Congratulations Wendy on winning the One for YOU, One for a FRIEND giveaway. Check your e-mail for the details!
This has been such an exciting giveaway for me, and I was inspired by all of your encouraging comments on how you turn a bad day around. If you didn’t win the giveaway, I still have something for you!
Please download this free printable quote as a thank you for entering. It would be so great if you printed one off for a friend too and attached some lemonade, a Sunny-D, or even some chocolate. Feel free to frame it or print off multiples to a page for a card. It’s a great reminder that if you’re having a tough day today, tomorrow is a new day!
Click on the picture to download your free printable
Thanks for entering and check back often for more encouragement posts and giveaways!
I love to give gifts and encourage others. Often times I think I’m more excited than the gift receiver for them to open a gift I’ve given them. It just does something for my soul to see others encouraged and loved.
As educators it’s easy to become discouraged or overwhelmed with the day-to-day tasks, and sometimes all we need is a friendly gesture or word that says “You can do this!”
Sooooooo… this month I’m giving away 2 TpT Gift Certificates to any TpT Store! WAHOOOO! There is one certificate for you to enjoy and one certificate for a friend or co-worker that needs a “pick-me-up”.
There is only one entry that is required…and the rest are optional. I wanted to make it as easy as possible. So, the required entry is that you comment below with either your favorite inspirational quote OR your idea on how to turn a bad day around. Once you’ve done that go ahead and check it off on the rafflecopter (required). Check back here on Thursday, April 24. to see if you’ve won!
Follow along my blog, store and Facebook page for future giveaways, products, and encouragement posts! a Rafflecopter giveaway
The last few days we’ve talked about your mind and some ways to begin to change it. Next up, is looking outside of ourselves to the relationships that are inevitable in a school situation and so important in our journey to love education.
Sorry for the two-day hiatus. Between family day, special music, and a stomach bug, I’ve been out of commission…but I’m back now, hopefully for the long haul.
One of the biggest turning points in changing my mind to think more positively of education, and something I still have to fight today, is knowing where I get my self-worth is from. I think this is one of the greatest factors when it comes to positive or negative self-talk.
Have you ever noticed that when you’re having “one of those days” everything seems to pile up and go wrong, and of course all of your students seem to jump on board? Have you equally been aware of a day that is going great, and recognized that even when minor problems come up you are able to solve them and move on with your “great day”?
Turning a bad day around is not easy! We tell our children that if they want to accomplish a new or difficult feat they have to “put their mind to it”. Guess what? We do too!
As Educators, there can be a huge disconnect between what we do and the heart of teaching. In my first year of teaching, I remember being observed by my principal and I remember she told me that I had the heart of a teacher, and now I could continue to work on the art. She explained how the art of educating could be taught, but the heart was much more difficult.
Over the years to follow, I grew in the art of teaching, became a great lesson planner, filled out forms (and on time!), became better familiar with standards and implementing them, caught up with the latest behavior management practices etc. …but I felt like in the middle of all that, I lost some of the heart.
Maybe this rings a bell with some of you. Perhaps you’re at the beginning of your teaching journey and want to keep the love you have for education at the forefront, maybe you are at home now, like me, and want to inspire your child towards excellence… or possibly you’re one step from walking away from it all.
Over the next 31 days I want to explore with all of you, small little ways that we can get back to that love that inspired us to teach in the first place. Check back in every day this month for “31 Ways to Heart Edu”.
Hey Everyone! I’m SO excited that the biggest sale of the year is finally here!!! I know that I have my wish list FULL and ready to shop. 🙂 Feel free to head on over to My TpT Store and see if there’s anything you’d like to use for the upcoming school year.
I thought it would be fun to link-up with Collaboration Cuties for a fun way to highlight some of the most wish-listed items in my TpT store, as well as my personal top wish-listed item (that’s about to move over to my shopping cart!). Continue reading →
The cool ocean breeze, the wind in your hair and the sun on your skin…I just LOVE the ocean. I had the opportunity to teach Kindergarten on an island in the South Pacific for a year. While it was an incredibly challenging year for me, I was blessed to be in one of the most beautiful places on earth. The scuba diving was rated one of the top 10 most beautiful dives in the world! I had always loved the ocean before that, but now that I’ve been able to swim with dolphins, sharks, colorful fish and amazing corral…I’m hooked!
I couldn’t help but create an Ocean/Beach Theme that I hope will help you and your students really “dive” into learning this next year! This ocean theme is jam packed with everything you need to set up your classroom from calendar time to your job chart. The best part??? It has EDITABLE pages in Adobe Reader! So you can type what you’d like, using the same fonts and backgrounds that are in the unit!
Here’s a preview of what’s inside:
Here’s a description of the pages you’ll find inside this ocean themed classroom set:
-Word Wall Title and ABC Word Wall cards (vowels in red, blank labels included)
-OCEAN (Organized Communication Every Achiever Needs) Newsletter Template
-Blank Ocean Bordered pages for letters and printables
-Ocean Name Tag with Skills
(Alphabet w/ pictures, numbers to 20, colors, left & right)
Congratulations Wendy on winning the One for YOU, One for a FRIEND giveaway. Check your e-mail for the details!
