I just got back from the SW Positive Behavior Support Summer Institute at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, MO. Were any of you there? The most valuable things I learned were ways to increase positive behavior on the bus (our biggest problem area) and lots of new student and teacher incentives. We got to stay right next to the lake one night and waking up the next morning was so peaceful!

We are getting ready for our fourth year of implementation of PBIS and I'm really looking forward to our Ocean/Beach theme for the year. I've already found lots of great ideas for decorating and I'm enjoying looking for more fun incentives to reward my kiddos that go along with our fun theme. Please feel free to share if you have any great ideas!


When I got home, I found a huge box waiting for me and I couldn't wait to open it!

I had won a giveaway at Teaching Heart in May and received a bag full of surprises including the following items: Teaching Heart reusable shopping bag, stuffed lamb, The Very Busy Spider (hardcover), Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 DVD, note cards, stickers, two fun pens and a CD of lots of Teaching Heart products.

This week, I will be hosting two fun giveaways, so be sure to watch for them! 

Congratulations to the following winners in my 200th Post Giveaway! I wish I could give something to everyone! I truly appreciate all of your entries and enthusiasm! You are all the greatest!

A special thank you to the Williams' Sisters at Kinder Friendly for sharing their wonderful February and Valentine's Day sets. I am thrilled they participated in this giveaway!

I'm so excited that this is my 200th post! How better to celebrate than to have a giveaway!!! I would like to give two lucky readers each a $10 Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. I have also teamed up with the Williams' Sisters at Kinder Friendly and they are generously offering two of their February units to one lucky winner! That's 140 pages of ready to use centers for your Kindergarten classroom! 


***Be sure to include your email address in your comment(s) so I can contact you if you win!***

You will get one entry for commenting on each thing you do below.
1. Follow my blog.
2. Follow my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
3. Make my shop a favorite on Teachers Notebook.
4. Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post.
5. Become a fan of Lil' Country Kindergarten on Facebook or become a NetworkedBlogs follower.
6. Follow Lil' Country Kindergarten on Pinterest.
7. Follow Kinder Friendly's blog.
8. Follow Williams Sisters on TpT.

This giveaway will end on Friday, January 20 sometime at 6 PM CST. The winners will be chosen using a random number generator.

Angela from ~A~ Creations on Facebook is generously offering the most adorable bottle cap snowman ornament for one lucky Lil’ Country Kindergarten reader! Angela is the mom of one of my former Kdg. students and she is just precious! She  recently started making  bottle cap jewelry and accessories and she’s doing a great job! She even makes school related logo items, so keep that in mind for secret pal gifts, school spirit activities, student gifts, student teachers, stocking stuffers, etc.



(Text on the bottom circle of the snowman is optional. The ornament can also be personalized with your last name in place of Merry Christmas, if you like.)

There are 4 chances to win! Be sure to leave one comment with your email address for each of the following types of entry.

1. Like ~A~ Creation on Facebook.
2. Leave a comment with your favorite item that you see in the ~A~ Creation Photos on Facebook.
3. Become a Lil’ Country Kindergarten blog follower.
4. Like Lil’ Country Kindergarten on Facebook.

This giveaway ends on Friday, December 9 at 9:00 P.M. CST. The winner will be chosen using a random number generator.

Angela also makes necklaces, pendants, key chains, pins, ornaments, etc. Here are a few of the things she has made for me.  She can do personal creations with your photos, sports teams, princesses, brands, seasonal designs and other styles. She also takes requests!




Head on over to ~A~ Creation and tell her that Lil’ Country Kindergarten sent you!

She is the winner of my Scotch Thermal Laminator Giveaway in honor of surpassing 200 followers. Congratulations, Mrs. Coe! I hope this will be very useful in your classroom. {Please contact me with your mailing address within 24 hours.}

Thanks so much to everyone who commented! I wish that I could give everyone such a great gift! I appreciate all your sweet comments and your kindness. I hope that each of you has a wonderful start to the school year! 

When you’re a blog reader who follows other professional blogs to spark your passion for educating children (even on your days off)!

(I promise if you make it through all of my rambling, there’s a great giveaway at the end. But….please, please read the whole thing!)

I noticed that I have surpassed 200 followers, which isn’t a drop in the bucket to pretty much all of the blogs I read, but I am thrilled! Why, because what other profession would so many people be searching for ways to better themselves for their jobs without getting paid?

I appreciate that each of you likely spend countless hours  preparing for your job. Our jobs don’t define who we are, but reflect what we love.

I recently read the following quote and I thought the timing was perfect to share with you.

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” –Sir Winston Churchill

I encourage each of you to make your lives about giving. Giving of yourselves to your family, your friends, your students, your community and your faith.

So, in the spirit of giving and to thank you for your loyalty, I would love for one of you to win a Scotch Thermal Laminator by 3M.  (I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of mine!)

To enter, just comment below and make sure I have a way to contact you if you win. It’s that simple. I don’t care if you follow me, love me on Facebook or blog about this giveaway. You are here because you obviously searched for or are looking for something to help you be the best teacher you can be to your children or your students. Just enjoy the sheer giddiness of doing something fun for you! You deserve it!

Was that easy enough?

This giveaway will end on Sunday, July 31 at 6 PM CST.