Great Graphics!

Last week on my Facebook page I was curious about Teacher-Author's favorite graphics...so I'm blogging here about my favorite pages.  Let me know in the comments what are your favorites! And come join the conversation on the FB page.

When I started on TpT and became an official Teacher-Author (we all are when we become teachers...but how special do you feel to have a title?) I didn't know what I was doing . . . so I just searched the web for graphics.  My first find was Scrappin' Doodles.  What great stuff!

 

One of my favorites is Digi Web Studio, because they offer literally THOUSANDS of items to choose from and they are very popular with the elementary crowd!  They offer lots of things on sale and the search function on their site is very friendly.

 

The web diva that compiles all the great things at Digi Web Studio has just started up her own page, Art by Leah Rae.  She is still adding to that page, but I love it because her Terms of Use aren't a hassle and a half, if you know what I mean!

Another site called Dreamstime, is great for photograph clips.  I use them mostly when I am creating items for the Family & Consumer Sciences section of my store (the more mature crowd, you know ;) Here's a post I wrote about it!



Latest stock images on Dreamstime

I think my all-time favorite is MyCuteGraphics!  I mean come on, they are free, they are cute as can be, and Laura is just a great artist and willing to to take requests . . . doesn't get more awesome than that!!

She also just started up a sister site, Whimsy Clips, where she is selling some of her images in VERY convenient bundles for teachers!

I've also got a few photo bundles in my TpT store!  Check them out!  They were just an experiment, so I'm not sure if that's something I really want to get in to, but it's always fun to try new things . . . please check them out and let me know what you think!

{ Pumpkin Pictures }



{ Food Objects }

{ Kitchen Objects }

 

 



I'd love to hear about your favorite graphics/clips/photos sites!!

{This post contains affiliate links...just lettin' ya know}

Tuesday TA DA! 4/9/13

Happy Tuesday!!

All right! We are roickin' through April!

Here is the Tuesday Ta Da for this week!

(If you missed the details and you don't know what is going on...click here)

Don't forget to link up your great stuff at the bottom!

Get this button for your blog at the right!

My Tuesday Ta Da for today:

***These products are 9 cents today only -- it's the 9th of the month!!***

See below for details on each product!

Food Object Images

Click the thumbnail to go to the store.

This file contains 20 color photographic images of different common food items.

Use it to dress up personal creations, classroom materials and commercial products for Teachers Pay Teachers. Terms of Use are included with the download.

Use it to help teach students about food items.

Great for use on posters, smartboard and activeboard flipcharts, newsletters, classroom books, storytelling activities, descriptive writing, dramatic play, etc.

Please download the preview for a look at all 20 images. They are small (for quick viewing) and have a watermark on them in the preview, but not on the download.

These images are priced at only 10 cents an image!

I have made flash cards (can also be used as labels for an early childhood or special education classroom) with these images. I used them with my 2 year old to foster print awareness. These are also available in my store under Preschool Flash Cards Kitchen.

food pictures | food photographs | food clip

Click the thumbnail to go to the store.

 

This download includes 20 flash cards of food items. Also, great for use as labels in early childhood or special education classrooms. I have used them with my my 2 year old to foster print awareness.

Items on the flash cards include: pineapple, grapes (green and purple), apple, kiwi, strawberry, milk, onion, nuts, walnut, oranges, butter, banana, sugar, cookies, salt and pepper, almond, hazelnut, soup and sandwich, honey, eggs.

If you are interested in just the images for your own use, check out Food Object Images also in my store.

food pictures | food photographs | flash cards | preschool | labels

Enjoy!!

Tuesday Ta Da! 4/2/13

Happy Tuesday!!

I can't believe it's April!  I can't decide whether time seems to be going faster since I'm not in the classroom and I don't have deadlines: report cards, TPRI, Dibles, field trips, and the like or slower.  I know teachers and students alike are getting excited since the end is near!

Today for the Ta Da, I'm putting up an item that has been in my store for a little while, but I don't think many people know about it.  When we worked on poetry in my classroom, we (just like you, I'm sure) hit it all over: rhyming, stanzas, words, spaces, imagery, description, and on and on.  I made these puzzles for my students to practice with and they had so much fun with them.  I hope you will grab this freebie and have fun with it!
 

Here is the Tuesday Ta Da for this week!

(If you missed the details and you don't know what is going on...click here)

Don't forget to link up your great stuff at the bottom!

Get this button for your blog at the right!

My Tuesday Ta Da for today:

***This product is FREE -- it's the first Tuesday of the month!!***

See below for details on each product!

Poem Puzzles Freebie

Click the thumbnail to go to the store.

This download includes a FREE Poem Puzzle of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

These Poem Puzzles can be used many different ways:
To teach or practice
-rhyming
-spacing between words
-phrases
-left to right sentence patterns
-poetry
-story ordering
-parts of speech

They can be used to introduce a lesson and then placed in a literacy center or workstation for students to practice the skills.

They are great for whole group instruction, small group instruction and remediation, or pair work.

These puzzles can be printed for single use OR printed and laminated to be used over and over again.

It's as easy as 1-2-3
1. Make copies of the Poem Puzzle.
2. Use one copy of the puzzle to demonstrate to topic you are teaching (rhyming; characteristics of poetry; sequencing, etc.).
3. Have students cut the pieces of the Poem Puzzle and arrange them in order.
poetry | free | poem | twinkle twinkle little star | literacy | nursery rhymes | Kindergarten

Enjoy!!

April Fool's Day

I'm really trying to think of a good way to prank my husband.  I'm terrible at that sort of thing, in fact I'm so bad at it that I just might be able to pull something off.  Needing some ideas!

 

Does anyone have any fun April Fools Day stories?  Did your students get you or did you get them?

 

Happy April!!

And the Winner Is...

The winner of the 100 TpT Fan giveaway is Cathy Irwin!

 

Cathy, you have until Friday (3/29/13), 11:59pm CST to contact me with the 3 products that you would like from my TpT store: sarah.burk@hotmail.com!

 

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway and have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Christ is Risen!

Tuesday Ta Da!

Happy Tuesday!!

As is customary on Tuesday, I wanted to give you a peek at the Tuesday Ta Da for this week!  I have so missed blogging over the last six weeks.  My mind was so otherwise occupied, but I have so many ideas rolling around in my brain I don't know where to start!

My inspiration for this project was my two year old, Little Girl, she is so busy and she talks non stop, so I wanted to get some print in her space.  Handsome Young Guy and I are really committed to limiting her screen time because as former school teachers we have seen first hand the effects of unlimited access to media for kids.  We also just don't like a lot of what comes through the tube.  However, we are iPhone junkies, well, maybe not, but we have them and we like them.  So Little Girl knows what a phone is.  When we have a few minutes to wait around somewhere, she loves to look at the pictures that we have on our phones - mostly of her!  So, back to the point, she loves to look at pictures so I started taking pictures of things aound the house to practice vocabulary and speech.  And then I thought.  . . hmmm . . . I could use these for print awareness as well!  So I made some labels to stick around our house.  I haven't got them all up yet, so hopefully I can get that finished and show you som pics soon!  Enjoy this deal today!

And don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAY for 3 items of your choice from my TpT store!  It ends tomorrow 3/27/13!

Here is the Tuesday Ta Da for this week!

(If you missed the details and you don't know what is going on...click here)

Don't forget to link up your great stuff at the bottom!

Get this button for your blog at the right!

My Tuesday Ta Da for today:

***These products are 26 cents today because it's March 26th!!***

See below for details on each product!

Preschool Flash Cards - Kitchen

Kitchen Images

Click the thumbnail to go to the store.

Preschool Flash Cards - Kitchen

This download includes 18 flash cards of kitchen items. Also, great for use as labels in early childhood or special education classrooms. I have used them with my my 2 year old to foster print awareness.

items on the flash cards include: (juice) glass, food (on a plate), napkins, butter dish, sugar measuring cup (liquid), toaster, coffee maker, measuring cups (dry), soap (liquid hand), clock, spoon rest, dog bowl, baby bottle, spoon (stirring - large), sink, ladle, spoon (slotted).

kitchen pictures | kitchen photographs | flash cards | preschool |

 

Kitchen Images

This file contains 19 color photographic images of different common kitchen images.

Use it to dress up personal creations, classroom materials and commercial products for Teachers Pay Teachers. Terms of Use are included with the download.

Use it to help teach students about items found in a kitchen.

Great for use on posters, smartboard and activeboard flipcharts, newsletters, classroom books, storytelling activities, descriptive writing, etc.
kitchen pictures | kitchen photographs | kitchen clip art

Enjoy!!

100 TpT Fan Giveaway!!

In celebration of lots of great things going on in my world, I wanted to share with you!!

 

To celebrate them, the biggest one in relation to this blog, is reaching 100 fans in my TpT store, I'll be giving away 3 items (excluding hard goods) of your choice from my TpT store!

 

The winner will be chosen on Wednesday March 27th, 2013 and notified by email.  Don't miss out and make sure to send your teacher friends this way because one way you can win is if he or she wins. 

In addition to this giveaway, I'm throwing a SALE in my store until Wednesday for 15% off everything!!  Please take advantage of that!

 

Have a great weekend! Spring is HERE!

 

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