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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Back to School Bash with the Primary Pack!!!

Hey Friends! I don't know about you but back to school time has me exhausted!! I really hope this blog hop gives you all kinds of great ideas that keep you from being a little less exhausted during this exciting time of year!


Our hop is a 3…2…1… BACK TO SCHOOL BASH because each member of The Primary Pack will be giving you 3 teacher tips, 2 giveaways (one on each of our blogs and one BIG one on the Primary Pack), and 1 freebie!

To enter our BIG giveaway, you need to head over to THE PRIMARY PACK first! As you "hop" through each of our blogs, you will collect a letter from each of us… 28 total. Those letters spell out a secret code that you need to enter our BIG giveaway! You will use the secret code to enter the rafflecoptor on The Primary Pack at the end of the hop.
You need to collect the letters from us IN ORDER, so please make sure that you start from the beginning of our hop. Click on the button below to head over to THE PRIMARY PACK and start our BACK TO SCHOOL BASH!!





I LOVE THESE TRASH CANS! Seriously these are such a great tool to have at each table. It cuts down on the amount of students out of there seat as well as helps with recycling. In my opinion that is a win win for everyone!




I can't take full credit for this tip, my fellow Primary Pack friend Amy at Learning Lessons with Mrs. Labrasciano blogged about this system and it has changed my back to school hustle! This is called the  CISS system and I ordered it off Amazon. It's seriously like the color ink cartridge that never ends. I got it last summer and am just now running out of black! The refill bottles were only 15 dollars and the system itself was only $50! GAME CHANGER!!



Not only do I just love this beautiful bulletin board but it's so functional as well!! This is where I write all my objectives for the day. I bought the picture frames at the dollar store, inserted colored paper and added headings. I can easily write with an expo marker and erase. SO CONVENIENT!!



My favorite part of this blog hop is the grand prize!! I have a Cameo and I absolutely love it! I made several bulletin board headings with it this year and some vinyl too! All you need to do is collect all our letters at the bottom of our blog post IN ORDER (so make sure you start from The Primary Pack) and enter them into the giveaway!! 


In addition to that fabulous grand prize I have an additional giveaway for my Meet the Teacher Station Signs. These signs have made my Meet the Teacher night so much easier and I'm hoping to blog about it very soon!! Good Luck!!


a Rafflecopter giveaway


These are VERY popular at my meet the teacher night. My parents LOVE that they have my information right on the fridge and I LOVE that it has a QR code to my Remind account! Click the picture to download your freebie!





Thanks for "hopping" by! Now it's time for you to get some fabulous ideas from KteacherTiff and don't forget to write down my letter!! Have a great year!!



Sunday, March 15, 2015

Pet Linky: Meet my Pets!

Oh how exciting! I get to blog about my "other" children!!! My pets are definitely a big part of my life and I'm excited I get to share them with you!

Get ready for picture overload. 

This is Dallas (our dog) and Pazza (our first cat)
Meet CoCo who sleeps anywhere!
We have taken Dallas on several road trips! This was in Colorado!
Dog Beach!
Dallas with our first daughter Kylee!
Family picture that of course included the dog! 
So.Stinkin.Cute. 

Now the story behind the cuteness. My husband (boyfriend at the time) and I adopted our first cat, Pazza one random afternoon at the pet store. We literally paid twenty five dollars for cat supplies and got the kitten for free. Can you say BARGAIN?? That's how we felt as two poor college students. We named her Pazza because she had so many quirks that were NOT cat like. She would get in the shower...wait what? Crazy right? She also let us cradle her like a baby...she still does this! Well Pazza means crazy in Italian so BAM it was the perfect name for her!

About a year later I was scrolling through the animal shelter pictures like all normal people! Ha! I couldn't believe my eyes.... I spotted an adorable Siamese kitten and fell in love! Seriously, I drove an hour to pick her up and on the way home she got car sick. It was quite the experience. I'll leave the details out but just know she did not like getting in the shower like her sister!

And then came our dog! I do love my cats but this dog has stolen my heart! He is so gentle and loving with our girls and is such a sweet boy! He was actually a BIG surprise from my husband. When I graduated college my parents took us to New Orleans and when I returned his family was at our house. I walked in the door to a wrapped up, huge box shaped gift that was also whining! YAY!! It was love at first sight (insert heart eyed emoji here)!!!

I must admit that although I LOVE my pets I have never been able to have a class pet. Maybe after I parade through these other fabulous blog I will change my mind?

Speaking of other great blogs, don't forget to enter our Rafflecopter below!!!  




Thanks for stopping by!!!




Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Long Term Science Investigations

Hey Friends! I blogged on The Primary Pack today to share all about my newest science investigation! Click the picture below to read all about it!
http://theprimarypack.blogspot.com/2015/02/long-term-science-investigations.html
Also today is TPT's site-wide sale!!! Be sure to use the promo code HEROES to snatch an additional 10% off my store that is already 20% off! Thank you all for being HEROES for all our children out there! You make a difference!!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Loving-Teaching-Inspiring-By-Kristen-Lankford
Click to shop my store!
 

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Sneezy the Snowman "Puffy" Craftivity

Hi Friends! I wanted to let you all know that I'm blogging over at The Primary Pack today to share how I turned this:
into this:

Grab your freebie below!