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Sale :: Back to School 2013

Back to School

It’s that time of the year again – time to track down the best deals on markers, glue sticks, and pocket folders, and send the kids off with their clean (for the last time this year) lunch boxes. But if you’re a teacher, August can be bitter sweet – filled with excitement and anticipation for the new group of students you have the chance to work with in the months ahead, but sadness (maybe) about not being able to spend every day with your own kids and irritation that the alarm will soon be disturbing your sleep MUCH sooner than anyone on Earth could possibly want.

But the good news is that even though you’ll soon have to wait until your students are at recess or P.E. to use the bathroom, it’s a fresh start and with that comes TpT’s annual Back-To-School Sale. It’ll give you the chance to earn 28% off thousands of activities, assessments, and resources made BY teachers FOR teachers.

So, from 12:01 am on August 18th through 11:59 pm on August 19, enter the code “BTS13” and get great stuff at a great discount! My store will show sale prices that reflect 20% off regular prices, and by entering the code, you’ll be able to earn an extra 10% off from TpT (for a total of 28%: 10% off a discounted price of 20% off = a total of 28% off the regular price).

Enjoy and have a wonderful school year!

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Pinterest Find :: Erin Condren Lesson Planner

Screen Shot 2013-05-12 at 8.37.35 PMSo, I’m going to be honest. I didn’t find this on Pinterest…but I don’t have any other term right now to categorize things that are awesome besides “Pinterest Find.” Any ideas, anyone?

Anyway, I love to be organized. I frequently get harassed by coworkers and friends for color-coding, organizing, alphabetizing, etc., so I actually felt like I had died and gone to heaven when I came across the Erin Condren store. I actually found it last summer while I was looking for a new planner for the school year and ended up getting one of their Life Planners (which I HIGHLY recommend by the way – I’ll talk more about them in July when their new versions come out).

If you’re around here often, you’ll know I’m a school social worker, not a teacher. Nonetheless, I know that several of you ARE teachers, so I figured I’d let you know about this awesome lesson planner! It’s super colorful and includes just about every single possible thing you’d ever need in a lesson planner. Among the awesomeness included: inspirational quotes, pages for substitutes and sub plans, important dates, attendance logs, grade book, weekly lesson planning grid, etc. etc. etc! You can even choose from over 20 different covers and add photos to personalize it! And did I mentioned it’s colorful?

I will say that it is a tad pricey compared to cheap books your school may give or that you pick up at Staples, but from owning one of their planners this year, I can honestly say I never regretted my decision to get one even once. I mean, how many minutes a day do you spend staring at your lesson planning book? Probably at least 30! Is it worth less than 20 cents per day to have a planning book that you enjoy looking at and actually makes you want to plan? I thought so!

Also, no, I don’t get paid for recommending their products. I genuinely think they’re just that awesome!! Here’s a little more information from their website:

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AND! Enter the code: WELOVETEACHERS this month at check-out to receive 25% off all their teacher products. Happy Teacher Appreciation!!

Note: All photos in this article are from the Erin Condren website. I didn’t take or create any of them!

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Sale :: Teacher Appreciation 2-Day Sale!

Appreciation Sale

It’s that time again…TpT Sale time!! For 28% off the regular prices of everything in my store, head over any time on May 7th or 8th and enter the code TAD13 at checkout. What a great way to get everything ready before you head on summer break!

Enjoy!!