Free DVDs for Teachers/Homeschools

These free DVDs are available for both traditional and homeschool teachers.

Stossel in the Classroom- 2 available- Hype and Consequences, and 2007 Edition. Region 1, English subtitles

izzit.org- Choose from their selection of DVDs. You can get 1 DVD every year you teach. 12/26/07- Have received my DVD. Awesome!

Classroom Aerosol Adventure Kit- Kit includes video "It's okay to spray". Scroll to the bottom to request by mail.

Scholastic Instructor Sweepstakes-Monthly

Scholastic has a monthly sweepstakes for teachers. Every month the prize is different! Go enter, and let me know if you win!

Scholastic Instructor Sweepstakes

Winning Ideas Contest for Teachers

Send your response to this month's Winning Ideas contest question along with photos of your idea, and you'll be automatically entered to win free resources from Scholastic.

This month we're showing you how thankful we are for your Winning Ideas by offering a free gift to every teacher who posts an idea on the contest message board!

Winning Ideas Contest for Teachers

I'm going to get to work on my ideas today! It will be neat to see what other teachers come up with too.

Free stuff from Walmart!

I don't really like to shop at Walmart. I prefer to support local small businesses. With that said, I must say I don't mind Walmart sending me stuff for free! Their website always has freebies available. They change about every week, and if you look around a bit you may find freebies not advertised on their freebies page. Some freebies I have gotten from Walmart include: laundry soap, dryer sheets, Ziplock sample, and shampoo.

Walmart Freebies

In My Mailbox

This month I have received several free items in my mailbox! I will include links where appropriate so you can order them too!

-Hormel Foods. 3 coupons for $2. off any Hormel Product. I received these coupons after calling to complain about a new product I had purchased. They were microwave meals and the food smelled strongly of plastic, even when taken out of the container to heat. I was unable to eat them because of possible plastic toxicity.

-Quaker Oatmeal. 4 coupons for $4. off any Quaker product. I received these coupons after calling to complain when I found the remains of a bug in my instant oatmeal. Ugh! Great customer service though, and these coupons will come in handy!

-Lewis and Clark Poster set and Study Guide. I ordered this online for the Lewis and Clark unit we are doing in our homeschool. This is an excellent set! About 10 full size, color posters and a neat study guide to help me teach the unit! This is for teachers (homeschool and traditional) and priority is given to grades 5 and 6 teachers. This excellent set didn't cost me a penny!

-Scholastic Magazine Samples. Scholastic produces a bunch of magazines for the classroom on a variety of subjects! The samples are great- I was able to look them over and show my daughter so I know which ones will work best for us in our homeschool.

-K'NEX Free Sample. I ordered a free sample from K'nex for my daughter- it was a small package with K'nex to build a little car! She has already built a couple other things using them. This is a really neat freebie! [Sample offer is over 3/08]

-Greenies Sample. I ordered a free sample from Greenies (my cats love these!). I received Roasted chicken flavor for cats- a fairly good size sample!

Free Pizza for Homeschoolers!

Schools around the country have participated in Pizza Hut's Book-It program for many years. It has been found to be a successful program encouraging children to read by offering the incentive of a free personal pizza from Pizza Hut when the child has reached their monthly reading goal. Now homeschooled families can participate as well! Signing up for the program is free, and homeschool teachers will be sent coupons for each participating child for the school year, as well as instructions and hints for making the program a success. I signed up in September and have received my child's pizza coupons for the year! This is an excellent program and is completely free- no gimmicks.

I have seen some people selling these coupons on Ebay recently. This makes me angry. If people abuse Pizza Hut's homeschool policy then it is possible they will stop making this available to homeschoolers. So please do not buy the coupons from Ebay, and do not request them if you are planning to sell them. Be honest, and keep this program available to everyone!

Pizza Hut Book-It Program

Your children can earn free stuff by reading!

My daughter loves Highlights Magazine, and would love a subscription. It is a bit too expensive for us though, so she just reads them at the doctors office. Now, she can earn a free 6 month subscription! I recently found a website where kids can earn points for books they read. When your child reads a book, you help him/her look it up on the site. Then your child takes a 10 question quiz and earns points! The site has a huge directory of books to chose from-you can eve print out a booklist and head to the library. Prizes that can be earned include the aforementioned Highlights subscription, books, bookmark, candy bar.
Teachers, you can sign up your students!
Here is the link to the site:
Book Adventure