Do you have interest in Pinterest?

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Have you heard of Pinterest? Are you "pinning" yet? If you are....why not share you board address here? If you're not, you are in for a real treat!
Pinterest is one of the hottest things going on the Internet these days. I love to surf and bookmark sites for later use. I find my "favorites" filled with lists of sites, but I can't always recall WHY I wanted to go back to the site and I spend a lot of time clicking through a long list of sites.
Enter PINTEREST! With Pinterest I can save IMAGES....I am so visual that this form of bookmarking by PICTURES is right up my alley!! You can save images to "boards" by whatever categories make sense to you. I have boards for home, school, quotes and more. You can visit another person's board, click on images they have "pinned" and visit the actual website they got the image from, and you can also "repin" the same image to your own board. I don't know if this is making sense, why not just give it a try.....you can visit my Pinterest board to see what I mean:

Click around and I am pretty sure you'll want to get your own account! There are no fees and plenty of boards to search....just know...after a few clicks, you'll be HOOKED! :-)

Don't forget, if you are already "on board", leave us a comment so we can follow you too! ;-)

Blog Searching?

Whether you are new to the world of blogging, or you've been at it for a while, it's still very easy to get lost and overwhelmed. If you are like me, you start at one blog......follow a link.....jump to another, then another and before you know it you need a GPS just to find you way back to your first blog again.
I belong to a network of teachers who blog, perhaps you've heard of it...TEACHING BLOG ADDICT.
I will warn you, it's very easy to become addicted to the site. ;-)
We recently pooled our efforts to create grade level pages to help followers find their way through the plethora of blogs. We sorted them and here is a link to the Kindergarten Blogs Page while you're there, take a peek at Kindergarten Tales (that's my classroom blog), Kindergarten Crayons and Kindergarten Works are really worth a look as well. Fran and Leslie are AWESOME!
 You'll find many great resources  on the Teacher Resources Page too. I have a different blog there called In The Teachers' Lounge. 
Don't hesitate to sign up as a follower to the blogs you like. You can even sign up to get email alerts when your favorite blogs are updated, so you don't have to worry about taking time to visit the blog only to find nothing new has been added.
 Many of the teachers offer Freebies to download and Give-aways so check those out as well.
Here are some awesome Pre-K and First Grade blogs to check out! Just be prepared...once you get started looking, it will be very hard to stop! ;-)
Several of us also have an online shop where you can find freebies, purchase worksheets, lesson plans and units to use in your classroom. These items are inexpensive, yet valuable resources. Check out Teachers Notebook. My shop is there as well Shopping in the Teachers' Lounge. Take a look around some of the teacher's shops. I am sure you will find something you like in several of the shops!
Another popular site is Teachers Pay Teachers. TPT is the same type of site, full of resources for teachers. All created by teachers for teachers!
Again, feel free to Follow the sites you like and take your time as you work you way through them all.
Happy surfing!

Cindy