveaway will be next week over on Sarah's blog, Kindergarten Korner.  Head over there and make sure you follow her so you don't miss out on the announcement!

This scrapbooking design created with Smilebox

I hope all of our participants are as excited as we are!  And if you want in on all the fun, shoot us an email at hollybloggychristmas@gmail.com.  The deadline for signing up is October 31st.  We can't wait to announce all of our giveaways and see what everyone gets from their secret pal on Christmas morning!