Month: August 2011

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About My Printables – A Must Read!!

I have some issues to address with all of you, my readers and users of my printables.  In the time that I’ve been in Y!Groups and had a blog, there’s been many changes.  As with anything, some changes are good and some aren’t so good.  In January of 2010, there were huge changes to the graphics that we were allowed to use on free printables.

There has been more changes, the latest coming from Scrappin’ Doodles.  I purchased the license so that I can continue to use their graphics and give the printables away on my blog.  I have no problem doing that.  I do this to help people that have kids, work with kids, are teachers, grandparents, homeschoolers…..well, just anyone who interacts with kids.  I do this because the KIDS benefit.

My biggest problem is that my printables are being “abused”.  Below every single post is a brief TOU (terms of use).  I also include my full TOU in each printable download.  On top of that, I have a tab at the top of the blog with my TOU and Disclaimer.  Despite all this, I’m still finding my creations in places that they don’t belong.  The main location that I find them is Giga.  I have NEVER allowed my printable creations to be on Giga and I stress that. 

That is part of my TOU because I don’t know who’s grabbing them from you on Giga and you don’t technically have control of who’s getting them and where they go when someone downloads.  I don’t allow ANY uploading to Giga, AIM, 4Shared or any other online file storage/sharing service.  The reasons why it’s part of my TOU doesn’t matter.  The TOU should be honored no matter what.  Just know that it’s in place to protect the artist, the graphics, and myself. 

I’m sorry that I have to do this, much less say this, but it has to be done.  From now on, if I find my materials in any location that they’re not supposed to be, I’ll find a way to ban that person from downloading my materials and accessing them.  By people not honoring TOU, they’re ruining it for others.  It’s not only ruining things for you and others, it’s ruining it for the KIDS.  The KIDS are what this is all about and by you “abusing” what’s being freely given and shared with you, only the KIDS lose out. 

Also, if you find my printable materials used or in any location that they shouldn’t be, please ask that they be removed.  If you’re not comfortable doing it yourself, don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll handle it.  There’s no reason to let others lose  your change for free printables that are helping your KIDS!!

The final part of business is that if you have a problem with me or the printables that I create, please take it up with me.  There’s no need to run to artists, other bloggerss, teachers, or groups.  I’m very easy to work with and I’m willing to listen and learn.  I’ve been at this a long time, but there’s still mistakes that I make and I feel like we all can learn something new each day.  There’s just no need to go behind my back.  I have a “contact” button in the right hand column and there’s always leaving a comment.  Contact me at any time…..I love feedback!!

Thanks for reading and I hope that we don’t have any more issues with this.  My hope is that we don’t lose any more artists or graphics stores.  I’d love to be able to keep creating and helping you and especially the KIDS!! 

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Location Prepositions with Mr. Snuffleupagus

 

This week, I’m going to offer a couple preposition items that I’ve been working on.  They will feature one of my favorite Sesame Street characters, Mr. Snuffleupagus.  Mr. Snuffleupagus is better known as Snuffy to most of us and his full name is Aloysius Snuffleupagus.  He resides in a cave, just off of Sesame Street and his birthday is 19 August.  He has a sister named Alice and lives with family, Mommy Snuffle and Daddy Snuffle.  There’s also other family members in the cave.  Snuffy’s best friend is Big Bird and his favorite foods are cabbage and spaghetti.

The first item that I’m sharing is a spacial (location) preposition book featuring Snuffy.  This book is all about locating where Snuffy’s cabbage is.  After reading the sentence and identifying the spacial preposition, the kids will write it on the line under the picture.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the pages….

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**PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Snuffleupagus character © Jim Hanson and Sesame Street – I in no way lay claim to ownership of the character, images, books, or anything else pertaining to Mr. Snuffleupagus or Sesame Street.**

If you use this book,  please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it….or don’t like it.   I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).  I love feedback and create by the input that I receive….thanks!!

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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CVC Words

Today, I’m offering Baited Words.  These are mats/game boards for CVC words and there’s 2 variations for this game!!

For version 1, the player will get a CVC object card and place it on the mat.  They will then use the fish hook letter to spell out that CVC word.

With version 2, the player will get a CVC object card and place in on the mat.  Then, they will place the CVC word next to the object on the mat.

Please be sure to download the corresponding printable pages that you will need for the version of the game that you’re using.  For version 1, download ffg mat 1, CVC hook letters, and the CVC objects.  If you’re downloading version 2, get ffg mat 1, CVC words, and the CVC objects.  All graphics © AnnieThingsPossible  with permission.  CVC objects believed to be from public domain.

Here’s a collage of some of the parts to both versions of these CVC mats/game boards…..

If you’re interested in downloading either version….or both…please just…..

If you use these mats/ffg boards,  please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).  I love feedback….thanks!!

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Back to School Teacher Aids

We went back to homeschool on Monday.  To “celebrate”, I’m offering some back to school printables that I created last year.  The first things that I posted was a back to school calendar set.  Today, I’m offering some back to school teacher aids.  All graphics used © Scrappin’ Doodles with permission.

First off, there’s some cubby tags.  There’s also a set of nameplates in various styles for the desk, locker, or wherever needed. 

There’s 2 varieties of incentive items as well.  There are incentive cards, which are small in size.  Also, there’s sheets, which are about the size of half a sheet of paper (maybe a little smaller).  These can be used for reading books, writing for the day, behavior or other classroom activities.

Finally, there’s a set of “home tags”.  These are to identify the method that each child gets home.  The options include bus, sibling, walk, parent, other and another choice.  The tags can be attached to backpacks, jackets, attached to the desk/table, or any location that suits the user best.  These were created for very personal reasons and I think no classroom should be without them!!

Here’s a collage sample of some of the pieces in the teacher aids….

If you’re interested in these back to school teacher aids, please just…..

 

One final note on these teacher’s aid printables.  Many of the items can be edited with the kids names and printed that way.  If they have lines, then they need to have the names written on them.  However, if they’re just a blank area, you can write or type the name in the form fields.

 

If you’re going to use these back to school aids for your homeschool, classroom, or other location for back to school (or anytime during the school year), please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Requests

I use this blog to post things that I create for classroom, homeschool, or really anyone who loves kids and likes to keep them having fun while learning.  I’m sure that everyone that has visited this blog or my family life blog knows that.  What you might not know is that I also take requests.  Sometimes I draw a blank on what’s new or what to create.  

To fill the “void”, I do accept requests.  If you see something that you’d like, but want it in a different theme, just let me know.  If there’s something you need for a lesson like a game or worksheet, you can just tell me and I’ll see what I can do.  I can make just about anything to suit your needs.  The only thing that I ask is that you give me sufficient time to create it.  As you know, life tends to step in and I can’t always just create something with last minute notice.

I will say, often the only time I can’t create something is if I don’t have graphics readily available.  Since my printables are free and we’re a single income family, I can’t always buy what’s needed.  That said, I generally have whatever graphics I do need, but it has happened a couple times that I didn’t.

So please, if you like my printables for home or school, but I don’t have exactly what you need, just contact me.  I might already have it made, just not shared on the blog….or I can create it!!  If you’d like to make a request (or have questions/comments/concerns/suggestions), click the “Contact The Schoolhouse” button in the right hand column of this page.  That will open up a comment form.  Just fill in the required information, click “send” and it’ll come right to my inbox!!  I’ll reply to you as soon as possible and let you know if I can fulfill your request or just answer your questions/comments.

I look forward to seeing what YOU need or want to see on my blog!!

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Back to School Calendar Set

Today, the Schoolhouse went back to homeschool.  To celebrate “back to school”, I want to share some (back to) school theme items that I created last year.  The rest will come later this week, but first off, I have a large calendar set.  

All graphics used © Scrappin’ Doodles with permission.

This calendar set not only features numbers 1-31 for the dates, but also includes numbers 32-100 for those who count the first 100 days of school.  Additionally, there are “no school”, “birthday”, and “holiday” for date slots.  The calendar years are from 2010-2015 so they can be used in the future as well.  Also included in this set are strips for “yesterday was”, “today is”, and “tomorrow will be”.  They days fit perfectly on these strips or can be used alone.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the pieces in the calendar set….

If you’re interested in this back to school calendar set, please just…..

 

If you’re going to use this calendar set for your homeschool, classroom, or other location for back to school (or anytime during the school year), please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Silent Consonants 3

This week, I’m going to be featuring a couple silent consonant games that I created.  It’s Friday, so that means that this is the last installment of the silent letter games.  This one features d, k, p, and t.  It’s called The Bees Knees.

All graphics used © Scrappin’ Doodles with permission.

There’s really no rhyme nor reason to how I decided to make these silent consonant games. I just wanted to cover all of them so that the kids would become familiar with silent letters and be able to recognize them. These games are a simple sorting game. The words are to be sorted to the mat for the letter that’s silent in each word. There’s also a worksheet that accompanies this game and can be completed during or after game play. This will also help with pronunciation and spelling of the words.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the parts of this game….

If you’re interested in this final installment of the silent consonants games, please just…..

If you’re going to use this game for your homeschool, classroom, or other location, please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Silent Consonants 2

This week, I’m going to be featuring a couple silent consonant games that I created.  This is the second of three installments.  When the Calf is in the Barn focuses on silent c, h, l, and s.

All graphics used © Scrappin’ Doodles with permission.

There’s really no rhyme nor reason to how I decided to make these silent consonant games. I just wanted to cover all of them so that the kids would become familiar with silent letters and be able to recognize them. These games are a simple sorting game. The words are to be sorted to the mat for the letter that’s silent in each word. There’s also a worksheet that accompanies this game and can be completed during or after game play.  This will also help with pronunciation and spelling of the words.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the parts of this game….

If you’re interested in this second installment of the silent consonants games, please just…..

If you’re going to use this game for your homeschool, classroom, or other location, please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Silent Consonants 1

This week, I’m going to be featuring a couple silent consonant games that I created.  The first one is Mary Had a Silent Lamb.  This particular game is for silent b, g, n, and w.

All graphics used © Scrappin’ Doodles with permission.

There’s really no rhyme nor reason to how I decided to make these silent consonant games.  I just wanted to cover all of them so that the kids would become familiar with silent letters and be able to recognize them.  These games are a simple sorting game.  The words are to be sorted to the mat for the letter that’s silent in each word.  There’s also a worksheet that accompanies this game and can be completed during or after game play.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the parts of this game….

If you’re interested in this first of the silent consonants games, please just…..

If you’re going to use this game for your homeschool, classroom, or other location, please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Bible Showdown

I decided to go back to my creative “roots” today.  As some of you know, I got my start making games by creating Christian/religious games.  Sadly, I haven’t shared any since I started the new blog just for my printables.

The game that I’m sharing today is “Bible Showdown” and 2 player or teams play this one head to head.  This game was made in 2008 and I’ve never changed it because I was always really happy with how it turned out.  The 2 players or teams move around the board if they “know the verse” and “know the Bible”.  This game is definitely for the older crowd.  You can adjust it to suit your needs by making your own cards.

Here’s a collage sample of some of the parts of this game….

If you’re interested in Bible Showdown, please just…..

 

Please be sure to download ALL 3 parts of this game.  If you don’t, you won’t have the complete game!!  I’ve updated this game, so it’s just one big file now and although it might take some time to download, it should be easier to manage.

If you’re going use these games for your homeschool, classroom, or other location, please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).

 

 

The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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Exclusive: Compound Hot Dogs

Ever so often, I plan to have an “exclusive” that I haven’t shared anyplace else!!  The main place that I share are my own Y!Groups or other ones that I’m a member of.  These “exclusives” won’t even be seen there!!

This stemmed from and idea that I had for my Y!Group, but I didn’t get it done on time.  Our theme was “hot dogs” and I knew I wanted something fun and unusual.  This is what I came up with!!  It’s a game for compound words, called Compound Hot Dogs. 

Each place setting card will have the image of a compound word.  The player will have to find the hot dog and hot dog bun with the 2 words that make up that compound word and place them on the plate.  This is a large set, but you only need to use as many as needed or the level of words that’s being worked on.  There’s also a worksheet to complete during or after the game….and the answer key!!

Here’s a collage sample of some of the pages….

If you’re interested in “compound hot dogs”, please just…..

Please note that you will need BOTH parts of this, or you won’t have the complete game.  Either download is incomplete without the other!!

If you’re a hot dog lover, in need of compound word activies, or just going use this game for your homeschool, classroom, or other location, please leave a comment and let me know how you and the kids like it. I’d also appreciate it if you’d click the button below to vote for my blog (as well as in the side bar under “vote or rate The Schoolhouse”).



The information that is posted on this blog is general information purposes. It is not intended to substitute for curriculum or for obtaining advice from your principal, church or DRE. It is for informational and educational purposes only. All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are free; however they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-2011. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.