As a teacher, you know that games are a fun way to reinforce important skills, but you also know that creating the games can eat up a lot of your time. That’s why The Mailbox® has a Bingo Game Maker! It comes with your Gold subscription along with tons of other goodies to make your…
How are you ringing in the new year? I’m hitting the beach. Don’t start picturing palm trees and tropical drinks…I’ll actually be on the coast of North Carolina, which at this time of year is more about sweatshirts than bathing suits. But hey, the beach is still the beach! As for the rest of 2023,…
Fall is coming! I can feel it in the air, and I can see it when I look at The Mailbox Magazine issues going live on our website September 1. (If you know me, you know that fall is my favorite season, and I end up rhapsodizing about it on the blog frequently.) So I…
Tomorrow, August 2nd, is National Coloring Book Day. Coloring can be relaxing for both children and adults—thus the popularity of adult coloring pages in recent years. (I printed this free adult coloring page here.) We also know, as teachers, that the occasional coloring page is a nice time filler and a quick assessment of a…
Have you ever had an accident (egg-cident?) while making hard-boiled eggs? My husband discovered that if you forget about your eggs to the point that all the water has boiled out of the pan, then they will explode (eggs-plode?). We’re still cleaning bits of egg from the top of our cabinets. This is a word…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! It’s the first day of what we hope will be a terrific week for every teacher everywhere. Having been teachers ourselves, we understand all that teachers do—inside and outside of the classroom. We soooooo appreciate you! To show our sincere appreciation, we are celebrating by having a full week of giveaways…
Well it just makes sense to me that the day before Thanksgiving is National Cranberry Day. Personally, I love homemade cranberry relish, but I’m not a fan of that canned cranberry sauce. To recognize this very important day, I give you several cranberry facts–and a neat bonus activity that gives you a sneak peak at…
What’s one of the most important pieces of clothing to bring to the beach? Why, flip flops, of course! Without flip flops it’s nearly impossible to walk across that crazy hot sand. Today is National Flip Flop Day–a day to celebrate this insubstantial footwear that provides chiropractors with so much business. 🙂 Check out the…
Every once in a while, I cruise through The Mailbox website and find my current favorite ideas. Then I share them with you! My favorites change all the time since our site is crammed with activities. To get access to all our ideas plus to be able to save collections of the ones you like,…
For years and years teachers have been asking The Mailbox to deliver teaching ideas every month of the year. And guess what? We are now doing just that! All Gold subscribers receive a fun- and skill-filled digital delivery of grade-appropriate teaching ideas each and every month of the entire year—that’s twelve digital deliveries in all….