Three tips you need to know about bubbles

Do your kiddos love bubbles?  It's almost certain they do!  You probably don't know these 3 tips for making the most of  bubble play with your children:

1.  You don't have to buy bubble mix, and if you do, you're probably spending too much on it! It's very simple to make AWESOME bubbles with Palmolive dish washing detergent and water.  Simply fill a bottle about 7/8 full of water, then add the Palmolive. (If you put the soap in first and then add water it will froth up.  Trust me on this!)

2.  Children are going to spill their bubbles - but you can control how much bubble mix they have at a time.  Don't fill that bottle to the top until your child has mastered the art of holding a container upright while moving about!

3.  What are you going to do about getting bubble wands if you don't purchase commercial bubbles?  You can make your own wands, find alternatives around the house, or buy cool bubble tools like the ones in the pictures above! 

I hope you and your kiddos have lots of bubble fun and outside time this summer!  Thanks for stopping by!
                                                                                                        - Paula

How big do you dream?

Awesome Songs and Rhymes Your Children Will Love

I've always sung with and to my kiddos.  Sweet songs, silly songs, classroom management songs, things we make up as we go - they're all part of the sound track of childhood.  Recently I've started recording short videos of me singing some of my favorites, and posting them to social media.  If you have a little one (or two or three or twelve), I hope you'll check them out!

This one is "Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky," a fun knee bounce rhyme for babies and toddlers.

Stop by my YouTube channel to see what else I've been up to, or follow me on Instagram and FaceBook!

You might be a teacher if...

I was walking my dogs this morning, and passed a pine tree where the ground was littered with tiny pinecones.  I caught myself wondering if there was a class supply of them, and were they intact, and wouldn't they be great for that one craft and....

The teacher brain never turns off!

What would you do with $100 gift card?

Calling all teachers!  Even if you are lucky enough to be heading into summer break, I bet your wish list for TeachersPayTeachers is probably longer than a Friday afternoon staff meeting in May!  I've joined up with some amazing teacher authors to give away something that could chip away at your wishlist, and make your back to school shopping go a lot more smoothly: a $100 gift card to TeachersPayTeachers!  

                                                           Good luck everyone!
                                                           Paula

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $100 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, The Froggy Factory, MM Bilingual, Jackie Crews, Kim Heuer, Paula's Primary Classroom, A Plus Kids, 180 Days of Reading, The Chocolate Teacher, It's a Teacher Thing, 1stgradefireworks, LIVIN' IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER, Kathryn Watts, Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, It's Kinder Time, Globe Trottin' Kids, Reading and Writing Redhead, Tanya G Marshall The Butterfly Teacher, Mrs Wenning's Classroom, Teacher Gameroom, Teach with Hope, and Roots and Wings.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 6/13/18 and is open worldwide.

Are you a Teacher Blogger or Teachers pay Teachers seller who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your store and social media?  Click here to find out how you can join our totally awesome group of bloggers! 

 

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter

There are 100 fantastic reasons to enter for this prize!

It's May, and if you're a teacher you are probably up to your ears in end of year craziness.  Testing, report cards, awards ceremonies, field days, more testing, preparing your room for the summer, parent meetings, staff meetings, and all the other things that come to a head as the school year revs up for the final few weeks.  You could use a break, some chocolate, more caffeine and a moment to breathe.  A $100 gift card wouldn't go amiss either, would it?

I've joined up with a fantastic group of educators again this month to give away exactly that: $100 to spend on TeachersPayTeachers, where you can find just about every teaching resource you could dream of.  Good luck everyone!


- Paula


GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $100 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher,  That Library Girl, Planet Happy Smiles, Teacher Gameroom, Kim Heuer, The Chocolate Teacher,  MM Bilingual, KB3Teach, Alphabet Publishing Books, Chocolate 4 Teachers, The Froggy Factory, Leah Popinski, TheBeezyTeacher, Kamp Kindergarten, Walk with Me a Second, Bailey's Corner, It's Kinder Time, A Plus Kids, The Best Days by Julie Santello, Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, Sandra Naufal, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, It Happened in 3rd, Teaching Superkids, Star Kids, Jackie Crews,

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 5/13/18 and is open worldwide.

Are you a Teacher Blogger or Teachers pay Teachers seller who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your store and social media?  Click here to find out how you can join our totally awesome group of bloggers! 

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But wait, there's more!

 Head over to my Facebook page to enter this drawing too!  I'm giving away a $10 TeachersPayTeachers giftcard AND $10 in resources from my TpT store! To enter this drawing, comment on this post with one resource in my store that you'd like. A winner will be chosen at random at 9pm Pacific Time on 5/8/2018. Remember to tag your teacher friends too!