Tuesday, June 23, 2015

TpT Seller Challenge Week 2 - Dare to Dream


     I have been sitting here thinking about my "DREAMS" and realized how GREAT this challenge truly is. It is so great to be forced to write and publicly think of your dreams. I have so many dreams but I hesitate to share them for fear of ridicule or failure. But here we go: 

    My husband and I are a young couple. We have done a lot for our little family but we work hard. We have had to jump around for (tiny salary) jobs and are finally feeling a bit settled. We saved up money and bought our first house, which we feel very proud of. We have 2 littles: Penny(3) and Trygve(1) which keeps us busy and broke! We currently pay more for daycare than we do for our mortgage! However, we love that they are in a safe, nurturing, educational home. 


   TpT has been a sweet little BOOST of income even though it is nothing to pay bills with yet, but it does help us have a little extra fun! ;) 




    1. My dream for TPT would be to Grow as a seller
 - making my life and other teachers' lives easier in the classroom.  

    2.  My dream is to be able to Provide  more for my kids. I would love to be able to put them in multiple activities, save for the future, and take family friendly vacations -- basically just live comfortably. 

   3. My husband and I are dreaming of stability but if we are dreaming BIG -- We want to Move to Washington state! We love Northern Washington! 



   4. We also would love to Buy a boat!

   5. Dream HUGE -- I would love to Buy my parents a lake home on our childhood lot. 

    

I would love to continue teaching. I have no dreams of staying home as I know I personally that is not the best choice for me now. I would love to move into a coaching/intervention position when I have a few more years of experience and education under my belt. 


We'll se how these dreams pan out! I have loved reading about everyone's dreams!



Monday, June 22, 2015

YouTube Kindergarten Reading


Do you use songs and music in your classroom to enhance instruction?
This is a great way to promote skills in a fun way! It is also a sneaky way to promote memorization of skills without any pressure. :) 

Here are some great songs I have found for certain reading skills:


ABC - Letter Sounds



Sight Words



CVC

Blends


Digraphs




CVCE


Vowels


Vowel Teams




I have these songs on ALL the time: during transition, in the mornings while students are entering, during clean up, when coming to the carpet after Daily 5. I love to SNEAK it into their day! 

Do you have OTHER great reading songs that are high quality and skill based? Post in the comments! Thanks & happy singing!  :) 


Monday, June 15, 2015

YouTube Kindergarten Math


Do you use songs and music in your classroom to enhance instruction?
This is a great way to promote skills in a fun way! It is also a sneaky way to promote memorization of skills without any pressure. :) 

Here are some great songs I have found for certain math skills:


Counting






Teen Numbers


Numbers is the 20's


Shapes


Subtraction


Subitizing 




Do you have OTHER great math songs that are high quality and skill based? Post in the comments! Thanks & happy singing!  :) 


TpT Seller Challenge #1 - Out with the OLD, In with the GOLD


I am going to jump on board and participate in the TpT Seller's Challenge!

Here are my beginning STATS -- they could use some work!



For the first week, I decided to give my LOGO a face lift. :) 

When I first started this blog, I used a free design and now as I have become better at my own designs, I decided to try my own look! 

I hope you like it. I've been craving GOLD & sparkly for my xoxokindergarten design. I hope you like it! 

 "Out with the old, in with the gold!"




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