The Versatile Blogger Award

Yay – I’m excited to be nominated for a blog award from a favorite blogger of mine, Ayn from Little Illuminations! The Versatile Blogger Award is a way for bloggers to recognize each other’s work – and I am glad to be in such good company!

I do share this blog with my partner and friend, Tressa – and hopefully our experience as a preschool teacher and director contribute to making the content that we share here versatile! But I also want to give a “shout-out” to some other special contributors to our blog … our expert panel who help us answer questions and share their experience. So a big thanks to Bill, Colleen and Shannon for your contributions and support!

Now it’s time to share the love! There are some guidelines to accepting the award, so here goes!

How the award process works: 
1. Thank the person who nominated you … Many thanks to Ayn at Little Illuminations!
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers
4. Contact the other bloggers to let them know they have been nominated

Ok, so here are 7 things about me: 
1. I grew up on Long Island (New York). I no longer have the accent … but I think it does come back a little when I go to visit!
2. Despite my petite stature, I played volleyball in High School!
3. I worked in Information Technology for 16 years before becoming an early childhood educator.
4. I love scrapbooking and used to teach scrapbook classes.
5. I am my family’s official Disney vacation planner, though my 16 year old son is definitely the Disney history expert!
6. I love children’s books and planning activities that revolve around a book!
7. We are about to have a new addition to our family … a rescue dog named … wait for it … Twinkie!

Now the fun part, I am nominating the following bloggers for the Versatile Blogger award:

• Maggie at Red Ted Art
• Anna at The Imagination Tree
• Jamie at hands on : as we grow
• Rachel at Quirky Momma
• Michelle at Best Toys for Toddlers
• Leeanne at Kreative Resources
• Melissa at The Chocolate Muffin Tree
• Debbie at Rainbows within Reach
• Kierna at Learning for Life
• Bill at Cooperative Kids

I would feel remiss if I did not mention two other favorite early childhood blogs that I follow …Teach Preschool and Pre-K Pages! Both have already been nominated by other bloggers, but Deborah and Vanessa have always been quick to answer questions and have provided support as I entered into this blogging journey – so my hat is off to you great ladies as well!

Once you start blogging, you then find so many other like-minded bloggers, and it’s been fun following them, being inspired by their ideas and getting to know them on Facebook and in other endeavors. I must say, early childhood people are so incredibly supportive and helpful to each other!

Please feel free to share your early childhood blog or a blog that you know of here … so we can continue to expand our network!