tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9558428621399791692024-03-05T08:38:38.806-05:00Kindergarten SquaredKindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-46777879626751728982016-12-04T19:25:00.001-05:002016-12-04T19:25:22.198-05:00SDE Georgia Kindergarten Conference<center>
We are so excited to be heading to Atlanta THIS Tuesday for the SDE Georgia Kindergarten Conference. We presented 1 session last year and had so much fun. We are more than excited to be presenting 4 sessions this year! Woot! Woot! </center>
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We hope we'll be seeing many of your there. Here is a preview of just 2 of our sessions. We plan on blogging about some of the topics once we head back home later this week. </center>
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We'll also be sharing some EXCITING news about a partnership with <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/" target="_blank">ESGI Software</a>! You don't want to miss out on the great deals heading your way. Check back soon when we can share all of the details!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-59940044706296516642016-05-18T20:00:00.000-04:002016-05-18T20:00:21.035-04:00Book Bash with my Kinder Friends!<center>
Summer is almost here! We're almost out of time, but WAIT!!! There's still just enough time to squeeze in those favorite books that no year would be complete without reading to your kinders!</center>
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We've joined up with our KINDER FRIENDS to bring you our "Just in time for the end of school...BOOK BASH!" Head over to each of our blogs where we'll be sharing one of our favorite books to end the year with! You may just find the perfect read that YOU think no year would be complete without!</center>
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Now let's be honest! This may just be one of the hardest posts I've ever had to write. Seriously...I have a slight addiction to ALL books for littles and picking just ONE was nearly impossible! Should I pick an all time favorite, or maybe one that's just been published, or maybe it's one that I just couldn't imagine any year being complete without THIS book being read. So...in the spirit of fairness...I chose ALL 3! </center>
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No really, I wanted to, but instead I just picked one that seemed like the perfect puzzle piece to complete my year. Hopefully you'll think so too!</center>
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One of my favorite children's authors of ALL TIME is <a href="http://robertmunsch.com/" target="_blank">Robert Munsch</a>! His books have great rhythm and pattern to them, and they are FOR REAL too too funny! They make reading FUN and engaging. Plus they work GREAT for end of the year puppet shows or plays. No year would be complete without reading one of my favorites...</center>
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First of all, it's a winner with the boys because there is FIRE, SMOKE, BURPING, and a DRAGON!</div>
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Secondly, it's a winner with my girls because there is a PRINCESS, a LOVE STORY, and a BRAVE lead character who doesn't put up with "A BUM!"</div>
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I love reading it! They love hearing it! They want to read it OVER and OVER! #WINNING</div>
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And it makes a GREAT FUN and ENGAGING end of the year activity that reviews SO MANY standards and still feels like playing! There's story elements, story retelling, working with a group, artistic elements, reading, speaking, and so many more! Check out this <a href="http://kindergartensquared.blogspot.com/2014/04/author-study-projects.html" target="_blank">POST</a> if you want more details on how we roll out these projects!</div>
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So if you are looking for the perfect way to end your year with a meaningful AND fun read...give this sucker a go! It's a winner for sure!!!</div>
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Be sure and HOP over to Katie at <a href="http://mrsbyrdskinder.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-bash-blog-hop-with-kinderfriends.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Byrd's Learning Tree</a> to check out another GREAT READ!!!</div>
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Thanks so much for reading! We hope your year ends with a BANG, in a FLASH, with a big old BOOK BASH! (See what I did there!!!) </div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-2154827399945406122016-04-02T22:25:00.003-04:002016-04-02T22:25:37.331-04:00Bird Unit: 50% Through the Weekend<center>
I so LOVE spring! Truly...the grass turning green, the azaleas blooming, and the songbirds singing. Thus the inspiration for this non-fiction unit all about SPRING BIRDS! I did TONS of research for this non-fiction unit and learned so much in the process.</center>
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Most people answer "In a nest!" ...including myself when I first started my research. But alas, I was wrong! Kids will be excited to find out so much new and engaging information about hummingbirds (They are the ONLY birds that can fly BACKWARDS...no joke!), wrens, woodpeckers, chickens, finches, and robins. The unit has REAL photographs throughout to keep kiddos' interest!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-73542443963209685202016-03-20T19:26:00.001-04:002016-03-20T19:28:24.505-04:00Ready for Springs---Awesome Workshop<center style="text-align: left;">
We were loving the spring weather!! The temperatures were in the 70s and 80s!! Now, all of the sudden, the temperature dipped back into the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Ahhhh!! We want our warmness back!!</center>
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Spring Break is just around the corner!! We are working hard to keep kids engaged, learning, and having a blast!</center>
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Last Friday was a teacher work day at our school and it was awesome! We had our first ever EduGator Camp (what the heck?? Our school mascot is the gator). Anyway this workshop was for teachers by teachers at our school and it was amazing!! </div>
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We had several teacher leaders present workshops on something awesome they use in their classroom!! Check out our schedule below. Teacher attended a meet up and were supposed to attend a wrap up, but the sessions we so engaging, no one was ready to leave the last workshop. </center>
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We had teachers present on weebly (making a class web page), GoFormative, Kahoot, Symbaloo, Coding, Mystery Science, and Discovery Ed. These mini 30 minute workshops were engaging, informative and inspiring!! We were all energized and ready to light the fires of our students using engaging resources!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-84765401141453924872016-02-22T19:34:00.006-05:002016-02-22T19:34:53.315-05:00Fractured Fairy Tales Learning Celebration!!<center style="text-align: left;">
One of the greatest things I learned from my friend Cristy was how to get parents into the classroom to see what their kiddos were doing!! She called it a "Learning Celebration." A learning celebration is an end of the unit project where parents and guest are invited into the classroom to see what the kiddos have been learning about!!</center>
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Cristy recently studied fractured fairy tales with her kiddos. The students loved all of the versions of these awesome tales. After several weeks of reading stories, discussing parts of stories along with story elements, Cristy had students prepare for a learning celebration. </center>
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What did this entail? The kiddos chose their favorite fractured fairy tale to act out and retell. Students gathered costumes, props, and practiced lines from the stories. Then what????</center>
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Cristy invited parents in to see all of the awesome presentations. Learning Celebrations are awesome!! In my book, there is no better way to show parents, other teachers, and administrators the level of instruction that is taking place on a daily basis!! </center>
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Check out these awesome kiddos with their awesome teacher!! Having left the classroom 2 years ago, this is one of the things I miss most!! I loved working with kiddos to show their families the awesome things we were learning every day!!! </center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-24644430140940209302016-02-16T15:17:00.002-05:002016-02-16T15:17:29.349-05:00St. Patrick's Day Photo Booth and More!<center>
If you want some fun, new ideas to liven up your St. Patrick's Day with your kiddos, then check this out! You'll find photo booth props to turn your little cuties into mischievous leprechauns and much more.</center>
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You'll find writing, reading, and math activities, games, and more that help you stay focused on the standards while still letting your littles be little and celebrate this FUN holiday!</div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-90340810022335198012016-01-31T21:37:00.000-05:002016-01-31T21:58:30.612-05:00Bakery Classroom Flip: Part TWO!<center>
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So we'll pick back up from <a href="http://kindergartensquared.blogspot.com/2016/01/bakery-classroom-flip-part-one.html" target="_blank">Part One</a>! Here's where we left off....the CONTENT!</center>
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When the kiddos entered the room, the Italian music was playing, the room had been transformed, and their teachers had been replaced by chefs for the day! (That would still be us, just decked out in wigs, chef coats, and strange new accents that were supposed to be Italian...but somehow migrated towards "Southern", "Jamaican", and "Irish" throughout the day! :) For the record, the kids didn't care! They were HOOKED!</div>
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Next up, we began the day with the actual baking. We were, of course, in a bakery for Pete's sake! We chose a simple recipe that could be made on a hot plate and did not require baking just to speed up the process. We made Oatmeal Chocolate Bars (<a href="http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-oatmeal-bars/" target="_blank">similar to these</a>) but with ONE.SUPER.HUGE recipe adjustment. I told them I didn't like things that were too sweet, but more recipes that were salty-sweet. So I changed the recipe and left out 1/2 of the chocolate that was called for and used 1/2 CUP of SALT (you read that right) instead of BROWN SUGAR! I'm pretty sure I don't have to tell you what THAT did to the recipe. I'll just let their faces tell you instead!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToH1TmoDexWRcnSyuaQnWpNpv9D2RrXnVlhJ1zSHXTODlZlpypXPGzRcV-OuvQPKFflwsl5AkW8XK72q1PXb-R2TqJ82uGVdi5A4_j5urZCDlYw723EFkVVAQjY0c_g_w1L9ar5bCP80/s1600/Bakery+Flip+Canva+with+Watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToH1TmoDexWRcnSyuaQnWpNpv9D2RrXnVlhJ1zSHXTODlZlpypXPGzRcV-OuvQPKFflwsl5AkW8XK72q1PXb-R2TqJ82uGVdi5A4_j5urZCDlYw723EFkVVAQjY0c_g_w1L9ar5bCP80/s640/Bakery+Flip+Canva+with+Watermark.jpg" width="425" /></a></div>
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It was NOT good people. It was AWFUL. It was INSANE. We had to SPIT.IT.OUT!</div>
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That was how we began the lesson! Now you KNOW these people were ALL in. So we talked about how that did not work AT ALL and maybe we should try it again and FOLLOW THE RECIPE with out leaving out any ingredients and without changing the recipe.</div>
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We decided to wait until later in the day. We had WORK to do. But this baking fiasco got our CONTENT kick-started. We talked about WHY the recipe was a disaster...left ingredients out, changed ingredients that didn't fit... Then I tied that all in to how BOOKS are a lot like RECIPES. They have certain ingredients (story elements) and they follow a recipe (beginning, middle, ending).</div>
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Next up I read a story. But being the busy chef that I was, I only read the beginning and the ending. They were like "Well, that didn't make sense. What the heck happened in the middle?" Again we talked about stories needing to "follow the recipe" to make sense.</div>
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Next up we read <u><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/when-will-it-be-spring#cart/cleanup" target="_blank">When Will It Be Spring</a></u>? The WHOLE book this time!</div>
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We used story sequencing cards from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/When-will-it-be-Spring-Story-Sequence-and-Retelling-Cards-Math-and-Literacy-1758715?aref=fwcyedbs" target="_blank">Heather Cacak</a>. To make it fit our bakery flip, the kids used pie pans to order the "ingredients" into the pans using plastic tongs. The whole table had to work together with each person taking turns to add "ingredients". </div>
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When all groups were finished, we got to play the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-B7063-Pie-Face-Game/dp/B010F029Y4" target="_blank">PIE FACE GAME</a>! (It's a tradition in Chef Valenti's Bakery, don't you know!!!) We just let each kiddo come up and have 1 click so as to speed the game along AND make sure everyone got to have a turn. We were CRACKING up I tell you!!!</div>
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Next up, the kiddos worked with a partner to complete a story elements interactive notebook page from Deanna Jump's <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Reading-Notebook-for-K-2-Common-Core-Aligned-858335?aref=zvanhesp" target="_blank">Reading Interactive Notebook K-2</a> pack on TpT. The kiddos did an outstanding job looking for all of the elements and details in our book.</div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-69386987911998700322016-01-21T07:00:00.000-05:002016-01-28T21:59:30.274-05:00Bakery Classroom FLIP! Part One!<center>
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If you are not familiar with a classroom flip, it's basically when you totally change your room into a new environment to build student engagement with a specific content area in mind.</center>
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For our BAKERY FLIP, we were focused on Language Arts and specifically how stories are much like "recipes". They must follow a particular order (beginning, middle, and ending) and have certain ingredients (characters, setting, problem, and solution). We spent quality time on 5 standards throughout the day in reading literature, not too mention some additional math standards!</center>
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So...we began with the invitation to the kiddos. We sent this on the Friday before the flip on Monday. That gave them all weekend to wonder what they heck was going on in their classroom!!!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-36438822084317375362016-01-19T21:23:00.001-05:002016-01-19T21:33:48.535-05:00Get Inspired! It's a TPT site wide sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk254xVmLhjxWEBgM5pkeO7XOsHOd9rdxEz-H0h0mQoWljRtlPbjwX8WR9HFAuvbT-qU8ZyfMFlHFIH5C7GJjc79_nrf8ohz2NYJWsHaU8PAKl5GB3jiy2uo_cW5pRJePWKfNf6lTAoUo/s640/blogger-image--1575107858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk254xVmLhjxWEBgM5pkeO7XOsHOd9rdxEz-H0h0mQoWljRtlPbjwX8WR9HFAuvbT-qU8ZyfMFlHFIH5C7GJjc79_nrf8ohz2NYJWsHaU8PAKl5GB3jiy2uo_cW5pRJePWKfNf6lTAoUo/s640/blogger-image--1575107858.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The TPT site wide sale begins tomorrow! Save 28%, 40%, or more! Use promo code START16 and save BIG!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Be sure and check out these HOT buys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>100th Day GALORE...Photo Booth, Games, and More!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Arctic Freeze...A Non-Fiction Animal Unit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And so much more!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br>Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-26388820113751203212016-01-05T19:31:00.000-05:002016-01-05T19:32:01.611-05:00Noon Year's Eve Party- Back to School Fun<center>
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Cristy's kiddos had a blast today coming back to school! They had their first ever Noon Year's Eve Party. Cristy and Christie were decked out in party clothes (school appropriate of course), fun hats and cool glasses. The kiddos had a blast enjoying their special snack and counting down the Noon Balloon Drop! </div>
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Oh my word! We survived our first ever SDE conference as PRESENTERS!!! Page and I had been basically stressing for oh...I don't know...6, 7, 8 months or so since we received the very first email asking us if we wanted to present! </center>
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We decided to present on Inquiry Based Science and Social Studies since that has become somewhat of a passion for us (not to mention the sweet folks at SDE asked us to pretty please choose a science or social studies topic to present since they were in high demand!). We have REALLY enjoyed gathering student work samples, video clips, and other resources to build our presentation.</center>
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And I tell you...those 8 months flew by and all the sudden December 8th was here and it was TIME people! Needless to say we were excited <strike>freaked out </strike>about the conference. But honestly, all that worry was for nothing! We had the ABSOLUTE sweetest group of teachers you could ever meet. They smiled, and nodded right along in support, and played Kahoot! with us, and built Humpty Dumpty a new taller wall that he couldn't climb (for his own safety!!!) during our STEM challenge, and well....they just made us feel so at ease. And when the presentation was over, they clapped for us! I kid you not!! They cheered and clapped and ooh-ed and ahh-ed and I believe there was some loud chanting of our names. (OK- so I made that last part up, but they really DID make us feel so supported!) We hope they (YOU if you were with us!) had as much fun as we did!</center>
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Now of course, we were so focused on the whole presentation that we took like 3 pictures. Seriously...like 3. We were so focused on presenting and not screwing anything up that we just forgot to take them. Now if you were with us that day...please, please, please email them to us at the link up top or post them on IG and tag us. We know you guys took tons of photos of the slides and whatnot. If you do send us some, we also have NO problem with you editing them first to make us look skinny and maybe a decade younger! ;)</center>
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So what exactly did we talk about at this presentation??? Inquiry! Sweet, sweet inquiry!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-62228962824689643292015-11-28T22:48:00.003-05:002015-11-28T22:48:42.683-05:00SDE Georgia K Conference!<center>
We are so excited that we will be heading to Atlanta for the <a href="http://www.sde.com/PD-Events/Conferences/1199" target="_blank">SDE Georgia Kindergarten Conference</a> December 7th and 8th as Peer-To-Peer Presenters! Woo to the hoo!</center>
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This will be our first time presenting for SDE and we are over the moon excited! We'll be presenting <u>Inquiry Based Science and Social Studies: Bringing the Content to Life!</u></center>
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We are strong believers in kids driving their own learning and this workshop fits right in. We'll be sharing the different stages of inquiry, what it looks like in a K classroom, how to assess the learning, and how STEM fits right in. </center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-50521584404014401382015-10-28T22:08:00.002-04:002015-11-02T21:51:19.722-05:00KAHOOT! for the WIN!<center>
Best...lesson...ever! I was practically giddy during the whole thing! I already loved Kahoot! before this, but had really only used it in adult professional learning. I may be just a teensy weensy bit competitive so this little doozie fits my personality like a glove! An "I'm gonna take you down smack talking" kinda glove mind you! If you want my undivided attention in a faculty meeting, just tell me we'll be playing Kahoot! at the end of it...and I'm yours for the next hour!!! Seriously it's just so engaging.</center>
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So what took me so long to finally use it with my kiddos???? Well there's the whole device issue! We only have 3 in our room and I just thought it'd be too hard to keep everyone engaged and could I really tell if kids were understanding the concepts we would cover. So I just tucked this little gem into my teacher pocket and waited for the perfect storm.</center>
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Enter stage left...the NEW and glorious Chromebook carts! I PUFFY HEART them in so many ways!!!! Our class has already checked them out twice in the first week and a half since they arrived! We jumped right in with some non-fiction bat research and then kiddos worked with a partner to share bat facts on a Google doc. It was great! I loved it! And, well... They mostly loved it! It was seriously awesome, but I have to be honest and say there were a couple of kiddos that were a teeny bit stressed with all the things they needed to do. It was a little overwhelming for a few of the kiddos.</center>
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So I knew if I wanted to keep them on the "OMG...these Chromebooks ROCK" bandwagon, then I better pull out something they were gonna go CRAZY over! In comes KAHOOT! If I love it, wouldn't they surely love it too? You're dang skippy they do!</center>
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I kid you not when I say they were COMPLETELY and TOTALLY 100% engaged for 40 minutes straight! My principal even walked in to ask something and her jaw dropped to the floor. She was so pumped with the whole thing!</center><center><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_zCNAvmct9hKq05By5L8jEbXfX0PGoEmyAr-9si2gulpgHy5vF3NxdmUEpXtaCgwECh8_o8fm84SXjmUwN037O7HqwMKKhzkKO4cfTFWePmQYC-5grsS-x1EmK9MDI0udEODhFcy6ik/s640/blogger-image--2104959562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_zCNAvmct9hKq05By5L8jEbXfX0PGoEmyAr-9si2gulpgHy5vF3NxdmUEpXtaCgwECh8_o8fm84SXjmUwN037O7HqwMKKhzkKO4cfTFWePmQYC-5grsS-x1EmK9MDI0udEODhFcy6ik/s640/blogger-image--2104959562.jpg"></a></div></div></center>
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So here's the 411! We had read Too Many Pumpkins earlier that morning for our CAFE lesson. We talked about story elements and the kids completed a story map puzzle in their Interactive Reading Notebooks. So later that afternoon we brought in the Chromebook cart. Each kiddo had their own device. Once they logged in, they just entered www.kahoot.it and they were ready to enter the "game pin". Now for my part, I just searched the site and found a quiz that some other lovely person had already created. It had 15 comprehension questions for the story. There was a 6 digit game pin and once they entered the #, they were linked to this particular quiz. The kiddos had 20 seconds to enter their answer for each question. Their screen does not show them whether they got it right or wrong until time's up and everyone has entered their answer. I read the questions and answer choices and we were good to go. After each question it ranks the top 5 kids' scores. With each question and answer revealed, it again ranks the kids. They LOVED that part and were trying so hard! If they missed questions, we would discuss it or look back in the story and use text evidence to support the correct answer. We hit a TON of standards! The kids were crazy excited and they could absolutely NOT get enough of it! They begged me to play it again before we even closed the Chromebooks!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-48300822443045399052015-10-26T06:00:00.000-04:002015-10-26T06:00:05.857-04:00The NEW color is here!<center>
Oh...my...word! If you follow us, you know I (Cristy) am a HUGE fan of "<a href="http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/" target="_blank">Classroom Friendly Supplies Pencil Sharpeners</a>". I fell in love with those suckers about a year ago when Troy sent me my first one to give it a test drive. </center>
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I was smitten right away. It doesn't take much people...it doesn't take much! ;)</center>
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But truly, this thing rocked! You see I had had some MAJOR pencil troubles before my 1st little pencil sharpener arrived.</center>
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Here's a little bit of the recap from our post a year ago. <a href="http://kindergartensquared.blogspot.com/2014/06/best-pencil-sharpener-e-vah.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the WHOLE, WHOLE entire sad story.</a> There really is more people!!!</center>
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<b><i>In their defense, those darn cheap pencils from the warehouse were a pain to sharpen. The lead kept constantly falling out every time it was sharpened! The pencil sharpener kept chewing those pencils up like a beaver would a log! The pencils were like 2 inches short by the time the sharpener worked and the lead stayed in!</i></b></div>
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Well my story only got better from there. Once my hot pink little number arrived, our PTA decided they were amazing too and ordered one for every classroom teacher! Have I mentioned how awesome these people are to us? So now my hot pink sharpener had a lovely blue partner in pencil sharpening crime!</div>
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We were cranking out sharp pencils like the wind I tell you! We had the prettiest, sharpest pointy pencils you have ever seen. And maybe what I loved the most is that they STAYED sharpened forever. It just seems like they last so much longer before needing to be sharpened again. Can I get an AMEN!</div>
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And just when I think my sharpener revolution is over, guess what arrived in the mail a few weeks ago? The NEWEST color hot off the market...PURPLE! People, I have triplets!!!!</div>
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So if you are in desperate need of a sanity saving pencil sharpener, then you may just want to check out this newest beauty. I want to give a HUGE shout out to Troy over at <a href="http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/" target="_blank">Classroom Friendly Supplies</a> for letting me be one of the 1st people to get to test out the newest color. Thank you so much!</div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-87837253247337047472015-08-24T20:51:00.002-04:002015-08-24T20:51:41.344-04:00A Favorite DAD!!<center style="text-align: left;">
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Yep, I taught this Dad's two boys in kindergarten several years ago! Last year, of course after I left the classroom, this DAD returned to kindergarten because he had written a children's book!! It is a really cool concept!! It is interactive. You can read the story, then color the pictures!! Later you can even write some of your own ideas!! He came back to kindergarten to read to Cristy's class and left all the kiddos a book!! He is awesome!!</center>
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Back in the day when he came to Kindergarten for a visit, he would stir the kids up with bumblebee eggs (cool trick in an envelope)! We loved when he visited KINDERGARTEN!! My favorite thing he ever said, "After Tarleton's class, I never knew the teacher!"</center>
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Show some love for this DAD!! Check out his book !!! Click the image if you want to check i out!!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-28421245279790236052015-08-11T19:33:00.007-04:002015-08-11T19:34:21.331-04:00A Little Faculty FUN<center style="text-align: left;">
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So what have I been doing?? Mostly trying to get my 4 year old acclimated to pre-k! From the time he was 10 weeks old until last Friday, Brooks stayed with Nana. Let's just say the first day was a mess!!! Luckily he only ran from class once and the principal only had to call my husband once!! Each day has been getting a little better, but we still have Nana on reserve, just in case.!! Keep your fingers crossed we both survive!</center>
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At our first faculty meeting we decided to have a little fun!!! We borrowed a STEM idea from one of our awesome new teachers, Mrs. Hardin. We have a pretty competitive staff so we knew a competition would be great for getting teams working together and having fun!! What was the prize??? Lunch out and the school foots the bill!! Yay!! Well all except for tip and taxes!! Our book keeper keeps us in line!</center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-77745266624915780502015-08-09T06:00:00.000-04:002015-08-09T06:00:02.032-04:00Hallway Displays for BACK TO SCHOOL!<center>
Woot! Woot! We survived the 2 weeks of getting our classroom all set-up AND our FIRST DAY of school with the kiddos! And oh my word....I LOVE them already! They totally stole my heart. The mischievous ones right along with the little sweet ones. We are going to have an entertaining year for sure! Love them to pieces!</center>
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So each year, our whole hall goes ALL OUT to make some super cute hallway displays for back to school. It's the first thing our new families see as they are coming down the hall to meet us at our Orientation afternoon. Of course we want to make a great first impression, not to mention we are all a little bit competitive and like to make each other step up our game from year to year! ;)</center>
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So I do have to say I'm pretty darn proud of this. First off, we came up with the idea COMPLETELY by ourselves. I mean, that's a pretty big deal...right? Since Pinterest hit the scene, I mostly just hopped over there and found something. But this idea...it just came to us. Well...we did have a little help! Here goes....The adorable lady selling popsicles out of the back of our truck is my bestie and my teaching TA. We take an annual girls trip with another longtime teaching friend, and we've just added said besties oldest daughter to the mix the last 2 years. Maggie is 24 so she counts for an adult, plus she keeps us young (I mean...Christie and I are in our mid forties...sometimes naps sound better than late nights out if you know what I mean!)</div>
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Anyway, as we were soaking up the sun relaxing on the beach..."When what to our wondering eyes did appear, but an ice cream truck bringing lots of cheer!" We heard the tunes playing and Maggie and I were both like "Hey, we could do a hall display!" I mean seriously, do we teachers ever STOP doing the teacher thing...I mean ever...even while relaxing on the beach!!!</div>
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So the idea was hatched then and there. Maggie said she could do her magic on the popsicle creating using her Cameo, Silhouette, or whatever her fancy machine is! Popsicles...done! I knew I could use some KG fonts to bust out a cute title. So all that was left was an ice cream truck design. That would be easy. I headed over to TPT and found some cute clip art from Monster Wrangler Mike. Normally Christie has me print it out, transfers it to a transparency, enlarges it onto the board using an overhead, traces it onto butcher paper, and 10 hours later...VOILA! But seriously, she was working a part time summer job and wasn't able to help. Maggie and I have NO PATIENCE for that. So we did the super fast route of printing out his ice cream truck image, and drawing that sucker freehand on the paper! I think we kinda rocked that part!</div>
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Then we put it all up. I knew it needed something else...especially a way to show the kid's names. So I added the "Fogle and Mappin's KINDERGARTEN Ice Cream Truck" sign and put the kiddo's names as "Flavors of the Year". It was still missing something...in comes my amazing coworkers to save the day. Meredith, the Pre-K teacher from across the hall, says "Why don't you put your pictures on there? One of you driving and one of you selling popsicles?" She's a genius I tell you. So we took some photos, cut them out...and BAM! It was finished. (Unless you count the fact that I was driving a magical truck because I had no steering wheel! In came another fabulous coworker, Janene, who printed me one and even added it to the display!) DONE! and DONE!</div>
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Um...what just happened there? The giveaway ended Wednesday morning, and then there was a crazy blur of 4 hour PD sessions, hot glue scenarios that involved strings of the stuff falling out of places hot glue should not be, name tag creating, hallway decorating, copying, and other madness otherwise know as "HOLY MOTHER....School Starts THIS FRIDAY and I'm NOT READY!"</center>
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Whew!!!! Now that I actually survived getting my room ready AND our FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL just yesterday, I am finally ready to announce the SitSpots Giveaway Winner!!! Woot-Woot!</center>
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Hundreds of folks entered and we sincerely appreciate every one of you! If we could, we would so be like Oprah..."SitSpots for YOU, and SitSpots for YOU, and YOU!" But alas, we teach, so that just ain't happening! ;) But at least we are able to randomly select (along with the helpful random selector people over at Rafflecopter) one of you to snag this amazing prize!</center>
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Sheryl, you are the LUCKY winner! I'll be emailing you the gift card code for your $50 <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">SitSpots</a> prize! We truly hope you love these bad boys as much as we do.</div>
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And as an update....We started school yesterday and the kiddos loved them. They thought they were cool and they thought choosing a color was pretty awesome. (Side note...I did have ONE friend that considered pulling one up...you should have heard the teeth sucking going on in my room. If the kids could have shot darts from their eyes...they would have. Needless to say, he politely smoothed that sucker RIGHT back down!!!!)</div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-17706921407835930702015-08-06T20:26:00.003-04:002015-08-06T20:26:59.047-04:00I-Pad Air 2 Giveaway...and More!<center>
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And with all of this back to school planning, decorating, laminating madness...some sweet bloggy friends and I decided we needed to show you all some LOVE! </center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-59978509914993162152015-08-02T00:30:00.000-04:002015-08-02T00:30:01.409-04:00TPT "LOVE Back to School" SALE!<center>
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So to take all of the guess work out for you, we've already broken down the savings! This is our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Galore-for-Kinders-Photo-Booth-Getting-to-Know-You-and-More-1337902" target="_blank">Back To School GALORE for Kinders</a> pack! This pack is chock full of FUN and ENGAGING activities for Back To School. You'll find "getting to know you" activities, simple interactive readers, fun 1st day photo props, and more. You'll snag it all for ONLY $5.76!</center>
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If you've been following us on Periscope...then you KNOW "I got 99 problems and my rug is one!!!" We had to pack up EVERYTHING...and I mean EH-VUH-REE-THANG in our rooms at the end of the year. Our entire school had all the carpet ripped up and shiny new white tile installed in its place. </center>
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Great, right? Everything's all sparkly and clean. Except I had a major RUG drama going on. Our old Lakeshore "spot for everybody" rug was on it's last leg. I mean, a rug can only be barfed on, peed on, drawn on, and tooted on so many times before it dies a slow and ugly death!!!! ;)</center>
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It was past the point of no return. And alas, the drama didn't end there. Those bad boys cost upwards of $400 and the funds are just NOT THERE for everyone in our school to get a new rug. So our sweet admin team found a way to allot each of us a smaller sum to purchase a rug or a class set of carpet tiles that can be carted all over the place and used for a ton of purposes.</center>
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I ended up choosing the carpet squares, but that still left me with my RUG DRAMA. Don't even think those carpet squares can be carted to the front of the room and placed in ANY sort of order that wouldn't tear my nerves slap to pieces. I mean...the thought of that just makes my stomach twist into knots. I'm far too OCD in that regard. I agree with <a href="http://www.ateenytinyteacher.com/2014/03/sitspots-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Kristin at The Teeny Tiny Teacher</a> when she said,</center>
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That woman cracks me up y'all! I totally envision the carpet squares ending up this way when I tell the kids to bring them in. SOOOO... to solve the rug dilemma...I bought my OWN 8x12 rug from Lowe's for $72 bucks. Now the tag said it was "charcoal", but once I got it in my room it said "black". To be honest, I am feeling some serious love for it, but I already know that my teaching partner is going to beat me. Beat me, I tell you. My brand new rug is not so good at hiding stuff, what with it being "black - supposed to be charcoal" and all. I bought a <a href="http://www.sharkclean.com/products/3/cordless-and-handheld-vacuums/47/shark-cordless-floor-and-carpet-sweeper/" target="_blank">Shark vacuum cleaner</a> to solve that. Now that woman can vacuum to her heart's content and fall in love with the rug too. But...I digress!!!</div>
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So how did I solve the whole "island, peninsula, what kinda order is this"seating dilemma? I bought SitSpots. I did y'all! I really did. And I swear I believe in my heart that it may just be the best $55 dollars I have ever spent.</div>
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They look SO bright and happy on my rug. EVERYBODY has a spot and this OCD teacher is happy for some order! AND the best part is the rug and spots came in at just $135 total! Way better than $400+. And to be honest, I think it's WAAAAY cuter. No offense to my old rug, this one just matches my class decor perfectly. And did I mention I can wash those SitSpots and keep that rug looking beautiful! And did I also mention that this suckers stay put. You can vacuum right over them with no worries, and you KNOW that will make my teaching partner very happy. And did I also also mention that they come in all sorts of bright colors and even other shapes like stars and hearts and fish, oh my! People...it's my JAM! I am one happy girl! Now...let's just hope none of my sweet new babies even CONSIDER pulling up 1 of my SPOTS!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And do you remember when I said it was the best $55 I have ever spent? Well...here's YOUR CHANCE for it to be the BEST $50 you DON'T have to spend! That's right! You get a chance to win $50 in SitSpots for FREE! I know, right!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I emailed Joyce over at SitSpots to see if they had any coupon codes going on right now that I could offer to you all. And that sweet woman, well she did even better. She said "How about you give a $50 SitSpots gift card code away to a reader!" And I was all like "Woman, I love you! Sit Spots are my new JAM and now I get to share them with a bloggy friend". (Or something along those lines...I was so excited who knows what I emailed her!) It was a happy moment I tell you!</span></div>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-42335306779354530402015-07-21T00:56:00.004-04:002015-07-21T00:56:45.499-04:00Instagram Giveaway Winners...and Periscope!<center>
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And what better way to celebrate some productivity than by giving a couple of them away!! Now if you don't follow us on Instagram, don't worry because we are going to choose TWO winners from our blog too! <b>Leave us a comment below and let us know what you like best about the book or give us suggestions to make it better.</b> <u>We'll choose 2 folks to get this for FREE and we'll send it to you later this week!</u></center>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For now, we better announce the IG winners!!!</span></center>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks so much for following our blog, Instagram, Pinterest...and NOW...you can also find us on Periscope!!!</span></center>
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If you haven't discovered this highly addictive form of social media already, then trust me...you want to. You'll get to see live video broadcasts (called Scopes) from your favorite teacher bloggers. You even get to comment and interact with the teacher as well as with the teachers who join that particular scope. If you haven't joined yet, you can download the <a href="https://www.periscope.tv/" target="_blank">PERISCOPE</a> app on your phone and then you are all set. </center>
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Kindergarten Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597331264903013492noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955842862139979169.post-54259639940007069102015-07-06T09:15:00.003-04:002015-07-06T09:15:56.600-04:00Currently... It's What We're Up To!<center>
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What the hey? Who the what? Could someone please explain to me what happened to June!!! Yesterday we were all friendly and today...gone!!!</div>
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I can---not---believe---1 month is already GONE! Gone, I tell you!</div>
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So I am hoping I am getting a little empathy here, because the hubs won't hear of it.</div>
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He says I'm whiny.</div>
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He says "real people" jobs don't get 8 weeks!</div>
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He says he WISHED he got 8 weeks!</div>
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Well mister...don't confuse me with the FACTS!!!! Summer is slipping through my hands...gah!!</div>
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Good news though! I LOVE MY JOB!!!! so it's perfectly fine that I'll be going back in a few short weeks.</div>
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But too bad for me because I will have to break up with my bed, my pajamas, my coffee cup, The Chew, my books, the beach, the pool, and ALL my other SUMMER LOVES!!!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So...here's what I am up to this July!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">LISTENING:</span></b> Crazy, right? I know! Peace and Quiet is pretty unheard of around these parts in the summer! So I am more than happy to soak up every minute of it when I get the chance!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">LOVING:</span></b> I honestly am excited, scared to death, star struck, freaking out, elated, prepared, unprepared, hesitant, and ecstatic ALL at the same time! Page can't make it this year, and I couldn't go last year. So I won't have my team TPT partner there to soak it all in with me. I can't wait to meet all of the blogging friends I have made over the years and meet some of my favorite TPT sellers too, but lordy I am nervous about meeting them ALL AT ONCE! I know it will be a little overwhelming! And I am feeling like Farley too...will I wear the "right clothes"? Will I see some people I "know" and will they even recognize me? Will I get lost in that HUGE hotel? I have GOT to get outta my head, and just enjoy the ride!!!!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">THINKING:</span></b> I keep checking off the boxes and just when I think I have most everything done, I think of 10 more things. But...who cares...because I am just READY to go! Remember...I'm along for the joy ride! ;)</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">WANTING:</span></b> Seriously...where the heck did June go???? </div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">NEEDING: </b>I am SOOOOO excited about my soon-to-be home makeover! We moved into our new house 10 years ago. We went with a Tuscan theme, and to be honest...I truly loved it! The hubs...not so much! So now we are both ready for a change...technically the hubs has been ready for 10 years!!! We both decided we liked the whole FARMHOUSE thing that we are seeing here and there. We especially LOVE some of the design styles we see over at <a href="http://pearls-handcuffs-happyhour.blogspot.com/search/label/Home%20Tour%20Tuesday" target="_blank">Pearls, Handcuffs, and Happy Hour</a> and over at <a href="http://www.decorsteals.com/" target="_blank">Decor Steals</a>. This led us both to decide that since we finally agreed on a new style...it was time to get busy. My <strike>formal living room</strike> in-house storage unit is ready to be cleared out. But first..there needs to be some serious painting done around here. I'm hoping I'll get some FOCUS once I return from Vegas! Who knows, maybe I'll win BIG on the slots and I can hire folks to get it done for me!!! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">ALL STAR: </span>I'm not ALWAYS in a perfect mood, but I DO try very hard to find the bright spot in things. If a kiddo is having a bad day, I look for the one good thing going on and try to build from that. If a co-worker comes over frustrated that the copier is broken or the office staff won't cooperate, then I tell them they "get the morning off" and we'll hit it again later in the day. When they come in my room cranky...I try to send them out laughing with a smile on their face. Now don't get me wrong...sometimes I'M the cranky one, but I really do try hard to lift others up around me. Life's too short to be finding only lemons all the time...gotta make some lemonade!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So that's it for now. Off to VEGAS tomorrow!!!! EEEEEKKKK!</span></div>
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Thanks again to the <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-july-2015.html" target="_blank">WONDERFUL Farley</a> over at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-july-2015.html" target="_blank">Oh Boy 4th Grade</a> for this amazing monthly linky party! It's always FUN and a great way to find NEW folks to follow!!!</div>
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