Whoooo won the giveaway???

Last week I was beyond thrilled when Erin Condren offered me 2 $50 Gift Cards to give away to my blog readers!!

Here is what I have learned from the giveaway:

1. Giveaways are fun!

2. Erin Condren loves teachers. 

3. I {heart} nice people who are kind, just because!

4. I love connecting with other bloggers.

THANK YOU to everyone who entered!!!

Here are the WINNERS:

Winners - Check your inbox!

I am excited to share a new product:

See how I use it with my Growing Readers by clicking HERE!!! 

Or check it out on TpT HERE!! 

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! :)

GIVEAWAY!!! $100 in Erin Condren Gift Cards Up for Grabs! WIN!!!! :)

I am SUPER EXCITED about this giveaway!!!!!

My family and friends know that my Erin Condren Life Planner is always by my side. I absolutely love it! Keeps me organized and I *love* that it is personalized with pictures of my family!

(click pics to see my Erin Condren posts)

Erin Condren offers so many GREAT products:

Life Planners

Teacher Planners

Notepads

Calendars

Gift Wrap

iPad/Phone Cases

& MUCH MORE!!!

Do you know how much Erin Condren loves teachers???

Well, enough to offer my AMAZING blog readers the opportunity to win $50 Gift Cards!!!

They offered not 1, but 2!!!!

Wish I could enter. haha!!

I am also throwing in ALL of my TpT items.

(I am just getting started, but if you are the 3rd name selected you will win ALL of items in my TpT store)

3 Winners will be chosen:

1. $50 Erin Condren Gift Card

2. $50 Erin Condren Gift Card  

3. All items in my TpT store

Many ways to enter!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

GIVEAWAY!!!!

Two things that I love...
Children's Literature + GIVEAWAYS

Isn't it *the best* when you find amazing new books that you know your students will LOVE??

Have you heard of this little gem yet?

Lacey loves to talk... 
 All day long...
Until she loses her voice.
A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

This is a MUST READ for the beginning of the year. 
I love it for so many reasons...
the message, 
the illustrations,
the end pages
and of course the adorable owls!
I shared it with my 6 year old daughter and she doesn't want to give it back!

Check it out here!
(Amazon is currently out of stock = hot book!)

If you'd like to win a copy of this book for your classroom enter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

GOOD LUCK!! :)

Book Lovers Giveaway!!!!

I have found many great new books to share with my Growing Readers this year. 

Good thing, because a I have a group of TOTAL BOOK LOVERS that can't get their hands on enough books! :)

Two new books that my students 
ABSOLUTELY LOVED
were:

and

Being Frank is a wonderful story about being a little too honest. The writing is very witty. I found myself giggling  as I read it to my students... and they have been passing it around for read to self time. 
They love it!!!

We "reviewed" Green when the Caldecott Honors were announced. The illustrations and cut-outs in the book are amazing!! Also a class favorite!

Want to win one of these great titles to share with your Growing Readers??? 

ENTER BELOW!

a Rafflecopter giveaway 
All entries must be submitted by Wednesday, May 8th @ midnight.  


GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! 

And the winner is...

Congratulations Lauren K. I hope you enjoy shopping with your Target gift card. : )

Thank you to everyone who entered -

your comments and shout-outs made my day. 

P.S. I {heart} Rafflecopter!

Winter Wonderland Giveaway

Wow!

Mrs. Albanese is hosting an awesome Winter Wonderland giveaway right now!!

The winner will receive 8 different 

Winter units!!!!

The units were created by:

Deanna Jump

Kim Adsit

Erica Bohrer

Anna Brantley

Julie Lee

and

Mrs. Albanese

Check out the giveaway here:

WINNER!!!

THANK YOU to everyone who entered and/or blogged about my giveaway.

I really loved reading all of your posts and comments!

Maybe I shouldn't have asked for your favorite font ideas though...

 I am SERIOUSLY out of control over at Lettering Delights! 

ha!

Time for the winner....

Jess- please email with your mailing address along with how you would like the book to be personalized.

Congrats! 

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!!!

Have you entered my giveaway yet??

  

The winner will receive a personalized, autographed copy of Square Cat... and a $15.00 gift certificate to Lettering Delights. 

As April from Chalk Talk said in her post about the giveaway, 

"What teacher doesn't LOVE books and fun fonts?" 

CLICK HERE to check out all of the details and to enter.

Deadline is TONIGHT- Sunday, October 23rd @ 11:00 p.m.

GOOD LUCK!

Autographed Book & Lettering Delights Giveaway!!!

I was absolutely delighted when Elizabeth Schoonmaker, author of the book Square Cat, emailed me a couple of weeks ago to let me know she loved my blog.

Say what?!? 

Made.my.day.

I hope that you have had the privilege of reading Square Cat. It is an adorable story about Eula and the difficulties she faces as a square cat - living in a world with friends who are all round. 

A sweet book about friendship and self-acceptance!

Elizabeth has graciously offered to give away an autographed copy of her book through my blog. She said that she will personalize it (to you, your class, for a child's birthday- whatever you choose!)

Check out what other people are saying about Square Cat here:

The winner will also receive a $15 gift certificate to Lettering Delights!!!

I just joined and am L-O-V-I-N-G all of the fonts and graphics. 
Check out LETTERING DELIGHTS HERE. 

There are 3 ways to enter this giveaway:

1. Follow my blog and leave a comment saying you have done so. (If you are already a follower just leave a comment letting me know!)

2. Blog about my giveaway and leave me a comment with a link to the post. 

3. Leave a comment about your favorite Lettering Delight font.  

*All entries must be received by
 Sunday, October 23rd 11:00 p.m. 

Winner will be selected through a random drawing and will be announced on

 Monday, October 24th!

Good Luck!!!

Adorable Seuss Bracelet Giveaway!!!

Adorable Dr. Seuss Bracelet Giveaway!!!

  My awesome Kindergarten team and I love all things Dr. Seuss. Our kindergarten friends spend two weeks in March reading all of his books, studying his craft, and doing many FUN Seuss activities. 

Check out all of our Seuss Fun here:

Seuss Fun Review 

I was SUPER EXCITED when I read that this adorable Seuss bracelet was being given away:

Head on over to 4^th Grade Frolics  to enter this giveaway. 


And check out Sophie's Beads to shop for more adorable book bracelets. 

Good Luck!! 

We have a winner!!

Thank you to everyone who entered my

 This Plus That Book Giveaway.

I loved reading all of the creative equations that you came up with. 

To choose a winner, I numbered each of the 50 entries and used a random number generator to pick a number. Here are the results: 

I was pleasantly surprised to discovery that comment/entry #6 belonged to my son Scott's former 1st grade teacher. Scott is almost a 4th grader now, but often reminds me of the fun science and poetry activities that he did in Mrs. Langston's class. 

Here is Shannon's comment:

Langston's Learners said...

What a cute idea! I am going to have to check out her books! I love the other this+thats.

student "aha moments" + daily hugs = best job in the world!

April 28, 2011 9:16 PM 

Congratulations!! Scott will deliver the book soon!

My class loved the book and writing their own This Plus That statements... look for a post on this tomorrow! 

New Book: This Plus That- GIVEAWAY!!!

My kindergarten friends and I are HUGE FANS of Amy Krouse Rosenthal. 

Check out this previous post to read more about this great children's author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

I was super excited to learn that Amy's new book, This Plus That, is out today. I can't wait to get my copy in the mail and share it with the children!! 

You can check out the book at Amazon:
This Plus That

Or watch a cute book preview on YouTube: This Plus That 

*** Would you like to WIN a copy of THIS PLUS THAT??? ***

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO ENTER:

1. Leave a This + That Statement (one of life's little equations) in the comments. 

For example .... 

 My kindergarten friends + their excitement for books = magical! 

or 

   

Pretzel M&Ms + Coke Zero = Delicious 

2. Become a follower of this blog: Literacy and Laughter 

* If you are already a follower, just leave a comment saying so for your entry. : )

3. "Like" the blog's Facebook Page: Literacy and Laughter on Facebook

4. Blog or Facebook about this post and send me the link.

*** Please leave a comment for EACH of the ways you've entered. ****

Entries must be received by: 

Tuesday, May 3rd @ 9:00 p.m. EST

Winner will be randomly selected on 
Wednesday, May 4th. 

GOOD LUCK!! 

We have a winner!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered my first giveaway.

Congrats to Dana Baker from:

A Place to Share

She is the WINNER of the 2011 Caldecott Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Congratulations Dana!

LAST CHANCE to Enter!! Amos McGee Book Giveaway

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!!!

*originally posted 2/3/2011

*last chance to enter TODAY 2/11/2011 @ 9:00 p.m. PST

*PLEASE MAKE SURE you leave a comment for EACH way you have entered (followed the blog, named a children's book you love, etc.)

WIN the 2011 Caldecott Winner!!!! Book Giveaway!

The children in my class make me smile.... often. This year my students have been particularly interested in pointing out books that have been awarded Caldecott Medals. It is one of the first things they notice when I share a new book with them. Several students have drawn these medals on the covers of books they've written in Writer's Workshop. This makes me smile!!

There have been many times that we have read an outstanding book (that has NOT won a Caldecott) and the children say, "Now THIS BOOK really deserves a Caldecott.Why in the world didn't this awesome book win?". Again, I'm smiling!!

It's so exciting to hear 5 and 6 year old children talking about books with such insight, interest, and excitement.

When this year's Caldecott winner was announced I couldn't wait to buy the book and share it with my students.

The 2011 Caldecott Winner is......

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Amos McGee works at the zoo. He always makes time for his animals friends, until one day he wakes up with "the sniffles and the sneezes and the chills"....

This is such a sweet book about friendship. My class really loved it!

The book was written by Phillip Stead, and illustrated by his wife, Erin Stead. The students were surprised to hear that this was the first published book that Erin has illustrated.

Here's what my students had to say about it:

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GREAT NEWS!!

I am giving away a copy of this awesome book.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO ENTER:

1. Become a follower of this blog: Literacy and Laughter

* If you are already a follower, just leave a comment saying so for your entry.

2. "Like" the blog's Facebook Page: Literacy and Laughter on Facebook

3. Blog or Facebook about this post and send me the link

4. Leave a comment about your FAVORITE children's book - Caldecott winner or not : )

*** Please leave a comment for EACH of the ways you've entered. ****

Entries must be received by: Friday, February 11th @ 9:00 p.m. PST.

I will be randomly choosing a winner on Saturday, February 12th.

Good Luck!!!

Click Here for more information about the Caldecott Honor

Or Here for a List of Caldecott winners 1938-Present