Do you vistaprint? I do!

Does anyone VistaPrint?  I've ordered from them a few times and now I get emailed daily. ha Aside from them filling up my inbox, they do have some pretty great deals and are worth checking out. The following items, I scored for FREE! That's right.....free. I simply paid shipping & handling - which was around $8 for 4 items. Not bad :)

This rubber stamper (black only) will be great for STAR WORK in my classroom!

Because I go by "eberhart's explorers," my classroom theme is done in safari/exploration. I thought these zebra post-it notes would coordinate with the decorations I have up.  

Why not look professional at the beginning of the year and slip a business card to parents with contact info? Everyone else gets them....bankers, lawyers, salesman - why not a teacher?  And at the reasonable cost of FREE, I added them to my shopping cart! ;-)

And last but not least, I scored a business card holder as a bonus for ordering cards. Yay for me. Hop on over to www.vistaprint.com and add these free deals to YOUR shopping cart. Thanks Mrs. Bee for the idea! ;-)  Check out her finds {here}.

~Miss E

Post-It coupons!

Thanks to a friend, I've stumbled across more coupons that would benefit teachers! Paired with the already great deals many stores are having on back to school, you could walk away with a steal! Click here to access great printables by 3M. Enjoy! ~Miss E

*Back to School* Bulletin Board SAYINGS

Head on over to Really Roper and join in on her linky party fun. She is hosting a "Back to School Bulletin Board" party and has some great ideas to share. Here are a few of MY favorites:

Look Who is Hanging out in (Teacher's Name) Class - Create a clothesline and write each child's name on a paper t shirt. Use clothes pins to hang them on the line. For an added touch, students can decorate their shirt on the first day of school!

Fishin' for a great year - Attach a fishing rod to a bulletin board and write each child's name on a fish. You can even add a pond.

Jumping into Kindergarten (or grade of choice) - Cover the board in blue and make a large lily pad in the middle. Place a large frog on the lily pad with teacher's name and have student names around, written on smaller di-cut frogs. (Note: DJ Inkers has a great frog note pad that would work perfect)

Wanted: A Great Group of Kinders - Purchase the distressed/wanted paper at an office supply store and print students' names at the bottom. (If you want to get crafty, you can tea dye your own paper!) At Open House or on the 1st day of school, take each child's picture and add them to their wanted poster.  Display them on your board. 

Happy decorating! ~Miss E

Dazzling Dice

I have been loving all of these math ideas floating around on various blogs. The school system I work for is hosting a Math Work Stations "book study" and we've been meeting every other week to discuss the chapters from Debbie Diller's book. I've been able to take many of the ideas and printables I've found online, and share them with co workers...they've loved them! I've been putting the plug in for everyone's blogs too - no worries! I wanted to share with you a great little activity that someone presented yesterday in relation to the addition/subtraction chapter. When I got home, I re created it and made a FREE printable to accompany the work station. Because the dice are placed inside the bottle, it cuts down on noise. That's a plus! Students simply shake the bottle, look at the numbers the dice land on, add them together, and record the results on their sheet. In the boxes, students can illustrate the dots OR write the numbers - teacher preference.

To create, you need:

Clear water bottles (remove outer labels)

Water

Glitter

2 dice per bottle

Hot glue gun (to secure lid)

Labels (optional)

Here is my finished product. If you look closely (below) you can see the glitter floating in with the dice. It just adds a special touch...beads or confetti would be fun as well.

 

The water within the bottle almost magnifies the dice - pretty neat. And best of all....NO noise when the dice are "rolling." Have I mentioned that already? ha ha This can be adapted for older grades too and students can multiply the 2 numbers. 

Click on the image to download

Make sure you leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!  ~Miss E

Are you tired of "deal" posts yet?

Ok, I PROMISE I will blog about something other than coupons and deals, soon! ha ha But in the mean time, here is a run down on some more cheap stuff. Check out information for Target and Walmart here and information for Drug Store deals here. Whoo hoo - get out there and shop ladies!  ~Miss E

More deals!

Sooo, I figured I may start a little weekly coupon write up. But, it will only be on great school supply deals. Seeing as how blogs and coupons are two of my favorite things....why not combine them to meet the needs of my teacher friends? Sounds like a good post to me! :)  Here is what I've found for the week of July 10th-16th. Head on out and score some good deals!

Office Max

*Please note: to receive the penny deals below, you must spend $5 in other merchandise

Basic Pencil Sharpener (Sun - Wed only)

1 cent

Limit 5

Schoolio 2-Pocket Folders (Sun - Wed only)

1 cent

Limit 5

Boise X-9 8.5x11 Paper, 500-Sheet Ream

You pay $5.99 and get $5.98 in MaxPerks = 

1 cent

If you are not signed up for MaxPerks, no worries! You can sign up here: Office MaxPerks. 

Sharpie Black Fine-Point Permanent Markers, 12-Pack

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 1

Paper Mate Clearpoint 0.5mm, 0.7mm or 0.9mm Mechanical Pencil Starter Set

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 3

OfficeMax 1-Subject Poly-Cover Notebooks, 100 Sheets

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 2

Schoolio 1" or 1.5" Poly Binders

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 3

Purchase any 2 Scotch or Post-it brand products and receive a FREE tote

(with in store coupon)

Here is my loot!  I bought 5 folders (blue things in background-ha), 5 pencil sharpeners, 12 pack sharpie markers, 1 spiral notebook, 2 scotch packing tape, and scored my FREE scotch tote (red apple bag). Total cost was $7.19 - tax and all! I thought I did pretty good. And...although they do not honor manufacture coupons, the cashier took the $1 off q I had for scotch packing tape anyways. I included those printables in my last blog: here.  I sooo wish we had a Staples!  Oh well.

Some of you may want to visit CVS, too. Below, I have listed some of their good back to school deals. If anyone runs across something I've left out, let me know please. Or - share with me YOUR good steals finds.  Happy bargain shopping!  ~Miss E

CVS

Expo Dry Erase markers 4 ct.

$1.99 (with extra care card)

Caliber 1-subject notebook 70-80 sheets, pen/ink eraser, pencil sharpener or ruler

3/$1 (with extra care card)

My 1st giveaway winner!!

Congratulations! This is a woman after my own heart...a diet coke every morning! That is certainly a necessity for me too. :)  Miss Terrell, if you'll email me your address by Monday (9 pm) I'll get your Teacher Survival Kit right in the mail. Thank you to everyone who participated and to all of my blog followers.  

~Miss E