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Teacher School Supply Store – Spring

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When you visit the teacher school supply store and buy back to school items in August, you are not normally purchasing teacher school supplies for Spring.  Even when you try to plan ahead, Spring supplies are not first on your list.  Your favorite teacher school supply store will have everything that you need to brighten up your classroom.  Just a few simple items will add a spark.  Here are a few simple ideas that are both inexpensive yet fun.

Seasonal bulletin board sets with themes such as “The Life Cycles of Plants,” “Weather,” or “Creepy Crawlies” are wonderful ways to bring theme activities into your room.  Students of all ages enjoy these themes and there are countless ways to incorporate these themes across the curriculum.

Another idea is to purchase seasonal incentive pads, stickers, and pencils. While these items are small and simple, students really appreciate a recognition for a job well done.  Stickers are fun anytime, and who wouldn’t enjoy getting a new decorative pencil.

You can also find amazing teacher resources that will provide you with great arts and crafts projects, creative writing assignments, and other seasonal activities.  As teachers, you are always learning new strategies and techniques that will help you be a more confident, effective teacher.  Part of learning is using the resources you have available.

You as well as your students will welcome these small little changes in your learning environment.  Think about some of the ways you change the decorations in your own house as the seasons change.  Spring is a time for renewal.  Have some fun and think about your interests as well as your students’.

After you decide what you are going to buy, visit www.k12schoolsupplies.net to find your favorite educational materials.  We strive to provide you with a huge selection of engaging and quality class room supplies, specialty children products, books, and industrial strength toys and furniture.  There are many more ways to brighten up your classroom, so check out us out today!

Teaching Supplies for Tutors

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Do you have teaching supplies that enable you to effectively teach the students that you tutor?  When you are focusing on certain skills to help students meet specific academic goals, the teaching supplies that you use can make a difference in how the student learns.  Many times as teachers, tutors, and home school parents you are presented with an overwhelming selection of materials to use for instruction.  How do you figure out what teaching supplies provide the best instruction and learning opportunities for your students?  Here are some things to think about as you try to make your selections for your tutoring supplies.

Use what you have access to and supplement with similar materials – Research the program that the student is currently using in his or her classroom.  Ask the student what materials they can borrow from the classroom to help with tutoring activities.  If learning sight words is one of the student’s goals, then buy index cards and write the words on the cards.  Keep things simple.  Maybe borrow some unifix cubes or other math manipulatives from the classroom to help with homework assignments and supplemental activities.

Use a variety of teacher resources – It is easy to find one publisher that you really love and continue to buy and use their books; however, you might be surprised by the lessons found in a different resource book.  Ask for recommendations as you are searching for tutoring supplies.  There are many great books designed specifically for tutoring.

Use what works best for the student – If flash cards are not helping a third grader learn her multiplication facts, try another strategy and find what does work.  Even if you invest in some tutoring materials but find that they don’t work for your particular student, chances are good that you can use them with another student.

Great teachers and tutors add supplies and materials to their teaching toolbox all of the time.  So the next time you are thinking about adding some supplies to yours, check out www.k12schoolsupplies.net!