We carry some pretty amazing products for teachers. What I love most about our educational merchandise is the quality, the price, and that so many of the learning resources were created by a teacher for teachers! I had the opportunity to see, touch, and test some of these great products when I traveled to Oriental Trading last summer. From that moment on, they have been my “go to” for all of my classroom supplies, resources, and seasonal decor.
First of all, I love the quality of these games. Secondly, I love anything that can help me teach the standards AND it doesn’t involve any prep! I imagine using these in my Literacy Centers, small groups, or placing these in their “Morning Work Bins.” Each game is sold separately, but I think that I REALLY need all three!
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My Kindergartners would love these for sure. I’ll probably pretend that they come to life and they’ll whisper in my ear who the quiet children are. My students will go crazy over this!
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This is a true “luxury” item for sure! It is pricey and the only way I’ll get this is if Santa is kind enough to put it under my tree. I worked in a Montessori school “back in the day” and the alphabet miniatures remind me of my experience and teachings in that environment. I’ve learned from my Early Childhood training that children are inherently attracted to miniature items and I know this would really help those struggling students with letter identification and sounds.
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What a great way to engage your kinesthetic learners! This would be an awesome Center to help reinforce numbers, shapes, and colors. I’m always looking for creative ways to help my students learn and this would do the trick! Adding some gross motor skills into their learning is a great way to help your students learn important concepts!
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I already have the regular dry erase sleeves from Oriental Trading (and I LOVE them!), but I would really like to try the magnetic sleeves too! I could stick these to my dry erase boards and use them for so many things. I use the regular dry erase sleeves for my student’s personal math tubs. Inside, they have a dry erase marker, a little eraser, a hundreds board, teddy bear counters, and a dry erase sleeve to practice writing their numbers. We use them daily. I seriously can’t imagine teaching without them!
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Seriously, how clever is this? Talk about a quick and easy way to practice 10 frames! It’s simple…I love it!
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Have you tried this stuff yet? It is so amazing! This is like hot glue, without the hot glue! If you have cinder block walls, this is the only thing that I found that works to adhere decor, student work, posters, etc. I bought 10 rolls of this stuff over the summer and I’m down to only one roll left. A little gift bag of Mavalus Tape for Christmas? Yes, please.
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A Crayola Classpack are what dreams are made of! I happen to be a little obsessed with writing utensils…flair pens, Sharpies, gel pens, markers, new crayons, Twistables, and new sharpened colored pencils. I actually prefer colored pencils over crayons for my kinders. We do use crayons often, but when we are doing something special or coloring our illustration in our writing journals, I prefer more control with colored pencils.
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I currently have one pack of these magnetic hooks and I adore them. They hold like iron! I could seriously use several more packs. If I am demonstrating an assignment on my whiteboard, I use these babies in the corners of my paper and it never moves. I also use these to hold up my anchor charts while we are creating or reading them as a class.
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I use clipboards in my Block Center, for my “Write Around the Room” Center, and for small and large group instruction. I currently have the boring, brown clipboards, but these clipboards….AHHHHH! They are SO pretty! I love all things “rainbow,” so these have my name written all over it! I’ve seriously been drooling over these clipboards since this summer!
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