This time of year is crazy…especially if you’re a teacher. You’re stressed out and ready for a break. And you are still having to teach squirrely children who want to do anything but learn.
So it’s time for some fun!
Link on up and share your favorite holiday things!
Here’s what to do:
1. Just save the image above, answer the 12 questions below (you can save and post that image too if you want) and post!
2. Include the button above and a link to this blog on your post.
3. Link her post up here between December 12th-19th
4. Be a good blog reader, and leave some love for the two posts before yours!
Here are my favorite things!
1. Favorite holiday song – Christmas Canon by Trans-Siberian Orchestra; I also love The Little Drummer Boy by Pentatonix
2. Favorite holiday guilty pleasure food – homemade sugar cookies with icing
3. Favorite holiday tradition – watching Christmas Vacation
4. Favorite holiday book – The Tale of Three Trees and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
5. Favorite act of kindness – getting an angel from the Salvation Army Christmas tree; I did this years ago and remember getting so excited about choosing things to buy for my angel. Why haven’t I done it since then? I want to do it this year.
6. Favorite holiday memory – getting my Barbie dream house when I was 6 years old. My parents had just gotten divorced, and my dad came over to be with me Christmas morning. I’m grateful that my parents put me first.
7. Favorite holiday Christmas gift – my Cabbage Patch Kid
8. Favorite holiday craft – I love to make holiday bags with my students. I would give each student a paper bag, scissors, glue, and construction paper, and they would have to decorate their bags without using crayons. It was always so fun to see the different ways they would decorate their bags.
9. Favorite holiday movie – Christmas Vacation! I also love White Christmas
10. Favorite place to shop for holiday gifts – Target…of course every time I shop there I find things for me!
11. What I want Santa to bring me – a man! LOL – I would really love a new stainless steel sink and new flap stovetop for my kitchen
12. Favorite product – My favorite product from my store that I used every single day (and in every subject) is Critical Thinking Stems. I would tell my class to “say something”, and they would immediately turn to their partner and share what they were thinking. It worked in whole class, small groups, at their desks, on the reading area, etc. It worked in every situation. They loved being able to share their thoughts too.
Now it’s your turn! Link up below.
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What a fun link up! Reading your list was fun. I always like the link-ups where we get to learn a little bit about each other! I'll be back with a link! Have a wonderful weekend.
Jan
Laughter and Consistency
Thanks Jan! I like link-ups like this too. Excited to read yours!
Angela
Thanks for organizing this! How fun!!! I love the story of your Barbie house!!!!
Thanks for linking up Cassi!
Love this idea for a linkup and I loved reading your post. Never noticed the angels on the Salvation Army tree – will be looking for that!
Thanks Retta! The angels are such a fun way to give because I can just picture their face when they open their gifts.
Angela
I'm headed to check out your product. You have piqued my curiosity.
Thanks Miss Dazzle!
I loved my cabbage patch kids & doll houses! Thanks for this fun link up!
Would you believe that I actually still have my Cabbage Patch Kids? All 9 of them. I was an only child…
Thanks for starting this linkup! Fun stuff!!
Thanks for linking up!
Thanks for the great post and a chanc to link up!
Glad to have you join!
Thanks for the link up today! I enjoyed it.
Stephanie from Principal Principles
Thanks for linking up my Texas friend!
Thanks for hosting a cute Linky!!!
Thanks for linking up!
What a fun link up! Thank so much for hosting I loved reading them! I am Pentatonix fan too!
Thanks for linking up! I actually got to see them in concert this past August. They opened for Kelly Clarkson, and they were fantastic!
What a super fun linky party; thank you!
Thanks for linking up, Lori!
I've never participated in a linky party before; thanks for the opportunity!
Oh I'm so glad I could be your first linky party! Glad you linked up!
Thanks for hosting!
Glad you linked up!
Thanks for hosting!
You betcha! It was fun!
Thank you for the link up! It was so much fun reading yours and creating my own! 🙂
So excited to have you link up, Jill!
Miss Angela! This was a great idea. I'm having so much fun reading people's posts about their holidays. We all have so much in common, don't we? Thank you!
We sure do! I've enjoyed reading everyone's favorites.
This is such a great link up – thank you so much for hosting! I've loved seeing what everyones favorite things about the holiday are ! 🙂
Teaching Autism
I just read yours and I can't believe you live in Wales! I loved that part of the world!
Angela
Thanks for hosting– such a cute idea!
Sarah
Years That Ask Questions
Thanks for setting up this linky! White Christmas is one of my favorites too!
This linky was fun! I loved reading everyone's!
Hmm thought I commented already but maybe it didn't save. So trying again. Thanks again for hosting this great link up! So glad to have found your blog. Checked out your side bar bio and saw you love to travel. Me too! And I have also taught for 15 years. Teacher Ms H ~ Third Is the Word
So glad you linked up! Where are some of your favorite travel spots? Mine are New Zealand, Korea (of course…I lived there), Hungary, and India.