We appreciate teachers!

 Thank you teachers!

You're caring, you're kind, and you work your tail off for your students.  You put in untold hours before and after school doing planning, grading, staff and personal development, coaching and more. You are heroes. Every. Single. Day.  

This week I'm getting together with an awesome group of teacher authors to thank one lucky teacher with this fun give away!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: 10 Teacher "Must Haves" prize pack including: Mr. Sketch Markers, Flair Markers, Personal Laminator, Dry Erase Pockets, Dry Erase Markers, Astrobrights Paper, Sharpies, Ticonderoga Pencils, a Wall Calendar, and a $50 Teachers pay Teachers gift card.

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

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Star Kids, Pint Size Learners, Raven R Cruz, Paula's Primary Classroom, The Best Days with Julie Santello, The Fun Factory, Ms. K, Smart 2 Heart Creations, Teach Me T, A Library and Garden, A Plus Kids, Simone, Right Down the Middle with Andrea, Samson's Shoppe, Mrs Hansens Helpfuls, Jackie Crews, Peas in a Pod, 180 Days of Reading, Sparking Children's Thinkibility, TheBeezyTeacher, and Kamp Kindergarten.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 5/11/20 and is open worldwide.

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Teacher Things We Love Giveaway

Happy Valentines Day!  There are many things that make teacher's hearts pitter pat: watching the light bulbs go off in our students' heads, drinking our coffee while it's still hot, long lunches (you know, like more than 10 minutes)... and then there's these things!

 To say "THANK YOU!" to teachers everywhere, I'm participating in giving away ALL these fun resources to one lucky teacher!  Scroll down to enter!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Prize: Things We LOVE prize pack including: Mr. Sketch Markers, Flair Markers, Personal Laminator, Dry Erase Pockets, Dry Erase Markers, Astrobrights Paper, Ticonderoga Pencils, and a $50 Teachers pay Teachers gift card.

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

Co-hosts: An Apple for the Teacher, A Plus Kids, Smart 2 Heart Creations, TheBeezyTeacher, Teach & Play with Mrs J, Pint Size Learners, Star Kids, Think Grow Giggle, It's Kinder Time, The Fun Factory, The Chocolate Teacher, Kelly McCown, Leah Popinski, Mickey's Place, The Literacy Garden, Little Owl's Teacher Treats, Priscilla Woodard - Tasked 2 Teach, Right Down the Middle with Andrea, Sugar Cube Learning, Paula's Primary Classroom, and The Froggy Factory.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 2/21/20 and is open worldwide.

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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.

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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!

What Will You Do If YOU Win?

True confession time - there are 89 items on my TeachersPayTeachers wish list!  How about you? What's at the top of your list?  What could you do with a $75 TpT gift card?  Here's your chance to find out, simply enter below - someone has to win, it might as well be YOU!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $75 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

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

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Kelly McCown, Sandra Naufal, Teacher Jeanell, The Literacy Garden, A Plus Kids, It's a Teacher Thing, Jackie Crews, Reading and Writing Redhead, LIVIN' IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER, MMBilingual, Mrs Hansens Helpfuls, TeachKidLearn, Ms. K, 180 Days of Reading, The Best Days, Katie Roltgen, Catch My Products, PreK Kristin, Carrie Comincioli, Teaching Where You're Called, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, Cathy's Cool Creations, The Chocolate Teacher, Leah Popinski, Walk with Me a Second, Kamp Kindergarten, Mickey's Place, Teaching Second Grade, Teach with Hope, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, Peas In A Pod, A Library and Garden, and KB3Teach.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 10/13/17 and is open worldwide.

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$75 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway!

Has school started for you yet?  If you're in the U.S., it either has, or soon will!   Either way, setting up and running a classroom can get expensive.  Every month a small group of teacher-authors gets together to make someone's day with a $75 gift card to TeachersPayTeachers.  You could use it for classroom decor, clip-art to put the finishing touches on the things you make for your class, time saving ready-to-go lesson plans, hands on STEAM activities or games for the classroom.  Maybe you aren't a teacher, but you'd love to give a teacher you know something (s)he'd love.  Either way, I hope you have an awesome school year, and that you'll join in and enter our giveaway - good luck everybody!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $75 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

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

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, MM Bilingual, Amanda's Little Learners, Debora Marines TeachMagically, Reading and Writing Redhead, Teach with Hope, 180 Days of Reading, Teacher Jeanell, 1stgradefireworks, Mickey's Place, PreK Kristin, Catch My Products, A World of Language Learners,  The Chocolate Teacher, Tried and True Teaching Tools, Pam's Place, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, It's a Teacher Thing, Teaching Where You're Called on, A Plus Kids, TeachKidLearn, Leah Popinski (SumMathFun), Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, Right Down the Middle with Andrea, The Literacy Garden, Trending Technology in Tennessee, Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching, Peas In A Pod, Southern Drawl, La-Nette Mark, Amanda's Little Learners, and Kathryn Watts.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 8/13/17 and is open worldwide.

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Announcing a chance to win something awesome!

It's back to school season, and chances are good that you have a TeachersPayTeachers wish list about a mile long.  You could probably use a little help getting the resources you need to get your classroom off to a good start.  Not a teacher?  I bet you know one!  Here's your chance to win a $10 TeachersPayTeachers giftcard AND $15 in resources from Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten!

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The Homeward Stretch, and April Gift Card Giveaway

It's early April, and if you're a teacher in North America, that means things are gearing up for the end of the year.  How is it that just when you need extra time to cover those last few challenging skills before testing hits, you also have to squeeze in field days, assemblies, field trips, another round of parent teacher conferences, prepping report cards, volunteer appreciation activities, budgeting and ordering for next year, and all the rest?  The last couple of months seem to whiz by, growing ever crazier as each day passes.  What's a teacher to do? 

Well, besides chocolate, caffeine, and dreaming of summer break - all excellent ideas - cutting your planning time by grabbing some ready to go activities that another teacher has put together for you wouldn't hurt.  To help you do exactly that, I've joined with a group of teacher-authors to giveaway a $75 TeachersPayTeachers gift card to one lucky teacher.  Read on to find out how you can enter!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $75 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card
Giveaway organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), 

Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),  A Plus Kids, Planet Happy Smiles, Jackie Crews, Ms. K, Amanda's Little Learners, It's a Teacher Thing, Teachers Caravan, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, The Chocolate Teacher, Reading and Writing Redhead, Samson's Shoppe, Teacher Gameroom, The Literacy Garden, Peas In A Pod, A Place of Story,Kathryn Watts, Mickey's Place, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, MM Bilingual, Little Smarticle Particles, PreK Kristin,Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching, Teacher Jeanell, Kamp Kindergarten, Leah Popinski, Momma with a Teaching Mission, Trending Technology in Tennessee, and Teacher Gone Digital.
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter.  Giveaway ends 4/13/17 and is open worldwide.

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Happy Holidays Kinderfriends Blog Hop

Welcome to the #Kinderfriends holiday blog hop!  We know there are many celebrations going on at this time of the year, and thought we'd share some fun ideas about ways to celebrate - and we're throwing in some freebies and a gift for one of you, because who doesn't like holiday gifts?!

Last week I saw a lovely idea for making a hand print menorah, but couldn't find the print out to use for it.  Not to worry, I put one together, and the children made their hand prints, drew on flames, and added a die cut shamash (the helper candle).  My sample isn't nearly as cute as children's hands are, but it will at least give you the idea.  :-)  Want a copy?  Here you go!

Would you like to play the dreidel game while you're talking about Hanukkah, but don't know how?  Today a friend pointed me to this awesome video tutorial - it's not for the little kids, but once you know how it works, you can teach them!  Over the years I've taught this game to many, many preschoolers.  They learn both math and social skills as they play: turn taking, putting one in the "pot", and how to take half: I teach the kiddos to do "one for me, one for you" to do this.  Did I mention the fine motor workout of moving small objects and spinning the dreidel?

I also love to read/sing the children's book version of Feliz Navidad each December.  The catchy tune and repetition helps the children learn at least the refrain in Spanish and English, and it makes great background music as we put together our pinatas.  (Paper sacks with colorful tissue paper fringe.)

I've made a lot of fun resources for Christmas, and some for Hanukkah; you may not have seen these new ones yet. If you're looking for some ready to go learning fun, please check them out! (They're 20% off for the next 3 days, and for more great resources, search #KinderFriends on TeachersPayTeachers!)

There's even a FREE video of Nine Little Reindeer - check it out!

Now, as promised, there's a gift!  We're giving away a $25 gift card to TeachersPayTeachers!  On the off chance you aren't a teacher yourself, enter anyway - you know a teacher who would LOVE this as a present!  (No, don't know any?  I'll take it! Pick me, pick me!) 

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Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you'll hop on over and check out the next stop on our blog hop:

Wishing you the happiest of holidays, and a joyous and prosperous new year!
Paula

December $75 Gift Card Giveaway

Thank you for stopping by my blog!  As I often do, I'm participating in a gift card giveaway - I think it's a nice bonus for my loyal readers, a little something to say thank you for making me a part of your day.  Teachers and parents put so much into teaching and learning with their kiddos (our own, and those we share a year or two with through school), and finding beautiful resources on TeachersPayTeachers makes our jobs just a little easier.  If you'd like to go on a $75 shopping spree, read on, and enter below! 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize:  $75 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card

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

Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),  Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, Amanda Kristofferson, A Plus Kids, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, Reading and Writing Redhead, Teach with Hope, Rebekah Sayler, Peas In A Pod, A Library and Garden, Schoolhouse Treasures, Brynn's Teacher Bag, Simone's Math Resources, Ms. K, Jackie Crews, ZippadeeZazz, The Chocolate Teacher, Planet Happy Smiles, Growing Grade by Grade, Elementary at HEART, La-Nette Mark, Teacher Gameroom,  Teaching Biilfizzcend, and Claudia's Classroom.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter.  Giveaway ends 12/13/16 and is open worldwide.

And don't forget to enter our weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card giveaway as well!

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Teachers That Give

It's the holiday season, and in the spirit of giving, I'm linking up with a group of teachers to bring YOU some holiday gifts!  Presents before the holidays?  Why yes, yes indeed!

If you haven't had a chance to grab this forever free Christmas resource yet, I hope you'll check it out.

Christmas Sentence Picture Match is ideal for a reading or literacy center, and includes 12 sentences and matching pictures. Santa Claus, tree, star, gingerbread man, snowman, Rudolph reindeer and bells are included in sentences that focus on commonly used nouns, preprimer and primer words.

A forever freebie is a nice start, but you deserve something more this holiday season, so for this week only I'm making this resource free too! (It will return to it's normal price on Saturday December 2nd, so grab it quickly!)

If you download these resources and like them, the very best way to say thank you is to take a minute to rate them and leave me feedback on TeachersPayTeachers.  It absolutely makes my day to hear how the resources I create are being used around the world!

And now, for the final and best gift of all, I'm giving away a $25 gift card to TeachersPayTeachers!  I'd love for you to check out my store, but there are also millions of amazing teaching resources to choose from, made by many thousands of teachers, so you are sure to find something that you can use in your classroom! 

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For more ideas, freebies, and gift card giveaways, hop over to these bloggers too!





Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
Paula