Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Classroom Shopping Linky Party

Ladybug's Teacher Files is having a linky party devoted to shopping for your classroom.  Link-up to give and get some ideas from some awesome teachers.  The following products are things I have purchased over the summer. If you would like to view more products I have purchased in the past, click on the label titled Products.

These containers saved me lots of time when passing out manipulatives to the students.  I discovered them at Dollar Tree and bought 5 sets of these 10 mini containers.  I quickly discovered that I use them for EVERYTHING.  For example, lets say we are going to play bingo, I have a container marked, "Sets of Tiles" and I have a student pass out one container per child.  I do this with our coins too.  When we do coin sorts or are just learning about the coins.  You can use them in your workstation activities too.  I basically use these instead of Ziplock bags for smaller things.  
For months, Dollar Tree was sold out and the website was sold out of them too.  I was growing a little impatient, so when they became available online, I bought them.  You can only purchase in bulk on the Dollar Tree website.  SOOOO, 480 mini-containers later......I am one HAPPY teacher =)
I am ready to jump-in head first with BUCKET FILLING for next year!
I purchased these tin buckets from the Dollar Section at Target.  I was super excited because I will be doing a Star Theme next year.
This is another Dollar Tree find.  I purchased the last of the blue and green Locker Bins at my local store.  I bought around 14 of each.  I will use them in my library.  The blue will be for fiction and the green will be for nonfiction.  I will be reorganizing my library this year and was searching high and low for an inexpensive bin.  I love how they are taller and wider than a typical sized shoe box.


17 comments:

  1. Those mini containers are awesome!!!!! I want some!!!

    Hadar
    Miss Kindergarten

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  2. OMG!!! I LOVE those mini containers!! I wonder where I could put 480 until I get back into my classroom?? LOL... thank so much for sharing!

    Karen @ a little kinder told me so!

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  3. Those little containers are good for dice too to keep them from going all over the place.
    Tammy

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  4. I love your idea for the small plastic containers! That is awesome. You always need something little to put individual manipulatives in. Thanks for sharing!

    http://dugginsdoodlebugs.blogspot.com

    Kelie

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  5. Those mini-containers are aBRILLIANT idea! Thanks for sharing!! And thank you for joining the linky party :)
    Kristen

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  6. Oh, I love the containers that you are going to use for your books. I am so jealous! I don't have a Dollar Tree! I may have to take a trip to Omaha or Lincoln. Thanks for sharing!
    Tammy
    Live Love Laugh Everyday In Kindergarten

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  7. How did I not know about the Dollar Tree online? I'll have to check it out. Love those containers.
    I'm your newest follower!
    Just Add Clipart

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  8. Thanks for the supportive comments ladies! It makes me feel better for buying so many packages of containers. I DID see a few of these containers at my local Dollar Tree store yesterday. Stop by the food storage section and (hopefully) stock-up!

    Tammy, you can purchase them online. They were not available online last I checked, but if you call the number sometimes they will be available over the phone. Type in the code #16181.

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  9. Oh my gosh, I'm so jealous of all of those!!! Great idea to stock up! :)

    Mrs. Bee
    Bee's KinderGarden

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  10. I bought the mini containers, too! I have some from a few years ago with a blue lid, and they're more square than these... but I use them to hold the bands for the geo-boards!

    my friend Becky has all of her tiny craft supplies in them!

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  11. This really makes me want to go to the Dollar Tree RIGHT now! haha
    Good finds :)

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  12. I am doing bucket fillers next year! Not sure if I am using actual buckets or library sleeves yet! Have to see what kind of room I have and where it will be in my room!

    Sarah
    Fantastic First Grade

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  13. We are bucket fillers too! I just made a bulletin board with library pockets. I just didn't have space for buckets. I would love to see how you use them/store them! And I absolutely love the bins!
    The Sweet Life of Third Grade

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  14. So jealous of your book containers from Dollar Tree! I bought a bunch of these last year to organize my books and now I need some more...only I can't find any!! I could use about 14 of them too!

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  15. Love those little containers! I actually bought a bunch of (yikes!) urine specimen containers at our army surplus store (they were 10 cents each and I bought ALL that they had!) to use for storing manipulatives in the kids desks. :)

    Just found your blog and am LOVING it! Thanks for all of your great ideas!
    www.mrsreynoldsfirstgradeadventures.blogspot.com

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  16. I love bucket filling!! We do bucket fillers using library pockets. At Open House I give each child a small bucket (with his/her name on it) to bring home so that they have a place to keep the bucket fillers they get from their classmates & teachers. When they get the bucket at Open House there is a bucketfiller in it from each of the adults that work in the classroom. I get the buckets from Oriental Trading.

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  17. Deb- That is hilarious. You definitely get the resourcefulness award! Nice to hear bucket filling has been a success. I am excited to try it out=)

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