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What You’re Missing at The Dollar Tree: Best Teaching Products!

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Classroom tools for only $1 at The Dollar Tree

I’ve always loved the dollar store. I love picking up storage containers and stationary there. When I quit my job last year to open up my own home daycare, I realized the true value of a dollar store. The local Dollar Tree has amazing resources for learning, all for $1.00! Crayons, stickers, workbooks (I love the Pre-K ones!), learning posters, reward stickers, chore charts, kids books, coloring books, calendars, clocks, hall passes, you name it!

 
Here’s a few of my favorites from the Dollar Tree in August (their stock rotates with seasons but they always have a teacher aisle).
 

1. Educational Wall Posters

 
These are great to have in the classroom to inspire kids! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Classroom Wall Posters
 

 Not only do they usually have the adorable kitty posters with the “Hang in There!” motivational phrases, but they have lots of educational posters. The alphabet, fractions, counting, the periodic table, etc. They do a great job of including most subjects and all ages. For $1.00, you actually get two posters, since each poster has a different one printed on each side (usually in the same subject and always in the same age range). These posters are impressively large as well, and come wrapped in cellophane so you can keep them undamaged until you’re ready to hang.

 
 

2. Hall passes, Stickers, Rewards and Awards

 
The reward system is a great way to encourage kids and you can make it look planned instead of last minute www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Stickers and Rewards

Hall passes, awards, coupons, and fun handouts. If you need recognition items, they have it! They not only have tons of stickers, but they have popular character stickers too (Sophia the First, Jake and the Pirates, Mickey Mouse). Pencils, pencil toppers, you name it, they have it.

 
 

3. Flash Cards

 
I grew up using these flash cards! I use them to this day with my daughter! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Flashcards

They have flash cards in several different categories. From first words, to numbers, colors and shapes, to easy matching games for pre-k. They also have a good selection of flashcards for older grades, like multiplication, division, and grammar flashcards.  

 

4. Calendars, Charts and Learning Clocks

 
Organization and time management skills are easy to learn and great to teach kids! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Chore Charts, Tables, and Clocks

This is my favorite category! They have huge blank wall charts. You can make them into chore charts, potty training charts, subject completion charts, homeschooling charts, anything you can list! The calendars are huge, (as large as the posters), and each one has two sides so you can choose the colors that work best for your space. 

5. Work Books

These workbooks are great to fill time between lessons! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Workbooks

I’m always really impressed with the quality of the work books here, I use the Pre-K ones with my two year old. They have a huge assortment of popular characters, subjects and age ranges. They go up to about 5th and 6th grades. For $1.00 each, you can buy several topics that meet your age range and work through them one at a time. Thats what we do. He grabs the book he likes, and we can do it together. 

6. Classroom Decoration, Wall Decor

No one learns in a cube. These decorations are great to keep kids motivated and not staring out the window! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Wall Decor/ Classroom Decorations

Dollar Tree has tons of options for sprucing up your classroom walls. They have matching die cut outs, like government, the alphabet, ketchup and mustard, dogs and cats, animals, signs to label parts of a classroom (Reading Center, Art Center, Music Center etc.), cowboy and wild west, etc. They come in packets with tons of items so you can fill a whole wall. A few months ago, I went in and bought die cut stars and put all the kids names on them and taped them to the wall.

Bonus!

 
No one ever thinks of the every day supplies teachers go through! www.busybudgeter.com
Dollar Tree Papers and Dry Erase Calendars

While you’re there, check out the other offers they have. They regularly stock dry erase boards,  dry erase calendars, papers, art pads, construction paper, glue, scissors, crayons, etc. Don’t forget to go find my personal dollar store favorites… stationary and Betty Crocker kitchen utensils. Click below to read about my favorite buys at the dollar store for your home.

This is such a great idea for the classroom and for at home with my kids too! www.busybudgeter.com
Organizing using containers from the Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree is such a great asset to young and old teachers alike! www.busybudgeter.com
The Best Quality Kitchen Utensils are at The Dollar Tree!

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Comments

  1. Brent White says

    July 17 at 4:28 pm

    Looking for Educational Spinner-A Guide to the Sky! They are out of stock and will not ordering anymore! I am heartbroken!

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  2. Kelly says

    July 29 at 4:22 am

    You can find so many inexpensive items at the dollar tree. If you are ever looking for prizes to give out, I would recommend the dollar store.

    Reply

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