I just came from a meeting, and how I wish you could have listened in! We were talking about how much we love getting mail from you! We enjoy helping you share your success and passion as a teacher.
When you send in your ideas, we currently give you a $20 gift certificate for each one we purchase. You can use it toward any book or magazine from The Mailbox. You can submit ideas online, mail or fax them in, or respond to idea requests that we post on blogs and Facebook. So for this giveaway, we’re asking you this:
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What more can we do or what can we do differently to get your ideas flowing into our mailbox? |
Let me know your answer to this question before midnight, Monday, September 17, and I’ll enter you in a giveaway for two (yes, that’s two) free books or kits from The Mailbox.
Oh, I can’t wait to hear from you!
Diane
PS: If you want to get started sending your ideas in right away, click here! 🙂
Congratulations to Angie! She’s the winner of our giveaway and wins two free book from The Mailbox!
I have received several gift certiifcates for my ideas. Oh I do love the gift certiifcates.
My idea would be for you to be more specific about what you are looking for.
But a couple of things I would love to have ideas on
is :
Ideas for the sensory table?
Ideas for 2 year olds?
Mailbox does the best job at keeping teachers in touch with one another and adding to our teacher skills. Thanks
I think having a specific theme to respond to would be helpful and I also could use more ideas for the 1-2 year olds in my group.
With so many children being diagnosed with Autism, I’d like to see strategies or hints attached to activities that would be helpful in both the general ed. classroom or a self-contained Special Ed. classroom.
I was lucky enough to just receive one of these certificates. One suggestion that I have is to allow us to use those certificates online. There were SO many great clearance deals going on over the last few weeks, that I would have liked to use my certificate for some of those books … instead of having to wait for a catalog. It would also save on trees. 😉
I would love to see ideas for children with special needs. How others meet these challenges and their ideas. As a family child care, I do not have fellow workers to bounce ideas off. I value your magazine and use it every day. thank you
Love, love, LOVE your magazine. I write songs and active rhymes for my group of 1-4 year olds all the time, and do many crafts with them as well, but I always feel like they’re not “good enough” to send in. I don’t know how you work around that 🙂 It would definitely help to have themes though – e.g. ideas for pumpkins. That way we’d have an idea of what you’re looking for, and could narrow down our submissions.
Once again, your magazine is just the best. This suggestion isn’t related to your current question, but there are several times when I’ve wanted to order items off your website, but I’m always discouraged by the $20 handling fee to ship to Canada. That, on top of regular shipping costs, just makes it unfeasible. I would be so grateful (and I’m sure a very regular shopper on the website) if the fee was eliminated, or even reduced. Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas and inspiration.
I agree with the ESE need. Along with that idea, how about differentiated instruction. Give an idea of how teachers could use it with the different levels in their classroom (above, below and on grade level).
Also, more of an incorporation of the different subjects. For examples, ideas of how to turn a reading topic into something hands on in science.
One other idea, is a book of the month. Focus on a shared reading that the class can read and then have some ideas for that particular book.
I think if you had a place on the website where folks who were interested could receive periodic reminder emails for submissions, that would be good. And then once every few weeks, you could send out an email asking for specific types of ideas.
As teachers, we have lots of great ideas, but we are so busy, we forget to submit them. And with the added direction of a specific activity, our memories will be “jogged.”
I agree with Nichole D. It would be great to be able to use the certificates on line.
Also, many new pre-k curricula have updated themes. Some of these new themes are quite different from what we are used to. A few examples: Learning Together, Art All Around Us, Different Types of Families, Recycling/Being Green, Trying New Things.
I agree with others in that having a specific topic or theme to respond to helps me think about what I have done that may be helpful to others.
Going along with that, I see that many people talking about ideas for students with special needs. I am a teacher of such students and would love to share ideas, but again, if given a specific topic or theme, I think the answers given would be more helpful for everyone!
I would also like to use the wonderful gift certifs online. Love your books!
I am one of your regular contributors and earning your gift certificates have made all the difference! My shelves have gone from empty to fully stocked with resource books…all for free.
It would be ideal to have an online Mailbox (similar to an online banking account). When an idea is accepted, the money is deposited into my account rather than a paper gift certificate being issued. Then, I could use the money I earned along with my own debit/credit card to make an online purchase.
I would also like to see a VIP program to reward contributors that have had multiple ideas accepted/published. The more you have accepted, the more extras you earn such as free shipping, BOGO offers, etc.
I love the idea of on-line gift certificates!
Good Morning,
I think it would be helpful to have more strategic intervention ideas/suggestions. Anything to do with supporting students and teachers!
I also like the idea from others about requesting ideas specific to a topic.
Emily’s idea of a book of the month really appeals to me as well.
Finally, I’d be interested in ideas/suggestions that relate to the Common Core.
Jill
Love the idea of an online gift certificate.
I think it would be helpful to have an email reminder of specific topics for the helpful hints. Sometimes I get too busy and forget to check the website and an email would get me going again.
Love the book of the month idea and an area where we could request specific ideas.
Keep up the great work:)
I’m an AIG (Academically and Intellectually Gifted) Facilitator and I would love to see ideas for specialists. Perhaps even a special edition for K-5 Teachers for special education, gifted education, music, technology, and possibly even physically education. A lot of these teachers don’t find your publications relevant because it’s not specific towards their instructional needs. (Even if it’s not a full magazine it would be great to include such information in a special section of one of your current magazines.) Personally, I love The Mailbox and I would love to share your resources with all teachers and not just the core teachers.
Ask us questions! I have never submitted an idea to you but I have to other sites when they have asked for a specific type of idea. Sometimes when I have so much on my mind, I don’t think about submitting an idea unless someone reminds me with a question. I also love the idea of gift certificates for ideas. I know every teacher could use a few extra bucks to spend on her/his kiddos!
I would love to see more ideas with students with ADHD.There is a growing population of these students in our classrooms.