Summer Wish List

I know I am little a lot late to the party, but my hubby had surgery and life has just been crazy busy!  I did though want to join in on the fun of Deanna's Top Ten Things I Want to Do This Summer!  I love this idea because I always have this grand idea of crossing everything off my to do list during the summer and I am lucky if I get one or two crossed off.  I am hoping that if I put it all out there that you guys can help keep me accountable!  :)

1.  I want to survive two summer courses!  In order to finish my master's degree next summer, I needed to take TWO online classes this summer.  It's definitely not ideal, but I can do it!

2.  Spend as much quality time (no phones, iPods, computers, or TV) with these two cuties as I can! 

3.  Read at least one non-school related book.  I usually read a ton over the summer, but I have a feeling most of my reading will be grad school related.  I need at least one non-school book.  Any good recommendations?

4.  Spend as much time outside as possible!  We love spending time outside whether it is playing in the backyard or having a picnic in the park.

5.  Get more familiar with my camera.  My hubby has gotten really good at taking pictures with our fancy new camera, but I am still learning.  Hoping to play with the camera a lot to learn more about it.

6.  Get to the gym!  I have been participating in #3weeksnocheats and it has been a great jump start, but I need to get back to the gym.  I LOVE lifting weights and it is inspiring to see Rachelle and Katie and the results they have in their healthy lifestyle journey.  

7.  Enjoy a relaxing vacation in my favorite place:  the Ozarks.  I just love how laid back and quiet it is at my aunt's house there.  It truly is the most relaxing vacation we take!

8.  Sleep in as much as possible.  My kids are starting to sleep in a bit and I want to take full advantage of that fact this summer.  No more waking up at 5 a.m. for this mama.

9.  Have a garden again this year that grows some beautiful produce.

10.  Take a spontaneous road trip with my family.  I would love to head up to Starved Rock again.  :)

Now let's see how many of these I accomplish!  I think I will batting a thousand.  :)

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Reader Bundle Sets

Oh my goodness friends...I have been working on quite the project for a couple of weeks now.  I have bundled my emergent readers by season.  In the process, I also created a lot of new readers that for the time being will only be available in through the purchase of a bundle.  Here is what I came up with:  {You can click on any of the images to get a better look at the products}

This set contains 5 different emergent readers with simple text for back to school.  

This set contains 12 different fall themed emergent readers.

This set contains 12 different winter themed emergent readers.

This set contains 12 different spring themed emergent readers.

This set contains 5 summer themed emergent readers including an end of year memory book.

Then I also decided to bundle all my bundles together and you can purchase all of my readers in one large bundle.

This has been a labor of love for sure.  I LOVE using readers with my class and try to do a couple a week if possible.  The students later use these during literacy centers when they have to read to self or someone.  It's great because I know these books are familiar and easy to read.  They also get to read these books when they finish work early.

Leave a comment below with your email address and I will give away one of the season bundles to a lucky follower.

Hurry because I will be choosing someone tomorrow night!
Giveaway is over......Congrats goes to #13 Kindergarten Squared!

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Summer Bucket List

I am joining in on the fun for the Summer Bucket List.  My kiddos and I create a "Summer Fun List" for each summer.  We hang it on the fridge and cross items off as we do them.  Some are simple like play at the park and some are more exciting like a vacation.  Once, I saw this linky I knew it was right up my alley!!!  :)

{1} Anniversary trip with my hubby....We will be married for 10 years this summer and the last BIG trip we took by ourselves was our honeymoon 10 years ago.  We plan on going to Chicago for a long weekend to relax and have some fun.

{2}  READ.....I love to read and my kids and I usually end up at the library at least once a week.  They always participate in our local library's summer reading program.  I love sitting out on my deck with the sunshine and a good book!

{3} I really want to color coordinate my classroom a little better.  Here is the color scheme I thinking of doing.  Haven't decided 100% for sure yet though.

{4}  I plan on creating some new things for classroom inspired by Pinterest.  {Click on the images to head to my pins.}

{5}  I WILL be organizing my two closets in my classroom!!

{6}  Shopping....both for myself and for my classroom.  :)

Today we had our zoo field trip.  The kids had a blast!  Here are a few pictures of our day.

Last, but not least I need to pick a winner a for my birthday giveaway.  Congrats goes to.....



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Now this exhausted teacher is headed off to bed because we have field day tomorrow so I know I will need my rest!

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