Makeover Madness Take Two! Father's Day Book & Coupons!

This whole Makeover Madness hosted by the TpT Seller Challenge is rocking my world. Seriously. I'm afraid it may become a slight obsession to makeover my old products. It is crazy how much my style of designing and creating has changed or let's be honest, I didn't really know what I was doing when I started designing 2 years ago. Ha ha!

Wanna know more about this TpT Seller Challenge or want to join in on the fun? Head on over to these fabulous blogs:  Third in Hollywood, Teach Create Motivate, Sparkling in Second, and Peppy Zesty Teacherista!

I posted my makeover of my best selling The Great Sub Reference Binder on Monday and I LOVED how it turned out. But I know I had other products that were more in need of a facelift, desperately.

Here's my latest! 

Father's Day Book & Coupons

See what I mean? It was SCREAMING for a makeover. It WAS one of the first products I created so it really appears to just be thrown together. I really love the new and updated cover. 

Here's more of the transformation:

BEFORE: 

AFTER: 

In addition to the cover, I added more pages for the book and a book assembly directions page. I also included a Boy and Girl version for the cover page and made it available in black and white for easy printing! Aren't these covers cute?

Before I didn't even provide a cover...what was I thinking??

BEFORE: 

AFTER: 

BEFORE: 

AFTER: 

Just a small snapshot of some of the pages. I'm so glad I chose this one to make over. 

Just in time for Father's Day too! I have this already uploaded to my TpT Store AND it's on sale through Father's Day!!! Get this HERE!

Thanks for checking out my latest Makeover Madness! I have a feeling that I will just have to do another one before the week is up. So addicting! Anyone else out there feel the same way?!

Don't forget to head on over the other blogs to view the link up of the other FABULOUS makeovers!!

Letter of the Day Training Camp! {ALL BOY style}

Depending on how you look at it, being a teacher's kid can have its perks... or its downfalls? This kid just happens to love getting dressed up and posing for a few pics. This is how I am attempting to teach him his letters this summer. 

You can hop on over to my family blog to see the activities we are doing each day. We've only made it through letter H so far but you can follow our ABC learning adventures HERE!

This has definitely proven to be a different experience than when I did Letter of the Day activities with my daughter 2 years ago.  She was more than eager to do every activity and every letter craft. 

You can read all about our Letter of the Day with my daughter HERE.

It's true what they say....girls mature faster than boys. No doubt.

 I know I would have to keep the activities centered around all boy stuff to hold his interest. Sports, garbage trucks, race cars, bugs...etc. So far, so good.

I am planning on printing out each letter picture, starring my little athlete, and hang them up on the wall upstairs. 

This one is my favorite so far. :)

Not sure how much he's actually learning, but we are having fun!!

Do you do any learning activities with your own kiddos? If so, I would love to hear about them! Leave me a comment below! ;)

TpT Seller Challenge! Makeover Madness!

I am sooo excited to be participating in this awesome TpT Seller Challenge hosted by Third in Hollywood, Teach Create Motivate, Sparkling in Second, and Peppy Zesty Teacherista! To learn more about it click HERE!

This week's topic is MAKEOVER MADNESS! I gladly accept this challenge and plan on making over more than one product within the week. This has definitely been on my TpT to-do list for awhile now. Just needed some free time (aka...summer!) and a little motivation to knock it out.

I wanted to go ahead and share my recently made over product: The Great Sub Reference Binder. This product has been PERFECT for long-term subs and just as a daily sub binder as needed. I just leave my copy near my desk in case I have to be out! I actually made over this product once before the original went on TpT. I had a friend about to take maternity leave and she had asked me to make her long term sub reference binder! So this is what was born....



 It is my #1 Top Seller on TpT and has received lots of re-pinning love on Pinterest. I know, so why give it a make over? Well, the content stays the same with a few added features and I just wanted to make it brighter and more updated. I LOVE the way it turned out!!

So happy with how it has turned out!

Here is an image used in my original blog post about the makeover. You can read that post HERE!

It also has more EDITABLE pages than before. Totally customizable to your classroom and ready for a sub!

Here is a little preview of what is all included!

So, what do you think? I would love to hear what all you would want to see in a sub binder. I might have to be making over this product again, you never know!

Be sure to check it out on TpT! Oh! And it will be on sale (20% off) until Thursday (6/18)!

Thanks for checking out this Makeover Madness! Stay tuned for more makeovers this week and be sure to stop by the other blogs linked up to see their new creations!

SCHOOL'S OUT....For Summer!!

So happy to have a little time off with my own babies this summer, but I sure am missing my sweet class!!

I know it may seem that teachers say this often but really, REALLY, this class was something special. Such an incredible group of kids and I am so proud of them. I do plan to post more about our end of year happenings later. Tons to share about our Animal Research PBL (which was FABULOUS!) and a few other fun things! So stay tuned!!

This pic was taken right after learning that our Halle won the all school Hula Hooping Championship! What? Your school doesn't do hula hooping on the last day of school!?!

Oh, and we also had a GAGA Ball Championship. Here is the 2nd grade team right before they played! Go Allie and Owen!

My little darling ready to cheer on her kindergarten friends!

Congrats Owen for winning the K-2 championship game. ;)

My class after the win!!

 Such a fun class!

Saying goodbye to my girls! :(

Earlier in the day, I had presented them with their End of Year Gifts...

Love the way they turned out this year! How did I make these? SIMPLE! Go HERE to read all about how the kids filled out ONE word for everyone in our class. Then I simply made a Wordle and printed it out! Cheap, Dollar store frames and a cute poem added to the back. Done! And they loved it!

To see my blog post on this last year, go HERE! I love how they each turned out a little different! The kids loved that the bigger the word, that meant the more people had put that word down to describe them! Very cool.

Would you like to do this activity with your class next year? It's FREE on TpT! And, oh my goodness, it has been downloaded nearly 6,000 times! WOW!

Get it HERE!

HAPPY SUMMER!!

Happy Memorial Day! {SALE!}

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVED. Let us never forget your sacrifice for this great country!

I'm showing my appreciation with a SALE. 20% off all of my END of YEAR items, TODAY ONLY!

Check out what's on sale HERE!

Hope everyone has a safe, relaxing Memorial Day!!

End of Year Awards- SUPERHERO style!

Can you believe we are already here?! End of the year. This year, especially, has seemed to ZOOM by for me. And we are all tired. We should feel like Superheroes. We've made it! And your kids should feel like Superheroes too! You have taught them well and each child should be recognized!

I've created these End of Year Superhero Awards just in time. And they are EDITABLE! 

{Thanks to one of my Facebook fans for helping me with the theme idea! These turned out super cute! }

I've created 25 different awards with 2 boy and 2 girl versions for each. There really is one for everyone!

SIMPLY click, type student name, teacher name and date and PRINT!!

I also included these blank ones where you can add your own Award Title and description! Simply click, type and print!

For those of you low on color ink, I also have Black and white versions of each award for easy printing!

I can see the kids wanting to color theirs. ;)

These Superhero Awards are ON SALE TODAY ONLY in my TpT store. Go check it out!

You can also find my End of Year Classroom Achievement Awards- Safari Style...also on SALE today!

See all of my END OF YEAR products on sale for Memorial Day only!

HAPPY (ALMOST) SUMMER!!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Are you shopping?

It's almost Day 2 of the TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale...have you filled up your cart yet? I have yet to make my purchases but plan to before the sale is over....TOMORROW!

Clearly, it is SPRING time and things at the end of the year are always crazy. Can't believe I didn't post anything at all last month. Really slacking on the blog front these days but I vow to get back at it once things calm down a bit...yeah, it may be June before it happens. 

So just a little post to let you know I am still here! 

Also, be sure to stop by my store during the sale!

SHOP NOW!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Hope you are all feeling the love!