So Long Summer

I know, I know, I know I have been living in the land of summer vacation people and my poor little blog has been sooooooo sadly neglected but I am back.  Now that summer is coming to an end it's time for me to say  THANK YOU.  Thank you blogland and the magical word of Instagram for all of the great ideas for my classroom.  I am so grateful for all of the great new connections that I've made this summer.  To show my appreciation, it's time for my second annual. . .  

For this giveaway, YOU get to pick your prize.  I will be using Rafflecopter to select one lucky winner who will get a $15.00 gift card to one of the stores listed.  The giveaway ends at midnight on Thursday, August 8th ~ good luck.

Now that I'm back it's time for me to link up with two of my favorite linky parties.  Today the super sweet Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching is back with her weekly linky Five for Friday.

Once again I am going to rock this party the way Michelle always does. . . I'm gonna roll these pictures out ~ hashtag style.

#FarmersMarket   #CheapYumminess

#JoinTheFitnessTrainPeople   #TagUp   #LetsMotivateEachOther

#OkayTPT   #ImReadyForYouNow

#FirstDayInMyClass   #Ummm   #ImInTrouble

#GoodTimes   #GreatFriends   #IHeartSummer

I am also linking up today with the one and only Farley for her Currently linky party.  Here is what I was currently up to last night before I fell asleep on the couch with my laptop literally ON my lap.

I love that Farley sponsors this linky every month.  Currently in a cool way has become a journal for my life each month. When I went back and read my post from last year (click here) it was neat to see what I was up to 364 days ago.  If you haven't looked back at your Currently posts in awhile, take a minute to do so.

Now for my back to school must haves:  

# 1  I have said it before and I will say it again, my friends are the best. My life sometimes can be a hot mess of nonsense and I am so incredible lucky to have such a great support system surrounding me. 

# 2  See picture above ~ Thank you Sam's.

# 3  Comfy shoes has not been checked off the list for this year yet but they are an essential for me especially for the first few weeks of school since my feet go into withdrawal from not being able to wear my Nike flip flops. 

So there you have it, a brief look into my life.  Well I'm off to pretend like I am getting work done for school but I'll probably just procrastinate a little bit more.

SHINE on everyone!

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2 Made It's, A Hop and A Giveaway

Today I am in total freak out mode. . . teachers report back to school next Monday ~ YIKES! How am I going to finish setting up my room, plan for my incoming Superstars and get all of my Pinterest projects done?  See what I mean. . . freak out mode.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Tara for hosting this party all summer long.  You've helped to keep me focused on completing at least SOME of my classroom projects.  This week I tried to focus on the functional like Tara talked about here. I forgot my camera connector at home so all of the pictures below are from the original blogs listed. I pinky promise that I really did make them.

I loved using shaving cream with my kindergarten kids.  It's cheap, easy and fun.  Sometimes we used their tables, and sometimes we used trays or plastic plates.  Next year I still want to use shaving cream with my 1st graders.  Thanks to Callie from Teach a Roo I can now kick this activity up a notch with my kids.  If you would like to get your own free download click here.

Source:Teach a Roo

I also finished up working on my Lucky Ducks sticks. I found this idea from Judy of KinderTastic almost a year ago and I finally decided to make it.  Click here to see her original post.  BTW my can is not as cute as Judy's but I still love it.

Source: KinderTastic

If you would like to find some more great ideas for your classroom, hop on over to the blog Endless Pinablilties. This week we are hosting a Back to School Pin Party.  Be sure to check back every day to see pins from some great bloggers.  I will be sharing my post on TUESDAY morning.  In honor of Tara, some pins will be FUN and some will be FUNCTIONAL.

Don't forget to enter my Summer-bration Giveaway. This is just my way to say THANK YOU.  

For this giveaway, YOU get to pick your prize.  I will be using Rafflecopter to select three lucky winners who will each get a $15.00 gift card to one of the stores listed.  The giveaway ends at midnight on Thursday, August 9th ~ GOOD LUCK.

Well, I'm off to hang with the family.  SHINE on everyone!

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Stacy