Top 10 Kindergarten Teacher Websites and Why

Surf on over to Bright Hub and see what they think are the top 10 Websites for Kindergarten teachers.   

Teaching Heart has been around for 12 years now and has been on many top 10 lists; but it still makes me smile when someone new picks it as their fave!  Most of the time I find out about Teaching Heart being listed from other readers.  I appreciate it when you send me details of where you see Teaching Heart.  If it wasn't for you all letting me know; I would have never known that Teaching Heart was featured in Scholastic Magazine or K-9 Teaching Magazine.  One teacher even recorded her local news where Teaching Heart was mentioned and sent me the VHS tape of the show.  Thanks guys!  Have a blessed day!

Teaching Heart Sale!!!

Teaching Heart Happy Teacher Appreciation Sale till Sunday...

Save 20% on order totals from http://teachingheart.cerizmo.com/
use discount code LOVETEACHERS20

Get that Emd of The Year Packet now while you can save!!!

Thankful Sale = Save 25%

Must Have Teaching Heart Products for winter!

Use coupon code thankyou for 25% off orders placed onhttp://teachingheart.cerizmo.com/
Must purchase on or before November 29th 2010!!

Thanks for being a customer, reader, and having a Teaching Heart!!!  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with many blessings!!! 

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare.  They are consumed in twelve minutes.  Half-times take twelve minutes.  This is not coincidence."  ~Erma Bombeck

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.  ~Johannes A. Gaertner

November Fun and Free Treats at Teaching Heart Mom!

Hope your Halloween was full of fun spooks!  Ours was a weekend of Halloween fun!  Now it is November and we are ready to be Thankful in November. 

We will be doing another Thankful for visitors giveaway in November, be sure to check the blog daily...  You never know what day the great giveaway will be posted.  I can tell you that it will be valued over $100.00 of learning fun!!!  Become a follower now by clicking follow in the left corner of this page!!!

Are you a Facebook Fan???  We are so close to 2,000 fans.  Once we hit 2,000 our fans will have a chance to win a giveaway only available to our Facebook Fans.  So become of fan today so you won't  miss out!  Here's the link!  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Teaching-Heart-wwwteachingheartnet/111345987534
If you get there today you will see we have a giveaway contest going on now till the end of the day. 

Have you seen our Thanksgiving page?  http://www.teachingheart.net/turkey.html 

Have you ordered our Thanksgiving packet there???  Get it now and start planning some fun learning for school or home!!!
http://teachingheart.net/thanksgivingpacket.html

Get Ready For A Week of Giveaways!!!

It's almost here...  You are starting to see it in the stores with the back to school supplies emerging!  Are you ready to go back to school or send you kiddos off to school?  Even if you aren't ready for the school time routine to start again, hopefully the Teaching Heart Back to School Party will get you in the mood!  It was so much fun last year, we decided to do it again to say thank you to all our wonderful customers, blog followers, an Teaching Heart Teachers!!!! 

 

Get ready, it's almost time!!!

 

When:  August 16-22 (something every day of the week to look forward to)

Where:  Check in daily to Teaching Heart Mom!

What:  Each day we will have a giveaway of a great prize or prizes.  At least one chance a day to win a great giveaway.  We will also post four free printables during the week.  You can click here to see some of our giveaways last year!

 

Want to make a donation of a product you sell or create that parents or teachers can use with their kiddos?   If you make a donation, your website will go out to our newsletter of over 7,000 subscibers, be posted on our blog, and will be shared on our Teaching Heart Facebook page of over 1,080 fans & growing!  All you have to do is contact Teaching Heart at: cgallagher_1999@yahoo.com let us know what you would like to donate and we will get back to you with more details!  This is an awesome opportunity for you!!!  See Alexa to learn more about our site ranking http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/teachingheart.net  Teaching Heart is one of the top listed sites on GOOGLE and Yahoo for teachers.

 

Hmmmm.... you read this far!!! Thanks!

Here's a surprise giveaway. I'll tell you what it is on the 16th and announce the winner at the same time. All you have to do to play is put you name and email address in the comments section of this post on or before August 15th. One entry per person. If you enter more than once your entry will be void. The winner will be selected by random draw on the 16th!!!

Good luck!!!!!

Are you a Teaching Heart Facebook Fan?

So, are you?  I hope you will click on over and join the group.  Often contests are posted and you could win something fun!!!  Plus, when we do our annual back to school party in August you will need to be a fan to qualify for many of our chances to win!!!  So join today, don't delay!!!  Click here!!!

 

 

Summer Packet Sale!

Summer Sale!!!
Save 30% off Packet order
(Use code thsummer10) when ordering instant packets at http://www.teachingheart.net/primaryteachertimesaver.html
or
http://teachingheart.cerizmo.com/

Sale ends July 5, 2010!!

Offer is only for instant downloadable packets.  Sale ends July 5, 2010! 

Get your packets before school starts.  Get them printed and ready for the year!

Olympic Learning!

Just a few idea to use with your classroom or kiddos over the winter Olympics!

Get black sheet paper and cover a bulletin board with it. Place a sports boarder around the board. On a computer generate a red, white, and blue sign with the title, "Going for the Gold in Room 1!" Make the Olympic Rings out of Oaktag. Make a Tourch and Flame out of oaktage. Purchase pretend medals at a party store. Make five smaller circles on a computer and place the words, writing, growing, learning, reading, and math in each circle. Place this all on a bulletin board!

Math Ideas:
- Make bar graphs for the gold, silver and bronze medals won for each country. You could also graph students favorite Olympic Sport.

-Take brain breaks to measure student jumps, throws and running speeds

Language Arts:

-Read various books on the Olympics

-Have students write a poem about the Olympics

-Have students write a speech about winning the gold medal.

-If I were Olympic Athlete...

-Brainstorm ideas of what it takes to be an Olympic Athlete. Students list and illustrate the ideas.

-Put the sports names in ABC order.

-Write a news report.

-Take a picture of each students head. Have the student cut out their head and then draw the body of what sport they would like to compete in. Make sure they include an Olympic background behind their drawing. Below the drawing you could have student write about their time at the Olympics.

Arts and Crafts

- Use pipe cleaners to have students create their own Olympic rings

-Make Olympic Torches your students can eat... Use a sugar cone and whip cream. Sprinkle yellow sprinkles on the whip cream and you have torch the students can eat.

-Have an oreo Olympics:
Oreo Stacking
Oreo Relays
Oreo Rolling
Oreo Eating

5 Free PDF Printables From Teaching Heart

KWL Olympic Sheet

Graphing

Click here to see and download the rest off of Teaching Heart!

I have created this page in honor of the 2006 Olympics and due to the large volume of requests from Teaching Heart Teachers who were looking for Olympic ideas to use in their classrooms. Here you will find ideas, printables, and great links that will help you create an Olympic Theme/Unit in your classroom. A special thanks to the teachers who sent me the great links to include on this page

Links off of Teaching Heart worth visiting!

Winter Sports Coloring!

Olympic and Winter Olympic Fuse Bead Patterns

Olympic Games Worksheets

Winter Olympic games to make and play with friends

Mazes, Word Searched, Dot to Dot, and lots more!


 

It will PAY to read this if you LOVE Teaching Heart Packets!!

To say thanks to our Yahoo Groups members, Teaching Heart Blog Readers, and Facebook members, we are offering 15% off your instant packet orders when you order from:
http://teachingheart.cerizmo.com/
and use the discount code: teachingheart15

That is 15% off your shopping cart...  Fill up! This offer goes till Feb. 1st.... Don't delay!!!

Be sure to check out our newest packet and download the free printable. 
http://www.teachingheart.net/winterprintables01.html

Enjoy!

Teaching Heart Resources

Hello Teaching Heart Readers! Hope this finds you all well and happy in 2010!


Below are links to many updated pages on Teaching Heart… At each page you will find free printables, ideas, lessons, links and more for the given topics.


100th Ideas:
http://www.teachingheart.net/hundreddays.html


MLK Ideas:
http://www.teachingheart.net/happymlkbooks.html
Just updated with new printables and all the links are working…


Valentine's Day:
http://www.teachingheart.net/valentinesdaypage.html
Updates and will update through Jan., so keep checking!


Snowy Day:
http://www.teachingheart.net/snowyday.html  
Just updated! Check it out!

TEACHING HEART PRODUCTS:
http://teachingheart.net/primaryteachertimesaver.html
90% of the teachers who purchase one product come back to purchase
another product. 1000's of happy teachers using Teaching Heart CDROM's.
Make lesson planning easy! Plus NOW instant downloadable mini units!
Check them out with this direct link to our instant downloads! http://teachingheart.cerizmo.com/  

Mittens:
http://www.teachingheart.net/mitten.html


Pres. Day
http://www.teachingheart.net/presidents.html\
Updated too!!!


Clifford:
http://www.teachingheart.net/cliffordunit.html


Any Skill Board Games
http://www.teachingheart.net/anyskillgames.htm
Are you looking for a great center for your classroom that you can use to reinforce previously taught skills?
Do you teach in small groups? Are you a parent looking for a fun way to practice skills at home?  This is the CDROM for you. Check out the link and download the free games and decide if it is right for you!

Will he see his shadow?
http://www.teachingheart.net/groundhogdaysite.html  
Many great Ground Hog Day Ideas


Teaching Heart Mom Blog
http://teachingheartmom.blogspot.com/
Follow this blog to find out what is new daily by following the blog.


Thanks and have a great day!

Giveway OF Thanks!

Only a few days left to enter... Last day is December 5th! Hurry!

One of my personal goals for November is to be aware of my many blessings and be thankful for them!

I am so thankful for my visitors both here at Teaching Heart Mom and at Teaching Heart. I am also thankful to those that purchase products from Teaching Heart... I wish I could thank everyone with a free treat. That just is not possible! But I can giveaway this basket filled with tons of treats any teacher would love plus three Teaching Heart CDROMs (valued at over $100)...

filled with all of this stuff...2 New books(one paper back and one hardback), 2 listen and play games, a hungry caterpillar puzzle, Telling Time game, pocket chart, three CDROMS from Teaching Heart (CD #3, Packet CD #2, and Any Skills game board CD), stickers, star notepad, holiday coffee, candle, hand sanitizer, hand cream...

and I can give away five CD's to five entries (you choose the CDROM if you win).

Just my way of saying thank you to my visitors and customers. You all really rock!

SIX WINNERS: You may enter for a chance to win this basket and five other entries will be drawn for a chance to win one CD of choice from:
http://teachingheart.net/primaryteachertimesaver.html

RULES

Seven chances to enter... Last day to enter is December 5th. Winners will be posted on December 6th.

1.) Just leave your name and email in the comments section. (enter 1 x)

2.) Blog about this giveaway and then come back to the comments section and leave the link (twice) to your blog post, your name, and email. (enter 2 x)

3.) Join our facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=46195418417&ref=ts Once you have joined, return to the comments section and type, "I am a facebook fan." Leave your email and name too. (enter 1x)

4.)Become a follower of this blog. If you are already following, that counts too. In the comments section type, "I'm a follower." leave your name and email. (enter 1x)

5,) Tweet about this giveaway. Please use @teachingheart in your tweet. Come back and leave the comment "I tweeted this!" and your email. (enter 1 X)

6.) For those who have purchased a Teaching Heart CDROM in the past... In the comments section, please list one of the CDROM's you have and why you enjoy using it. Your name and email... make another comment: Please tell us about an activity you have used on the CD and how you and your class enjoyed it. Leave your name and email. (enter 2x)

Good luck to you all and thanks again for being a visitor/reader/follower!!!

Here's 2 more giveaways parents and teachers would love! What a month to giveaway!!!

My three favorite stores hands down are: Target, Kohl's, and Amazon! The last being the one I probably shop most at. Plus Amazon is just great all around. They have an awesome associates program that has paid me well for years... Plus I recently became an amazon vine reader ='s free things to review... Once I won a 1,000 gift card from them. That was about 8 years ago when DVD's cost like $500.00 and that is when we got our first DVD player. Anyhow, I just found this AMAZON.com giveaway for $25.00. We can all use the extra money this time of year. Hop over to My Bilingual Boys and check out the list of Great Giveaways !

Also wanted to share this teacher giveaway found at Kindergarten's 3 R's:

Go here to see how to enter this contest.

Gobble, Gobble... Before you know it!

October is gone and time to start thinking about that Turkey... Let Teaching Heart make learning fun for your child or students with our Thanksgiving Packet...

Click here to learn more...

Teaching Heart's Newest CDROM and Winners.

Today marks the start of our two week sale on our newest CDROM called, Any Skill Board Games and Skill Cards. This is great for teachers to use in centers or during small group instruction. Also, great for parents to use to review skills your child may be struggling with in school. The boards are attractive and will get your kiddos excited about learning the given skill. Get the CD this week for the introductory sale price of 20.95. Click here to learn more and to place your order.

I would like to thank all those who entered to win the CDROM. I used a random number generator to pick four winners. You could only win once! The four winners are:

17.) Angie said...
I've blogged about your giveaway. http://angies4sons.blogspot.com/2009/10/win-teaching-hearts-new-cdrom-and-more.html

1.) Tam118dans@aol.com Tammy

6.) Nichole said...
I've been a member of the newsletter for a handful of years now, and I just became a member of your Facebook page!! YEA!!! :-D

8.) Bibliocat said...
I am an elementary school librarian. I received a grant a few years ago to make literacy bags for the kindergartens to check out from the library. I created or found online games to be included in the bags. Over the last few years I have been adding more bags to the library collection. The game CD Rom would be very great resource.

If you are a winner you will need to email me at cgallagher_1999@yahoo.com
and send me their shipping address to recieve their CDROM and printable.

Star Marshmallow Math Fun!!!

Happy Fourth of July all!!! I hope this little posts finds you dressed in red, white, and blue! I love July 4th. As a child we spent most of those 4th of July's in Florida with my Grampy. My brother would light off the fire crackers we would buy in South Carolina and I would run from the "loud chase after you ones" he would direct my way. Then of course there was the time that the neighbor boy would light Roman Candles in his mouth as we all sat around in amazement of his bravery that I now realize as stupidity. Yes, I have fond memories of summer nights and fourth of July as a kiddo.

As a parent, I recall being pregnant with my first child on the 4th. My husband had to read the baby inside of me the Declaration of Independence on the 4th. As boring as I find the text to be, I sat through it. Seven years later, he still reads it to my son.

Anyhow, I wanted to repost a fun learning activity that you can use at your 4th of July picnic if you happen to have these here starmallows.

Summer Math Fun!
A break for mommy. Get the marshmallow, hand over the printable sheet and tell your kiddos to have fun!!!


Buy Star Marshmallows and Practice Math Skill with these sheets... Click Here for Free Printable.