Thank You’s for April 2013

From my Google Analytics report for April 2013

Thank you to all my referrers!

Top 10 Referring Sites (Not counting sites like Facebook, Pinterest, Google, Twitter, Blogger, and Sulia)

1. PreK + K Sharing

2. No Time for Flash Cards

3. In Lieu of Preschool

4. Kids Activities Blog

5. KHT Montessori

6. Hands On : As We Grow

7. Montessori on a Budget Blog

8. B-Inspired Mama

9. Pre-K Pages

10. Reading Confetti

Thank you to all my readers!

Top 10 Visited Posts

1. Montessori Monday – Free Earth Day Printables and Activities

2. How to Start Using Montessori at Home

3. Free Montessori Materials Online

4. Giveaway – KHT Montessori Online Course and 12 Albums (ARV $315)!

5. 3rd Blogiversary Giveaway – $645 Montessori Print Shop/Montessori at Home Products!

6. Free Educational Songs for Circle Time

7. April Themed Activities for Kids

8. How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home

9. In What Order Should You Introduce Letters to Your Preschooler?

10. Free Spring Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spring Math Activities

Thank you to all my followers!

 

April was an amazing 3rd blogiversary month for me! Thanks so much to all my followers … you’ve made my blogging work a wonderful experience! Thank you to everyone following me through my RSS feed (blog posts in a reader), Twitter (blog posts by me and others along with the Parent/Teacher Daily and other interesting information), Living Montessori Now Facebook page (links to my posts and lots of posts from around the blogosphere along with a featured Free Printable of the Day), Pinterest (lots of Montessori-, holiday-, and theme-related boards), and/or Google+ (post updates). I’m also a Parenting Expert on Sulia. Thank you for following me there, too. Don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter in the right-hand sidebar to receive Karen Tyler’s AMS Montessori geography album and the Mom Bloggers Talk Montessori: Favorite Ideas and Activities eBook FREE along with a weekly newsletter containing a note from me with any important reminders and links to my posts from the week! I truly appreciate all my followers!

Thank you for photo permissions!

Thank you to the wonderful bloggers who have given me permission to use your photos in my posts (with credit to you, a link to your post, and a comment letting you know I’m using your photo, of course)! If you haven’t seen my request for permissions, here’s a link to my post: Request for Montessori Photo Permissions.

If I may have permission to use photos from your blog, please let me know! Although I use Montessori photos most often, I also link to posts with crafts, art projects, and educational activities (especially unit studies posts with family activities). If you have posts with similar activities, I’d really appreciate photo permissions for them. I love that the photos add to the post content and also bring attention to your link.

Thank you to link-up participants!

Thank you to everyone who links up and to everyone who reads and comments on the Montessori Monday posts! I always enjoy seeing the ideas that are linked up each week, and I appreciate the encouragement you give to each other in using Montessori education at home or school.

Thank you to everyone who links up and/or visits the participants in my Family-Friendly Giveaway Linky (which you can link up with at any time and has outdated links removed each Sunday)!

Thank you to my sponsors!

My sponsors all have products I wish would have been around when I had a Montessori preschool and when I homeschooled my children!

Thank you to Montessori Print Shop, who has free printables, beautiful inexpensive printables, a wonderful blog, and lots of great information and resources (see all the drop-down menus at the top of the Montessori Print Shop site)! For more information, read my Sponsor Spotlight – Montessori Print Shop. And be sure to check out the two Montessori at Home bundles! Also, check out my review of the Montessori Print Shop Teaching Manuals Bundle and my ideas for using Montessori Print Shop music materials (in another great giveaway sponsored by Montessori Print Shop). Thanks to Montessori Print Shop for sponsoring a FABULOUS giveaway for my 3rd blogiversary: 3rd Blogiversary Giveaway – $645 Montessori Print Shop/Montessori at Home Products!!!

Thank you to Montessori Compass, an incredibly user-friendly, web-based software application that provides online Montessori record keeping, school management, and parent communication from any web-enabled device. Read my Montessori Compass Sponsor Spotlight to learn more about Montessori Compass. Sign up for Montessori Compass using the promo code LivingMontessoriNow and get a 30-day free trial and 50% discount for the first 3 months!

Thank you to Safari Ltd., with award-winning miniature replicas in over 45 themes (perfect for Montessori-inspired activities, unit studies, and free play)! The Safari Ltd. sculptors work closely with zoos and museums to create detailed, lifelike molds from which each small plastic model is made and then hand-painted. Until November 17, 2013, my readers get 10% off all Safari Ltd. orders by using the discount code LMN12 upon checkout! (Note: Even though the Safari Ltd. site lists free shipping on all U.S. orders over $50, due to a technical complication, Safari Ltd. can’t offer free shipping on orders over $50 if the customer is using a PROMO code.)

Thank you to Total Yearbooks, who has competitive pricing (including bulk pricing) for yearbooks for homeschools, sports teams, preschools, and other schools as well as books for sports memories, graduations, weddings, baby memories, and more. The yearbooks can easily be put together online through templates ready to go. You also have the option to upload a PDF or jpgs created with digital scrapbooking software and print books through Total Yearbooks! For more information, read my Total Yearbooks Sponsor Spotlight.

Thank you to John Bowman and Montessori at Home, with the newly revised eBook Montessori at Home: The Complete Guide to Doing Montessori Early Learning Activities at Home, and the condensed version in paperback Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain: Early Learning Activities for 2-6 Year Old Children. For just $10.95 for the e-book’s 3rd edition, you get 512 pages of Montessori early-learning activities and ideas for use at home with 3-7 yr. olds! Thanks to Montessori at Home for being one of the sponsors for my 3rd blogiversary giveaway: 3rd Blogiversary Giveaway – $645 Montessori Print Shop/Montessori at Home Products!!!

Thank you to Maestro Classics, who has award-winning CDs that introduce children to classical music through stories. Each CD is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel; Peter and the Wolf; Tortoise and the Hare; My Name is Handel; Juanita the Spanish Lobster; Swan Lake; Casey at the Bat; Sorcerer’s Apprentice; The Soldier’s Tale; Juanita la langosta and Carnival of the Animals! Maestro Classics offers Special Packages, Educational Materials, and Kids Club! To learn more about Maestro Classics, read my Maestro Classics Sponsor Spotlight and about the Maestro Classics 10-CD/MP3 Collection!

Thank you to KHT Montessori for sponsoring an AMAZING 3rd blogiversary giveaway: Giveaway – KHT Montessori Online Course and 12 Albums (ARV $315)!

Thank you to my affiliates!

Please check out my products page for my affiliates, who have wonderful products! I only become an affiliate for companies with products I believe in. I really appreciate if you go through my affiliate links when you’re ordering because I’ll receive a small commission. It won’t affect your order or prices in any way (unless you go through a discount link of mine and receive a better price than normal!)

Thank you to my new affiliate companies Montessori Services, For Small Hands, Montessori for the Earth, and I Can Teach My Child to Read: A 10-Step Guide for Parents. Read about them in Great Products for Families.

I’m also an affiliate for CurrClick, Educents, Montessori Helper, ProBlogger, iTunes, App Store, Hearth Song, Magic Beans, Melissa & Doug, Plow & Hearth, Problem Solvers, Christian Book, Inspire 4 Less, My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software, and Barnes and Noble.

Thank you to my affiliate My Memories, who continues to offer a special My Memories coupon code for all my readers (and your friends and family). If you use the coupon code STMMMS48784 at My Memories upon checkout, you’ll receive a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store – a $20 value

Thank you to Montessori Helper for giving an amazing 30% off offer specifically for my readers! Unlimited access to all 250+ lessons and PDF Materials is normally $99. By clicking on my ad, you’ll get Premium Unlimited Membership for all materials for $69!

Thanks again, everyone! Enjoy the end of the school year!

Background image at top of post Darya Petrenko.