FREE
AND INEXPENSIVE MATERIALS
Let's face it. School
budgets are being cut more than ever. Teachers are having to
spend their own money on basic supplies. So how we do get those
dollars, whether the school's or our own, to stretch farther? The
following list should give you some ideas. Also included are a
few companies who offer materials at a lower price than most of
their competitors. Please be sure to check them out for yourself. If you have any ideas for this list, please
email them to me so I may add them.
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BookCloseOuts.com offers the lowest prices I have seen
for books. In the
publishing trade their product is often called
"remainders". These are books which, in a
previous life, were on the shelves at chain and
independent bookstores around the world. The bookstore
operators needed to make space for new stock, so they
sent these titles back to the publishers. When thousands
of bookstores do this simultaneously, the publishers have
a problem – they don’t have room for all those
returns, and BookCloseOuts.com is happy to help them out
and pass the savings on to you.
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SEARCH
for your favorite books right here!
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Great
news! Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk is pleased to offer two
different coupons from BookCloseouts.com.
These offers are good until September 1, 2008. Using a coupon
is easy; just follow the steps below for the coupon you wish to use:
Coupon: Get $5 off an order
of $35 or more.
- Follow a link from this site to
BookCloseouts.com.
- Add books to your shopping cart.
- When you are ready to check out, go to
the bottom of the shopping cart and find the section for entering a
coupon.
- Enter coupon number kimskorner-5.
- Enter coupon password
bookcloseouts.com
- Click on the check out button and follow
the onscreen directions.
Coupon: Get $10 off an order
of $60 or more.
- Follow a link from this site to
BookCloseouts.com.
- Add books to your shopping cart.
- When you are ready to check out, go to
the bottom of the shopping cart and find the section for entering a
coupon.
- Enter coupon number kimskorner-10.
- Enter coupon password
bookcloseouts.com
- Click on the check out button and follow
the onscreen directions.
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Get personalized business cards for free! VistaPrint
also has free or discount offers for other products such as sticky notes,
rubber stamps, note pads, magnets, letterhead, envelopes, post cards, and
much more! Use the link above and receive 25% off your first order. |
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Visit The
Teacher's Attic to buy gently used teaching items at discount
prices. It has such categories as Language Arts, Early
Childhood, Math, Science & Health, Social Studies, and more. They accept
personal checks and PayPal. You can also sell your items as well.
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Get tons of free printables at Jan
Brett's Homepage. The items here are numerous and beautiful!
You will find notecards, word lists, videos, number posters, flashcards, and
so much more. All of it just beautiful! |
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Get several free printables at PatriciaPolacco.com.
You will find color-ins, postcards, bookmarks, beautiful mini-posters and
more.
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Oriental Trading has so much more to offer than just the little trinkets
they used to have. They have teacher supplies, stationary, teacher
gifts, and much, much more. Check them out!
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| DoverPublications.com
offers many books for under $5.00. They also offer free samples that
you can download.
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eBay.com
is an excellent source for finding inexpensive materials.
It is an online auction house that is relatively easy to
use. I purchased around 100 paperbacks, some animal
reference books, and some notepads from different people
through eBay. I was pleased with everyone I with whom I
dealt.
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Smilemakers is an
online company that offers teachers a variety of inexpensive
incentives. They also have a print catalog and free lessons to
download. |
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Really Good
Stuff is another online company. You receive a free gift with
every order placed on the web. Also, they have a section of "free
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Join the program at Staples. You'll get 10% of your purchases back
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| Donations from
businesses--Sometimes you can get something free or at a
reduced price by just telling them you are an educator.
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| Garage sales--You can find
everything from books to games to pillows.
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| Retiring teachers--Most
retiring teachers don't want to store several years worth
of materials.
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| Moving teachers--Whether
they are moving down the hall, to another building, or to
another town, most teachers do some cleaning out when
moving.
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| Spring (or fall)
cleaning--Check out what other teachers don't want
anymore.
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| Going out of business
sales--Sometimes stores even sell their fixtures, like
magazine or clothing racks.
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| Used book stores--Most used
book stores have policies about the condition of the
books they buy for resale.
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| Dollar stores/discount
stores--Their merchandise changes often because they
usually buy from businesses who are liquidating.
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| Back to school sales--See
if your district will let you use purchase orders during
the summer. |
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