How Did You Meet Us?
Posted by Hope Spencer on 02 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Intermediate, Kindergarten, Preschool, Teacher's Helper, The Mailbox, The Mailbox Books
| During my second year of teaching, I was across the hall from an incredible teacher named Ms. Dunn. Ms. Dunn shared so many wonderful teacher secrets with me! I couldn’t wait to see what she had planned each day. Her students were always engaged in the best learning games, and everything in her room was so organized. People stopped by to see her colorful wall displays, and she knew all kinds of tips and shortcuts. After several months of copying what she was doing, I was convinced that she was the smartest teacher ever! I was surprised when she handed me an issue of The Mailbox® magazine. “Take this,” she said. “The ideas are in here.” |  |
Well, I did take that issue and I read it from cover to cover. After I marked all of the ideas I wanted to use with sticky notes, I knew I had to get my own subscription. Later, I subscribed to Teacher’s Helper® magazine, too. I was really hooked! It wasn’t long before I was submitting my own ideas to the magazine and using the gift certificates to buy other Mailbox products. And, I was recommending the magazines to all the new teachers I worked with!
Hey, this makes me curious: how were you introduced to The Mailbox family? I’d love to know. Leave a comment and tell me your story—I’m eager to hear from you!
All the best,
Hope
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i heard about mailbox from some old american co workers when i taught first grade in 1991 in greece.i subscribed for the next five years and have renenwed my subscription the last 2 now that i am teaching preschool in cyprus. love all the neat ideas in magazines and books…thanks a bunch!
I picked up my first copy in a “free” box at my town library. I proudly took it to school and shared it with another teacher who knew about The Mailbox and had some old copies. Next thing I knew I was on-line looking for Companion activities and then ordered my own subscription. I teach students with special needs and I can always adapt activities that meet their needs. Thanks!
I love the mailbox magazine. My mother in law used the magazine when she taught kindergarten for 22 years. Then I inherited the old magazines and added my own collection. I love using them in my resource room. As a special ed teacher I am always looking for new and fun ideas to teach new concepts. It’s hard to pick what grade to buy when you need them all!
I received my first subscription as Christmas gift from my mother when I was student teaching. After spending hours in the college library, Mailbox was always my fsvorite for helpful tips. I went on to teach as a high school teacher so I let my subscription slide. After 11 years as a high school teacher, I decided to come back to elementary. When I discovered I’d be teaching 3rd grade, the first thing I added to my Christmas list was a Mailbox subscription. My husband was the gift giver this time, but I found the subscription especially helpful wth the companion features available online. I have my issues catergorized by month and often refer to othem when I need a fresh idea!
I have been subscribing to The Mailbox since the early 80’s. At that time I was a new teacher and I received a copy from a fellow teacher. It is the best resource I have ever used. I love that it is grade specific now and the Mailbox Companion is a wonderful addition as well. I am sure I will continue to subscribe until I retire. I mentor new teachers and share my magazines with them–most end up getting a subscription. Keep up the good work, Mailbox!
I learned about Mailbox while in college and have been hooked ever since! One year I moved into a retired teacher’s room. She left me all her old mailboxes. OMGOSH….I think she had every issue ever printed(the ones with actual drawings in them). I was in Mailbox heaven. I still use those issues as well as the current ones. Thanks for a great magazine and resource books too!
I just found out about mailbox a year ago. Another school teacher subcribed to it and yet I did not get to see the magazine. My first encounter was when I found a book published by the Mailbox for Learning Centres for Kindergarten. WOW, I was trying out so many of the activities that went along with my program. I esp. liked the sandpaper, children sanded wood pieces. The boys thought this was awesome. I plan to buy a vise for the wood pieces in the pretend centre, so they can really enjoy this activity. I just signed up for a years subscription and since our school is not funded, I have to watch every dollar I spend, I do hope that I will enjoy and put to practice the activities in this book.
I have been using Mailbox since I was in college. I worked at a daycare that had a subscription. I have been able to have a subscription some years, and some years not. I really look forward to those years when I am able to spare the money.
I, like some above, was introduced to Mailbox while earning my teaching degree in the ’80s. I have subscribed to it ever since, except when I worked at a school that subscribed to the magazine for the teacher resource room. I love the tried-and-true ideas from veteran teachers, and am excited to see one of my ideas in print in the coming months! In fact, my brother is jealous; he’s a writer, and I got “published” before he did!
Like many of you I was first introduced to The Mailbox while I was student teaching. It was a resource that my cooperating teacher used often to gather ideas for crafts as well as center activities. When she offered to let me look through her collection for a unit I was planning I was amazed by how many great ideas there were. When I began teaching one of the first things I did was subscribe to the Mailbox. I have also found over the years that some of the most helpful books that I have are from the mailbox. As a relatively new teacher I dont know what I would do without it sometimes. Thank you.
I was just introduced to Mailbox books in 2008 when i started my first teaching job. The books are full of wonderful and colorful ideas that bring smiles to my kids when we do one of your activities. It is the perfect thing for a preschool teacher who needs lots of ideas to keep the little hands busy. You are doing a great job with these books. Keep up the good work
My husband and I went to a teacher supply store when I was hired for my first preschool teaching position and he wandered around while I tried to figure out how to stretch my budget! He walked up to me with the Mailbox and said, “Hey, this magazine has a little bit of everything you said you need.” I looked through it and said, “Yup, you’re right!” I bought that copy and went home to order my own subscription! I now have 3 ring binders full of each month’s magazine from 1992 to now!