Thank You’s for May 2013 Plus Some Requests

From my Google Analytics report for May 2013

Thank you to all my referrers!

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

1. No Time for Flash Cards

2. PreK + K Sharing

3. Love, Play, Learn

4. Reading Confetti

5. Hands On : As We Grow

6. B-Inspired Mama

7. In Lieu of Preschool

8. 1+1+1=1

9. Montessori on a Budget Blog

10. Growing a Jeweled Rose

Thank you to all my readers!

Top 10 Visited Posts

1. How to Start Using Montessori at Home

2. Free Montessori Materials Online

3. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Literature-Based Activities for Preschoolers

4. Top 10 Montessori Principles for Natural Learning

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

6. How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home

7. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities

8. Free Educational Songs for Circle Time

9. Free Flower Printables and Montessori-Inspired Flower Math Activities

10. How to Set up a Montessori Preschool Classroom at Home

Thank you to all my followers … and request number 1

 

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! My request … please follow Living Montessori Now if you aren’t already.

Thank you for votes for Top 25 Homeschooling Moms … and request number 2

Living Montessori Now was nominated for Top 25 Homeschooling Moms at Circle of Moms! Thanks so much to everyone who’s been voting for me. My request … please vote daily through June 13. I wish the contest didn’t have daily voting for so long, but it makes a big difference if you vote for Living Montessori Now daily. I really appreciate your votes! (You may vote for more than one blog each day.) Vote For Living Montessori Now at Circle of Moms by clicking on the pink heart voting circle. Thanks so much!

Thank you for photo permissions … and request number 3

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.

My request …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. Being able to use a photo from your post adds to the roundup post content and also brings attention to your link.

Thank you to link-up participants … and request number 4

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)!

My request … please link up regularly. I love to see what Montessori-inspired activities you’re doing (and Montessori Monday is typically one of my first sources for activities when I do a roundup post). I also love keeping up with family-friendly giveaways around the blogosphere and being able to help parents and teachers find great giveaways to enter.

Thank you to my sponsors … and request number 5

Note: post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).

My sponsors all have products I wish would have been around when I had a Montessori preschool and when I homeschooled my children! My request … please support my sponsors. They’re all wonderful businesses with amazing products!

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 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 Crafterina Ballerina for sponsoring the wonderful worldwide giveaway of Crafterina book and materials worth $50! The giveaway ends tomorrow, June 5, at 10:00pm MST.

Thank you to Safari Ltd., with award-winning miniature replicas in over 45 themes (perfect for Montessori-inspired activities, unit studies, and free play)! Safari Ltd. will be sponsoring a great giveaway of TOOBS this month!

Thank you to my affiliate companies … and request number 6

Thanks to my affiliate companies for offering great products along with commissions for referring customers. My request … please check out my products page for my affiliate companies! 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!) Living Montessori Now got too large for a shared server, so I appreciate your help in paying the dedicated server fees to keep Living Montessori Now running.

Thank you to Little Passports for inviting me to be a Little Passports Ambassador! You can find my introductory post here: Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Global Adventure.

I’m also an affiliate for Montessori Services, For Small Hands, Montessori for the Earth, CurrClick, Educents, Montessori Helper, Hearth Song, Magic Beans, Melissa & Doug, ProBlogger, iTunes, App Store, Plow & Hearth, Problem Solvers, Christian Book, Inspire 4 Less, My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software, Barnes and Noble, and I Can Teach My Child to Read: A 10-Step Guide for Parents.

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! Happy summer!

Image at top of post by wetnose.