Pleasing Office Products
Posted by Kim Murphy on 29 Jul 2009 | Posted in: Organization and Supplies, Teachers and Teaching
Do you know what I love about back-to-school time? Office products! Notebooks, pens, sticky notes, binder clips, crayons, stickers—I love them all! I want to twirl down the back-to-school aisle at the local superstore and sing a little ode to these marvelous items. (In my mind, I imagine being accompanied by a troupe of dancing writing utensils à la Disney.) Do you love office products as much as I do? Talk to me about how you acquire paper, crayons, stickers, and other items for your classroom. What does your school provide? What do you purchase yourself? What items do your youngsters bring to school? And is the economic crunch affecting your ability to acquire the items you need for your classroom? I can’t wait to hear from you.
Your blog cohost (and office geek),
Kimberly Brugger-Murphy
Congratulations to Diane Fangmeyer, Director/Teacher of Covenant Kids Preschool, Covenant Presbyterian Church; Omaha, Nebraska! She is the winner of a copy of the Big Book of Monthly Ideas, PreK-K.
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I have gone about three times a week to different stores trying to find the best sales!
The students in my school also can not afford half of what is on the list. I myself watch for those great deals (like notebooks for a penny!) and stock up. This way I have the things kids need.
My district does buy a few things for the teachers. I got binders and composition notebooks as well as a large box of crayons that has 30 of each color, this has lasted several years.
I also do community supplies. All the pencils you bring go in a box and we share, same with glue and other things. This way things go a little further.
Our school district has a long list of supplies the students are asked to purchase. Last year, I noticed that more and more of the students were unable to buy all the needed supplies. As a result, the students would borrow the extra supplies I have on hand or they shared with their classmates.
The economic crunch has affected my own ability to purchase the items I need for my classroom. Our school has cut back on what they will provide for us as well. It has taught us all to become more creative with the resources we have on hand. The students seem to take better care of their supplies and are more appreciative of what they are given.
I LOVE Sharpies!!! And Post it notes,and the smell of new crayons!!!!
One of the students I’m working with this summer complained to me yesterday that his mom went out and got all his school supplies, which made him mad. He went on to say, “It’s such a rip off! I didn’t even get to go and see all the cool stuff I could wish for, you know, like cool notebooks and stuff.”
Guess teachers aren’t the only ones that are smitten with back-to-school “stuff” that’s out there!