tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91686826473335094752024-03-04T23:43:10.005-05:00Young & Lively KindergartenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-1651334177051647322017-01-17T22:29:00.003-05:002017-01-17T22:32:16.188-05:00<span style="font-size: large;">I am so excited about launching our new Knot Dreaming Boutique shop on Facebook! Be sure to go LIKE, FOLLOW, and SHARE our page to be updated when we go live and begin posting great clothes at even greater prices later this week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the youngest of 3 girls, triplet cousins, and several other older cousins, friends, and neighbors, I was the recipient of many, <span style="font-size: x-large;">many</span> hand-me downs. Getting new clothes was just a dream for me. Now before you start to feel sorry for me... it was not because my parents could not afford new clothes for me. There was such an abundance of clothes from all of the girls in my life that it just wasn't necessary to buy more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...back then (late 70's, early 80's), having your name ironed onto the back of your shirts was "the style." Remember those hand-me downs? Yep, they often had names on them and you guessed it, I still wore them! It was always awkward when someone asked "why does your shirt say Angie on it?" Being the clever and prideful child that I was, my answer was that it was my nickname. And so was Amy, and Pam, and Tiffy, and Jennifer, and Rhonda, etc. I do remember my momma sewing me a new dress for Easter one year and being so tickled that I was the first person to ever wear it but everything else was secondhand. Having a large variety of clothes to choose from actually spoiled me rotten. As I got older and hand me downs were no longer available I realized how much clothes actually cost! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that I am a grown woman and finally have at least one of my three children out of college, I am able to budget a little more money on clothes for myself and it has become quite the obsession. I am certainly not a "diva" or consider myself a fashionable person but I do love me some ruffles, lace, sparkly things and some bling, bling! To help fund my new obsession, I decided to follow in my sister's footsteps and start my own boutique store where I can find adorable clothes at discounted prices and then pass the savings on to others. Naturally, I will soon be offering lots of "teacher friendly" outfits so stay tuned! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-31969152209865540662017-01-17T21:44:00.003-05:002017-01-17T21:44:30.621-05:00<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I have blogged and even longer since I have created anything new to upload to Teachers Pay Teachers. I love creating interactive ActivBoard flipcharts but they take so much time to create. When I sit down to start working on something new, hours pass before I realize how much time and effort I have spent and everything else gets pushed aside. With that being said, here is a little Diagraph flipchart that I finished up. Hope someone out there finds it useful!</span><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-50525650145796483612016-08-02T17:18:00.003-04:002016-08-02T17:22:33.680-04:00...and just like that....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After procrastinating for 10 years, I finally decided to have total knee placement surgery on both of my knees! That was 2 1/2 months ago in May and I had great plans to work on the long list of TPT things that I wanted to create. However, someone stole my summer and now it is already time to go back to school! I spent most of my recovery time focusing on...ME! Pain meds and I do not get along, but neither do Physical Therapy and I, so I spent many days feeling woozy, nauseous, and just had to sleep it away. Fortunately, living at the beach means I also had lots of company this summer to help me pass the time. And just like that....it is time to go back to school TOMORROW! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-85756459499965859182015-09-26T13:42:00.001-04:002015-09-26T13:42:29.720-04:00Falling in love with Sight Words ~freebie~<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Fall is officially here! I absolutely love the fall! However, after moving to Florida I have a whole new appreciation for the beautiful fall colors in the mountains of Tennessee that I often took for granted. Sure we have some leaves that change colors here but nothing beats driving through the hills and mountains and being totally surrounded by the beautiful colors. With that being said, I couldn't wait to get some fall leaves worked into my classroom this week!</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My little ones are struggling with some of the basic sight words so this "spur of the moment lesson" helped us work on some sight words while getting some fall writing and bulletin board décor squeezed in. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">After post reading discussion, I gave the students 2 leaf patterns and art tissue paper squares (the kind that "bleeds") and had them lay the tissue pieces flat onto the leaves. It was hard to convince them to overlap the tissue paper AND to not worry about staying in the lines! I encouraged them to choose only 2 colors per leaf to begin with.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We mounted them on black paper and then added our sight word writing. After each child shared and read their leaf writing to 3 friends (I read yours/you read mine), they are ready to hang in the hallway!</span></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-72244368847740406642015-06-11T20:16:00.000-04:002015-06-11T20:16:04.133-04:00I Survived!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>This month marks the 1 year anniversary of packing up my family and leaving behind the only place I ever knew as home. Moving 7 hours away from my family and friends was not easy and I did shed many, many tears over the last year but I can honestly say I now have no regrets! My husband is a happy man doing what he loves (Charter Boat Captain) and my boys are also quickly falling in love with the saltwater fishing life. Let's face it... life really is better at the beach! The beach is only 3 miles from my house and only 1/2 mile from my school. Imagine hearing the roar of the ocean from INSIDE your classroom! Yep, it is simply torture but I do find my way there to grade papers and plan lessons several times a week. I never leave home without a packed beach bag or beach chair in my car! </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Sound like a dream? Most days are but of course there is a downside. If you take a confident kindergarten teacher of 15 years and take her away from her best friends that are also coworkers and move her to a new state, new school system, and a new and larger school with a totally different socioeconomic make up and you will shake everything she knows about teaching and shatter every bit of her confidence and strip her of her good reputation! Although it was a very difficult and lonely school year, I am now making friends and built relationships with my new coworkers, earning my good reputation with parents and have my first year here under my belt. I can't wait to see what the next school year holds. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>If you happen to be one of my TPT customers let me apologize for being slow to respond to emails and slow to update my ActivBoard Calendars each month. It seems that every break or day off from school involved me traveling home to TN or brought friends and family in to visit (one of the perks of living near the beach). All of my other free time has been spent catching up on school things, getting my home put together, learning where all of the hot fishing spots are with my hubby, or just driving around and learning about all of the wonderful things my new hometown & surrounding area has to offer. In short, I just didn't have any motivation or desire to work on TPT things! Don't worry though, I am working feverishly now to get all of the calendars updated for the 2015-2016 school year. If you drop by TPT next week all of the updates should be ready to download.</em></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-48003804622889349292014-11-04T21:36:00.003-05:002014-11-04T21:36:44.446-05:00Huge Sight Word Freebie Pack<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16pt;">Over the summer, we moved our family from TN to Florida and my, oh my, has it been an adjustment! </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16pt;"> If you have followed my blog for any amount of time you will know that this move has just been one more major change in our already interrupted lives! We love our new home, schools, and the many wonderful things we have had the opportunity to experience here. My hubby feels like he is in heaven with being able to walk to the water to fish every single day if he chooses! Life in Florida is good so far.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16pt;">Thank you for the sweet emails and notes that some of you have sent concerning Logan! He has completely healed from his car wreck, was able to graduate from high school on time and I am thrilled to see him as an all grown up college boy. That means I now have 2 boys in college!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16pt;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-28653181066644263592014-08-04T01:34:00.003-04:002014-08-04T01:34:40.616-04:00Headed Back to School Yet?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>It that time of year again when teachers everywhere wonder where the summer went! My summer has been a long time of being unsettled. We made the move to Florida at the beginning of the summer but the foreclosed home we were buying hit a major legal snag and after exhausting every solution we could, we ended up just walking away from it. </em></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My bestie recently redecorated her classroom with an adorable camping theme and needed a few things to complete her project. Here are a few of the things I made for here. Click on the pictures below to find them in my TPT store. </span></em></strong></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, now that I got a job in my top choice school, its almost time to start thinking about getting the new classroom ready! I haven't actually seen "my" classroom yet. There are 3 classrooms to choose from but I have only been able to see 1 so far because the floors were being waxed and carpets cleaned. However, I did take some pictures to start getting some ideas. I was absolutely blown away to find out that all of the classrooms have a teacher office in them! A big office! With lots of storage cabinets! </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Let me dust these cobwebs off of my little blog and explain how this place has become such a ghost town! If you have time, grab a cup of coffee or bottle of water and sit down and take a little journey with me! If it gets too lengthy, feel free to take an exit out of here but I just feel the need to share the highlights of the last 5 months of my life! It has truly been unbelievable!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As you probably remember, our lives turned upside down last September when our 16 year old, Logan had a car accident and spent a month in the hospital and 4 more months recovering at home & doing home bound school. Praise God, he is now completely healed and back to a normal life!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">After those stressful months of being stretched to my limits, I felt like I had been isolated and going through a depression. I went from round the clock nurse, teacher, mom, cook, etc. to having my life back...no one needed me. I just felt lost! I knew God was doing something inside of me but I didn't know what. Little did I know, He was just preparing me to shake my life up a whole lot more!</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>You see, the wonderful man that I married 24 years ago grew up in Florida and has always wanted to move back. But before we knew what hit us, we were married, had good jobs, 3 little boys, a mortgage, and roots! We had planted our roots in the same hometown where I was born and raised and life was good! Just like I always dreamed of.</em><br />
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forward 24 years and you will find us getting close to
entering the "empty nest" stage of life. Our oldest has moved out to go to
college, the second son just graduated high school and the youngest is in middle
school. We have been blessed beyond measure!<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now the important part that
I left out is that over the last 10 years or so, the ocean has been calling to
my hubby and he has reminded me <span style="font-size: small;">many</span>, </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">many</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">many</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> times that he is ready to go back to Florida.
I’m not sure exactly how many years I have ignored his request but in the last
couple of years that request has become more of a desperate plea and longing.
To be completely honest, I truly worried that he would disappear one day and
head south without us. He never gave me any valid reason to believe that he
would but I began to prepare myself financially and emotionally to be a single
mom…“just in case”. Looking back I realize that was selfish on my part just to ignore
him and not even consider talking about it for so many years. I just didn’t
want to uproot our boys and take them (or myself) away from my family & life as we know it. </span></em></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well this past February, hubby was again saying he was ready to move and our youngest began crying saying he did not want to move. For some reason, this time it just irritated me and in frustration, these are the words I said....</span></em><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“There is no reason to cry! </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t want to
move to Florida either so if that is what God has in His plan for us then He
will open our hearts & minds to the idea and He will change our desires. God
loves us and won’t take us kicking and screaming so there is no use in crying
about it.”</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Why didn’t I just keep my
mouth shut?!?!</span></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Within 1 short month, I had applied for and received a Florida teaching license, began preparing our home to sell, searching for a home in Florida, and applying for teaching positions! </em></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Now it is the beginning of July and I am packing the last few things and will be making the big move in just a few short days!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em></em></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>You might wonder how did so much change from February until July? The only answer...God! (Me and my big mouth!) He began changing my heart and answering my prayers literally within minutes and hours of praying! It was completely crazy and actually became quite comical at the number of answered prayers I received. My coworkers came in each morning asking what God had done to get my attention in the last 24 hours! Here are just a few examples...</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em> </em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Miracle #1- An open mind and change of heart in me was the first miracle but I'll spare you the details of how that happened! Lots of tears and tissues involved!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Miracle #2- </em></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Hubby went to "Sea School" and got his Charter Boat Captains license and has dreams about beginning his own chartering company. So one morning while praying, I asked God how could I let him follow his dream, but yet still give our family stability (his health insurance coverage is now a must for Logan's future complications from car wreck) and a steady income. When hubby woke up 15 minutes after my prayer, he told me that a coworker had told him that there was a job opening in Destin, FL doing his exact same job with his same company! No loss of benefits or financial security and he can begin the charter boat business on weekends and evenings until it grows and takes off!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em></em></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Miracle #3- The following morning I was praying again & telling God that we can't move...we have a mortgage on a home that will be paid in full in just a few short years! We can't just walk away from that! Again, 15 minutes later, the hubs woke up & told me that a neighbor stopped by the night before and said "hey, if you ever think about selling your home just let me know because we need a bigger home & yours would be perfect." Ummm, we had told NO ONE we were even discussing a move AND he has never even been inside our home! </em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em></em></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Miracle #4- I can't leave my oldest son! He will be a senior in college, will marry someday and have some grandchildren for me. I don't won't to live far from my future grandkids! This one took about 8 hours for an answer... that evening, our oldest sent me a text asking how to get in-state tuition for Florida State University! When I questioned why he was asking, he responded that he had been considering a change of scenery & fresh start somewhere & FSU had a great business department and a paintball team!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Now by this time it is getting pretty hard to convince myself that these are all just coincidences. Just for good measure (and to "test" God) I decided to write a wish list for what I wanted in a new house. I love my home so He is really going to have to show off to make me happy with a new home. Just to be difficult and a bit of a spoiled brat #1 on my wish list was to be close to the beach (for me!) and/or the bay (for the hubby's fishing pleasure). I'll post that wish list below...note the highlighted items...those are things our new home has! Looks like I will be putting up my own fence!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em></em></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>I have always doubted if I was hearing from God or not so He made it VERY clear to me that this is His will for our lives. </em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><em><strong>Among some of the other answered prayers...</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>I got a job at my first choice school in my first choice grade (kindergarten) AND it is just 1 short mile to the beautiful beach and 1 mile from my new house!!! Did I mention that I found out that I have a 3rd cousin that works at this school?!? We haven't seen each other in 20 years & I had no idea she had moved to Florida! <span style="font-size: small;">Small world!</span></em></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-67960791942056031632014-03-28T22:38:00.001-04:002014-03-28T22:38:06.448-04:00Where's Spring?!?<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Spring Break is coming to an end and I am sad to say that it hasn't felt like spring at all! This has been the craziest weather ever! One day we were enjoying the beautiful sunshine and then in just a few hours....SNOW! East Tennessee...where you can get sunburned and frostbite in the same day! However, being cooped up inside means that I did get some spring cleaning done so all is good.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Don't get me wrong....I do love snow and snow days but I have had more than my share of cold weather and snow for this year. My poor little tulips are just begging to bloom and I am ready for the beautiful spring colors to return to my flower garden! </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">All of this dreary weather makes me even more excited for our seeds, plants, and flower unit next week. If you need a little spring cheer, check out this FREE mini flower unit. Its one of my students' favorite units.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;"></span></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-67500438663388685102014-03-26T13:07:00.002-04:002014-03-26T13:07:51.100-04:00Spring Cleaning!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Oh my, Spring Break is finally here but all I have managed to do is clean & organize! Guess that is what happens when you have cold dreary weather on spring break! </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>I guess I should start by cleaning the cobwebs off of my poor, little neglected blog. I just wanted to show you my neat little iPad holder that I found at Target. This little jewel is actually a pot/pan lid holder and has sturdy, non slip feet. My 4 iPads fit perfectly (even while in the case) and there is room for 4 more! I have a power strip outlet attached to the back of the shelf so the chargers are always there waiting. For only $8, it does the job well!</em></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00285878817310402664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168682647333509475.post-82851209281490957622014-03-09T21:23:00.001-04:002014-03-09T21:23:35.638-04:00Student Led Conferences<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This past week we had our very first Student Led Conferences ever and they went great! I had some really great ideas but after trying to get back in a routine after missing 9 days for snow, 3 field trips in 1 week, Dr. Seuss dress up day, report card testing, and many other things going on I just had to go into survival mode and make it easy this time. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">At Station #1, they "popped" their balloon on the Promethean Board and then played a couple of easy games with their parents to show off their reading skills & let the parents see how fun the board can be!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">"I want to read better."</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>We had so much fun! The kids rotate through all 4 classrooms to do a 100th day activity in each! In my class we did the traditional Fruit Loop/Cheerio necklaces by making groups of ten. One of the little darlings from another class couldn't remember my name so he started calling me Mrs. Ten! I was hoping he meant I was a perfect 10 but it quickly occurred to me that every time he put 10 Fruit Loops on his necklace he would ask "am I finished yet?" to which I replied... "choose a new color and do 10 more!" </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I purchased a cardboard mailbox like this one from a teacher supply store for $20 about 15 years ago and I have <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">certainly gotten my money's worth out of it. The cute Mail Person dress up costume came from Lakeshore Learning. </span></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Now that my <strike>begging</strike>, <strike>pleading,</strike> commercial is complete....let's get to the real reason for this blog post! I'm guilty! I know that I am not using the iPads to their fullest potential. I had great ideas and plans but then "life" happened and those ideas & plans have gotten lost in the process. Well now that the kids & I are comfortable with using them in the classroom, I am looking for new & creative ideas on how to use them in a kindergarten classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">I want to SEE how iPads are being used in the classroom, not just app suggestions. (Pinterest is great for those of us that are visual learners!) If you have or see a favorite app let me know HOW you are using it. I want to see storage & charging station ideas, ideas for small group & whole class instruction, pictures/videos of what students are doing with them, how to organize the folders & pages of apps, how to customize for individual students or groups, what works & what doesn't work, and ideas that you want to try or have already tried. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Right now we use them for listening to audio storybooks and during literacy centers and small group time. My favorite app for using them with small math groups is Doodle Buddy but I recently discovered Garfield's Mental Math... sure Garfield the cat is a little outdated but this app is AMAZING, free, and exactly what Common Core math should look like! Love it! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">The kids also love making videos to show off what they have learned to do such as counting by tens, tying shoes, etc. I then let those that are still struggling with this watch the video of their friends counting by tens over and over until they can do it on their own and be added to the video themselves.</span></div>
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