Thank You’s for October 2012

From my Google Analytics report for October 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. Money Saving Mom

2. No Time for Flash Cards

3. PreK + K Sharing

4. 1+1+1=1

5. Carrots Are Orange

6. Our Country Road

7. Babble

8. Leptir

9. Montessori Print Shop

10. Homeschool Creations

Thank you to all my readers!

Top 10 Visited Posts

1. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Fall Activities

2. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities

3. Free Montessori Materials Online

4. Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Unit

5. Free Educational Songs for Circle Time

6. Montessori-Inspired Fall Playdough Activities

7. How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home

8. How to Start Using Montessori at Home

9. Montessori-Inspired Autumn Leaf Unit

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

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!

Special thanks for everyone who helped us reach 10,000 in our Living Montessori Now Facebook Community in October! 🙂

Thank You for Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Thanks to everyone who’s been supporting the efforts of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here’s my main Go Pink post. If you’d still like to help, please check out the  link in the post to my daughter- and daughter-in-love’s team page for their participation in the Susan G. Komen San Diego Race for the Cure on Sunday. And thanks for your support of Small Hands Creating Hope for the American Cancer Society!

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 my newest sponsor, Off-the-Floor EZStore. Off-the-Floor EZStore has a variety of organizers with wall mount and door hang options. The Off-the-Floor EZStore organizers can help organize your home to make a more Montessori-friendly environment.

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).

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; 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 9-CD Collection!

Thank you to Maestro Classics for sponsoring the AMAZING giveaway that just ended of 10 CDs, including their latest CD, Carnival of the Animals! Here’s the link to the giveaway: $167 10-CD Collection for Kids. And thank you to Maestro Classics for this special offer for my readers: Use discount code MONTESSORI20 to receive 20% off your full order at Maestro Classics until Friday, November 9! (1 coupon per customer).

Thank you to Shining Mountains Press for sponsoring a giveaway of 2 copies of Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self earlier in October. You can read my book review here: 2 Winners – Montessori Parenting Paperback Book. And thank you to Shining Mountains Press for offering my readers a special discount until 5pm MST today: My blog readers can get 20% off a copy of Montessori Parenting until 5pm MST today, November 2, by calling Christian directly by phone (719-395-3969)! He can take your order over the phone, and you can pay by credit card. Just mention the giveaway and 20% discount.

Thank you to the hosts for the October Pinterest Scavenger Hunt and Giveaway: ArahBellas, All Done Monkey, and Just a Little Creativity. The drawings were done on Halloween and all winners have been contacted. The winners will be announced later at the end of my earlier Pinterest Scavenger Hunt and Giveaway post. Thank you to all the sponsors! Special thanks to the grand prize sponsors:

Chris and Nikki’s Online Store

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! Wishing you a November filled with things to be grateful for! (Note: If you’re looking for family gratitude activities, check out my latest roundup post: November Family Gratitude Activities.) 🙂