Bursting With Excitement & Another Freebie

Hi!  I am so excited for Nikki over at Melonheadz Illustrating.  Hop on over to  her blog to find out why she is bursting with excitement!  :)  I love and am obsessed with all the clip art she creates!  It makes my work fun.  My first grade kiddos asked last year how I got such cute pictures on their work.  They asked who drew it and even asked what kind of brush strokes they used to draw/color the pictures?  LOL!

I am working on a series of posters to use in my class room with the new clip art that I got.
                                                   

You can find the clip art  here.

I created this poster to use for Parent Information Night.  I will close my meeting with this poster.

We all know that our kiddos come to school and share lots of stories about things that happened the night before at home with the class, right?  I laugh and think, "If your parents really knew, what you were sharing with us....they would die!"  Sometimes I don't know if I should believe what I hear.  I've had kids share things during our Morning Meeting and I have said that I was going to call home to get more clarification on what the kids shared and their story changes...quickly.  I also have had parents call me and say, "So and so said or did this."  Sometimes it is true...sometimes after talking we find out that the story was made up on the way home.  Sooooo....during Parent Information Night I always say, "I promise to believe 95% or half of what your child says happens at home if you believe half  or 95% of what your child says happens at school."  I always encourage them to email me or call me if they have questions/concerns so we can work through things.   My kiddos make me laugh every day!  I hope that my own two kids are not sharing things with their class and teachers too.  I wonder sometimes what they REALLY know about our family quirks.  LOL!

You can get this poster here.  Enjoy!!

Have a great weekend!

Sara

Back to School Blogger Exchange and a Freebie

I was so excited to participate in a Back to School Blogger Exchange hosted by Jessica at  Covered In Glitter And Glue and by Katie at Adventures Of Ms Smith.  

 These were our instructions to follow:

I was so excited to receive my package on one of the craziest days of my summer! :)  It could not have arrived on a better day and brought it brought so much cheer to me!  My package came from Pam over at Moments To Teach.  She really nailed it on with everything she sent.  My classroom will be blue and green this year with owls.  Everything she sent will match perfectly.

Included in my package was:

1.  Magnetic Board

2.  Owl Reading Awards and Cut-Outs

3.  Some place mats that I will use by my desk

4.  An owl puzzle

5.  A solar flower decoration to brighten up my room

6.  A flower decoration

7.  A white board/picture frame that was made into a to-do list

I love them all.  One of my sons has been playing with some of the items.  I'll have to sneak them out of the house when I set up my room.  :)  Thanks Pam!  You did great!!

I am also very excited to share this freebie with you!  I was soooooo excited when I saw that Nikki over at Melonheadz Illustrating posted this fun clip art set!

You can find the clip art by clicking here.

I knew I had to do something with it!!  Duck Dynasty is one show that my family and I sit down and watch together and laugh at!  I still remember the first time I watched it with my boys.  I didn't know what I was getting into.  I laughed so hard.  I love how they really incorporate family togetherness in their show and I love how the show ends with them at dinner...together.  We may or may not have sat down and watched marathons of this show....hours and hours of it!    I created this freebie that I am going to hang outside my classroom door for the first day of school.  

You can find it by clicking here.  Enjoy!

If you haven't entered my giveaway...you may want to do that as well.  You can find out about it by clicking here.

I hope you have a great weekend!  My family and I will be celebrating the one year anniversary of my mom's kidney transplant.  My cousin generously gave her one!  I can't wait to see all my family!

Sara