The end of the school year is almost here! Download your Last Day of School signs for the 2021-2022 school year {HERE}. If you post your kiddos on social media, we would love to see them! Just use the hashtag #ThePolkaDotPosieLastDayofSchool.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Friday, December 31, 2021
2022 Goals & Resolutions Printable
Sunday, August 1, 2021
5 Tips for a Successful School Year and All the Printables You'll Need
How is it already Back-to-School season?? And how did August just creep up like that?! After a very unconventional school year last year, we welcomed summer with open arms. But now that I've seen all of the fresh school supplies in Target and have planned my one-on-one school shopping dates with the kids, I am starting to get excited about the school year ahead.
Whether your kids are going back to school full-time or continuing to be homeschooled, these 5 tips are sure to get you organized and off to a great start.
TIP #1: GET YOURSELF A PLANNER
TIP #2: HAVE A FAMILY BINDER OR BULLETIN BOARD
TIP #3: TAKE NOTES and/or KEEP A JOURNAL
TIP #4: CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY
One of our favorite traditions here at ThePolkaDotPosie is the "First Day" picture. We have been making our First Day of School signs for 8 years and there is nothing we love more than seeing all of your kiddos holding our signs in these special pictures. So tag us if you want or use the hashtag #ThePolkaDotPosieBackToSchool so we can see them!TIP #5: DON'T FORGET TO PRACTICE SELF-CARE
Saturday, May 15, 2021
FREE Summer Printables For Adults and Kids
Monday, February 1, 2021
FREE Valentine's Day Printables
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
FREE New Years Printables for 2020 Reflection and 2021 Goal Setting
Is it just me, or was 2020 one of the longest AND fastest years of all time??
This was a year filled with so many ups and downs. I find it is sometimes easier to focus on the downs (especially the exceptionally difficult ones like losing family or friends, a job, a business or our health). During this pandemic we've had to make a lot of sacrifices too, like time with our family and friends, important traditions, hugs, time in the classroom, etc. And we shouldn't ignore the downs, the little or the big ones. The downs we experienced this year are shaping us in ways we may not even realize yet.
But after acknowledging the downs, we also have to look at the ups. I've tried my best to do this all through the month of December and even started writing them down. While I knew I had some very high moments of 2020, I never realized just how many little and big things I could list. It brought me a lot of peace to really reflect on all the positive ways I have changed this year and the way it has made me shift my priorities for the year to come.
So with this activity in mind, I decided to create a 3rd New Years Printable to add to our free collection.
This new page is called the 2020 Ups & Downs List and you can download it HERE.
I found a quote written in an old planner that said, "Sometimes life has to turn you upside down, so you can learn to live right side up." This seemed like such a fitting quote for 2020 and it inspired this new printable.
Using this printable is very simple: Just list your Top 5 Downs, followed by your Top 5 Ups. Do you see any connections between them? Did closing one door open another?
While you are busy reflecting, be sure to download this year's 2020 Year in Review HERE.
This printable was a big hit last year and we wanted to make sure we offered it again. A friend of mine said, "Uh, Jen, maybe remove the part about goal accomplishments at the bottom for this year." I will admit...that health goal will NOT get a check for 2020, but I was able to make some really great connections with friends (even if they were over Zoom), I personally made a HUGE career decision and landed an amazing job at the college I work for, I had an abundance of time with my husband and kids (which was a very important goal coming out of 2019) AND I was able to knock some important things off my Home ToDo list. I am hoping many of you are still able to check many things off your goal list as well, even if they weren't exactly how you envisioned them playing out :)
Speaking of Goals & Resolutions, our set would not be complete without our 2021 Goals & Resolutions Printable that you can download HERE.
I know we all joke that we want to set our expectations SUPER low for 2021, but I think it is still so important to dream and plan for the future. Your goals and resolutions can be very simple, or now that you have had this year to reflect on your priorities, maybe you want to set some really BIG goals for the year ahead. Reminder...this is YOUR goals and resolutions page and you don't have to fit anyone else's expectations. Just plan from the heart and do more of what makes you happy.
Well friends, I hope you enjoy sitting with these printable today, tomorrow and in the year ahead. Be sure to share some of your reflections and goals with us on social media in the coming days.
Wishing you all a happy, HEALTHY New Year.
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Weekly Gratitude Challenge!
2020 has been quite a year, hasn't it?
It is so easy to dwell on all the things we've lost this year, especially as the holidays approach and we realize just how different our Thanksgiving table is going to look. And it's okay to be sad and feel yucky about it because I know we do too.
But at the same time, there are still many things to be grateful for this year and we thought this challenge would give all of us a chance to reflect on those things this week in the hopes healing out hearts a bit.
In fact, we just read on the Headspace Facebook page today that,
"In a study at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, 40 patients were examined for biological factors of heart disease, such as inflammation and heart rhythm. Half of the patients were asked to keep a journal for most days of the week and write about two or three things they were grateful for.
After two months, health benefits were found for the patients who wrote in their journals, including reduced inflammation levels and improved heart rhythm. When heart disease risk was compared to before and after journal writing, there was a decreased risk in just the short span of 8 weeks."Please visit our Facebook or Instagram pages and share some of the things YOU are grateful for this year.