Start a Preschool Curriculum Package GIVEAWAY!
August 5, 2011 by alysha
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.
Congrats to the lucky winner, Becky Waganer, who said, “This would help my granddaughter be smarter then she already is! (Takes after her Gammie!)” 
Thank you to everyone for participating!!
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If there’s one thing we love, it’s Joy Anderson’s FUNDAMENTALS Preschool Curriculum Package For Toddlers! We’re so excited she’s offering another opportunity to win it in this week’s giveaway! One lucky HowDoesShe reader will win this amazing curriculum package which includes over 500 pages of curriculum lesson plans and activities that are perfect for parents of young children ages 2-6, preschool teachers, and child care providers.
Not only does this package have 9 months worth of activity-rich, theme-based lesson plans, but it also has hundreds of pages of printables, Pre-K worksheets, and extra activities also available on the CD-ROM. The 36 fun themes include: Astronomy, Baking, Caterpillars, holidays and more! (Total retail value: $97!) This would be so perfect for my little girl who far too often is learning in front of the TV {gasp, I know, I know}.
When Joy emailed us about becoming a HowDoesShe sponsor, we hopped over to her Start A Preschool website to see what it was all about. She won us over immediately! She has the most contagious personality and I am fairly certain that she would be the funnest preschool teacher ever! Her past giveaways with us have been such a HUGE success, we were so pleased she wanted to sponsor another one for you gals!
Lucky for the Treasure Valley, Joy has her own preschool. Her spots fill up ridiculously fast, so she is also helping other stay at home moms start their own successful home preschools. Joy Anderson has taught thousands of women how to start their own preschool (not a daycare) in their home and make a supplemental or full-time income by teaching preschool classes to children ages 3-5.
She’s been asked by so many women to teach them how to start a preschool that she put together her best 7 SECRETS To Starting A Preschool In Your Home… and is giving them away on a FREE CD! She’ll teach you exactly how to start your own home preschool! How cool is that?! Make sure to go over to her website to score your FREE CD too! If this is something you want to learn about, Joy is the one you want to learn it from. She might even have some great tips for us young moms who do rotational preschool swap groups with our friends.
GIVEAWAY TIME
To win this amazing FUN-DAMENTALS curriculum package for toddlers you have 6 chances to win!
Please leave separate comments for EACH entry. All of them are EASY entries. You ready??
1. Simply leave a comment on this post telling us your earliest memory from school. Mine would have to be my mom dressing me up in a big white sheet so I could be the angel for our preschool production of the nativity. Good times.
2. We’d love it if you signed up for our newsletter! Just enter your email in the top right hand box! Easy!
3, 4, 5, and 6. Head on over to Start A Preschool and watch Joy’s adorable little clip about how to make extra money at home with a preschool. (It’ll just take a minute. Literally!) You are going to be impressed! If you’re interested, be sure to get her FREE CD! After all, if you don’t, you might miss out on perhaps the one opportunity that could change your family’s financial situation. Then, come back and leave a SEPARATE comment about why starting a preschool would interest you, or why you would enjoy having the Toddler Curriculum package. This one is worth 4 separate entries. just make sure to leave FOUR separate comments.
For example, if submitting for all 6 entries you would comment something like this: 1. My earliest memory from school was? 2. I’m SO signed up for your newsetter! 3. My kid needs some educational entertainment. I’d love to have this package. 4. Joy is adorable! Why wasn’t my preschool teacher this cool? 5. Starting a preschool at home sounds interesting. 6. Whew. I reached my six entries. I am sooo going to win. -You get the idea.
This giveaway will end next Saturday, August 13th. Good luck!!
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We went on an overnight fieldtrip on an old sailing ship…so fun!
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I first remember my preschool Halloween party, with a cauldron of Rootbeer with dry ice in it.
I am subscribed to your newsletter!
My first memory is being told off for getting my had dirty while painting! Opps!!! Would love a chance to win this great Package!
I remember nap time in Kindergarten when we had to lay on our mats for what seemed like forever!
I remember circle time from Kindergarten and singing songs each day.
I am signed up for the newsletter
I watched the video. Sounds so interesting
I’d like to do more preschool activities at home with my son
I can’t wait to see what her curriculum will be
Thanks for the giveaway
First school memory…walking to the bus stop with my mom and a bird pooped on my head!!!
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Sooo very neat! I LOVE this age group, so excited to learn!
I’m always searching the internet for printables, all on one CD would be AWESOME!!!
My earliest memory of school would be my preschool and this really fun scooter thing that you could ride on.
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1. I was really excited about this program. I have thought about starting a preschool program for a long time and feel like this could help me a lot. I have wanted to start one to be more involved in my kids education.
2. I am always looking for printables and lessons plans I would love to have the disk because it would all be right there!
3. Thanks for the give away I am really excited about this one!!
4. Joy really does look wonderful!!
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My earliest school memory would have to be my first day of kindergarten. I was so nervous.
I get the newsletter!
I’m looking for ways to stay at home with my kids and still earn a little money on the side.
I’ve started a tot school with my daughter and she loves it…looking for ways to supplement her learning.
I’ve heard some great things about Joy’s program!
I want to win!!
I remember only going to half day kindergarten.
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My earliest school memory is walking the mile home from the bus stop in 1st grade. I’m so glad we moved that year.
I subscribe to the newsletter
I remember circle time! And I think I remember napping on blue cots. Those were the days!
My earliest memory of school is my Mom getting my sister and I ready together.
I would love to have her program to teach my own children. Because of my work schedule I was unable to send my preschooler to a preschool this year.
It is an overwhelming thought about what/how to teach my kids. I would love a guideline.
She is such a fun teacher!
My earliest memories from pre-school was having my every morning melt down when my mom dropped me off. For some reason I hated leaving my mom, but when I saw the kids I was fine.
I remember having my picture taken for kindergarten.
Well, I just so happen to have a little toddler that I have been wanted to do preschool with!
I remember a storm & being scared of the thunder & my preschool teacher saying it was just God dropping his sack of potatoes.
I receive your newsletter!
My 1st memory of “school” is playing school with my older siblings. I was the youngest of 5 kids. One of my sisters was a very strict teacher and would whack my hands with a ruler if I was not doing what I was suppose too;) Let’s just say, I was reading by the age 4 because I had 4 devoted teachers.
My earliest memory was going to a gym class with my sister when I was 3. She’s blind and started school at 18 months and since I insisted on going too, my parents put us in a preschool for the handicapped and their siblings. I was allowed leave my classroom to go to some of Katie’s classes.
I get the newsletter (although it goes to my yahoo account).
I actually am not interested in starting a preschool because it would stress me out, but I want to use the curriculum with my child on my own time to jump start her education.
I’d love to have the package because I’m homeschooling my preschooler.
It was interesting to see how starting preschool helped these women so much. I am a believer of mother’s staying home with their children.
I am running out of ideas of what to say. Good thing this is my last entry:) Go team preschool!
I wanna be more like Joy!
I have dabbled with the idea of starting a preschool or daycare at home since I love having my kids with me all day but would love for them to interact with kids their own age more often.
I signed up for my free cd
I remember being frustrated with the right handed scissors (I am left handed) but loving just about everything else about preschool!
I already get your newsletter.
I didn’t go to preschool, but I remember in kindergarten there was a girl named Gina who had really long, shiny hair. I rode the same bus as her and she brushed her own hair the entire bus ride home. I was very impressed that she could brush her own hair.
My earliest memory was playing on the caterpillar play gym outside at my preschool.
I get your newsletter.
My earliest school memory is playing “Farme in the Dell” at my preschool in the basement of the Mason’s lodge.
Her video seemed very interesting.
I am curious to see what her curriculm is like.
I would like to have information and resources to teach my three young children at home.
I am a stay at home mom and would love to win.
My first memory of school was when I found out my friend was getting the kindergarten teacher I wanted (and didn’t get) and I punched her…in the chapel!
I’m already signed up for the newsletter, and loving it
I remember when you guys did this giveaway in the past, and watching that little blip of Joy then was just as good as it is now!
And I would totally buy her whole preschool kit thing if I could talk the hubs into it!
But, I know that’s unlikely, so I will just have to hope I win this giveaway
Here’s to hoping
Fingers crossed!
not sure if it is my earliest memory but i always remember when in elementary school we had an animal guy come for an assembly and one of his snakes got loose! it was great!
i am already signed up for the newsletter! love it too!
i have been thinking of doing an in-home preschool for about a year now to help out my family financially so this comes at a good time as i think my hubby and i have finally agreed to go for it.
i have worked in several day cares and preschools and i think they would all benefit from having teachers like Joy!
since finanaces are tight (like everyone else!) i would love to be able to win this curriculum. thanks for the chance
and i made sure i signed up for the free CD! thanks!
My earliest memory from school is from kindy. My teacher was Ms. Dill. I thought it was so cool she was named for a pickle!
I decorated a white pillowcase dress to be a Native American at our kindergarten Thanksgiving event.
I get your newsletter!
I want to be able to teach my children well, so this would be great!
I think this is entry #4; I’m excited!
#5–I really want to win!
#6-Hope I get lucky!
playing house on the playground!
Just signed up for the newsletter!
One of my earliest memories is missing a lot of kindergarten because of chicken pox so I had to go morning and afternoon for awhile. Good thing I love school!
I already subscribe to your newsletter. I hope I win!
i watched the video
i watched the video #2
Music time, my teacher played the guitar and I loved it!
i watched the video #3
I get your newsletter!
i watched the video #4
#3 I watched the video too!
#4 If I won I know I would put it to good use!
#5 Pick me Pick me!!!
#6 This is my last one and I hope I am lucky! Thanks for the giveaway.
One of my earliest is remembering picture day in Kindergarten when I wanted to wear a bubble gum machine ring to school and my mom didn’t want me to. I promised to take it off before getting my picture taken (which of course I forgot to do). That bubble gum ring is forever immortalized in that photo much to my mom’s dismay.
Signed up for your newsletter.
I would love to supplement my boys’ education with this cd. it would make my job a lot easier b/c I wouldn’t spend hours searching for things online.
My earliest memory of school was my first day of kindergarden. i remember the big slide!
I get your newletter
people that have their own preschools amaze me!
I watched the video and she seems sweet
i would love this so I can teach and have ideas for my children…especially during the summertime
this is my last entry. I hope I win!
I remember following green footsteps all around, on the walls on the ceiling, that led to a pot of gold. . .covered chocolate! Sneaky leprechauns
watched the video! Nifty.
My first memory was walking in a parade to Joy school music.
I want to be able to teach my children, instead of just play
I always have wanted to teach preschool, it would be so fun to be around all those cute little personalities
She is a super rad teacher, maybe I could be like that?
I really really could use this since I am planning on teaching my little guy this year!
My earliest school memory was of the music room in kindergarten. We learned about the different musical instruments.
I remember in Pre-K they brought Santa in to take pictures and I was so scared that I started screaming and crying. I finally started kicking and ended up kicking santa so hard that he fell over and I took off running.
I signed up for the new letter
I am actually already in the works to start a pre-school in m home and this package would be awesome to help me along.
My aunt used to run her own preschool and I look forward to continuing that tradition
This is a great deal
woohoo…. sixth entry
I remember our home school curriculum that had each letter and a Bible verse that went with that letter. So fun!
I’m already signed up for your newsletter.
I’m already a teacher and I’d love to make a switch to preschool!
I have two little ones and wouldn’t it be great to be their teacher?
Earliest memory from Preschool would be singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” at the end of the year program.
I currently receive your newsletter and LOVE it!
What a wonderful curriculum this would be for my twin boys!
Joy is one very talented lady!
I would really LOVE this package!
Yay, I’ve reached my 6th comment! Thank you for sharing and for Joy giving one of us this opportunity!
My earliest memory from school was sitting in the big alphabet circle during kindergarten. I always sat on the “H”.
I’m signed up for your newsletter!
I would love this curriculum for my 2 1/2 year old daughter- especially for this coming year. My son (her twin brother) is going to an autism preschool 4 days a week and she won’t be able to start preschool until she is 3. She would love this!
Joy seems so fun!
I’m intrigued by this whole concept!
Comment number 6- whew! Here’s to winning!
My earliest school memory is the look of the “story rug” in my kindergarten class.
I’m signed up for your newsletter! It’s great!
My earliest memory is my mom running in the PTA jog-a-thon with me in Kindergarten. Everyone thought she was so cool and wanted to run with us.
I would love to win this. Totally going to check out her site!
My first memory is the picture my mom took of my 2 older brothers and me getting on the school bus. I was wearing a homemade dress with a huge Peter Pan collar on it…yes, it was the 70′s!
Watched the movie #1
Movie #2
movie #3
movie watched entry #4
I so want this…it would be perfect for my three year old.
I first remember being in preschool and getting hurt by someone, then having the teacher hold me because I was crying..
I watched the video! (#3)
I watched all the videos and got the cd! (#4)
I watched the videos. so hope I win! (#5)
My earliest memory was swimming in my preschool teachers pool for swimming lessons also! Mrs. Brown was the greatest teacher ever and is very missed by all those that had her.
I watched the videos! so excited about this sponsorship!(#6)
My favorite earliest memory was swimming in my preschool teachers swimming pool. She is VERY missed by all those who had her.
My earliest memory is getting to go to the lunch room and get milk for the class for milk break
totally get your newsletter
Watched the video, super excited!
Have been wanting to do something to earn extra income from home.
Hope I’m the WINNER!
Finally, #6. Thank you Joy for sharing your talents with us!
My earliest memory of school would be my mom rolling my hair in pink foam rollers for school pics
I am so happy to be signed up for email, love them
perfect timing my daughter is ready to go to preschool, but there are no preschools around here
so think that i could do this
can’t wait to try out this package i hope i win
My earliest school memory is of making green eggs and ham for St. Patty’s Day!
I signed up for your newsletter. Have also been following via RSS for a long time now.
(3) We just made the decision to keep our 3 year old at home this year due to finances and I am totally stressed over the whole home-education scenario. It sounds like something like this would point me in the right direction.
(4) I watched the videos and am very curious on the curriculum.
(5) Starting my own preschool at home seems a bit overwhelming – I hadn’t considered it until I read this post. But how exciting! Maybe I will see how this first year at home goes first.
(6) Joy is definitely lovely and thank you for having this giveaway!
I remember getting pictures taken by the front door of our home way back then on my 1st day of kindergarten. Me with my yellow jacket & blue dress (both items my my mother made for me) and my Holly Hobby lunchbox with blue trim to match!
I already am signed up for your newsletter; which I love!
I remember this promotion last year and am excited to see it again! I have a 2 yo who I am “toddler teaching” every day and would love this package!
When I was growing up I wanted to be teacher…I used to have “school” with all my stuff animals. Now as a parent, we have school her with my 2 yo daughter every day. Having these tools with us would be extra special indeed!
Love her video…very easy to learn from! Keeping my fingers crossed as I would love a tool like this to enrich my daughters learning and give me some guidance along the way.
Last entry…thanks for the chance at the giveaway. This would be a real treat (and blessing) to win! You ladies all rock!
My earliest school memory is making a pencil/crayon cup out of a tin can in preparation for kindergarten. I got to paint it and glue all kinds of cool decorations on it.
I am signed up for your newsletter!
I watched Joy’s video.
I teach my toddler and preschooler at home so this would be an AMAZING resource for me!
Thanks for the chance to win this!
I remember coloring while my mom and brother came into my class to help
I remember dressing up for St. Patty’s day in Kindergarten wearing a green fairy skirt, a 4 leaf clover pinned on my shirt (that I decorated with stickers) and green things in my hair!
I am singed up for your newsletter!
I remember finger painting in preschool.
I’m already signed up for your newsletter!!
I have a 3 yr old that I’m going to do preschool with this year. I’d love to have the curriculum.
My friend is actually sending her daughter to Joy this fall. I’m jealous, but I do daycare. I’d love to just to preschool!
I would love to include actual lessons to the flash card/letter game routine we already do.
I’ve wanted this curriculum for awhile! I’ve signed up for every giveaway!! I hope I win!! Thanks Howdoesshe and Joy Anderson!
I watched the video and it gets me excited to start a preschool!!
I am interested in her tips for filling up your preschool so fast. I already have a preschool in my home, but I have 2 spots still open!
I would love to incorporate her stuff with my stuff
I am always looking for new tips, and ideas!
I hope I win – I never win anything – so this is going to be my LUCKY day!
Always sneaking away to play dress up in pre-school =)
I remember singing at Christmas in Preschool.
I’m a subscriber
I could use some extra money.
My earliest school memory is playing with blocks with a kid named Michael in preschool. Funny, my husband’s name is Michael…different boy, though!
I would love to do preschool with my own kids.
I just signed up for your newsletter!
Joy’s preschool looks awesome!
I love teaching.
I just recently decided to homeschool, and I have a preschooler!
I would love to win this for him, as I am having a hard time trying to balance time spent teaching my preschooler and my kindergartener.
I already have the kindergarten curriculum for my oldest, but I only have a couple workbooks for my youngest, so this would be awesome!
Already signed up for your news letter…and love it!
I have so many Kindergarten memories…Playing in the house corner with the boys in class who liked to stick the frog in the oven and the babies in the freezer, alpahbet people and getting sick all over the math table because I refused to stay home!
I think an early foundation of social and academic skills is invaluable for kids heading into grade school.
It would be great to have this package to infuse new and exciting ideas into my curriculum
I must not have a very good memory. My earliest memory is in second grade someone wet their pants during music class. I remember feeling so embarrassed for them.
I am already signed up for your newsletter.
I am doing a preschool with two of my little boys friends this fall and could really use the help!
I could really use the help figuring out how to do this.
Preschool here costs $500-$700 a MONTH! This is a much better option.
I really hope I win this because I am really going need the help!
I loved getting cinnamon and sugar graham crackers on the way out the door in kindergarten!
I subscribe to your newsletter!
I would love some more educational activities for my little guys!
These would be a great thing to do with our ‘play group’?
My little guy is almost pre-school age, What?!, and I would love to be able to use these with him!
I would love to win this!
My earliest memory is paying with cardboard bricks in kindergarten.
Joy’s site is awesome!
I’d love to win this curriculum to give to my daughter’s in-home daycare provider. She would love it!
I’d love to open up my own preschool someday. This would be a great resource for me, too!
Ok, got in all 6! Hope I win!
My earliest memories of school would be going to preschool and sitting around round tables.
My earliest memory is of learning the color yellow by mixing food coloring in a fish bowl.
I just signed up for the newsletter.
My earliest memory from school involve getting to go outside and play on a playground.
I remember playing with the kitchen set in kinder.
I signed up for the newsletter.
My 3 yr old would benefit from some more lessons.
This would help me tons.
I saw the video.
The curriculum looks great!
My girls will love this!
I really want to win!
My earliest memory from school is learning the “she swallowed a fly” song and now as an adult finding that song totally inappropriate for kids
I remember in Kindergarten being the helper that got to hand out the milk and graham crackers. I thought it was the best because you usually got to eat an extra graham cracker at the end.
I remember being taught Christmas songs while attending Joy School. Happy memories!
Love the monthly newsletters
Starting a home daycare would be so exciting!
I would love to have the information needed to help my daughter get ready for school.
I like that she only started doing daycare classes twice a week. That sounds so simple!
The cd looks exciting but the worksheets sounds even better!
Earliest memory of school was my father putting my hair in pigtails so tight that I would cry everyday!! But man did I look cute
I would love this to work with my kids on my days off!
Joy has some fabulous ideas.
Working from home would be delightful!
Love her energy and ideas!
earliest school memory was having a movie night/sleepover with my entire 1st grade glass in the school class room-we watched the little mermaid (i think….)
I remember my kindergarten teacher cutting gum out of my hair!
My kindergarten teacher telling my mom it was time for parents to leave…I was fine, she had a harder time.
I’ve been asked to teach presschool from home so this would help so much!
I would love to be able to work with my child from home as well.
This makes me so excited! I’d love to have this package!
Watched the video. She is super cute!
I remember shaking up salted whipping cream in mason jars to make homemade butter in preschool. Now I do that with my own preschoolers.
I intend on homeschooling my children, so this curriculum package would be great to help me get started. I’ve even had friends ask if I could school their kids too. Who knows? Maybe I will open a little preschool in my home.
My first memory is playing “telephone” during circle time.
This curriculum looks like it would be great for my 2day/week PDO program.
Naptime on floor mats in kindergarten.
I am already signed up for the newsletter
We are planning on doing preschool at my house and I know my three yr old is excited!
This package would save me so much time and planning.
My husband and I have been toying with this idea for a while, especially now that we have baby #2 on the way and are trying to figure out how to pay for day care for 2 kids while we both work. I want to win!!!
Please I want to win! I love when Mom’s are creative like this
By winning this package, it would help save us the leg work of figuring this out for ourselves!
I want to be able to stay home with my kids!!!
Please choose me so I don’t have to keep paying day care to someone else! Btw – I am sooo already signed up for your newsletter.
My first preschool memory is singing “Frere Jaques” during circle time.
1. I remember my Mom dropping me off with dolly in hand and both of us having handmade matching dresses from my Grandma.
2. I have often thought about opening a home preschool, but Joy makes me more ambitious about it. I have a perfect set up for it, too!
3. I have often thought about opening a home preschool, but Joy makes me more ambitious about it. I have a perfect set up for it, too!
4. I have often thought about opening a home preschool, but Joy makes me more ambitious about it. I have a perfect set up for it, too!
5. I have often thought about opening a home preschool, but Joy makes me more ambitious about it. I have a perfect set up for it, too!
having my son ask when are we “homeschooling” again keeps me on my toes and wanting to give him MORE! this would be great!
My earliest school memory.. probably joy school when we got to ride horses!
I already get your newsletter!
Watched the clip! Thanks!!
I’m going to be doing at-home preschool with just me and my 3yo starting this fall.
I’m excited for her to learn lots of fun things!
And I soooooo want to win this so I can use it with my daughter!
My first school memory is of my kindergarten class dressing up in costume for our “Letter People” parade. I went as Miss A, A’choo!
my earliest memory was when i got in trouble for coloring outside the lines
1. My earliest memory from school is that I wore a favorite dress to Kindergarten. A LOT.
2. I’m signed up for your newsletter.
3. Preschool can be EXPENSIVE! I know other moms who think so too. Hmmmmm…
4. I have a teaching degree, from way back when, why can’t I teach my own kids? Duh!
5. Parents need to be more invovled in their kids’ schooling. Too many are not.
6. I’m curious to see what Joy has to say! PICK ME!
My first memory of school was creating a project with pussywillows.
I remember diving off the side of the pool at my school.
I would LOVE to have this for my grandson’s day care provider. She is a wonderful woman who implements her own pre school curriculum. Having a set program would make her life so much easier, and she deserve this.
My earliest memory from pre school was wearing a dress the first day and having milk from a cardboard carton.
1. My earliest memory from school was I was so scared for the Kindergarten because my teacher was Mrs. Hicks and I was nervous I would accidentally call her Mrs. Hiccups!!(thankfully I never did
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2. I’ve been signed up for your newsetter for over a YEAR! Love you guys!!!
3. My 3 yr old needs some REAL educational entertainment. She is getting WAY TOO MUCH “preschool on tv” thanks Nick JR!!
4. Joy makes starting a preschool look really doable…I could actually pull this off!
5. My mom used to do daycare/preschool when I was tiny, and it has literally been a secret dream to do one of my own, but seems too overwhelming to start.
6. Holy Cow…I’m actually to #6!!! Yippee, yippee…Pick me, Pick ME!!
1. This is just what I have been looking for!
2. Signed up for the newsletter last night! Hooray!
4. This would save me so much time (and lots of mula!).
5. My friends in our preschool coop would appreciate this so much!
6. I love teaching these young minds that are so eager to learn!
1- My first Memory of school is my 1st day of Kindergarten. I remember sitting outside on the curb where the busses would take us home and talking about bus safety.
2- I already get your newsletter, and I LOVE it! Thanks.
3- I get a little burnt out trying to come up with crative learning ideas. This would be so helpfull.
4- My oldest is starting Kindergarten and I need help with what to do for my 4 year old who is going to miss having his older brother home.
5- So nice to have all the work done for you!
6- I need this. I’m starting preschool myself with my 4 year old and I really need him to think I’m cool and fun.
Love this!
My earliest school memory is drawing pictures with my best friend in art class.
earliest memory: crying the first day of kindergarten. good times.
I’m now subscribed to emails!
1. My earliest memory of school was Kindergarten (no pre-school for me) and show and tell was such a highlight for me every week!!
2. I am already signed up for your newsletter and I thank you all for sharing all that you do!!
3. I have been homeschooling my oldest daughter and now this year we welcome her little sister into the mix (she’s 4) for Mommy’s preschool!!
4. I actually got a sitter to entertain my girls today so I could scour the web/blogs for ideas on a pre-school curriculum for my 4 yr. old (in a quiet house). And, then I get this e-mail in my in-box….Coincidence? I think not! :O)
5. I could learn sooooo soooo much from Joy!!
6. Joy could really give me the confidence to maybe offer our homeschool pre-school up to my 3 year old twin nieces as well. This could be fun!!!
What a fantastic giveaway. I have just been thinking about how I can get my little guys ready for school. This would be PERFECT! My earliest memory is naptime during pre-K and holding my friend’s hand as we “napped.”
2- Of course I subscribe to the newsletter
When I was in Kindergarten I told someone they were a ‘lucky duck’ and they got offended!! I didn’t realize I was being mean….
I am signed up for your newsletter!
3. The “My Baby Can Read” program just isn’t cutting it. Joy’s program would actually work for us!
1. My earliest school memory is preschool graduation wearing my big frilly dress and being so proud with my construction paper graduation cap.
2. I’ve been getting this amazing newsletter now for almost 6 months and I LOVE it!
1. My earliest memory was making a German clay house Christmas ornament at my preschool in Germany!
1. My earliest memory from school is that I was scared of the kindergarten bathroom, so I came home every day and peed my pants on the porch before I could get into the house and to the bathroom.
2. I’m signed up for your newsletter.
3. Preschool is an expense that we haven’t planned for. It can be expensive.
4. I have wanted to start a preschool for many years now. I’m intimidated.
5. I have an early childhood teaching degree. I should be teaching my own kids more!!
6. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win!!! PLEASE!!!
I remember my bff sitting in the middle of the floor in preschool just balling because she missed her mommy. I think we even have a photo of this somewhere with all the little kids just standing around staring at her.
My daughter has one year left before kindergarten and I have been toying with the idea of a neighborhood preschool. this would be a perfect jumpstart!
4. Joy makes me think that I could actually pull this off…..teaching not only my kiddos but others.
Wow, Joy is amazing! I’ve always wondered how to get started on a home preschool. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!!
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I would love to have a little extra income too!
Joy is making me excited about starting my own preschool~!
My kids need to start learning with me and not just by my side in front of Sesame Street!
I don’t live in the Treasure Valley…so I need this preschool package!
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3. I need more income!
4. I have a 2.5 year old who gets lonely at home. She’s super smart and needs to be challenge. Having my own in-home preschool would help solve both these problems!
5. Preschools/daycares are expensive and since I’m unemployed right now, this would help challenge my little one while having fun too!
6. I have a high school teaching degree, but I love all the fun stuff to do with little ones. This will give me all the ideas and materials I need!
My earliest memory from school is riding the bus to Kindergarten in a little school house. It seemed so far away and it was not in the elementary school at the time.
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My first memory of school was a year before I went to school. Each day I would get up and get ready for “school” because my mom kept telling me I was going to school next year. Next year was next day for me. I was so excited!
This would be great for my granddaughter!
Sitting on my mom’s lap while she taught at about 2 years old – We were part of a 5 family home school group!
This would help my granddaughter be smarter then she already is! (Takes after her Gammie!)
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My daughter would appreciate the gift!
Maybe my daughter would start a preschool in her area.
I have 3 kids under 4 and would really like to start more education play activties with them.
I just got laid off and am going to be a stay at home mom. Never thought of starting a pre-school but it actually sounds fun!
My first memory of school was a year before I went to kindergarten (I didn’t go to preschool). I was so excited that every day I would get ready for school because my mom told me that I would go to school next year. Next year was next day for me. I was so excited!
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My first memory from school was in preschool. They had a table with lots of “touchable” things like seed pods, shells, rocks and such. One of the things was a giant salt crystal and the kids would often just stand there licking on it until they got caught. But it happened all the time. Why didn’t they just remove that thing from the table? Eww!
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I wish Joy was my teacher!
I have been looking for preschool curriculum to teach my kiddos. I think this is the one!
I am definitely interested in making some extra money!
I’d love to teach children and spend quality time with my own
This could be my new thing! Please pick me!
My fist memory would be from preschool when I fell climbing a metal jungle gym and split my chin open:(
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preschool is way to expensive where i live have to go the homeschool approach, this would be awesome!
1. Earliest memory of school was practicing for our little performance in kindergarten and I lost my voice so I was just lip singing. They said that whoever didn’t sing had to stay in from recess. They called my name to say I had to stay in. I started crying and tried to explain that I lost my voice. They eventually let me go out.
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I remember a messy incident involving a “sick” kitten, show-and-tell and my poor friend Misty having to go to the nurse for a change of clothes. We were in 1st grade… Mrs. Thompson’s class!
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My earliest memory of school was having my aunt substitute my pre k class while our teacher had her baby. She was always calling me sweetie, just a little embarrassing to a 5 year old!
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3. My little boy would love this package.
4. What a fun way to make some additional income while at home.
5. Joy REALLY is adorable. I want to move so she can be my boys preschool teacher.
6. I may try this if I get brave!
I loved the art table in my Pre-school.
My earliest memory from school was that we went to kindergarten in a trailer and I always thought how weird it was that we didn’t go in the regular school! And I remember that my teacher had the little letter people to learn about all of the letters!
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I remember standing outside the school on the first day and being really nervous about my mom leaving me there.
My earliest memory from school was in Kindergarten when I had Chicken pox. I lived down the street from school, my teacher would stop everyday to pick/drop off my work. I was out of school for two weeks and was still the top Kindergartener in my class.
My earliest memory of school is my best friend drawing on the chalkboard in line next to me and getting me in trouble for it
Thanks for the contest – my twins would love this!
Yeesh…my earliest school memory is when I started a new school in the middle of October. Instead of following the teacher to where we were supposed to go, I sat down at a play table to use the Light Bright…she corrected me and I was SOOOO embarrassed. Poor 4 year old me!
I remember my school in kindergarten classrooms was one of those open designs where every class is open to the others. It was a big circle and it seemed so huge. I remember walking to the library…..not sure why that stuck in my head
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I can’t afford to send my kids to the preschools around here so this would be wonderful for me to do with my own daughter at home!
I am in the process o putting together packets for my “Mommy School” for this year, and this would sure save me a lot of work!
I would love to have something to help me figure out what to do with my daughter to help her start learning things before kindergarten!
This set looks like such a great deal and so much fun to use!
I would love to be able to have my own preschool someday and this seems like a great way to get one started!
I remember eating the mini marshmellows I was supposed to be gluing on the contruction paper to make clouds and wondering why they tasted a little funky w/ Elmer’s on them:-)
My earliest memory of school is my kindergarten class.. I remember playing in the home area with kitchen sets and cabinets and pretend house stuff.. It was so much fun and I remember coloring a page with a picture and the color name and she would hang them all over the classroom. She inspired me to become a kindergarten teacher. I am a certified teacher but stay at home with my babies at the moment.
Love the “How Does She” emails – been gettin’ ‘em for awhile:-)
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I’m a homeschooler of six kiddos w/ two currently in the preschool age range – I could SO use this!
Do preschool teachers take some sort of bubbly pill every morning – I swear – they all have that “sparkle”!
I think I already HAVE a preschool at home w/ six kids! Does it count that they’re all mine:-)
Yup – here’s entry number 6! Can I win now – tee hee?
I remember being scared the 1st day of kindergarten and crying.
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3. I have small children still at home and don’t want to put them in daycare.
4. I am a certified teacher already and tried to start a preschool and would love more information on how to really get it going.
5. I love teaching prek/kindergarten
6. We could use the extra cash for bills too.
My earliest memory of school is when I was in preschool and my mom told me I would be going to kindergarten the next year. I was so excited and ran to the playground and grabbed a swing to “fly” on my tummy.
My earliest school memory was from Kindergarten and the teacher would let us pick a book for our birthday and then sign them with a special note in them. I still have the book after all these years and now my daughter is starting preschool so I will give the book to her.
My first memory of school was outfit…LOL!!!On the first day of Kinder My mom dressed me in an very pretty plaid dress and I got to wear my old velcro sneakers with it!!!
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My earliest memory was using phonics paperdolls!!!
We won’t have prek for my 4yr old and I could really use some help before he gets to his first year of Kinder.
My ealiest school memory was in kindergarten and going to the library with my class! It was so bog and had so many books and a super cool seating area!
My earliest memory from school is “quiet time” in Kindergarten. I had a talking problem, and I remember being sent out to the hall because I wouldn’t be quiet. Poor Ms. Sarah (my Kindergarten teacher)
would love to start my own preschool!!
My earliest memory of preschool was being partnered with my crying cousin on his first day because I was the only one he knew. I remember wanting to play with my own friends and not with him! I guess I wasn’t the nicest when I was four!
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could use the extra $$$
want to continue to be a sahm to my girls!!!
My earliest memory of school is when I was in preschool and they had to call my mom to come get me because I was afraid of the homecoming queen!
My preschooler spends too much time in front of the TV and I would love to have some better educational entertainment!
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Want to homeschoo; my kids!!!
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Love joy!!! so encouraging
I am a certified early childhood teacher and it would be interesting to learn how to start up my own preschool. I’ve never thought about it before.
One of my earliest school memories was on the playground where I told my new friend that yes, I would be friends with her but that I liked another girl better. To this day (24 years later) we are still close friends, and the other girl whom I “liked” better… well, not sure where she is!
I would love the extra income a home preschool would provide.
my earliest memory of preschool… playing with play-doh for the first time. (i made a hot dog…and was oh so proud.. lol!)
I remember crying for school photos, that was not pretty.
I’ve reached my six entries – I have no idea what else to write!
My earliest memory of school, was making candles in first grade for Christmas presents for our parents.
#3 my parents own a daycare and it is practically 24/7. I’d love to have a job that pays me to spend time with my kids but I don’t want to do a daycare and have to deal with someone else’s kids for more than a few hours.
I would love a curriculum for my younger kids at home!
I would be interested in starting a preschool !
I am getting the free CD!
Starting a preschool would mean that I can spend the same amount of time with my kids and make extra money!
I LOVE making a difference in kids lives. I would love to start a preschool!
I remeber We had colored cups for snack time, and everyone with the same color cup would do cheers!
#4 My son is 21 months and even though I work full time I’d like some learning activities to have on hand.
Watched the video what an inspiration!
#5 I want to homeschooling but trying to pick between that and working to support the family is a hard decision.
I remember always doing hand prints. I would LOVE this!
My first memory of school is climbing the tree in the backyard of the home preschool I was in.
I watched the video
I remember going to an orientation for kindergarten. We sang “The Farmer in the Dell” and did an art project. I can’t believe I still remember that;)
#6 wouldn’t it just be completely adorable to set up a corner of our playroom to look like a little classroom.
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My daughter is 3 and I’m doing a homeschool for her. I’d love to invite other kids (since I’m already doing something) and teach them in a more structured manner as well!
I remember picture day and having to wear the worst owl sweater ever.
All 6 En
I would love to have the curriculum to help me have creative idea of learning activities with my kids.
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My sister is a preschool teacher and I would love to be able to teach with her
All 6 done!!! I sooo want to win this!!!!
I am already trying to start a preschool and when I saw this I thought why should I try and reinvent the wheel. LOL So hope I win.
I hope that cupcake thing behind her is on the cd I hope I win.
Having creative learning activites is a must especially with four kids 5 and under
I remember making pizzas in kindergarten.
1. My earliest memory from school is having my parents read us our devotionals every night before bed and we would take turns reading.
Before I was a mom, I worked at a preschool. It was a good job but I think I would like it even more if I was the one in charge;)
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I am really need this cd, just seeing what is behind her is getting me excited.
Preschool is expensive and I’d love to give my kids the opportunity to interact with other kids their ages without having to send them to preschool…they would just have it at our house
I would love to teach me kids this instead of watching PBS kids Sid the science kid and calling it a good day for education. LOL
3. I have a 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old and would love to have stimulating education for them since most likely I will be homeschooling them.
Joy really seems to know what she’s talking about and I’d love more info from her.
4. Joy came up with an awesome idea! Love it!
5. Starting a preschool sounds exhausting! lol I watch 2 other kids right now, but can’t imagine having to teach them a curriculm along with my 2 kids. Not sure if its for me to start a preschool but definately down for it for my children!
I think the curriculum would be very helpful in planning kid activities
6. DONE! Can’t wait to win! hehe
Earliest memory would be Kindergarten picture day. He told me to say “cinderella” and took the picture right in the middle of me saying the word. Classic.
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My earliest memory was making a construction paper cat on my first day of kindergarten. My mom still has it!
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my earliest memory of school are the little readers they would send us home with in kindergarten. yellow, vintage-y and all about kids named dick and jane and a dog called spot. they weren’t fancy, but i learned to read from them!
Watched the video.
I’m debating what to do with my 3 yr old and if I really want to homeschool in the future (I got my degree in education)… preschool is jumping off point.
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‘the’ jumping off point… whoops. good thing i had another entry.
I am a pre-k teacher and would love additional resources to use with my students.
I also have a two-year-old at home and this would be great to use with her!
Watched the video.
I hope I do such a wonderful job with my students!
I remember not being able to speak English and wanted to play house but raised my hands for wood blocks.
. I taught primary education until I became a mom and still am a lifelong learner and have thought about tea hing preschool. This would be awesome.
3. We’ve had 3 kids close together (3,2 and 6 months) that has stretched our finances and I no longer teach because I want to be with my kids. This would be perfect for me and I miss teaching. I would still be able to use my degree.
My earliest memory is from kindergarten. I loved my teacher, and I remember how fun it was to learn in her classroom.
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Preschool curriculum sounds great. I still have two children of my own that will soon be preschool age.
I watched the video!
I would love to have a more structured and organized learning environment.
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These materials would be perfect!
My earliest memory is that my kindergarten teacher was angry that I knew how to read before starting school!!
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I remember doing a preschool Christms pageant in the school basement and singing Up on the Rooftop. Fun times!
My earliest memory is of story time in Kindergarten
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3. it would be great to work from home….
4. Staying home with my littles girls would be great….
5. Having the additional income and all the TAX benefits of an at-home business would be FAB!
My earliest memory from school is hanging up my jacket in the coat room in kindergarten.
6. Winning this just might make me jump ship from my current desk job!
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I would love to win this because this year we are homeschooling with our 4 year old!
The place we are moving to has no preschools and I would love to open my own in that town since there are so many people who drive 15-20 minutes each way to drop their kids off at the nearest preschool
I love Joy’s webinars & free cd!
I would love this package to work with my son at home!! WOOHOO!!
I think this is 6….is this 6?
hehe I really want to win!!
Starting a preschool at home could be interesting..
My first memory of school was my mom walking me and my brother in a wagon the first day of first grade.
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I’d like to start my own preschool so I could be with my children more often.
I’d like to start my own preschool b/c I’d love to be my own boss!
My kids would benefit from me teaching them.
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Starting a preschool would be good for the neighborhood.
I watched the video. I would love to have the package because all of my daughters little friends will be starting a whole year before she does. I don’t want her to feel left out and I want her to feel that she is just as smart as they are!
Earliest memory of school was meeting my Kindergarten teacher and he looked like Santa Claus! I loved him!
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I remember sitting on the rug in kindergarten and learning that C is for cotton candy!
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My earliest school memory is my friend came to school with two black eyes because her mothers boyfriend beat her. All of the kids were making fun of her and telling her that she was ugly. I told her that I loved her even if she did look ugly with those black eyes. We hugged. I probably should not have said she was ugly but she knew what I meant!
I would be interested in my own preschool so my daughter can have a better social experience. She is an only child.
This would give me some much needed guidance in educating my little man!
I would be interested in my own preschool so I wouldn’t have to have such a tight budget, and could maybe have another child.
I would like to have the packet so I could be confident in my lesson plans so I can teach my daughter the most, so she will have a good grasp and be prepared for school.
I remember wearing red shoes sitting at carpet time at my school.
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My first memory from preschool was learning how to write my name with Mrs. Feldt. We exchanged post cards for years afterwards, my favorite teacher ever!
My earliest memory of school is naptime in Kindergarten. I could never sleep and would get in trouble for peeling the tape off the wall that held all of our artwork!
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I would love to start a preschool at home. Spend time with my little ones and bring in some money on the side!
I remember doing the greatest art projects when I was in elementary school. Miss those days!
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Joy is so cute! What a fun personality.
I would love to have this info to help me with my own kids!
Preschool lessons would be so fun! I bet she has some great info in them.
I hope I win! I would love to have more hands-on ideas for preschool!
I remember wanting to wear a dress but my mom insisting I wear pants, so I wore both!
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I love her website!
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My earliest memory from school is making Christmas ornaments in kindergarten!
My earliest school memory is from Preschool, I had a great teacher named Miss Ann. I took school with my cousins and I remember one of the first days there were chocolate chips on our name tags!!!!
I was just thinking about trying to put together my own learning plan for my 2-year-old so this would be perfect!
I would love to get this, I want my 3 year old in preschool but can’t afford it right now, so if I had this I could do it myself, fabulous! PICK ME!
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my first memory is going to Kindergarten Screening I was so excited to finally start school!!
I really want to create a little structure in my son’s day.
I am signed up for your newletter…who wouldn’t be I love your website!!
would love to start a preschool so I can keep my daughter entertained and learning…with a husband going through school doing a preschool in my home would be more money effecient for me!!
i want to know all of joy’s secrets…she is cute a bubbly and looks like her methods would be fun and hip and up to date!!!
my daughter needs different forms of education…my methods are getting stale!!
please, please, please pick me…I would totally love to start september off right with a more outlined schedule to let my daughter continue to learn!!
My first memory of school is my Mom dressing me in blue shorts and a pig-tails and packing my bright yellow lunch box! Those were the days… LOL
My earliest memory from school is actually a little pillow I got to put my first lost tooth in that I got from an in-home preschool I was going to. I wish I still had that cute pillow!
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I would love some educational ideas for my kids at home and their friends. I really want my home to be focused on learning and I always need fun and fresh ideas.
I watched her video and checked out her website. So many great ideas!
I think starting a preschool curriculum at home sets a good precedent to always be involved with your children’s education.
Here’s my sixth comment.. i really hope I win!!
I actually still remember my first day of kindergarten…vividly. I didn’t want my mom to leave, but I was too shy to cry!
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I would love to win this. My DD is a bit young for preschool yet, but I have been doing research on pre-k curriculum for the last several months, since we want to homeschool her.
I don’t know if I could start a pre-k, but I am gonna get the dvd to see if I could!
I would love to win this…it would save my family a ton of money
I remember wearing my shirt backwards on picture day. And I still have the photo to prove it!
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My earliest memory from school is being one of the 5 golden rings in a Christmas play…I think it was Kindergarten
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I am signed up for your newsletter. Love keeping up with your great ideas!
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I remember walking to preschool with my mom and little brother. The walk over was even better than all the fun at school.
I would love to have the toddler curriculum package to work with my kids. I am always online looking for activities.
This has really sparked my interest in starting a home pre-school. My background is in Early Intervention. I worked in the field for over 10 years and then I became a stay at home mom….this is definately something that could allow me to stay home with my kids and earn an income. Great possibility for me.
I love working with children so starting a preschool would be right up my ally
Watching the video has really made me think of the possibility of starting a preschool….the thought of having classes 2 days a week on a full time income would be awesome for me! I would definately love to win this curriculum and pursue the possibility.
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My earliest memory of school was watching the countdown for the space shuttle lift off and then heading outside with the rest of my class to watch the shuttle lift off. We would watch it until it disappeared. I was lucky enough to get to do this every time the space shuttle lifted off while I was in elementary school.
Wow this program looks great!
I think my 2 year old and I would have a lot of fun with it!
Earliest memory…I remember my kindergarten class making our own butter–we each shook a jar of whatever the ingredients for butter are!
My mom’s group was talking about the possibility of starting their own preschool. This might be just the thing they need.
I watched the video!!
I have a young 4 year old. This program sounds perfect! It’s just what I’ve been looking for!
Jenn S
My mom always made our Halloween costumes, and it was my beautiful Cinderella gown that had my Kindergarten ‘crush’ tell me how beautiful I was. Magical times!
my mom took me into the ‘city’ (philadelphia) to a special salon, but they butchered my hair and made me look like a boy. wah!!!!! (just the first in a long line of bad hair stories)
My earliest memory of school is learning the names of the continents based on a color-coded map in preschool.
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I am getting the free CD!
I am a “temporarily retired” elementary school teacher, and am very interested in the idea of coming out of “retirement” to do at-home preschool with my little one.
I can’t believe my son is already pre-school age!
Entry #6 – Woohoo!
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My first grade teacher was named Rosenburger and I remember coming home and telling my mom her name was something booger. Wonderful teacher!!
I would love to have this for my busy 2 year old!
I have been searching for a good curriculum for my son!
Thanks for the opportunity!
#4:)
I would love to try the preschool program with my own daughter and also with others. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Love it!
I was a kinder teacher who stayed at home with my child for his health concerns. I would love to stay home & still be able to enjoy teaching with my child & others!
I can’t wait to see what the curriculum looks like! Everyone should begin learning with their child before kinder!
what a great way to stay at home with your kids but still be able to financially contribute to your family income! Im interested!
My earliest memory of school was doing the cutting work in preschool.
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I would love to do a preschool from home!
I would like the curriculum to work with my son, my niece and my friend’s kids.
I love the idea of only having kids there for part of the day.
What an awesome giveaway!
would love!
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I would love to have more ideas to teach my two youngest at home this fall/winter.
Almost a decade ago, I used to teach elementary school. I still think about teaching, subbing, tutoring and have given some thought to possibly doing a preschool from my home.
I remember mud day at preschool – so fun!
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I would love to be able to work a few days from home and make some money.
public school is not what it used to be. It would be nice to do fun projects and prep to get them ready for kindergarten.
1. My first memory of school is swinging on the monkey bars outside and the yard master telling me to stop (:
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3. I love teaching my daughter at home in a preschool setting but would love more resources.
4. I watched the video and am interested in what a preschool by me could do for our family and community!
5. I would love having a set curriculum!
6. I would love to learn more about her thoughts for starting a preschool in a very small community.
I have a 3 year old daughter and this sounds great. I’m starting to do some things to prepare her and this would help a lot.
I remember being at a preschool place & taking naps & I remember the playground area too.
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This would be great to use with my 3 yr old while his sister is in 1st grade.
My 6 yr old went to a in-home preschool & loved it & learned to read when she was 3 almost 4, I loved the teacher.
I hope I can win this! I love finding worksheets for my kids to do & this is jam packed full of goodies for them.
I actually work at a daycare with my friend & she has kids ALL-DAY long, I’d rather just have kids a few hours a day & teach then the all day thing PLUS earn more money doing preschool!
I remember my mother putting my brothers in the wagon and taking me to school the day I started Kindergarten. I loved being there, but it scared me too because you had to go down into a tunnel to cross the street. It was in Hollywood and the street was four lanes of traffic.
I would love to win the package! It would be fun to have some extra activities at hand!
I remember our little desks in Kindergarten and everyone having a partner to hold hands with one the way to the cafeteria. This would be so great for my 3 year old!
1. I put my earliest memory in the previous post! Sorry! 2. I’m already signed up for your newsetter! 3. My 3 yr old little boy would get so much from this! I’d love to have this package. 4. Joy seems great! Wonderful for the kids! 5. Starting a preschool at home sounds interesting. 6. Got my 6 entries in!!!
I remember crying as my mom left me at school the first time!
My earliest memory of school was catching the bus to kindergarten.
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I would love to have the start a preschool curriculum. I ordered her cd about 6 months ago and it’s an idea I’ve been kicking around for a while.
Having a preschool in my home would be able to keep me out of the traditional full time workforce and home with my kids.
I would love to start a preschool in my home. This would keem me home and save on the daycare that I spend so much money for every month. Not only that but I will be making sure that they get taught what I want them to learn not what daycare wants.
I would really love her Preschool in a box.
I remember walking to the bus stop with my older brother. We had to go through the woods for the “short cut” and became terrified of the noises in the woods!
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3. I’m a homeschool mom of an 8 year old…I need something for my preschooler while I work with my 8 year old!
4. I WANT this!!!
5. My girls would love this!
6. Please let me win!
I remember graham crackers and Kool Aid for the snack in Kindergarten!
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I remember playing dressup in pre-K with the other little girls. We all had a different roll, I was the doctor- complete with a white doctors’ coat, the little light bulb hat/band, and stethoscope! I was the best day ever!
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I’d so love to have this curriculum. I keep telling my 3 year old that if she wants to go to school, she has to be potty trained. She is really not interested, so at this rate, I’ll have to bring the school to her!!
I want to be a SAHM more than ANYTHING! This would give me an oppurtunity to do that with my children and some other family members! Thanks for the resources to get me started!
Painting in preschool.
#1 my earliest memory – for some reason I will never forget a parade that we did in Kindergarden and I was the ‘angel’ in the wagon. I was a little shy at that point (my how things changed) and the wagon made me feel safe and secure. I just remember a sense of comfort and security when I was truly scared and intimidated.
#2 – I am SO signed up for your newsletter and LOVE IT!! That’s how I found out about this package. Thanks for making me look so cool to my friends when I take your advise or do a craft you suggested :0)
My earliest memory of school is running down the hall way of my pre-school into my mom’s arms in the afternoon when she would pick me up.
I’m SO already subscribed to your newsletter (it’s how I found out about the give away!)
Would love to win this for my 2 year old!
I am a full time working mom of 2 year old twins. I am creative by nature, but sometimes just don’t have the time to research cirriculum ideas or lesson plans. Joy’s “fun”damentals look amazing!
I would love nothing more in life than to start my own pre-school. I wish I had the resources (and by resources I mean money) to walk away from my job and home school my daughter. And any other child whose parent would entrust their education to me, for that matter!
I love the idea of being able to teach my daughter without sending her to daycare! I’ve been stressing about starting a better educational program with her, this is perfect!
I don’t get to participate as much as I would like in my daughter’s education (since I have to work all day) so I would love to be able to contribute this to her daycare so I can have some sort of a hand in what she is learning
1. My mom and older sisters fighting over who got to do my hair in the morning and my mom waiving to me from the front window as I got on the bus.
Joy really is adorable
My daughter would absolutely LOVE her <3
2. I am so on the mailing list already.
And this makes comment number 6!!!! (I wasn’t sure I was going to make it!) Fingers crossed that I win one of these awesome curriculum!
3. My little boy is needing some challenging activities as he is not 3 and has mastered a lot of “preschool” concepts.
I am a pre-school teacher and I am always looking for ways to improve the lessons that i already have. This would be a great program to us in my class.
Joy seems so sweet and honest, IF I don’t win this, I’m buying the package! So excited for the oppurtunity!
Did I mention that I don’t like my job and I really want to be a SAHM and this would be the oppurtunity of a life time for me?!?! <3's!!
#4 – Hi, it’s me again, full time working mom of 2 year old twins. My abreviated story…twins almost delivered at 24 weeks, finally delivered at 32 weeks. They were very sick and in the NICU for 2 months. Now, 2 years old, they are thriving, smart, well mannered kids with GREAT personalities. {not that I’m biased or anything}. But I credit this to our nanny who left us just 3 weeks ago
She was a kindergarden teacher prior to working for us and was AWESOME with the twins. Our new nanny, not as creative, excited or educated on how to educate…if that makes sence. This would be an amazing opportunity for me to be able to assist our new nanny in pushing forward with their education…otherwise my alternative is preschool.
I work at an Adult Day Care Center and think this program would be an awesome addition to teaching our young adults some great beginning skills!
My earliest memory of school is putting money into the machine near the office at school that had really cool pencils in it.
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My earliest memory is my kindergarten teacher Miss Charleton. She wore a perfume that to this day on the odd times that I actually catch a whiff of still takes me back to a really happy way to start school.
Oh and I am already signed up for your newsletter – thank you!
And…in regards to entertaining/educating my two year twin girls – definitely yes please!
#5 – Who knows maybe I can quit my job and stay home with my kids. What an amazing gift that would be.
Comment 3: I watched the video. I’ve been following Joy since the last time you had a giveaway! I would love to be able to add to our income and help pay off the student loans
#6 – After looking at joy’s website and perusing her blog I couldn’t be more SOLD on her techniques. I can’t wait to share this with my friends. I truly hope to be the winner and be able to apply her fundamentials
Comment 4: Plus, it would be a lot of fun to be able to teach children my daughters age. She still has 2 more years before kindergarten and it is killing her since her brother just started kindergarten. =)
Comment 5: I think it would be fun to learn as I am teaching my daughter. This program would help us out on making the process easier.
Comment 6: I’ve been thinking about starting a preschool f.o.r.e.v.e.r. and Joy has already done all the work. I’ll I would need to do is get started on the teaching! Saves so much time!
When I was in kindergarten I had the same bag as someone else and our bags got mixed up. I was devastated. I have written my name on everything since even though I got my bag back.
i am signed up for your amazing newsletter:)
I am a recent single mom and this would allow me to stay home with my kiddos.
Joy is incredibly smart and definitely has it figured out.
I remember the chocolate milk! mmmm…:)
I remember my crush from kindergarten!
LOVE your newsletter and site!
I already follow!
I currently teach preschool and would love some new curriculum!
Joy seems like an adorable preschool teacher. I hope I’m as much fun as she is!
I would LOVE this. I am currently an EC-6 education major, graduating in December and I think this would give me lots of great ideas for the future!
I also would eventually love to start my own preschool when I have my own kids!
Since starting my own preschool I have been SO busy. It would be nice to win this so I could get some of my time back.
I know I would use so much of her program in my preschool! Fingers crossed!
It would be nice to get a fast start to preschool literature.
THis is my sixth and final comment. I am hoping I win I could really use the information to get started.:)
My first memory of school was my favorite outfit…Osh Kosh Overalls and a Pink Turtleneck.
Preschool with my mom…someone said she was fat…I told them it was because she was having a baby!
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3. watched the video
4. We do a co-op preschool but are finding we need more structured fun math and letter activities
5. A Cd of ideas would be so nice to keep my twins busy this year!
6. A bunch of printables would be great!
My earliest memory of school was me and my mom going to my older siblings school and as I started playing with this strange orange play dough in a classroom, my mom suddenly was no longer there. Oh, apparently I was starting preschool.
1. Earliest memory: going to the Little Red School House (preschool) and loving all the toys in the huge playroom.
2. I already receive your newsletter!
3. I watched the clip…interesting. I am already a part time elementary school teacher but maybe for a little more money…
4. I have a 4 year old heading into his last year of Preschool I would love Joy;s curriculum to help me supplement his preschool.
Loving the newsletter!
My earliest (because it was traumatic) memory is of a nun beating my brother for setting off the fire alarm. He meant no harm…just curious about what it was. Glad those days of beating kids are over.
My Kindergarten program. I was an angel but didn[‘t want my mom to leave me
I already get your newsletter. It’s great!
I already receive your newsletter! I love it and all your fabulous idea’s!!
Would love to win this package for my grandkids.
I have a toddler turning 3 and she needs LOTS of extra idea’s to do each day. She is busy and READY to be a part of everything
Maybe my Daughter-in-law and I should start a preschool together if we get the package.
My earliest memory from school was telling my kindergarten class that underwear started with a U. They all laughed.
already have signed up for your newsletter!
Sooo glad I’m gonna win!
Please!…and Thanks!
1. First memory was looking for my bus driver at the end of school. I was so small that I couldn’t see her from my line. I had to go to each bus to find her, lol.
2. Already signed up for your newsletter.
3. I would love to win this package for my daughter. I can’t afford to put her in daycare so I am afraid she isn’t getting much educational stimulation. These activities would be a great way to help her out.
4. Wish my daughter could have Joy as a teacher!
5. I always wanted to be a preschool teacher. Looks like it is really fun!
6. Got 6 entries!
1. I remember walking home from Kindergarten with my babysitter (my mom had just given birth to my sister) and a mean, barking dog scared us. We went into a phone booth (anybody remember those?) to get away from the dog.
I just signed up for the emails.
My children, nieces and nephews would love the fun learning activities.
I remember walking down a long, long driveway to stand and catch the bus every morning.
Earliest memory: Mommy sewing me a dress so I could dance on Festa Junina (brazilian party)
Joy looks like lots of fun
I’m an email subscriber.
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I so want my daughter to have a great preschool experience. This would help me do that!
I watched the video.
I watched her video and would love this just for my soon to be 3 year old son especially since we don’t have the money to put him into preschool yet. I have a degree in elementary education, but don’t have a lot of tools for kids younger than 5 so this would be awesome!
Having 9 months worth of pre-planned lessons sounds so cool.
#6!! PLEASE pick me!! This would soooo make me a happy mom and my little girl a happy preschooler
#2
I watched her video and would love this just for my soon to be 3 year old son especially since we don’t have the money to put him into preschool yet. I have a degree in elementary education, but don’t have a lot of tools for kids younger than 5 so this would be awesome!
Maybe then I could teach some of his little buddies too.
I would love to start a preschool so that I could spend time with my daughter and help her learn, and to know exactly what she is learning.
#3
I watched her video and would love this just for my soon to be 3 year old son especially since we don’t have the money to put him into preschool yet. I have a degree in elementary education, but don’t have a lot of tools for kids younger than 5 so this would be awesome!
Maybe then I could teach some of his little buddies too.
I would love to stay home and teach my son.
#4
I watched her video and would love this just for my soon to be 3 year old son especially since we don’t have the money to put him into preschool yet. I have a degree in elementary education, but don’t have a lot of tools for kids younger than 5 so this would be awesome!
Maybe then I could teach some of his little buddies too.
#3. Teaching pre-school for a few hours a day sounds so much cooler than running a daycare for 12 or more hours a day.
#4. I want to win!
#5. My children would enjoy the activities.
#6. I REALLY want to win this prize!
My first memory would be meting my best friend who I am still friends with 30 years later.
I am already signed up for your news letters and love them
I remember the playground from my first school just barely but i still can picture parts of it!
I would love to start a preschool. I have a home daycare and like she said th hours are very long. This would give me more time to spend with my own children. I don’t know why I didn’t think about this a long time ago.
1. My first memory is of my mother dressing me up in my “first day of school clothes” and taking me to the front doors of the school and having a photoshoot! I still have that pic!! 2. I’m definetly signed up and have been for some time!! 3. I am an Early Childhood teacher and would love to have some new ideas to share with my families.. plus i could give ideas to the other teachers! 4. I had a daycare in my home for 25 years and would have had this available to me at that time. 5. Her videos are very inspiring and i would love to be a part of that enthusiasm!!
6. Pick me and i promise that the curriculum will be put to the best use possible!!
I remember nothing about my childhood. SO sad. My mom said we had a great time.
I would use the material for my now 3 yr old, who refuses to learn his ABC’s! AHHHH
I LOVE getting the newsletter! It helps get free things!
really need structure for my time with preschool. No clue what to do.
Just wanting to teach my own, don’t know if I even have enough patience for that!
My earliest memory of school is at my preschool The Learning Tree and thinking I had the greatest teacher in the world!
Really hoping I win! Thanks for the chance!
I’m signed up for your newsletter!
I’d love to get the preschool curriculum so I have some focus when teaching my toddler:)
Preschools in our area are RIDICULOUSLY priced and would love to start a co-op in our homes!
I remember the first day I dropped my youngest (20 months) off at daycare at 10 weeks. I was so impressed because the in-home provider does so much for her kids. My daughter has come to love her as another grandmother and is learning so much. I am glad that I got her into an in-home center that is a preschool/daycare and that I am able to drop my baby off and have peace of mind all the time.
This would help convince friends that in-home preschool isn’t daycare!
1. My earliest memory from school is…the whole class was watching a movie and we were eating a snack too. My snack was an apple. When I took a bite, I felt something very odd coming out of my mouth. It was my tooth! My tooth was just sitting there on the apple. I think this was Kindergarten.
2. I was already signed up for your newsletter! I love all the fabulous ideas!
My toddler needs some other learning than the good ol’ dvd:)
I’m a newsletter girl!!
3. I would love to have this program because my son needs speech therapy. Anything different helps him so much because he hates doing the same thing all the time.
I remember going to kindergarten orientation and playing with a girl – Jenny Chin. We went to school together from then through senior year of high school
I am interested in the Toddler Curriculum package because I want to teach my little one all I can and to help her to love learning.
3. I am sick of people saying that their kids cannot get the same learning out of an in-home preschool as a center. I want to prove them wrong!
4. I’m not sure I’m the right person to start a preschool. SO grateful for those that do though!
I remember my Mom walking me to kindergarten each day so that I wouldn’t be afraid … once I had my own children I understood that she was probably a little bit scared, too, and realizing how quickly I was growing up! Moms out there, enjoy the time with your little ones ~ it’s over before you know it!
Earliest memory=halloween parade in the basement of my preschool teachers home. I was a witch.
I already subscribe to your email.
5. Joy seems very enthusiastic and cares about the childs learning. Sometimes I feel like teachers just think, ‘just another kid’.
4. Because people who run preschools and love it and do it well are to be commended for taking care of our children and helping them to love to learn
3. I taught 1st grade for a while…but would love to have some ideas for younger kids that mix education and fun.
6. Leaving six comments was a little harder than I thought it would be. Hooray for teachers who care, and hooray for great at home programs!
4. Earning extra money while still being home with my kids.
5. Having something fun to do with my daughter and helping her make friends and socialize.
6. I miss teaching and think this would be a fun way to get back into it.
I remember dressing up like Pilgrims and Indians. Not sure if they do that any more…???
I remember my favorite pair of jeans, they were bell bottoms with a huge mushroom on the leg! LOL
My first memory of preschool is pulling into the cicle drive and seeing the playground!
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I would love to have ideas of how to start my own preschool!!
Need ideas to do with my toddler and her friends in our playgroup!
I love teaching materials!!
Earn extra money doing what you love…perfect!
my earliest memories from school arent until 3rd grade, i had a crush on a boy named edsel…LOL. we chased each other at recess. long long time ago
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i watched the videos, and while it sounds interesting, i would not be able to start a preschool. im not physically able. its great that she is teaching ways to do this tho, we have very few in our area!!
im very interested in the FUN-DAMENTALS curriculum package because my sis is having her first son in november, and he is going to need this! as i said we have very few preschools here in our area, so the majority of his preschool learning will be done at home, from me and my mother. this would help us tremendously!!
my sister works as an atty, and my mom is retired. since preschool wasnt available for my daughters, my mom watched them and we didnt have much materials to work with, i would like my nephew to have a better organized program!
did u say 6 or 7 entries?? this is 6….
I’d love to see what kind of creative ideas are in that book to do with my boys.
I remember sharing crayons with a friend in 1st grade.
A curriculum like this would take the stress out of teaching. All one needs to know is right there.
I really hope I win!
I love when talented people share their ideas. Thank you!
I remember my cute kindergarten teacher playing her guitar at sing-along time!
I remember the first day of Kindergarten and I was so excited to see that the teacher had a play kitchen area. I’m sure I spent most of the school year there. :~)
I love getting your newsletter! Thanks
Of course I already get your awesome newsletter! I can’t wait to open them when they come!
1st grade play…having to dress up as a girl from Sweden…must have been a play about different countries.
I do a preschool swap with friends and these plans would really make it a great experience for the kids!
I’m a newsletter recipient!
I have often thought about doing this!! I know I would love it and with her help it just might become a reality!
Thank you Joy for sharing your success with others! Can’t wait for the free CD! Thank you HDS for telling us about this! It’s a great tool!
I would love to have these lesson plans not only for the preschool swap but also for my other 5 kids! The theme ideas would make great family fun ideas the whole family would enjoy!
My earliest memory from school would be getting dressed and getting in the car on the first day of Kindergarten, to find out my older sister and I were dressed almost alike. She was not happy!
I guess my earliest and most vivid memory from Elementary School was when I was fell on by a BIG Kid on a cement hill, which we slid a good ways down! I was badly scraped and bleeding and had to wear the ‘reject clothes’ out of the box of Lost & Found! this was Kindergarten people! I also got badly stung by a bee on the bottom of my foot due to, I had on navy sandals with white daisies all over them!!! Wow! First grade came and I fell down cement steps before I ever even made it to my First Day of School (have pictures to prove it!) Ha! also had terrible case of Chicken Pox on Halloween during my Kindergarten Year! LOL! not the fondest of memories, huh!?>
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Starting a preschool would interest me because I love children, and I have taught preschool before and enjoyed it very much! Children are so fun, imaginative, creative and curious at this age.
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Oh, and I am beginning to homeschool my children, and we are starting Preschool. This would be a fantastic resource for my 2 and 4 year old boys!
watched the Start a Pre-School Video Clip!
I would be interested in the cirriculum to Home-School my Pre-School’er
requested the FREE CD @ Start a Pre-School
my first memory… accidentally calling mrs.oatman “mrs.oatmeal” oooops
already signed up for your newsletter and love it =)
I may even get some ideas from Start a PreSchool to help other Mommie Friends out with their Toddlers!
cute video clip, has me interested =)
i would love to start up a preschool, it would definitely beat paying someone else to spend time with my kids!
with three little ones at home, why not get start making some extra money at the same time!!
i love teaching and watching my children learn, i would love to make use of this wonderful giveaway!!
I would love this! I remember doing rotating stations that had paper money and beads.
My earliest memory of school is doing joy school with my mom and singing the songs from a cassestte tape with our class.
I get your newsletter already and love the fun ideas!
We are thinking about doing a mommy and me preschool with a few of us in our neighborhood this would be great to have as a resource.
My 3yr old dtr definately needs more structure in her day and this would help.
I’m a newsletter girl!
Watched the video!
My memory is of first grade and My teacher singing to me.
Last comment, thanks for the chance to win! Keeping my fingers crossed!
My earliest memory from school is standing on the front walkway as my mom took a picture of me on my first day of kindergarten. I had pigtails and socks with the balls on the back of them. I loved those socks!
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#3 I’m in the process of going from a career mom to a stay at home mom, and I can’t wait to “play school” with my toddler and preschooler.
I’d be interested in starting a preschool so that I could hang out with my son all day. I’m not thrilled with the job I have, and I just hate sending him off somewhere else everyday.
#4 I wrote about my transition from career mom to at home mom and what it means to me here http://hudsonandhill.com/i-never-thought-id-say-this/ . Thanks for the chance to win : )
This is right up my alley- I LOVED preschool, and I used to teach the preschoolers at my church and LOVED that too!
Why haven’t I thought of starting a preschool before?
Okay, I’m now at my six entries! I hope I win!!!
1. First memory from school: Sitting in a bright, sunny room and watching the teacher do the felt “weather of the day” board. Since we were in Rochester, NY, it was probably cold and snowing, but I sure loved that weather board.
My earliest memory of school is a room full of blue cushy naptime mats, and the smell of fingerpaint. I still love that smell.
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I would love to start a preschool, Im about to have my first child and it would be great to stay at home.
My 1st grade teacher Mrs. Wyatt was my favorite. Years later I went back to my old Elementary school and my teacher was there. She recognized me and even remembered my name. I loved 1st grade.
This would be a great prize!
Preschool was really fun, but I was a little frightened by my teacher. Not sure why.
I watched the video, the thought of it all is exciting.
Number 6! I love How Does She! and preschool!
My earliest memory is crying because my mom was leaving! I had never been to preschool or anywhere else with out her! Thanks for the chance!
My earliest memory was in Kindergarten when a boy chased me around the playgroud trying to kiss me.
My earliest school memory is kindergarten. My grandparents came to film my walk home. Grandpa drove the Fiat while my grandma sat up in back filming.
Thanks for the chance to win this. It would be a ton of help for our house!
I’ve already signed up for the newsletter, so I’m happy for the multiple entries!
Entry #3: I have a home daycare that would hugely benefit from this program.
Entry #4: The reason I have a home daycare is because I literally cried in the interview at a corporate daycare at the thought of not being with my (then) 8 mo old and 2 year old daughters.
Entry #5: I never win anything, I’d love to change that fact with this…
Entry #6: I completely skipped tellin you my first memory of school! Here it is: we used to have a balance beam in our Kindergarten classroom. Once you could walk all the way down, turn the corner, and walk to the end, you got a start on your card in your cubby. I still have my card!
My first memory is of preschool…loved it but told my mom I didn’t just so I could be home with her….I was the youngest of six, so i wonder if that is why I said it….So I could have her all to myself, while everyone else was at school.
My first memory of school would be snack time of celery w/PB & raisins. My Mom did joy school for me and a few neighbor kids.
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3. The thought of getting paid for doing preschool with my kiddo (which I already do, sounds wonderful!
4. I would love the package for the awesome resources it would give me to use for the home preschool I’m doing right now with my daughter and friends.
5. I would love to be able to help get my family debt free!
6. Sounds like Joy has a wonderful thing going for her and I’d love to be able to imitate her plan and offer a better preschool to my kiddos.
1. My earliest memory from school was Preschool where I attended a christian school/daycare with my best friend Amy. Loved it!
2. I’m signed up for your newsetter!
3. My children could definitely benefit from this educational entertainment. I’d love to have this package!!
4.Love Joy and her name ~ same as my 2nd daughters
5. I’ve done my own preschool ~ but nothing like this! It was just stuff I could find….I wish I would’ve had this!!
6. I SOOOOO hope I win!!
In kindergarten we had a cardboard house, and once a month, you got to take your “rest time” in the little house!
I get your newsletter!
I could really use a money making part time job!
My kids need preschool, so why can’t I do it for them?
I want my kids to be smart!
my earliest memory is my mom carpooling us to preschool and all the kids cheering every time she went over the speed bump. We’d all shout, “Do it again Jannan’s mommy!”
I love getting your newsletter!
I never thought of starting my own preschool. Such a great idea.
I would love the curriculum package to do with my daughter even if I never started a preschool.
I would love this package to help enrich my teaching at home.
Joy seems so personable and great to work with.
My earliest memory of school was the first day of 1st grade. When my mom and brother picked me up, my brother asked me if I had learned to read.
My earliest memory of school is walking across a BIG field to get home…but it was a nice walk home!
Who isn’t signed up for your newsletter…I know I am!!!
3. I have two boys (2,3) and they are 13 1/2 months apart….I need to find some structure to better engage them in something positive and not well…little boy stuff!
I love this idea and her passion is contagious!!!
I’ve actually started researching how we could start a home preschool…we’ll see if it’s something I really want to committ to…I love my SAHM freedom!
Alright…hoping to win with all my comments
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#1 Earliest memory is of a christmas show in K, where I was a reindeer and my construction paper antlers kept falling off
#2 I’m already signed up for the newsletter which I love!
#3 It has always crossed my mind to run a preschool since I have an education degree and I stay home with my 4 young kids. I would love the cd to get ideas!
I got to be Rudolph on our class performance of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
I have memories of my preschool classroom – but they are pretty foggy. I also remember my blue and red nap mat in kindergarten.
My earliest memory from school was I met my best friend in kindergarten and been best friends for 16 years now!
I have already received your emails for a few months now and always look forward to reading them
I could use some extra ideas to use in my churchs toddler room
Your so right joy is super cute!
Maybe in te near future I could open my own preschool in my home
Finally the last comment I’m excited for the chance to win and hoping and praying I do win!!!
My earliest memory of school was when I was in the 3rd grade and the first day of school was on my birthday. My teacher Ms. Jager made sure to give me special attention by letting me be in the front the line for lunch & recess and wearing a special “It’s my birthday” button. My mom also brought in homemade (yes, it was when it was still o.k. to bring homemade treats to school) cookies decorated like Cookie Monster and Big Bird. Awwhh.. to be a kid again!
I LOVE your newlestter! I could never imaging not being signed up for it!!
My earliest memory of school is naptime with my best friend. We would never go to sleep, just look at each other and whisper.
I am already signed up for the newsletter!
I would love this package so I could work with my two children at home!
I think that starting a preschool at home would be a very fun and interesting experience. I am certified to teach but unfortunately schools are not highering new teachers with all of the job cuts.
I am definitely signing up to get her cd!
I hope the cd also helps me with ideas when working with my kids at home!
My earliest memory of school was in the first grade. I was attending our local catholic elementary and I remember one of my classmates being sent into the closet and getting hit with a ruler for misbehaving. Thankfully, my mom sent me back to the wonderful public school before I was ever sent to the closet.
Love, love, love the newsletter that I already receive.
Waiting to be able to dress up as Little Red Riding Hood at my preschool! (and I had the angel at the nativity scene too, only I got shy when everyone was laughing at something, guessed it was me, and finished my scene with my wings to the crowd!)
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I would love to win to have all the curriculum packaged together to make it an easier time to get started!
I would have never thought to start a preschool at home!!! It would be fantastic to meet our bills with such a simple solution!
Only 5 hours a day!!! boy my husband will be jealous!!!
I am sooo looking forward to finding out more information!!! The curriculum package would be a great start!!!
I remember being an ant in a play.
My earliest memory is a presentation for parents where each kid represented a letter. I was Z. I have no idea what we did, I just remember the t-shirt with a Z and a zebra on it!
My first memory is from preschool. A cute boy I had a crush on and myself would go around snatching the other kid’s toys all in the name of being the Pittsburgh “Stealers”. I promise I have learned to share!
I love getting your newsletter!
I truly admire preschool teachers and think it could be a good opportunity!
This package would really motivate me with my fifth child. My energy isn’t quite the same as it was with the oldest ones!
Preschool rocks!
Winning is cool too! Pick me!
My first memory of school was needing to go to a little girl’s house to help “drag” her to school because she hated it and would cry! LOL
1 – Since I did not attend pre-school, my earliest school memory would have to be a toss up between finger painting in kindergarten or cutting my hair ribbon with a pair of scissors and blaming it on the boy who sat beside me. I don’t think we were ever friends after that point.
2 – Already signed up; which is how I learned about this giveaway. c:
3 – Some of my best memories come from when I attended a stay-at-home mom’s daycare when I was a child and I am still friends with all the other children who attended with me, even after all these years. But I would have to say that with the standards students are expected to meet in schools now-a-days, the need for a pre-school heavily outweighs a simple daycare but having it in a home environment promotes more security for children (which promotes greater learning).
4 – I have my degree for early childhood education, but even with completing school the jobs are still slim pickings in my surrounding areas. The education system is taking a dip and I still need to find a job in my chosen career field. If I could start up my own pre-school, that would be an absolute dream come true.
I dont really remember preschool to much but I remember being so excited to go to kindergarten and wondering why my mom was crying.
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I really need some structure to teaching my 3 you old who also learns the most from TV
5 – Though I don’t have children yet, I already know the value of being able to spend quality time with them. I also value a quality educational foundation. If I could open my own pre-school and teach I would know that there are children who would be getting the necessary foundation and that my children, when I have them, would be able to have the same one day.
I wish I had the patient to teach preschool but I can barely handle my 2 kids.
I really want to win this or I am going to have to convince my husband that I NEED to buy it.
yeah 6 entries pick me!
6 – I love how genuine and honest Joy is and that she is willing to go that extra mile to help other women who are struggling to make ends-meet. If everyone could be this way, our world would be a much better place. Wishful thinking, I suppose. But I would certainly help out whoever I could if I had my own pre-school. Money isn’t all that important to me; but ensuring children receive a quality education is. After all, they are the future.
My earliest memory of school is also a costume…in preschool we dressed up as the alphabet and I was a fly for “F”. The costume was pretty amazing (they used them year-to-year) and there was another little girl who followed me around and swatted me with a huge fly-swatter
#2 I’m already a follower and love it!
#3 My son’s teacher from last year just started a preschool, and when I looked into it for my 4-yr-old, my husband said, “Maybe you should start a preschool.”
#4 I had already decided to homeschool our 4-yr-old this year, and this curriculum would be a great help!
#5 I have also tried home sales companies, like Longaberger, Southern Living, and Usborne, and while I love the products, I don’t want to put in the time required to make big money, and leave my children w/ a babysitter while I do parties! So I just ended up supporting my own shopping habits!
#6 Wow! I hope I win this!
My earliest memory from school is when my 1st grade teacher wouldn’t let me hold my pencil the way I wanted to. She made me so angry!
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I would love the curriculum package because I’m interested in starting a homeschool preschool with my youngest, but I have no idea where to start!
Starting a preschool might even interest me once my baby (due sept.) is older.
I never did preschool with my oldest, we just sort of winged it with the abc’s and 123′s, and she’s doing just fine in school now. But I have less time now that I have more kids and a curriculum would be SO helpful.
Alright, six entries. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I would love it. I love doing preschool stuff but I’m runnimg out of ideas.
My first memory of school was during a joy school – it was my mom’s turn to teach and we went to the farm and milked cows and fed animals – it was awesome!!!!
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Preschool can be so expensive and we just don’t have that kind of money – but I really want my little girl to be in preschool and getting into the preschool at the elementary is nearly impossible since they mostly fill it with kids who don’t speak english and this kit would be a huge help in knowing what to do with the kids.
Joy seems like an amazing person – I bet she is a great teacher
I’ve talked to some of the moms in my neighbor hood about starting a preschool and it would be wonderful – but what to do??? we have no idea – so we could definitely use this kit to help us out
I did all the entries – can I please win!!!
My early memory is kindergarden we only went for half a day and we had cookies and milk as a snack.
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I have a preschool that i would loooooovvvveee to use this with…
I have loved being an early childhood provider for the past 9 yrs. It has allowed me to be with my own children and make income for my family at the same time but educating at a young age gets them off on a good start.
This is very helpful, creative
Got my 6 entries in hoping i win, these kiddies need some new learning materials.:)
My earliest memory is a white dress with polka dots, socks with sandals, big bow on side of head, only to have the boy behind me throw up all over his desk and on my shoes. Traumatic.
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I would love the opportunity to give my son a headstart. Being a stay-at-home mom i am unable to afford private school & it is not offered locally.
great for my two grandsons
My earliest memory from school is dressing up as little miss muffet and bringing cottage cheese for everyone to share.
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I would love to have this curriculum because my little boy also learns a lot in front of the TV and I’m looking for new/better ways to teach him.
My little boy still has 3 years until he goes to Kindergarten. I would love to have this CD to help me teach him and to keep him busy.
My earliest school memory is making melted crayon pictures in preschool. That smell takes me right back to preschool.
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I love Joy’s passion for teaching
I really want this program to help me teach preschool this year!
I hope to win! My kids would LOVE to learn this stuff.
I love how everything is ready to go and you don’t have to do much prep-work for a great lesson/day!
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Just retired and would love to teach preschool.
When I began kindergarten, we still had nap time with a blankie and crackers…the best!
Love the joy program and would like to share with my daughter and 2 little ones.
My earliest memory is my 1st grade teacher playing the record player during class while we worked. And the favorite song of the class was… “Purple People Eater”
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I am a stay at home mom with 2 little girls (2 & 4) that would totally benefit from this program
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My 4 yr old LOVES doing homework when her big brother does his. This would be great to win.
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Doing a small group of kids to teach preschool would be fun! Plus my daughters would like to have all the kids to play with instead of just me.
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Best memory of school when I was a kid was the advetures i would have walking to school and home everday with all my friends
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This is the answer I have been looking for, we have a group of kids were just trying to figure out what to teach…..
Maybe this will be a time in my life that I can win something and the funny thing is it wouldn’t be just for me but mostly my kids.
this program would save me so much time I love it!!
What better time to teach your kids, but when they can soak up so much infomation and they think learning is fun…..PICK ME PICK ME;)
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My three year old won’t be going to a traditional pre-school so this would be PERFECT to help him with a head-start going into kindergarten.
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My earliest memory of school was being a Rose in our kindergarten recital.
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I remember having naptime in kindergarten, wish that was still mandatory!
My kids need something educational besides Dora.
Honestly, I could never start a preschool, but I love teaching my own child, so this would be pretty awesome.
This curriculum would be such a blessing for my son and I!
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I remember bringing my kindergarten teacher an apple on the first day of school.
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The earliest memory from school I have is being sick and crying waiting for my parents to come get me. On a happier note, I also remember trying not to laugh during naptime when the record play would get stuck.
My earliest school memory was making a bluebonnet painting with my thumbprints and making a bluebonnet out of popcorn. We made a lot of bluebonnets but that’s tx for you!
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My earliest school memory would be falling asleep during circle time in kindergarten