Chronicles of Summertime: Day 17

Day 17:
Ladybug and I slept in today. My sister, Aunt M brought Snugglepuppy home from grandma and grandpa's house in the afternoon. We played outside a little on the swing.  Then we spent a lot of time trying to decide what to do and what to make for dinner (that's my family). Finally, we went to the grocery store and ended up making a Pinterest recipe and some kabobs (that didn't get finished grilling until 10pm!) Needless to say, it was Snugglepuppy's bedtime after that. We really need to get back on a schedule! Speaking of schedule, I am working on a weekly picture schedule for Snugglepuppy. I finally got everything I need, so should be doing a post on it soon.

New Pinterest Boards!

I decided to go through all of my "Teach Central" pins on Pinterest and sort them by categories. You can click any of the links below to check out that category.

Also, check out my Pinterest page to see some other boards that might be of interest to teachers including many holiday boards, cool sites for kids, parents and educators, things to create, for moms, and yummies for kids.

Happy pinning!

Storytime Sunday

I am going to be totally honest, I had no idea what I was going to post for Storytime Sunday today, so I decided to check out what I could find on Pinterest. Good old Pinterest, always pulls through. Here are some of the pins I found:


First, this pin links to Shannon's Book Nook. A wonderful read-aloud resource. She gives lots of tips about reading aloud, activities to do with different books and a great list of children's books. I would highly recommend checking it out!

Source: None via Kara on Pinterest

Second, this awesome idea to make placemats out of pages of books. This is a good idea for books that are falling apart, or you could photo copy the pages as well.

Source: realsimple.com via Cachey on Pinterest

Third, no party is complete without cupcakes! Check out these children's book cupcakes! So creative, I love it.

Source: amelialyon.net via Cachey on Pinterest

And lastly, here is something that I thought was just plain cool:

Source: Uploaded by user via Cachey on Pinterest

Happy reading (and pinning!)

Motivational Monday

Just a little funny about Pinterest:

But here is the serious post:

Think about it!

Ambitious

I do realize that Preschool Teacher only has 17 followers right now... BUT I am looking to the future! I have decided there will be a 100 follower giveaway contest. There are lots of changes coming to the layout soon which I am really excited about! Also, be expecting more fun and exciting postings including possibly discounts on items at my Etsy Shop: Cacheymama's Creations, linky parties and much more. But, faithful followers, that means you have a job to do, get the word out! Link up to me, grab the button and spread the word. Thank you all so much for reading! We need to expand the preschool blog population :) Oh and don't forget to follow my Facebook page, Twitter and Pinterest!

Michelle's Math in the Middle Pinterest Linky Party

Love Pinterest? Have a teacher blog or love reading teacher blogs? Well, what are you waiting for? Head on over to Michelle's Math in the Middle Blog to link up and see all the other great teacher blogs who have linked up!

Organization

Well, Summer is winding down. Time to start thinking about organizing your classroom for another wonderful school year! Which means, back-to-school shopping with all those crazy deals that a teacher just cannot pass up. Well in the last month or so, there have been a couple new hobbies I have taken up, Pinterest.com and Target dollar shopping. Both of which are GREAT resources to use for organizing.

First of all, I stocked up on Target's plastic crates (not in the dollar section, but caught them on sale for $3.00, so a bargain nonetheless). I have used them just for storage so far. They are great because you can use hanging file folders in them. But also, they fit perfectly in the shelving unit I already had and I use them to store craft items mostly. They would be great to use in the classroom for books, etc.

Here is a wonderful example I ran across on Pinterest of how a teacher turned crates into seats, so they can be used for storage as well as seating.

Also, I found some dollar deals including a mini pocket chart and some lined dry-erase board strips. I am going to use them for circle time or small groups to have the children write something on their board and then they can come up and display it in the pocket chart.

Some other uses for the mini-pocket chart I found lying around...

Dr. Suess was well-represented in the dollar section of target, from erasers to markers to silly bands to pins. None of which I bought, but I did think the vinyl bags were a great value for a dollar, so I have picked up one of each, The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and Green Eggs and Ham. These I will use to make activity bags that will include the book itself and some activities that go along with it. For additional ideas about Dr. Suess, go to Obsuessed.com.

Pinterest has given me soooo many ideas that I wanna do them all, but I know there is no possible way I can. At least not this year...  One thing I really like about it too is that the things I repin almost always lead me to new blogs. I would like to share a blog called Target Treasures, which relates back to my other newest hobby. This is a blog all about things a teacher buys at Target and uses for the classroom. Great!

Another Pinterest find I came across is Printable Labels for Book Bins. Pretty self-explanatory, but click the link to see photos and to print out the labels!