"Don't Drink The Pink" Book and Giveaway

It's been awhile, but I'm ready for a GIVEAWAY! How about you? Who would like to win a children's book that is perfect for a parent to read as a bedtime story to their child or for a classroom? I'm always thrilled when Arielle at TaleBlade Press asks if I am interested in doing a book giveaway, especially when it is by B.C.R. Fegan!

This book is called "Don't Drink The Pink" by B.C.R. Fegan and illustrated by Lenny Wen. In this story, Grandpa and Madeline share a special bond. Each birthday her Grandfather gives her a magical birthday experience that she will never forget. He always makes sure that she knows not to drink the pink. What will happen if she drinks the pink? You will have to read this fun story filled with imagination to find out! 

"Don't Drink The Pink" also helps children learn phonemic awareness skills like rhyming and oral language, as well as colors, ordinal numbers, and what happens as one gets older. I love that the colors and ordinal numbers are in bold faced print so you could even use those to practice reading as sight words. The beautiful illustrations by Lenny Wen help bring the story to life!

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to give a book to one lucky reader thanks to Arielle at TaleBlade Press. This giveaway will start on Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 and end at 11:59pm on Wednesday. Enter below using Rafflecopter. By sharing the giveaway you can come back and enter daily. Click on the above picture if you would like to purchase the book. You will have 48 hours to respond to my email with your mailing address so I can send it to the publisher or I will select another winner.

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Mr. Fegan is also the author of the books I gave away in the past called "Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32" and "The Day That A Ran Away."

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The Day That A Ran Away - Book Review and Giveaway

I was asked if I would like to review a new book called "The Day That A Ran Away" and after looking at the information about the book, I jumped at the chance!

"The Day That A Ran Away" by B. C. R. Fegan is a hilarious story where the teacher, Mrs. May ask a student Jet, why he didn't write down the alphabet? He goes on to tell her why each letter of the alphabet left his page while he was walking to school that day! You'll have to read on to see what happens to Jet after giving her his clever excuse!

The beautiful illustrations by Lenny Wen have things on each page that start with the letter. This is a great book to teach the order of the alphabet, letter identification, beginning sounds, rhyming words, and predicting.

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to give a book to one lucky reader thanks to Arielle at TaleBlade Press. This giveaway will start on Sunday and end at 11:59pm on Wednesday. Enter below using Rafflecopter. By sharing the giveaway you can come back and enter daily. Click on the above picture if you would like to purchase the book. You will have 48 hours to respond to my email with your mailing address so I can send it to the publisher or I will select another winner.

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Mr. Fegan is also the author of the book I gave away earlier this year called "Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32." 

Thank you for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings! Keep on smiling!

Back To School TPT Sale and More!

I can't believe it is already August.  Where has time gone? 

I am happy to announce that Teachers Pay Teachers is having a Back To School Sale August 3rd and 4th.  If you use code BTS15 at checkout you will save 28% off ALL my products including my bundles, which are already heavily discounted.  WOW!  I will also have my store on sale August 5th at 20% off in case you forget something you wanted!  Click the sale button to hop to my store and I hope you will shop with me!  I still don't have a teaching job and this is helping pay my bills so I appreciate each purchase more than you ever know!

I also thought I'd share a few of the new products I've put together this summer.  First up is my new Christian Sight Word Race Game, which includes all 220 Dolch Words plus 4 Christian themed words. Click any of the pictures to check it out!

Syllable Clip It Task Cards.  Click the picture to check it out.

Rhyming Clip It Task Cards - Click either picture to check it out.

Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings.  Keep on smiling!

Fun Times In Kindergarten in Hopkins' land!

I was so busy teaching the little ones all year that I just didn't have as much time to blog as I had hoped I would.  Here are a few of the fun things we did this year that I remembered to get pictures of!

Here are our snowmen with rhyming words on them!  I love how no two look exactly alike.

These are the amazing bean plants my student's grew.  They really took off!  I had them take them home at spring break.  If they really planted them in the ground like I told them to do, I bet they have beans!  

Here we made Abe Lincon's cabin for President's Day.  This was a huge hit with the children and many teachers gave me great compliments!  

St. Patrick's Day I was sick so I barely got this fun activity in before we spring break.  On each of the clovers are words that rhyme with luck.   

One of my terrific writers who went on place first place in the Young Author's Conference!  I'm so proud of her!.  She wrote on the hearts that she loves me very very very much.  Such a sweet child, who filled my bucket right up to the top!

Our ocean themed t-shirts sure did turn out cute!!!  We used stamps and acrylic paint.  They were a big hit.  I borrowed the stamps from a teammate and hope I can find some somewhere.  I have checked the craft stores with no such luck finding big ones like these.  If you see any around online, let me know!

We ended the year with a fun memory book from Lesson Plan Diva.  I received some great compliments on these too.

I will miss those kiddos.  I look forward to finding a new job with a brand new class of children.  Each of my years of teaching has brought a completely different group of children and I look forward to learning about my new group in August.  I know I'll find the perfect place to teach!

Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings.  Keep on smiling!

Let's Go Down On The Farm

We hit 10,000 views on my blog.  Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!  Thank you so much fans!  Contest will be coming soon to celebrate.  My first celebration though is to give away a free product!

Spring is right around the corner.  This is the perfect time to learn about Farm Animals!  I made a great activity to go with the book "Country Morning" by Christine Lynn.  This is a Rhyming Center or Small Group game where students can match rhyming words by playing Go Farm (version of Go Fish or you can just call it Go Fish, up to you!) or Concentration Match.  There is an activity and answer key included.  I used words from the actual story, but the game will work without the book.  This is free so click the picture to get it.

Also in case you missed it check out the book review on "Country Morning."  Country Morning Book Review

As always thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings!

Brian :-)

Country Morning!

I hope everyone is having an amazing Leap Day and had a great day with the children doing fun activities!  Today, I want to take a trip back down memory lane.  I started my teaching career in 2003 when I took over for a popular teacher teaching Kindergarten.  It surprisingly to me, took me no time at all to win the hearts of those children and their families!  Many families from my first year of teaching have stayed in contact with me.  The children I taught from that year are now in 7th or 8th grade!

One of those amazing parents wrote a children's book a few years ago called "Country Morning."  It is written by Christine Lynn and the publishing company is Tate Publishing.  Nobody asked me to do a book review on it.  All opinions are of my own.  Clicking the book will take you to the site on Amazon, where you can see inside of it!

Country Morning is a story about life on a farm in the early mornings!  Those of you, like my Grandma, who grew up on a farm get up bright and early and know all about those wonderful farm animals get ready for the day.  The sun is rising while the animals come out to start their day.  This book is also a perfect book to teach rhyming words.  It has such beautiful and crisp illustrations that make the pictures come alive!  I can literally imagine myself waking up at a farm and going to see the animals as they are just getting up for the day!

I was blessed to have Christine come read to my 2nd graders many years later even after transferring schools.  The children had a blast listening to her read this wonderful story and asking her questions about the writing process!

I would love to see this book in every classroom library.  Most young children love farm animals and this book is so perfect for grades Pre-K through 3rd.  I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have!

Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings!

Brian :-)

Exciting News!

I just can't wait until Friday to share that I was in the Teachers Pay Teachers newsletter in the spotlight section!!!  Go read about famous me by clicking on the link: My teacher store in TPT Newsletter!  My free downloads have skyrocketed and I even sold a couple of products.  Wow!!!  I have posted a lot of new things since being featured and wanted to share them with the best fans in the world!  I also want to remind you of some other products you may have missed!  Of course, there are a couple of  new freebies!

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Freebies:

St. Patrick's Day -at Family Rhyming Words:

St. Patrick's Day I Have Who Has Multiplication:

St. Patrick's Day Spanish Version of I Have Who Has Multiplication:

St. Patrick's Day Holiday Words:

Priced items:

St. Patrick's Day I Have Who Has Kindergarten Games:

St. Patrick's Day I Have Who Has Basic Addition and Subtraction Games:

Kangaroo Rhyming Task Cards:

As always whether you buy an item or you grab one for free I truly appreciate a nice rating and positive feedback.  It means the world to me!  Any item is free for students that I teach and their parents.  Parents, please go to the contact tab and e-mail me!