The Leibster Award

   

Thanks to Tracie at The Kindergarten Penn for nominating me for the Liebster Award!

The Liebster Award is for blogs with less than 200 followers in order to promote that blog, show appreciation, and hopefully draw more followers. To accept this nomination, you need to do a few things first:

1. Link to the person who nominated you.
2. Answer questions from your nominator.
3. Share 11 random facts about yourself.
4. Nominate five or more blogs with less than 200 followers.
5. Pose questions to your nominees. 

Here are the questions Tracie asked of me:

1.  How long have you been blogging? 

About 1 month

2.  What is your favorite grade to teach?  Kindergarten

3.  Do you use a computer or pen and paper to write your plans?

Pen and Paper...I'm old fashioned when it comes to my plans! I like to be able to cross things out when I need to!

4. Who is your favorite clip art artist?  Jessica Weible at JW Illustrations. She is responsible for the cute ruby slippers on my page! Love them!

5. Do you have a TpT shop? 

Yes! Check it out here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jamie-Neely

6. What time to you get to school in the morning? 

Usually around 7:30ish

7. Where did you go to college?

SUNY Cortland and Binghamton University

8. What is your favorite color? 

Yellow, but I find myself increasingly drawn to pink!

9. What would your job be if you weren't a teacher?

A children's book author or a yoga instructor for kids!

10. Why did you start a blog?

I was inspired by all of the amazing blogs I started following last year, and thought hey...maybe I could do that!

11 Random facts about me:

1. I am a child of God, a daughter of the King! My favorite verse is Zephaniah 3:17! Check it out! It will make you smile! :)

2. I have now been married for a little over a year to the love of my life, Matt!

3. One of my best friends is a furry golden retriever named Ryder.

4. I decided I wanted to teach Kindergarten when I was a senior in high school. My youngest sister was in Kindergarten at the time and had the worst experience ever! I saw firsthand how important that first year of school is. We get to set the tone for whether or not a child is going to like school...or not! 

5. For someone who teaches people how to read, I don't read very carefully myself! I'm forever getting the wrong items at the grocery store because of that!

6. On that note...I can't cook to save my life!

7. I love the number 42...it's seriously everywhere! Even in Finding Nemo...42 Wallaby Way, Sydney! 

8. I love ANYTHING coconut!! Well, except coconut water...that stuff is seriously gross!!!

9. I like all things girly and sparkly!

10. My favorite movie is Pollyanna! We could all stand to play the Glad Game now and then!

11. Someday, I want to live on or as close to a beach as I possibly can! Haha...come on teachers pay teachers! Let's make that dream a reality! ;)

Now I'd like to nominate a few blogs for the Liebster Award. If you'd like to participate, answer these questions and link back. What a great way to connect with new bloggers!

Nat Kat in the Hat

Crayons and Whimsy

Mrs. Grooms Room 

Kindergarten Holding Hands and Sticking Together 
The Educated Crown 

Questions for the Nominees
1. What's your favorite school supply?
2. What animal describes your teaching style?
3. How many years have you been teaching?
4. What's your favorite restaurant?
5. Which season do you like best?
6. Do you have a TPT store?
7. What subject do you most like to teach?
8. Do you have a class pet?
9.  What's your favorite part of your classroom?
10. If you could hire anyone in the world to teach your class, who would it be?

Don't forget 11 random facts about yourself!

Have fun! :)