A while back, the sweet author/illustrator, Elizabeth Schoonmaker sent me a copy of her book Square Cat and another autographed copy to give away to one lucky reader! I had the opportunity to read the book for the first time this school year. We are always looking for a book to go with our math units and my co-worker, Robin, found the book Square Cat for our square projects and it fit perfectly. The story is so cute!

My daughter read the story Square Cat and completed a project in her class, as well. Her teacher, Lisa from Teaching Kindergarten Kiddos, posted a picture of  my daughter's version of Eula, the Square Cat on her blog and Elizabeth Schoonmaker posted it on her blog, as well. How fun! Check it out below. :)



Square Cat is story about a cat who wants so badly to fit in, but soon realizes with the help of her friends that she is special because of her shape and doesn't have to be a certain shape to fit in. I love that the story has a great moral! The best part of this book is that the illustrations match the words perfectly, which I love for this age! Every early childhood classroom needs this book! If you don't win, you definitely need to purchase a copy or ask your librarian to get it for your school library next year.



I will announce the winner on Friday, November 30. Best of luck to each of you!
 
***The links above to the book, Square Cat, are referral links.***

Congratulations to the following winners in my 1,000 Fabulous Followers Giveaway!




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Jennie J. - $10 Amazon.com gift card
Ann G. - $10 Target gift card
Sandra M. - $10 TpT gift certificate
Michelle T-C - $10 iTunes gift card
Shelley B. - 5 items of your choice from my TpT store

Thank you so much to everyone who participated. I got some wonderful suggestions for resources and other ideas for my blog. 

Winners have 48 hours to claim their prizes or the prize will be forfeited and given to the next randomly chosen winner.

I'm giddy with excitement!!! Never would I have imagined that one, let alone, 1,000 fabulous people would follow my tiny blog. I am incredibly humbled by the support and bloggy friendships I've experienced through writing this blog. I am blessed to have a creative outlet that not only helps me be a better teacher, but it also helps support the things I want for my family.

I appreciate each and every one of you and I will continue to strive to provide quality resources, activities and ideas that are relevant to you and your students or children. Thank you so much for following me!

To celebrate this milestone, I have several fun items to giveaway. I tried to make the entries pretty simple because I know giveaways can be time consuming. All I ask is that you follow me in as many places as you can and leave a comment with suggestions for products/freebies and how to make my blog the most beneficial to you. I love fun comments, too! :)


Enter for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes!


a Rafflecopter giveaway  Five winners will be chosen, one for each item listed above. The giveaway ends Wednesday, July 18 at 12:01 AM EST. If you are a winner, you will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to claim your prize or it will be forfeited and given to the next randomly chosen winner.

Are you feeling lucky? Today's giveaway is from author, Dicy McCullough! She has generously provided autographed copies of her books for me to giveaway to three lucky readers! Winners will be determined by RaffleCopter. Each book is valued at $15.99. 

Dicy is a retired Music teacher who began writing in 2006. Check out her musical book/video, Tired of My Bath via the YouTube video below. We loved to hear the kids singing the story in the video.





Dicy's web site also has tab called Games and More that includes printable coloring sheets, a word search and on online review game.

Dicy's books are Tired of My Bath, Tired of School and Tired of Being Different.  Click on the book covers below to take you to the product pages on Amazon where you can find reviews, details and information on how to order. One winner per book will be chosen.


This giveaway will end at 12:01 EST on Tuesday, July 3.

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Thank you so much, Dicy, for providing the books for this giveaway!

I received duplicate copies of the books above in exchange for my honest review of the products. All opinions are 100% my own and were not influenced by receiving the books as compensation. 

Congratulations to Sarah Adams #160 from Miss A's Kindergarten and Lyndsey Carneval #74 Mary from Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives #81! They were chosen for their winning entries in my HeidiSongs CD Giveaway!

Updated 7-1-12--Since I did not hear from Lyndsey within 48 hours, I used Random.org to choose a back-up winner.

 Sarah won the Sing & Spell Vol. 5 Number Words and More Sight Words CD.


Mary won the Sounds Fun Phonics CD.

You have 48 hours to respond to my email with your mailing address or your item will be given to the next Random.org chosen winner.

Thanks to everyone who entered! There were a total of 518 entries and I truly wish I could give everyone the gift of HeidiSongs music and resources because I believe her products are wonderful resources for my classroom and they have increased the engagement level of my students tremendously!

If you didn't win, please feel free to visit the HeidiSongs web site! She has lots of resources for free and while you're there, follow her blog, YouTube channel or find her on Pinterest!

You can find HeidiSongs at the following places:

• Web Site
• Blog
• Newsletter
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Pinterest
• Twitter

I received the Sing and Spell #5 DVD, Sounds Fun Phonics DVD and Music for Classroom Management CD as compensation for an honest review about HeidiSongs products and site and to offer the above items as a giveaway. My opinions and recommendations are based on my love of HeidiSongs products.

I'm so excited! I just happened to check my Facebook Fan Page and noticed that I had reached 500 fans!  What better way to celebrate than with a giveaway! I'm thrilled to have each and every one of you as blog readers, Facebook fans or both! I am always humbled by the fact that even one person reads my blog. :) Truly!


I'm giving two lucky winners the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Teachers pay Teachers! 

Thanks to everyone who entered! The giveaway winners were Kate S. and Sandra M.!