To honor teachers everywhere who are preparing for their school year, Tiny Prints has designed greeting cards to meet their needs.  They can send each student a personalized welcome greeting card, connect with their student’s parents with a thank you card and celebrate their students with award cards.  In support of building a connection between teachers, students and parents, Tiny Prints is offering these personalized greeting cards for free starting Monday, August 2nd through October 31, 2010.  Teachers will just need to apply the code: Apple2010 at checkout.

When my daughter was having issues adjusting to school, her Kindergarten teacher took her under her wings. Although she was strict, which my husband and I love in a teacher, she understood that Sammi needed an adjustment period. She expected her to abide by the rules, but she provided her with a caring environment that helped Sammi feel that she could talk to her when she was upset. That’s all it took!

Thanks to Tiny Prints for offering Free Greeting Cards for Teachers. They go above and beyond every day! Join in on the Tiny Prints Teacher Greeting Card Twitter Party with the tag #makeitpersonal this Wednesday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET/1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PT.

Disclosure: I’m entered in a contest to win a gift card. I will be provided with a Tiny Prints gift card also.

I took part in the Elmer’s Bag It Forward project and will donate school items to a Title 1 school in Florida. Thanks to Collective Bias, I was given a stipend to spend on notebooks, pencils, paper, crayons, glue and the the things that children need in public elementary school. Title 1 schools have a population of students who are in the low income category. Their families may not be able to afford school items, uniforms and are more likely to be eligible for free or lunch.

Please take a look at my story and photos on whrrl:

I even added a short video about this project:

Did you hear about the I Don’t Want To Miss contest held last year? It was so popular that it’s being held again this year and the grand prize is that Danny Gokey, former American Idol finalist, will lead a music class for the winning school. For the first 10o videos entered, the teachers will win a care package from Clorox.

The contest is based on what students miss when they have to stay home because they are sick with the flu. My daughter doesn’t like missing school when she’s sick. There’s so much to miss, not only school work, but what’s happening with her friends, the latest gossip and recess. Let’s face it, kids will say that they don’t want to go to school, but when they are out sick, they really do miss it. You can learn about flu prevention by visiting Clorox’s Facebook page.

About the contest:

• Download the song I Don’t Want To Miss…
• Get your music class, group or glee club to learn the song and create a video
• Include a video introduction and be sure that your teacher is in the video
• All students must sign consent forms
• Upload your entry onto School.Tube
• Open to USA middle schools and high schools that are not-for-profit schools
• Entries can be submitted up to March 4 at 11:59 ET
• See complete rules for more information

The I Don’t Want To Miss Contest is a great way to do something creative while spreading the word about flu prevention.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Clorox and received $20 thank-you gift certificate.

This first week of school is over and it flew by. It felt like I blinked my eyes and it was done. Samantha is enjoying her time in fifth grade and really likes her teacher. That makes things easy. It’s actually very rare that she doesn’t like her teacher as she can get along fine with almost anyone. She’s not too happy with strict teachers, but she understands the logic behind being strict. She loves humorous and caring teachers.

Her teacher this year is a young woman who has good control over the class and does some unusual activities with her class. She even lets Samantha call her “Sensei” since she know how much Samantha wants to learn to speak Japanese.

She’s exited about reading a lot more and being with her friends. Her firs chapter of science is weather, another topic she’s interested in.

Here’s a photo of he on her fist day of Fifth grade (she sure is growing up!)

We’re in a good routine for school, but with this week over, we may sleep in a bit tomorrow.