It's a Back to School Sale! Everything in my store is 20% for 2 days! Teacher Stuff store

It's a Back to School Sale! Everything in my store is 20% for 2 days! Teacher Stuff store
Looking for some fun ways to celebrate Read Across America Week? I am the librarian/tech or STEM teacher (I actually call it STREAM– Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) in a K-8 school. It can be tricky to find something that appeals to all students K-8, but everyone participated in these fun activities this year!
Did you know that you can easily create your own listening library to use in your classroom or in your school library? If your students have access to an iPad or google classroom, you can create a listening library in just a few steps! Here is what you will need:
Play and exploration trigger the secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) a substance essential for the growth of brain cells (Greenough & Black, 1992; Gordan et. al. 2003; Dewer, 2014).
Play allows us to make mistakes without high-stakes consequences, thus enhancing learning (Fordyce & Wehner, 1993).
Play enhances social skills, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution ability (Jenson, 2005).
There is MUCH more research that supports the validity and purpose of a playful classroom, including what I have seen as a teacher over my teaching career. Learning CAN and SHOULD be fun! Designing playful moments in the classroom can absolutely be rigorous, although it's okay to make a little time to just play too. It's all essential to the development of the whole child.
Amazon Prime Day 2023 is on my birthday! Woot! Woot! July 11💗 - 12 Amazon has its biggest sales of the year, and you won't want to miss it! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience that give me a small stipend when you use the link, but at no cost to you.
First of all, if you are not an Amazon Prime member–it's time. It is $139 for the year, but I make that money back with their free 2 day shipping alone! With your Prime membership you also get to watch a lot of free movies on Prime Video, you get A LOT of free kindle books on Prime Reading, and you have to be an Amazon Prime member to get the deals on Amazon Prime Days. If you're not a Prime member yet, you can start with a free trial here.
Here is my top 10 list for teachers on #AmazonPrimeDay!
This Echo Show is #1 on my list because it is what I'm most excited about on my Amazon list this year! I don't have an Echo Show yet, but this is how I imagine using it in my classroom. Right now, I have timers set on my phone to go off when it's time to switch to a new subject, and I'm planning on having the Echo Show set up to do that every weekday. I also think that I can set the alarms to snooze on days off. I can set timers during the day with just my voice, and the Echo Show has a digital clock and temperature display. We will use that daily. I can play Pandora (I like to play classical music when the students are working), and I imagine my class asking questions or how to spell things we need help with. I'm very excited to give it a try! There is a deal --buy one get $100 off the 2nd one, so I'm going to get one for my classroom and one for my son as a sophisticated alarm clock. That means one of them will be free! If you don't need 2, however, the Echo Dot is a cheaper option. The Echo Dot doesn't have the screen, but it should do everything else.
Scented flair pens are a must-have for me every year. I LOVE flair pens, and now that I have found scented, they are the best! The kids love smelling their paper when I draw a star on it!
I LOVE this stuff! It is absolutely better than paper–it's true. It's very thick, so it's forgiving when you're hanging it. It doesn't get wrinkly, it doesn't show staples, and it doesn't fade. The pictures from my classroom above show the white shiplap, and it's at least 4 years old. I've moved schools in that time, so it has been taken down at one school and put up again in another, and it has held up well. I definitely think it's worth it!
I look for a class set of stuffed dogs every year. For Christmas, I let the kids adopt a dog as long as they promise to read to it for 20 minutes a day. It is a big hit with my 2nd graders every year! Check out this blog post from Teach Junkie that includes name tags for the dogs and adoption certificates. I try to plan ahead for presents to get the best deal possible. Amazon Prime day is a great day to stock up on Christmas presents!
This is another gift for my students that I plan ahead for so I can get the best deal. These squishy fidget toys are great non-candy Valentine's Day presents. Make tags that say, "I squish you a happy Valentine's Day," or print your own teacher valentines.
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