TPT Seller Challenge: Week 1 Makeover Madness

I have been updating products this week with the TPT Seller Challenge. Week one is about picking a product and changing it in some way. If you haven't heard about it you can visit our hosts to jump in on the fun. To see Teachers Pay Teachers products transformed into something fabulous you can browse on Instagram using #tptsellerchallenge and for this week #makeovermadness. (Hint hint) You may also find that these makeover products are on sale for a limited time.

What I didn't like

For the makeover I picked a product that I have wanted to recreate for a while. Its a Valentine's Day product. I lost the file for this clipart set and was not able to change it or add to it. This has been the extra push I needed to tackle that remake. Everything was in color, which was not printer friendly at all. I wanted to add new updated font and graphics.

What I Changed

I added a new cover page, new font, and new clip art and frames from Ta-Da Doodle Illustration, Educlips, and Creative Clips. Other frames from Mad Clips Factory, and Graphics from the Pond. All the worksheets are printer friendly. This product went from 54 pages to over 100 pages. It has been spiced up and is looking fabulous.  It is printer friendly. Math centers are in color and black and white. There are recording sheets to go with Valentine's Day task cards. 

To see this product you can stop by my  TPT Store. 

What have you been working on this week? Stay tuned for week 2's Dare to Dream Challenge!

Pool Party Blog Hop Winners

We have Winners! Thank you to everyone who sponsored this blog hop and to all those who entered. It has been a great week. Congratulations to our Winners!

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Holiday and Seasonal Product Giveaway

Its the third week of Teaching in the Net month long Birthday Blow out Celebration. If you are just now joining us, you will be blown away at the selection of prizes you can win this week. With one more week to go it is an event to not to be missed. Let's get started with a little bit about my top three favorite holidays.

1. Easter-My kids find so many ways to use those colorful plastic eggs. They make great counting and word games. Of course sometimes those eggs are filled with candy, and it encourages my little ones to get their work completed. Then they are allowed to eat it. The day is celebrated with a few Easter eggs hunts, and a family dinner. 

2. Fourth of July- I love watching the fireworks light up the sky. My youngest son, I still have to hold my hands over his ears while he cuddles real close to me and watches. He just doesn't like the noise. 

3. Christmas- Everything about Christmas makes me smile. All of it, picking out a tree, making holiday cookies, shopping, wrapping gifts and spending time with your loved ones. There is something magically about that time of the year. Its hectic and busy but putting all the time and effort into making it a special day is worth it. My daughter's birthday is on Christmas Eve. She is my own little miracle.  It makes the holiday more special. 

What are your 3 favorite holidays? Think about it as you check out this week's seasonal/holiday products. It almost feels like its a back to school giveaway. Well, let's not rush that, instead just think ahead. You will be prepared with these resources for WHEN you go back to school.

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Pool Party Birthday Blog Hop

Last week I turned the big 3-0 folks. Yes its officially. Let's celebrate with a blog hop and a giveaway. Together with 30+ TPT bloggers we are kicking this summer off with teaching ideas, freebies, sales, and three giveaway packs totaling in $300. I know you are just going to love what you find during this hop. Oh and I put together a handy ebook so you can find Teachers Pay Teachers' sellers on their social media networks and everything is hyperlinked so all you have to do is download and click away to connect. 

My daughter loves keeping track of all the birds that come into our backyard. One thing we do is keep a nature journal of our feathered friends. Its a project that you can start in the summer and continue with all year long. It can be simple as keeping a blank notebook with drawings and research finding.  Or students can type them and create a journal.

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I love a good cookie recipe. This is my recipe entry for The Best Summertime Picnic Recipes Brought to you by 75 TPT sellers. See fabulous recipes in this ebook created to save you time this summer. 

In the summer months we tend to use simple recipes most days. A project that you can do with your little ones is to collect all their favorite recipes and create a cookbook. Use these blank ready to print pages to get started with.

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Quick ebook that includes all the sponsors for this giveaway and ways to connect with them on social media.  Click the image to get the inside scoop on this birthday celebration. You can find our sponsors on Instagram and Twitter using the #poolpartyhop

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Splish Splash It's a Summertime Blog Bash

Welcome to Splish-Splash It's a Summertime Blog Bash hosted The Classroom Game Nook. There are 40 bloggers joining this hop and each of us have something special that we are offering YOU. Find summer ideas, projects, exclusive freebies and product giveaways from our Teacher Pay Teacher's Store. This begins May 25th at 9 AM (EST) lasting all week long.

Here is how it works. You can start here at The Education Highway blog, browse this post, download the freebie, enter for your chance to win my multiplication lapbook. I will be mailing this to the winner. Along with the multiplication bundle. This is perfect for second to fourth graders. More about that in a minute.  After you download your TPT exclusive freebie, and enter this giveaway you can hop to the next blogger by clicking on the sun image.

Being outside, hanging out at the beach or having a barbecue while the kids are in the pool are things we do a lot in the summer. All the electronics go off and its family time. If you have little ones at one you can relate to the Xbox, Wii, tablets, laptops etc. etc. Turn it all off! Grab some bubbles, water balloons, and play outside. I am not much of beach girl but my kids love it. They play in the sand and water all day. We pack a cooler and spend the day relaxing. Those days my phone turns off too so its just us. I love it that way.  

 My oldest is turning T-E-N on May 27th. Where did all those years ago! He is excited. Me, well I am turning 3-0 the first of June. Not so excited. Haha But I love celebrating birthdays, ice cream cakes are awesome right?

We added two more swimmers to the big pool, they can reach the bottom fine and love being like the BIG KIDS. No more kiddie pools at this house! Swimming lessons for them this summer, they are eager to learn. They splash around till they get wrinkles. Big on safety folks, remember to always take the ladder out when no one is in the pool even if you are coming right back. Put it far enough away where they can't carry it to put it in the pool. It only takes moments for accidents to happen. These little guys know the rules. We spend a lot of time in the pool. I created a poster and cute cards for them. I couldn't resist sharing it with all of you. To download them stop by here. 

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Exclusive Multiplication Freebie

There are several strategies used to solve multiplication equations. This packet practices how to solve multiplication equations using a table.There is one week worth of worksheets for students in second to fourth grade. The multiplication table can be added to a notebook or lapbook.

Win a hard copy of my NEW Star Wars Multiplication Lapbook. Winner will receive it mailed to their home address. Along with a digital copy my Star Wars Multiplication Bundle. 

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