A Doozy of a Day!
Posted by Diane Badden on 30 Jul 2010 | Posted in: The Mailbox, The Mailbox Books
Guess what I did yesterday! I took part in a vendor day for teachers. An estimated 400 enthusiastic teachers gathered at a popular school-supply store in Covington, Kentucky, to check out the latest in educational offerings and to meet their favorite vendors. I’m pretty sure I chatted with all 400 teachers. It was absolutely the best time ever. One hundred percent engaging and fun!
Whoever came up with the idea of a vendor day was one smart cookie, don’t you think? I sure do! After all, a vendor day is a win for all parties involved. It brings customers into the store. Teachers receive freebies and discounts. And the vendors get to mingle with the folks they are ultimately trying to help out. In our case, that’s you!
So here’s my brainstorm. Let’s have a vendolog—a blog-centered vendor celebration! Here’s how it works: post a comment or suggestion you’d like to share about The Mailbox books, magazines, or online offerings. It could be something you really like, something new you’d like to see, or a suggestion you have for improvement. I’ll do my best to answer questions too. All posts made before the end of August 1 will be entered in a drawing for a $20 gift certificate from The Mailbox. We’ll have at least two winners—maybe more!
Hoping for a doozy of a vendolog!
Diane
Congratulations to our winners–Cathy M., Jodi, Cindi, and Glenda!
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I liked the way you had art projects online in an index card type format. I printed them and kept them in a file box on my desk. It was easy to quickly search for a last minute idea. I wish you would do that again, I was so disappointed when you changed the format back to a full page.
I know my post is late, but I wanted to say I LOVE your magazine! And so do most of the other teachers I know. I know because they are ALWAYS borrowing mine!
I know I’m late, but I still have an idea. I think it would be great if in the planning pages section of the website had calendars for all 12 months all the time. Sometimes, it’s nice to plan farther out than 2 months. I use the Mailbox all the time. Keep up the good work.
I would love to see planning pages in the mailbox companion for 2-3 grades with ladybugs! I love my mailbox companion and use it every month. The theme of my classroom has always been ladybugs. They are so lucky!
Bethany R.
Good morning, all! We had a doozy of a vendolog, didn’t we? Thanks so much for the positive feedback and the terrific suggestions. Wow! I’m in awe!!
For those of you who asked about activities appropriate for two-year-olds, we do have two recent publications specifically for this age group—Totally for Twos and Totally for Twos: Art. You can find these books on our website.
Also, we recently published a series of books for differentiated instruction titled For Every Learner. The series offers two or more grade-specific titles for grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Each book features approximately 20 different skills with three differentiated activities for each skill. Awesome stuff! Check out these titles on our website as well.
Again, thank you for participating in our first vendolog. You can count on your comments and suggestions being carefully read and considered by our editors. And you’ve given me some great ideas for future blogs too!
Our winners will be announced shortly! And guess what: we are sooooooooooooooo happy here at The Mailbox that we are going to announce FOUR winners. Good luck to all!
Smiles,
Diane
I would love to have the book Sorts of All Sorts for my 1st graders. I absolutely love the Mailbox Magazine! However, I would like for the games to be on pages by themselves and to be perforated (nothing on the backside). It would just be more user-friendly when trying to use them!
I use ideas from the Mailbox magazine and books for every subject throughout the school year. Your publications are the backbone of supplementing our curriculum, making learning interesting and fun for my students.
I am a special education preschool teacher, and I use Mail Box magazines regularly. They are the best!It would be beneficial to have more special needs activities incorporating all developmental domains. Your magazine has great ideas for each center in my preschool room. Do you offer more comprehensive literacy based theme curriculum books(ages 3-5 years)based on national/state standards? Each month my classroom relates to a new theme and all activities and materials are related such as forest, ocean or farm. It would be great to be able to match state standards online and create lesson plans online especially interactive board lessons. Also, I would like to hear suggestions from fellow teachers regarding lessons in their classrooms!
I love the ideas in Mailbox magazine as well as the ideas I receive by email. Always something I can use! Thank you!
I don’t see my post from yesterday on here, so I’ll try again!
I have used and loved my Mailbox magazines and books ever since I began teaching Kindergarten. I absolutely love the fresh ideas and insights. I have submitted several ideas in the past and I encourage everyone to submit their great ideas to the magazine! You never know when your idea could make an impact on another teacher!
I was fortunate to get a SmartBoard last school year and have been thrilled to use it for instruction. I have adapted several Mailbox ideas to my Smartboard but would LOVE to see a book or section each month dedicated specifically to SmartBoards and Interactive Whiteboards. They are the wave of the future.
Thanks!
I really love mailbox. It’s got some of the best ideas. I also love vendors. It’s nice to get free gifts but it’s also nice because they too pass along ideas that they have heard from other teachers. Diffinatly a win win situation!!
What is NOT to love about Mailbox books?! Each week I use Mailbox books to bring a variety of interesting, age-appropriate and FUN ideas to my lessons. Mailbox books are my FAVORITE! Keep those wonderful ideas coming…