tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91152297999953972852023-11-16T01:12:06.448-05:00Mrs. Wimp's FirstiesMrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-9853115024936562342014-08-19T16:20:00.000-04:002014-08-19T16:20:00.232-04:00Brain Break Blitz Linky!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
I don't know about you, but we LOVE LOVE LOVE GoNoodle in my classroom! I started using it at the end of last school year, and I don't know what I did without it. If you're new to GoNoodle, it's an awesome online resource for classroom brain breaks. <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/">Check it out!</a></div>
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Here are three brain-break questions to get the Linky Party started…</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Why are <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/?ref_id=linky" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #005794; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="GoNoodle brain breaks">brain breaks</a> <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">so </em>important for today’s kids?</strong></div>
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With so many more expectations for young learners today, it is crucial for them to have time to rest their brains and get their bodies moving. My kids in first grade are 6 and 7 years old, and their little bodies just aren't made for sitting still all day long. Brain breaks are important because they not only let students get their wiggles out, some brain breaks, such as Maximo, or Airtime, are calming, and get them focused and ready to learn!</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. If you were stranded on an elementary classroom island and could only bring 3 <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/?ref_id=linky" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #005794; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="GoNoodle brain breaks">brain breaks</a>, what would they be?</strong></div>
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It's hard to pick, but here are my top 3:</div>
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1. Maximo- He gets students calm and stretched and ready to learn. Plus, what's cuter than a first grader doing yoga?!</div>
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2. Any of the Run with Us videos- These are great for getting kids moving, and using up some of that first grade energy! The kids love the Olympic coaches!</div>
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3. KooKoo Kangaroo's Dinosaur Stomp- Why? Because it's fun and catchy! "Pick up your foot and stomp it stomp it..." :)</div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/?ref_id=linky" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #005794; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="GoNoodle Brain Breaks">GoNoodle</a> can be a great motivator! Share a tactic or idea for using brain breaks to engage the classroom.</strong></div>
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Every morning to get the day started, I do a calming brain break with my students. It seems to set a calm and focused tone for the morning. A little tip to anyone just starting out using GoNoodle, I make a no talking rule to add to the calmness, and have students sit down in their seats quietly once the brain break is over. After that, they are ready to learn!</div>
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<i>Here are my Firsties doing yoga with Maximo. Too cute, right?!</i></div>
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I'm linking up with <a href="http://secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com/">Miss DeCarbo</a> for her Wordless Wednesday linky party!</div>
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So these were delivered to my class this morning!!!! *SO EXCITED!!!!* My district is now 1:1 k-12!</div>
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My wordless Wednesday question is, where on the spectrum of tech in the classroom is your district? </div>
Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-74132793796661128642014-06-30T01:12:00.002-04:002014-06-30T08:54:04.632-04:00Monday Meet Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Monday Meet Up, a linky party from their Summer Bloggin' series. </div>
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Today's Monday Meet Up is all about things we are thankful for, so here goes!</div>
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It's only 6 months 'til Christmas folks! Where does the time go? It seems like it just stopped snowing...oh wait, it did! If you're from Indiana, you know what I mean! I'm always excited about Christmas, but if I don't see a single snowflake this year, I won't be sad! Anyway, if you want some great deals, there are a ton of fabulous TPT sellers (including yours truly) that are putting their stores on sale for June 24th and 25th for a 6 Months 'til Christmas Sale. Head on over to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/lizwimp">my TPT store</a> and enjoy a 20% discount on EVERYTHING! You can also head over to <a href="http://www.thelearninghighway.blogspot.com/">The Learning Highway</a> to sign up for a HUGE Christmas giveaway! Happy shopping!<br>
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I'm super excited to be participating in the Primary Gal's Summer Stock Up! We all know that teachers don't really take summers off, we are ALWAYS planning ahead. This event is the perfect opportunity for you to stock up on wonderful resources for the upcoming school year!<br>
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For the stock up, I will be featuring my EnVision Math Vocab Cards for first grade!<br>
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I keep them on my calendar wall in my classroom. They fit PERFECTLY in these adorable little pocket charts (found in the dollar spot at Target)!</div>
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Here is an example of them as part of a vocabulary wall.</div>
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A handy little feature these cards have, is that the topic they go with is noted in the bottom corner for super easy organization!</div>
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These cards are great for use on a math focus wall, or on your calendar bulletin board for daily review of math vocabulary! Please note that these are for the Common Core version of EnVision! These cards are specific to EnVision, but even if your school does not use EnVision, they are Common Core aligned. You can find these cards in several colors and patterns in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/lizwimp">TPT store</a>. For a free sample of the vocabulary cards for topic 1, check out my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mrswimp">Facebook page</a>! Click on the Summer Stock Up! tab and like my fb page to grab the freebie!</div>
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<br>Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-78045559714583595712014-06-12T14:38:00.001-04:002014-06-12T21:12:54.755-04:00Artsy Fartsy Friday!I'm linking up with my super talented real-life teacher friends, Jena at <a href="http://sewmuchmusic.blogspot.com/">Sew Much Music</a>, and Lindsay at <a href="http://misslawskinders.blogspot.com/">Miss Law's Kinders</a> for their new linky party Artsy Fartsy Friday! (Isn't that just the cutest linky party name?!) If you are doing something artsy over the summer, you should join in the fun and link up!<br>
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I started this cute little baby afghan last November and was planning on having it done by the time my daughter was born...in February. It's still nowhere close to being done. That's what having kids does to your crafty plans! One of my summer goals is to finish this little beauty, or at least get a little closer. It's a really easy crochet pattern if you like crocheting. I changed colors every three rows instead of every two like the pattern indicates. I like my chevrons a little chunkier. :) I would have had it done in no time, if I actually had time to sit down and work on it! </div>
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<br>Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-45299655473175703672014-06-08T23:14:00.001-04:002014-06-09T05:06:02.328-04:00Monday Meet Me!I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/2014/06/monday-meet-me.html" target="_blank">The Teaching Tribune</a> for their Monday Meet Me linky party!<br />
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I teach-I have moved around quite a bit in my 6 year teaching career, but first grade has my heart and I hope to stay here as long as I can!</div>
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I have- I LOVE summers with my kids and getting to be a stay at home mom for at least a short time.</div>
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I watch- Seriously, I always have The Big Bang Theory on, even if it's just background noise (in fact, it's on right now)! It just makes me laugh!</div>
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And on a very happy note, this is my first official Monday of summer break! WOOHOO!</div>
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<br />Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-38996638773868279252014-06-04T07:13:00.000-04:002014-06-04T07:13:28.391-04:00Wordless Wednesday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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This was my classroom at the beginning of the year (it is MUCH messier right now!) As you can hopefully tell, I have a bee themed classroom. It's been my first year of doing a classroom theme, and I've had fun with it! </div>
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<u>Listening</u>- If you like country with some sass, Pistol Annies is for you! And don't you just love Pandora? I feel like they know me. ;)<br />
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We had a huge inflatable obstacle course at school yesterday...and this is what happened after the kids were gone! These girls are some of my very best teacher friends and I don't know what I would do without them! They also happen to be very talented TPT sellers and bloggers. Check them out, because they're awesome! </div>
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#TBT alert! My very first class that I had when I taught kindergarten 6 years ago is getting ready to leave our little school and go to middle school so I decided to recreate our kindergarten class picture. They have grown into such wonderful people, and most of them are taller than me now! :) I can't believe that it's been so long since I had these sweet babies...I feel so old! These kids were absolutely precious and truly taught me what it meant to be a teacher. I might burst in to tears as they leave next Friday!</div>
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We started researching for our animal reports yesterday, and it was one of those times in the classroom where everything just <i>worked. </i>The kids were super excited about researching about their animals, and were really self-motivated. Once I got them on <a href="http://www.kidrex.org/" target="_blank">KidRex</a> on their MacBooks, I was really just there to help with technical issues. They were in charge! They took the lead and got right to work, they were collaborating, they were engaged...*sigh*. My teacher heart was overflowing! I feel like as soon as students take ownership over their learning, it's so much more meaningful, you know? </div>
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Our district will officially be 1:1 next year!!! I am beyond excited and I'm already trying to plan for next year. I created some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/iPad-rules-posters-FREEBIE-1259712" target="_blank">iPad rule posters</a>, and you can get them for FREE! I had to laugh as I was creating them, because one of my rules is to only touch the iPad WITH YOUR HANDS. Believe it or not, this is something you have to tell first graders (trust me, I know this from experience!)!</div>
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I'm linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for her Five For Friday link party!</div>
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Need a quick and fun activity or center for Memorial Day? Get this cute little Memorial Day word building FREEBIE at my<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Memorial-Day-Word-Building-FREEBIE-1244069" target="_blank"> TPT store</a>!</div>
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We are visiting the Louisville Zoo next week for our field trip and I couldn't find exactly what I wanted on TPT for a zoo unit, so I decided to make my own! Check out my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ZOO-MANIA-1252072" target="_blank">ZOO-MANIA</a> packet! :) It has everything you could need (or at least everything I needed!) for a zoo animal unit!</div>
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Only 10 days of school left!!!!!!</div>
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Do your students ever write you little notes? My kiddos this year looove writing me sweet little messages on their test papers. It's pretty cute! I love writing them back, and seeing their faces light up when they get their tests back. The only downfall: it makes grading take about twice as long…</div>
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(Sorry about the not so great quality of the pic. I have two kids, so it's really hard telling exactly what smudged up my phone's camera lens! #mommyproblems #iknowhashtagsdontworkhere #ohwell)</div>
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The next 10 days is going to be CrAzY. We have our Walkathon tomorrow (the most awesome school fundraiser EVER), and next week we have track and field day, our first grade field trip, and a whole school field trip to the movies. Nothing like going out with a bang!</div>
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<br />Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-62356385927514893362014-05-21T07:10:00.000-04:002014-05-21T07:10:47.143-04:00Wordless Wednesday!I'm linking up with Christina over at <a href="http://secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sugar and Spice</a> for her Wordless Wednesday linky party!<br />
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In my class, we have recently started using <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">GoNoodle</a>, and it is AMAZING for brain breaks. My pal <a href="http://iheartkindergarten.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brittany</a> told me about this and I'm so glad she did! GoNoodle is a free website that has videos for a ton of brain break activities, both energizing and calming depending on what your students need. My favorite is Maximo, the yoga-teaching monkey. You haven't seen cute until you've seen first graders doing yoga! I highly recommend for any teacher to check out GoNoodle, especially this time of year when brain breaks are a MUST!<br />
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My Wordless Wednesday question is, what do you do in your classroom for brain breaks?<br />
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Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-3686954471123937232014-05-09T07:07:00.000-04:002014-05-09T21:50:32.165-04:00Five for Friday!I'm linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for her Five for Friday linky party!<br />
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I'm working on some Saxon Phonics spelling units, but more importantly, check out these adorable scribble backgrounds! I went through a polka dot phase, and a chevron phase, but now I'm allllll about the scribbles! My super talented friend Jena over at<a href="http://sewmuchmusic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Sew Much Music</a> makes the CUTEST digital papers, clipart, and all things music. You can grab some of her awesome creations at her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jena-Hudson-At-Sew-Much-Music" target="_blank">TPT store</a>!</div>
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20 more days of school left…what?!?<br />
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First grade moment of the week: We were going over our new spelling words for this week and one of them was country. Without missing a beat, one of my sweeties says/sings, "Mrs. Wimp, its like country girl shake it for me girl shake it for me girl…" and breaks into a full rendition (complete with dance moves) of the Luke Bryan song. My students are very musically talented, and pretty darn funny this year!<br />
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This is what I do for my classroom rules. I saw something like it on Pinterest. I liked this idea because it wasn't the typical classroom rules, plus it goes great with my bee themed classroom! </div>
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Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-52043904534229539592014-05-05T15:29:00.000-04:002014-05-05T15:29:54.065-04:00TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale!In honor of Teacher Appreciation week, I'm joining the TPT Loves Teachers sale on Teachers Pay Teachers. For May 6th and 7th, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Liz-Wimp" target="_blank">my entire store</a> will be 20% off!<br />
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I always like to have my students make something for their Mommies, or other special ladies in their life for Mother's Day (which is coming soon!). Check out my Mother's Day book on my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Liz-Wimp" target="_blank">TPT stor</a>e. Just bind it with some pretty ribbon and you have sweet and cost efficient gift! It includes versions for Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, and a blank version.</div>
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My BFF took me to the Oaks, and we had a blast! It turns out that betting on horses is not my strong suit, and apparently using horses' names and the jockeys' silks colors is not a great method for picking a winner…oh well! At least we looked fancy in our hats! <br />
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If you are having a bad day and need an instant smile, just play the Frozen sound track in your classroom and you will witness theatrics like you have never seen before. Even some of my manliest of little men can belt out "Let it Go" (complete with very accurate dance moves). It's pretty much the cutest thing ever. Just a word of warning though, those songs WILL be stuck in your head. Don't say I didn't warn you. :)<br />
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This is a pic of my kiddos using MacBooks for computer lab time. Notice the two fellas up helping other students. I always appoint two students to be my "technology helpers," so that they can help kids with things like logging in to certain programs, and other kinds of troubleshooting. Honestly, sometimes the kids are better at computer stuff than me! It gives them a huge confidence boost to assist their fellow students, and they just love helping each other. </div>
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Monday was my first day back to school after a WONDERFUL 10 week maternity leave. It's been super hard leaving my babies, but it was good to get back to my school babies. </div>
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It's almost Derby time! That might not mean much to you if you don't live in or around Kentucky, but here in Southern Indiana, we get into it! I'm super excited that I get to go to the Oaks this year (ok, I'm mostly excited about getting an awesome hat). If you would like to celebrate the Derby with your kiddos, there are several cute units and activities on TPT, including my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Derby-Themed-Spin-Graph-and-Analyze-Activity-667785" target="_blank">Derby Spin, Graph, and Analyze Activity</a>! </div>
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Only 30 more days til summer break...not that I'm counting! ;)</div>
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If you need a good techie training, my school district puts on an annual one, <a href="http://www.digipalooza.org/registration.html" target="_blank">DIGAPALOOZA</a>! The sessions are taught by teachers in my district, and is really one of the best trainings around. If you live anywhere near Scottsburg, Indiana, you should really check it out!</div>
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We are lucky enough to have 6 iPads in our classroom, and if everything goes as planned, our district will be 1:1 k-12 next year! My Wordless Wednesday question is how do you organize your iPads (this could be how you organize the apps on the iPad or how the use of iPads is organized in your classroom!)? <br />
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Today's Five for Friday isn't going to be particularly school related since I still have 3 whole days of maternity leave left! :)</div>
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Tball started this past Saturday and I kind of love being a baseball mom so far. My little guy seems to enjoy <strike>digging in the dirt</strike> playing baseball, so I hope he sticks with it. Plus the ballpark food is pretty tasty..</div>
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I'm throwing my first ever TPT sale (woop woop!)</div>
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I discovered <a href="http://www.blogilates.com/" target="_blank">Blogilates</a> and it is amazing! It is a pilates workout program online. You can start out with the beginners calendar, and each month the instructor, Cassey, posts a new workout calendar with the links to her workout videos on YouTube. The website is free, you just have to subscribe, and the app is free but you have to pay to access the workout calendar. So far I love it...can't move my legs, but love it!</div>
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Discovered the Cartwheel app for Target (I'm just finding all kinds of good things, aren't I?). This thing is great! You can choose from all kinds of coupons, plus you can use coupons on this app along with paper Target coupons AND manufacturers coupons on the same item! Now THAT is a good deal!</div>
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It's almost time to leave this sweet face (and the sweet face of her big brother) and get back to work. So bittersweet!</div>
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<br>Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-12159795286197800442014-04-17T14:18:00.001-04:002014-04-17T14:24:02.133-04:00Discount Alert!I just love it when buyers see something they like on my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Liz-Wimp" target="_blank">TPT store</a> and request more! It makes me feel like I'm doing something right. So in honor of a recent buyer request, you can get my Saxon Phonics sight word cards for 20% off from now until tomorrow! There are several cute colors and patterns to choose from...<br />
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Who doesn't love a good bargain? ;)<br />
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<br />Mrs. Wimphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11323116382290907951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115229799995397285.post-15976263740971956302014-04-15T14:23:00.000-04:002014-04-15T14:23:13.265-04:00Well Hello There!<br />
I've finally decided that it's time to get back into the world of blogging, so here we go! I am currently on maternity leave, almost ready to go back (less than one week left *sad face*), and since I have some free time, it seems like the perfect opportunity to get started! People look at me like I'm crazy when I say "free time" and "maternity leave" in the same sentence, but really, newborns are easy, it's when they start moving that things get tricky. So stay tuned for all the <strike>craziness</strike> FUN that goes on in first grade at the end of the school year!<br />
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P.S. I am excited to get back to my students and my school friends, but I am so not ready to leave my sweet babies!</div>
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