Wow this is quite remarkable. I got home to find a big box sitting on my doorstep. Thinking about how I couldn't remember ordering anything I went to pick it up and DAYUM, it was HEAVY!

I got the box inside and opened it to find a very sweet card thanking me for being a teacher sitting on top of a pile of goodness.

Inside the box was a TON of wonderful teaching supplies including craft paper, glue, markers, crayons, erasers etc

I had mentioned that I am teaching 1st grade for the first time this year and am going to have to teach currency, so am short on related materials. My Santa really came through with more than enough to allow me to teach without having to buy anything extra. She sent me some great card wall-mounts with images (back and front of ALL US coins and notes, and cards that had common terms (penny, quarter, dollar etc). She also sent a pack of pencils with dollar bills designs, being able to give these out to the kids at the start of the unit is really going to help get them fired up about the theme.

Finally (but by no means least) I had mentioned that my school's theme for this year was "the wild" animals and suchlike. And bless her, my santa went out of the way to find animal themed items for me AS WELL as all that other stuff. She mentioned in her note that she couldn't find much animal themed stuff but it was just amazing that she went out of her way to look for it, and she did send me the CUTEST animal stickers and animal print pencils... again, being able to share these as fun items with the children will really help bring them closer to the key themes.

Thank you SO much santa, you have no idea how much of a difference you have made to my first ever 1st grade classroom.