Thank You’s for June 2012

From my Google Analytics report for June 2012

Thank you to all my referrers!

Top 10 Referring Sites (Not counting sites like Facebook, Networked Blogs, Pinterest, Google, Twitter, Blogger, and Stumble Upon)

1. Teach Preschool

2. Free Homeschool Deals

3. Circle of Moms

4. Homeschool Creations

5. No Time for Flash Cards

6. PreK + K Sharing

7. Carrots Are Orange

8. Montessori Print Shop

9. 1+1+1=1

10. My Montessori MOMents

Thank you to all my readers!

Top 10 Visited Posts

1. Montessori-Inspired Eric Carle Activities and Eric Carle Linky

2. Talking with Children about Death: Creating an “I Remember” Book

3. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Father’s Day

4. Montessori Monday – Help Your Child Develop Concentration

5. Montessori-Inspired 4th of July Activities

6. Montessori Print Shop Primary Teaching Manuals Review and Giveaway – 2 Winners!

7. Free Positive Parenting Solutions Webinar Tuesday, June 26!

8. Montessori-Inspired Activities for Care of Self

9. Montessori-Inspired Resources for World Ocean Day

10. Montessori-Inspired Music Appreciation

Thank you to all my followers!

Thank you so much 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). 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 voting for me for Top 25 Homeschooling Moms!

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who voted for me for Top 25 Homeschooling Moms! I was very happy to end up #11 this year (was #13 last year)! There are so many awesome homeschool bloggers … I’m honored! I truly appreciate the encouragement! For some of my most popular homeschooling posts, see Vote for the Top 25 Homeschooling Moms 2012.

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 for Helping the American Cancer Society!

I’m very happy to be a participant in the Small Hands Creating Hope eBook/print book, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Over 40 kid bloggers collaborated on a book of craft photos along with many craft tutorials. Thank you for donating to the American Cancer Society (and receiving the Small Hands Creating Hope eBook)! Thanks so much to MaryAnne at Mama Smiles for organizing the project and to all the other wonderful book collaborators as well! 🙂

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 latest review of the Montessori Print Shop Teaching Manuals Bundle!

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 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 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. In the e-book, you get over 250 Montessori early-learning activities for use at home with 3-7 yr. olds. Read my review of Montessori at Home for more information.

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; and Juanita la langosta! Maestro Classics offers Special Packages, Educational Materials, and Kids Club! To learn more about Maestro Classics, read my Maestro Classics Sponsor Spotlight.

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!)

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

Thanks again, everyone! I hope your summer has been fabulous so far! 🙂