July 2009
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Recipe Request
Posted by Sherry McGregor on 08 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School, Relationships and Team Building
A few weeks ago, we had a potluck here at work. I made one of my favorite go-to snacks, green chile pinwheels. It was also the last week of school, so I made an extra batch of pinwheels and sent them with my husband, Mark, to school. (Mark teaches seventh-grade math.) At the end of the day, he brought home the empty plate and two requests for the recipe. The pinwheels are simple to make. That’s probably why they’re among my favorites, and I was thrilled to share the recipe. As I was writing, I wondered about you and your favorite go-to snacks and potluck dishes. Care to share?
Green Chile Pinwheels
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 cup chopped green chiles (or good New Mexican salsa!)
4 flour tortillas
Mix the cream cheese, garlic salt, and chiles. Divide the cream cheese mixture into fourths and spread each fourth onto a flour tortilla. Roll up each tortilla. Cover the rolled tortillas with plastic wrap, and stick them in the refrigerator until just before time to serve. Then cut the rolled tortillas into one-inch slices and enjoy.
Congratulations to Kathy Dobbs, director of Kathy’s Family Daycare in Simi Valley, CA. She is the winner of a copy of The Big Book of Monthly Ideas (Pre-K) in our weekly blog drawing.
You Have to Play to Win!
Posted by Debra Liverman on 06 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Intermediate, Kindergarten, Preschool, Teachers and Teaching, The Mailbox, The Mailbox Books
Have you heard? We’re sponsoring a sweepstakes this back-to-school to celebrate 10 Years of The Mailbox Companion! Join us in celebrating this milestone by entering our sweepstakes for your chance to win lots of great stuff.
Here’s what you can win…
Grand Prize: $2,000 Cash and $250 Gift Certificate for THE MAILBOX Books
First Prize: $500 Cash and $100 Gift Certificate for THE MAILBOX Books
Second Prize: $250 Cash and $50 Gift Certificate for THE MAILBOX Books
Weekly First Prize: $100 Cash
Weekly Second Prize: $25 Gift Certificate for THE MAILBOX Books
PLUS, each time you enter you will receive valuable coupons for THE MAILBOX Books!
Click here to enter. You can enter once each day!
Entries will be accepted through September 30, 2009.
Good luck!
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
Congratulations to Marie Baker of Salisbury, North Carolina. She is the winner of a copy of the Best of The Mailbox Authors (PreK-K) in our weekly blog drawing.
