Kwik Stix at Toys R Us and a Giveaway!

As you all know, I absolutely love Kwik Stix!! These are amazing paint sticks that dry in 90 seconds!! The pictures that your kid make are amazing! So bright and colorful and the best part is they do not make a mess!!! No water needed!!!!!!

 Aren't the colors amazing!!! So bright! 

The best thing is they are now available at Toys R Us!!!!!

So one lucky reader will win a set of these amazing paint stix! Just enter by commenting below to win a set of these amazing paint stix!!!! I will choose a random winner on May 9.

Good luck everyone!!!!!

Joy Cowley Contest!

Hello, everyone! I can not believe that it is already February!! And with February comes a contest!!! I love Mrs. Wishy Washy and I am so excited to be able to bring this opportunity to all of you!!

The Joy Cowley Classroom Giveaway by Hameray Publishing is here! One lucky classroom will win an entire set of Joy Cowley Collection leveled readers (60 books), Joy Cowley Early Birds lower-leveled readers (45 books), all of her newest big books (34 big books), a set of finger puppets, and more!

These books pull in even the most reluctant readers with their humor and whimsy. Your students will clamor to keep reading about their new friends: Mrs. Wishy-Washy, Hungry Giant, the Meanies, and more. Recurring characters make them reach for the next book, and playful storylines lead them to finish it. All books in this package are written at guided reading levels C–I. Read more about the books included here.

This contest is closing February 28, so enter now! Winners will be announced March 1.

So click on the picture below to enter!!!

Good Luck Everyone!!!!

Kid Stix Paint Sticks and a giveaway

I first learned about this amazing product at the French Lick Teacher Blogger Meet Up (click on link to see my post about this awesome event)! I was like paint stix what are these!! So of course, I had to try them and do a review on them (click on the link to read my review)! This was on the primary color stix. Click on their logo to check them out!!!!

 Then I was given the opportunity to try and blog about the NEON paint stix! OMG!!!! These are amazing!!! They are so bright and colorful! My kiddos loved them.

Now for those of you who are not familiar with paint stix. These are tempera paint stix. They look like glue sticks but they are tempera paint! The kids just take the cap off and paint! There is no water needed! No mess! Doesn't spill or get all over everything! And it dries in 90 seconds!!!! YES! 90 SECONDS!!!!!! My kiddos loved these!!!!

Look how bright these are!!!!

My kids used these when we did directed drawing lessons in ELA!!!! This is the lesson we did on Snappsy the Alligator for point of view!!!! Click on link to buy the book!!!!!

Look how bright green the alligators are!! No smudges or paint all over their hands!!!!!! 

Then they used them during quiet time!!!!

They used them during social studies when they had to draw maps and pictures of their families!!

These paint stix are amazing if you have the HUe Animation Camera!!! They are so bright and they look amazing in the videos that your kids create!! We used them for our rainforest videos. Here is one of their pictures!!!

There are so many ways to use these in your classroom!!

Now how about a giveaway??? 

The Pencil Grip have given me a six pack of primary and a 6 pack of neon paint stix to give away to one of my lucky readers!!! Enter using the rafflecopter below!!!!!

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A Joy Cowley Giveaway!!!

I love books! I love to share books with my kids! I absolutely love Mrs. Wishy Washy and so do my kids! When I had the opportunity from Hameray Publishing to review some books and have help get the word out about their awesome giveaway, I was on board immediately!!!

I am so honored to have this opportunity to give you a chance to win an awesome Joy Cowley prize pack! This pack consists of the collection of 60 titles written by Joy Cowley, 30 titles of Joy Cowley Early Birds, 19 Joy Cowley Big Books, Mrs Wishy Washy & Friends Finger Puppets and more!!!! This is a prize pack valued over $1,0000!!!!!  The contest ends April 13th and the winner will be announced on April 14th!!!! 

Hameray Publishing is famous for Mrs. Wishy Washy but they have some other characters too! I got to read and use some books about two other characters! Mr. Noise and Barbie, the sheep!

Can I just say, I loved these characters by Joy Cowley! My kids enjoyed them!

The first character that I was introduced to was: Mr. Whisper!

Mr. Whisper is a sweet man who always talks in a whisper. He talks so low that people can barely hear him. The books were entertaining and my kids loved them. They enjoyed them and begged for more.

The books I read were:

My kids loved tis book. Mr. Whisper has a poem for Miss Candy for Valentine's Day. He tries to share it with her but she can't hear him! Hmmmmmm. What does Mr. Whisper do to share his poem???? I stopped reading the book before the ending and had my students draw what they thought would happen next. Their results were so cute!

Mr. Whisper ears are hurting! The noises around him are so loud.  he goes to the doctor but does not hear what he wants to hear What can Mr. Whisper do about his ears? My students had a variety of answers.

Noises, Noises, everywhere! Poor Mr. Whisper! What can he do about all the noises? He tries to resolve the problem through phone calls and conversation but he talks so low that nobody can hear him!!!!

Mr. Whisper was a character that my students and I just loved and can not wait to read more stories and share more of his adventures!!

The next character we read about was Barbie the Lamb!

Very different character from Mr. Whisper. This character made my kids laugh. She is mischievous and fun!

The three books I read were:

This book introduces us to Barbie! Barbie is a fun and mischievous character! When I read this book, I read the title and asked my kids what they thought the book was about. They thought Barbie was going to be a wild animal like a wolf. This was great for vocabulary! 

This book is abut Barbie getting a haircut. Barbie was getting sheared and was not going to make it easy for the farmer. We researched sheep and the shearing of their wool. We also learned about spinning wheels. This book had a lot of awesome vocabulary and provided a chance to do some great lessons! We did a text to self connection about how Barbie felt about getting a haircut and how they felt. 

When you think of a Pet Day, what animals do you think you will see? This is how I started this book off and their answers were typical. The looks on their faces as we read about Barbie the sheep at Pet day were priceless. They just laughed and giggled throughout!

These two characters by Joy Cowley are enjoyable and fun! 

When you think of Joy Cowley, you automatically think of Mrs. Wishy Washy but she has so many other wonderful characters for your kids to experience. The two new characters I read about with my kids were well received and my kids wanted to hear more books about these two characters. What is awesome is that Hameray Publishing has a new character set that includes many of their new characters, Mr. Whisper and Barbie are included! 

What is great is that these characters are also available in guided reading sets!!! This made me happy because my kids loved them and wanted to read them all the time. The vocabulary is rigorous yet the kids were able to read them with some assistance! They provide many opportunities for some great book talks and guided reading lessons!!!!

So there are the two awesome new characters that I got to read about and share with my kids! I highly recommend them to be an addition to any classroom and their class library!

Now you have a chance to win an awesome Joy Cowley prize pack! This pack consists of the collection of 60 titles written by Joy Cowley, 30 titles of Joy Cowley Early Birds, 19 Joy Cowley Big Books, Mrs Wishy Washy & Friends Finger Puppets and more!!!! This is a prize pack valued over $1,0000!!!!!  The contest ends April 13th and the winner will be announced on April 14th!!!! 

So click on the picture below to enter:

Don't forget to check out these new characters by Joy Cowley! You won't be disappointed and don't forget to enter for your chance to win this amazing prize pack!!! The contest ends April 13th and the winner will be announced on April 14th!!!! So click below and enter!!!!

Are you ready for a Giveaway?????

I am so excited to be sharing this amazing product with you!! O-Venture has an awesome key ring that they sent me to try and also gave me one to give away to one lucky reader!

I have to say I love this key ring! It is sturdy, the keys do not fall off, it stays on your wrist and it is hard to lose!!! These are all factors that are important to me and I am sure to you as well when it comes to your key rings!

This key rings hangs on your wrist which provides you the opportunity of a hands free experience. 

These key rings were also one of  Oprah's favorite things!!!!

So here is the one I have to give away! 

Click on the pic to go to their site!

Just enter the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win this awesome Key Ring!!

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A Flipped Reading Book Study Giveaway!

Hello all!!!!

We have been doing a book study on the book:

We are loving it! So in honor of this awesome book, we have a giveaway for one lucky blogger!!! Just enter the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win a selfie stick! Our post on chapters 5 and 6 will be posted on Wednesday, July 29!

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Daily 5 Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to the winner of the wireless doorbell!