Thursday, August 2, 2012

Finally!

Finally.  It's here and I can share. Wa-hoo!

Ce-le-brate good times, c'mon!  {you're singing}

There are many things to celebrate in the teaching world. I hope this site can bring you tons of fresh, fun, and most importantly, simple ideas to implement in your classroom.  To find out more on why I started this, see the about page.

Today, August 2nd, 2012 marks the first day of this site.  So, please bear with me as I get this site up and running :)  Hang out--there are so many good things coming to this little place.

So let's get right to it...Do you have a meet-the-teacher night at your school?  Or a supply drop-off time?  Let's think about this--this is a huge event for the little ones.  They get to meet THEIR TEACHER.  I don't think anything can be more exciting to a student than to find out who will be their teacher.  And we are just as excited!!  We are ready to put the faces with the classlist we were given.  It's a celebrity night....you have your new students and you have your older students who just want to stop by and say hi.  It's exhausting...in a good way.

To celebrate, there are a few things that can make the time extra special.  This Meet the Teacher Fun Pack takes the guess work out. 



To kick off this site: It's Grand Opening so to speak!! For a limited time this packet will be FREE. Yes, FREE!  {yay!}  But hurry and get yours today because it will go to full price on Sunday.


Included:

fun and cute signs




foldable tent



'Welcome to ___' signs


Treat Toppers


Here's a fun little something to get them going....
Do you have an estimation jar in your classroom? 
Have them write their estimation and their intials on the cloth and discuss sometime the first week of school.

And check this out---have you seen chalkboard cloth?????...um yes, please!  Chalkboard cloth is a little something I found at the fabric store.  I'm not sure if they sell it at a big-box store :(  But it is so cool....
you can write on it and wipe it off.  You can even iron it.  Fun! 

Fun little reminder note/printable to give to them (there are 4 on a page)



Banner!






To Recap:
this packet includes:
*fun and cute signs; these signs say "Whooo is your teacher?", "I am" and "Welcome"
*Tent cards (foldable cards that you set up without have to use a picture frame)
*Welcome to ___ signs.  Goes from prekinder to fourth grade.
*Treat toppers
* small printables that have the "Top 5 Things To Do to Get Ready for School"
*Sign-In sheet for parents
*School Time Banner

You can get it HERE

What?  You teach older grades?  Well, I have another little something coming out on Monday for grades 4th-6th.  So hang tight!

Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts...

Celebrate!
April

38 comments:

  1. When I try to download the free packet, it goes to a screen that says "invalid file." :( I am sad - my theme is owls!! Can you tell me how to get it?

    Thanks,
    Teri
    teripodlesney@yahoo.com

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  2. HI I accidentally deleted the last comment. Oops. I will check the link. Thanks for letting me know! April

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  3. It works now. I just downloaded it :) Thanks! April

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  4. Love it! Cant wait to see the stationary set! Thanks!

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  5. LOVE IT! This is a great set to have. I am not in the classroom, but I am going to use some of these items to welcome new students to my tutoring room this year. Thanks April!

    Adrianne

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  6. These are super cute! I downloaded it for a fellow teacher who's theme is owls. I would love to see something in the monster theme next!

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  7. So cute! Looking forward to following your new blog (in addition to your old one!).

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    1. Thank you!! I can't tell you how much that means!!

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  8. OMG...this is so awesome! Thank you SO much. I have a polka dot theme in my classroom, but i love the owl themed stuff too..I'm using it for our meet and greet later this month. You are so awesome! I'm going to look around this site now, thanks for creating this and sharing it with us!!!

    Katie
    kryan428@gmail.com

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  9. SOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!! I love it, thank you so much for sharing! :)

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  10. Thank you so great!! Congrats on the new site!

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  11. This set is fabulous! It goes perfect with my owls and polka dots theme, Thank you!!!!

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  12. Best of luck on the new site! I love what I have seen so far and will be checking in often.

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  13. I love, love, love this! Thank you so much!!!

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  14. This is so cool! Love the owls and the colors! Cute, cute, cute!!

    Mary
    Teaching Special Kids

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  15. THanks for the freebie! Congrats on this new site....love the colours! So cheery!

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    1. I like that --cheery :) That is what I was hoping for :)

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  16. Congratulations on your new site...it is wonderful! I look forward to following you!! Thank you so much for your Open House packet! You are a lifesaver!! Just found out YESTERDAY that we are having an Open House the night before school starts! YIKES!! We've NEVER done that before, so I was definitely in PANIC MODE, and here comes all your great ideas and awesome packet to pull it off. You are an angel...thank you so very much!! Can't wait to see what Monday's packet is like, too. Best of luck on your new blog, and thank you SO VERY much!! :)
    Jody

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  17. This is so awesome, 1 thing I don't have to do now, is crossed off my to-do list. I am doing OWLS this year, so this is beyond perfect!
    Jessica from Tales of a First Grade Teacher. Stop by and take a look.

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  18. im super excited about this blog!! I love the back to school pack!! I cant believe school is so fast approaching!!

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  19. When I tried the link over the weekend, I couldn't get to work. Today I did, but it's not FREE anymore. Any chance you could extend it? Please? Thanks.

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  20. So sad...I just found your website & missed the freebie.

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  21. I'm waiting on the older grades freebie! :)

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    1. Hi there! The Mustache Bash was suppose to be the older grades freebie...I actually had it free for much longer that I expected :) When I taught 3rd I know my kids would have loved this...so up to 5th is about all I know :( I just don't know what is not cool or too cool. HA! Sorry about that. April

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  22. So sad...just found your site and realized I missed the freebie. Oh well, your site is still awesome and I LOVE the owls.

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  23. Aww-you are going to have me in tears. Thanks so much! I am glad it worked out..stinky you have OH the night before..atleast you'll be set!!

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  24. Is the set still free? I clicked the link and it wasn't?

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