Wordless Wednesday

Happy Blogging!
Ann

Made it Monday

Remember summer break?

Those were the days!

We had all the time in the world to think about and even make centers for our classrooms.

Then we would post NUMEROUS pictures and DETAILED instructions on how we made it.

Well, unfortunately, it isn't summer break so this post will be short and sweet!

Here's what I made...

This is a math workstation that I am using with my littles this week to reinforce number sense and number recognition.

The counters we are using are table scatter that I found at the Dollar Tree around Christmas time.  I just love the dice that I found that just have the numbers from 7 - 12.

Oh, and the ten frame mats were made last year.  On one side it is one large ten frame (teaching number sense to 10) and on the reverse side there are two smaller ten frames (teaching number sense to 20).  We made the mats in a variety of colors that would coordinate with the months of the year (i.e. red for December/February).  I love using these mats all year.  I just simply change the color of the mat to go with the month and change out which counters we use.  I can even change the dice out depending on how easy or how difficult I want to make the math activity.

That's it!

I told you it would be short.

And, thanks for stopping by my little blog.

Amazingly, I am slowly approaching 200 followers.  It might be time for a giveaway...

so check back!

Happy Blogging!
Ann

Currently

Happy New Year!

Can you believe another year has come and gone?

Wow...it's 2013!

How did you ring in the new year?

Here's what my family and I did...

 we were on this...

doing this!

Yep! We boarded on New Year's Eve and just got back today.

It was fun time for the entire family.

We visited two ports...

 Key West and...

Nassau!

We enjoyed ...

 visiting the Butterfly Garden in Key West and...

snorkeling in the Bahamas.

Believe me, it was hard to come home but all good things must come to an end.

So that's how we brought in 2013.

And now it is time to for me link up with Farley for the January Currently Linky Party.

Here's my CURRENTLY...

Go link up and share what is CURRENTLY going on in your world.

Happy Blogging!

Ann

Got Barbies?

Hi all!

I will begin this post by saying THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TEACHING but teachers will probably enjoy it.

As I have mentioned before, I use to be an avid scrapbooker.  Now I am mostly digital and  occasionally dabble in the hands on method.  Anyone who have ever scrapbooked anything knows that there are OODLES AND OODLES of supplies out there; and, of course, at one time, I HAD TO OWN ALL OF IT!

I have a scrapbook room/office that houses most of  these products that are now just sitting silently waiting to be used again.

Well, recently my eight-year old daughter and I have started tapping into our right brained selves and using some of these materials.  However, we are not scrapbooking.

We were inspired by a little girl on Youtube who was making a barbie house out of a shoebox (I can't even find the little girl's video again to give her credit for the inspiration.).  My daughter stumbled upon her video one day while she was bored.  She said "Mom!  Can we make one of these?  I have an old shoe box."

I said "sure" and we proceeded to create what we referred to as "A Barbie in the Box."  Our first one turned out....um....well...it just turned out.

But now, after many hours of thought, contemplation, research and burnt finger tips (Darn glue gun!), I am ready to reveal our second product.

Here is... "A Barbie in a Box."

 Here is what the room looks like.  

The box is from Tuesday Morning.  

It is one of those designer boxes.

It was $9.99.

 Here is a closer look of the room.  

The embellishment on the wall is from Michaels.

It was 99 cents.

I used one piece of scrapbook paper for the walls. 

It was 59 cents.

 Here is a pillow.

I made it from some left over felt I had sitting around.

The flowers are scrapbooking embellishments that I hadn't used.

The bead is from one of my daughter's bead collections.

 Isn't this the cutest?

I made this tray from a circle cut from a piece of silver scrapbook paper.

Then I added some bling embellishments.

The perfume bottle is one large bead with a toothpick hot glued into it.

I drew on the spritzer with a black sharpie.

I made a poof out of some left over scrapbooking threads I had.

The nail polishes are made from three small beads and toothpicks.

 The lamp.

I used the top from my hair spray.

Three beads from one of my daughter's sets.

A bottle top and a toothpick.

I added some more bling embellishments.

The flowers

I started with a cap to one of my body sprays.

Lined it with hot pink polka dot scrapbooking paper.

Added some stuffing to the inside.

Used toothpicks for the stems.

Hot glued on some small paper flowers that I had from my scrapbooking days.

Hot glued a yellow bead to the center.

Added some paper leaves.

It is hard to tell from the pick but I made the bed out of a piece of wood.  

The trunk was bought at Michaels for $1.00.  I painted it black.  

The night stand was found unfinished at the Dollar Tree.  I painted it black.  

The dresser is a box covered with black duct tape and the drawers are left over pieces of scrapbooking paper.

I would say...Barbie in a Box #2 turned out pretty darn CUTE!  My daughter loves it but, unfortunately, it isn't for her.  

IT'S FOR ME!  

No...it isn't even for me!  

My niece saw the first original Barbie in a Box and asked for one for her birthday.  

So, of course, I had to see what I could whip up for her.  

She will get it tonight at her birthday party.  

Do you think she will like it?

Happy Blogging!
Ann

My Christmas Blessings

These are a few of my favorite things....

 My handsome and charming son

 Collecting Shells

 Paddlesboarding

 My beautiful, free spirited daughter

 My caring husband (who is an excellent father)

 Building sandcastles

 Flowers

 Dolphins

 Walks on the beach

Photography

My family!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

from The Greene Family.

Happy Blogging!

Ann

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my house to yours!

Merry Blogging!

Ann

22 years

Happy 22nd Anniversary!

This is my WONDERFUL husband!  My best friend!  The father of my children!

He is the reason I became a teacher!  He was the ONE who believed in me.  He believed that I could do anything I wanted to do and be anything I wanted to be.

He is my strength!

I love him!

Happy Blogging!

Ann