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Site Update is Complete

It’s been an interesting procces, but I think the site update is complete!

I’ve worked and reworked many areas of the site.  I hope that it helps you navigate the site easier and makes it accessible to find whatever you’re looking for.  I also hope that it makes reading the blog simpler and even added ease in viewing the Shop.

The biggest change is probably how clean and streamlined the new look is.  There’s less moving parts and clutter that I feel like were preventing you all from enjoying your time here.  I’ve always wanted the site to look fresh and I think I managed that, as well as making it nice and modern. 

The sidebar is cleaner and clearer with all the extras removed and making it easier as to what you’re clicking.  There’s also a menu at the top and the bottom of the page now so that you can navigate the site between the blog, Shop, and other areas in a painless way!

I don’t want to bore you with all the details.  I’m pretty happy though and I taught myself even more code.  That always gets interesting!  Take your time and browse around, take a look at the different areas of the site, and let me know what you think!  If you find something not working properly or hard to use, please let me know so that I can fix it or find another method.  Thanks for all your patience and I hope that you enjoy your time at The Treasured Schoolhouse even more!

 

 

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We Have a Winner!

I want to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone that entered my back to school giveaway for the gift card to TpT. I wish I could have picked all of you, but it doesn’t work that way!  With that said, it’s time to announce the winner.

Congratulations Esther!!  Thank you so much for entering and I’ve e-mailed your gift card code to you.  Enjoy!!

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Are You Ready for Back to School?

Are you ready to head back to school, homeschool, or religious education? If not, I might be able to help!

I’m giving away a $10 gift card to Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) and you have 4 different ways that you can enter. You’re welcome to enter just 1 or all 4 ways!


This gift card giveaway will run from 20-22 August.  The winner will be drawn at midnight (11:59pm CST) on 22 August and notified via blog post and e-mail on 23 August.  The possible ways to enter are:

  • visit my Facebook page and I’d appreciate it if you’d follow as well
  • follow me on Twitter
  • tweet a message about me on Twitter  (TWEET:  Please check out “The Treasured Schoolhouse” for Christian and educational printables for everyone!)
  • answer a question in the comments of this blog post  (COMMENT:  What do you most look forward to when going back to school?)

In addition to the giveaway, my entire store is also on sale!

The Treasured Schoolhouse will be on sale for 20% off 20-22 August.  For 1 day ONLY, 21 August, you can use code BTSBONUS18 to receive an extra 5% for up to 25% off total!  As always, I’ll add new resources during the sale.  Last night, I added a new one and will do so again tonight.  Also, be sure to check out all my money $aving bundles, plus they’ll be on sale as well!  You can click the banner above to be taken to the sale at The Treasured Schoolhouse.

Now it’s time to enter the giveaway.  Happy shopping and good luck!

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Religious Incentives

Do you use incentives or rewards in your class or homeschool? There are several ways that you can reward kids for doing such as behavior, completing homework, memorizing verses, or other things.

 

In my religious education class (CCD), I use Bible Bucks.  These come in the same amounts that our currency comes in, with a couple extras.  Students can earn Bible Bucks for returning their folder to class each week, doing homework, and other such matters.  Usually about every 3 weeks I let the kids shop in the Gospel Store.

Most of the items in the Gospel Store are things that I purchase at Wal-Mart or Dollar Tree.  I try to find toys and items related to the Bible.  I’ve had items like small stuffed animals such as a whle for Jonah and the Whale or Bible story books.  I price the items for sale by size and the biggest is no more than 5 Bible Bucks and the smallest would be 1 Bible Buck.  I store the pieces in containers that I get at Dollar Tree and tag each bin with the price of that the objects in that bin.

Oriental Trading also has lot of sets of small Chrisitan toys and novelties.  These not only work great in the Gospel Store, but they’re also perfect for the Treasure Chest.

Incentives are a fantastic tool in the classroom or at home to reward the kids.  It encourages them to keep working hard and to be responsible.  It’s always fun to watch them shop in the Gospel Store and in my class, they love to keep up with how many Bible Bucks that they’ve saved.

If you’d like to use the Bible Bucks that I’ve made, please click the image below for more information or just add them to your cart.  Only the bundle is shown below, but it’s a saving of 20% off the individual sets (color/bw)!

 

Disclosure:  This post contains affiliate links.  Please see my full disclosure policy here.

 

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Back to School

Are you ready for back to school?  Do you resume homeschool or religion classes soon?  If so, you’ll be happy to know that it’s time for the Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers!


Every item in my store will be on sale 31 July to 3 August for 20% off.  Yes, everything in my store including bundles that are already at a huge savings!  If you shop 1 & 2 August, you can use code BTSFRESH for an additional savings of 5% off at checkout.  That makes the total discount 25% off your purchase!

You can also use code BTSFRESH at checkout in The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop to receive 20% off your purchase.  If you haven’t checked out The Treasured Schoolhouse lately, you should because I’ve been busy adding lots of new resources to help you and the kids at home or in the classroom!

 

To be taken to the sale at TpT, click the banner above and to check out the shop, click here.  Happy Shopping!

 

 

 

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What do You See in Church?

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Teaching kids about what they’ll see inside the church when they attend mass is so important.  I have some worksheets and activities that can help teach or review what they’ll see inside the church!

To make it easier for little ones to understand what is going on during mass, it’s vital that they understand the items that they will see while there.  Use the pages as you walk around church explaining the items or after a tour of the church.  This will help them to feel more comfortable and know their way around the church.

To get elementary kids to participate in mass or even become altar servers, it’s key for them to know all the components used during mass and what they’ll see and use in church.  Their understanding of these items will allow them to be interested on what’s going on during the mass.

Have the kids match up the name of the item found inside the church to that item.

For big kids, you want to keep them coming to mass and being able to understand the elements used during mass or just seen inside the church makes them feel more welcomed.

Take the kids to church and write down the items that they can identify in church and on the sheet.

The more kids know about what they’ll see in church and used during mass, the more interested and happy they will be.  It increases their participation.

You can find these worksheet and activity packs in my Shop to help teach or review the items found inside the church (click on each image to view what’s included in each pack or add to your cart here)….

 

 


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You can also find these games….

COMING SOON!

I hope this helps and gives you some ideas to help the kids understand what’s inside the church!

 

 

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Summer and Construction Tools FREEbie

Hello my wonderful readers and followers! I know, I’ve been gone for awhile again. I’m probably one of the worst bloggers. I have good intentions and then life happens. The only thing that I now want to do is to TRY to blog more and give you all something to actually read.  Summer is here, so I’m going to put my best foot forward in this challenge!

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I do come back bearing gifts though!  I have a FREEbie printable that you can download for a construction theme in your classroom or at home.  There are 20 word cards featuring construction tools.   This is a “write the room” activity with 3 differentiated writing sheets.  The writing sheets are 2 different styles of lines and 1 with the images of the tools.

Construction Word Wall cover with construction kids and barricade

If you’d like to download this FREEbie, just click on the cover image above.  I hope to see you more often.

Enjoy your summer!

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Gift Card Winner

I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who entered the giveaway and followed me on social media or on this blog. I truly am thankful for all of you. Now, onto the reason for this post!

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Congratulations!  Thank you for your entries and thank you especially for following me on Twitter!  I’ll be e-mailing you the code to your gift card in just a few minutes.

Again to all of you who entered, thank you and please enter the next giveaway that I have.  I don’t know when that will be, but I’d love to give you a chance to win!

 

 

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Thank You Teachers SALE and Giveaway!

It’s time to say THANK YOU to all the teachers for all that they do. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the classroom or at home, what you do is important and you deserved something special. I have a couple ways that I’m saying THANKS!

First, I’m having a sale at The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop and at my store on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT).  You will receive 20% off at both locations.  Please see each store/shop for a complete description of the sale.

Shop:  20% off 7-11 May with code THANKYOU18

TpT:  20% off 7-11 May and an extra 5% off (for a total of 25% off) 8-9 May with code THANKYOU18

As always, I’ll be trying to add new resources at least once (and hoping for more) during the sale.  I just love to offer new materials during a sale and give you new choices!

Next, is a giveaway.  You can enter for your chance to win a $10 gift card to Teachers Pay Teachers.  There are 4 possible ways to enter.  You can enter with just 1 method or you can do all 4 methods of entry.  The ways to enter are….

  • Visit The Treasured Schoolhouse FB page
  • Follow The Treasured Schoolhouse (SchoolhouseLife) on Twitter
  • Tweet about The Treasured Schoolhouse
  • Leave a comment on this blog post about the subject in the Rafflecopter entry

You can enter the giveaway here….

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Thank you for all that you do!  Good luck!  Happy Shopping!

 

 

 

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Teacher Appreciation FREEbies

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Once again this year, many clipartists are offering FREE clipart or other items for Teacher Appreciation Week. We couldn’t create the resources that we do without all the hard work from the artists for the wonderful clipart that they make. Their work is truly amazing!

Teachers are pretty amazing too, no matter where they teach and no matter if they’re in the classroom or at home (or another setting).

This is a free printable available at BitsyCreations.  Alternate version here.

 

Below, you will find a list of the Teacher Appreciation FREEbies that are available.  Some you can only get for a limited time and some will always be free.  There is a variety of items, but most is clipart.  They are showing their appreciation, so be sure to show yours as well by leaving these wonderful people some feedback!

Also, this is the first day, so I’ll be adding to this list.  Many of these sellers also offer something each day of Teacher Appreciation week, so since today is only Monday, be sure to check back at their store to see if they’ve offered anything else.

Here are the Teacher Appreciation Week FREEbies….

Sarah Pecorino Illustrations:  Teacher Appreciation and Dot Dudes Underwater

Jen Hart Designs:  Teacher Appreciation Freebie (includes those previously shared)

Lovely Jubblies Teach:  Teacher Appreciation Week Freebies (includes those previously shared)

Silly O Designs:  teeny token of appreciation

Teaching 4 the Classroom:  Teacher Appreciation Freebie (will be daily and includes those previously shared)

History Gal:  Teacher Appreciation Week Freebies (they disappear May 13!!)

EduClips:  Teacher Appreciation 2018 here (along with those previously shared) or here

Artifex:  Teacher Appreciation 2018 (includes those previously shared)

Whimsy Clips:  Teacher Appreciation Surprise

P4 Clips – Trioriginals:  Teacher Appreciation FREEBIE (includes those previously shared)

Always & Forever:  Teacher Appreciation Freebie!

Illumismart:  FREE Calendar Characters School Days Clip-Art! (temporarily free for Teacher Appreciation Week) and Teacher Appreciation and EOY Cards and Comics Kit!

CrunchyMom:  Teacher Appreciation Clip Art FREEBIE

Little Sprouts Learning:  Teacher Appreciation

I will continue to add to this list until the end of the week as I find new FREEbies available, so be sure to check back.  You can also check out my post from last year, FREE Clipart for Teacher Appreciation Week, to find those resources that might still be available.  If you know of anyone that is offering anything for Teacher Appreciation Week, please let me know because I’d be happy to add them to the list!

 

 

 

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A Valentine’s Day Winner

It’s time to announce the winner of my giveaway for the $10 gift card to TpT. Before I do that, I’d like to say a couple things.

I know this is a busy time for many, especially today being Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday.  I want you to know that I love and appreciate each and every one of you.  I don’t blog often, yet you continue to follow me and are there anytime that I do post.  You make purchases from my shops and stores which blesses me and my family in so many ways and I do hope that my printables are able to bless your kids just as much.

Today was a sad day, as there was another school shooting.  This time it was in Florida and it took the lives of 17 children and adults.  It’s such a hard time for everyone and it touches so many.  My thoughts and prayers to out to everyone affected by this.

I know many might not think that this is the right time to announce a winner, but I think it’s important to carry on and hopefully make the day better for everyone.  We need to heal and if this can bring a smile or help someone in need, then it’s all worth it!!  So, with that said, the winner of the $10 gift card to TpT is….

Don’t forget, the sale on TpT goes until midnight 15 February.  My store on TpT is on sale for 20% off and with code XOXO, you’ll get an additional 5% off.  In addition to that Shop here is 25% off with code LOVE25.  

Congratulations Lauren!!  I’ll e-mail your gift card code within the next 30 minutes.  Thank you to everyone who entered and I hope you’ll stop by again and visit The Treasured Schoolhouse!!

 

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Giveaway and More!

Hello!! How are you all? I know, it’s been forever, but I’m here with some good stuff!

It’s a busy time right now.  It’s almost Valentine’s Day, but that day is also Ash Wednesday which is the first day of Lent.  Also later this month is President’s Day.

First off, I’m having a giveaway for a $10 gift card to TpT.  There are 4 possible ways to enter and you can do 1 or all 4 methods.  To enter, you can….

  • Visit “The Treasured Schoolhouse” on Facebook
  • Tweet a message about the giveaway and sale
  • Follow “The Treasured Schoolhouse” on Twitter
  • Leave a comment on this blog post about the question in the entry

The giveaway will end at midnight 15 February and the winner will be announced via blog post shortly after.

Next, “The Treasured Schoolhouse” is on sale on TpT for 20% off the entire store.  The sale will run from 13-16 February.  There is an code for additional savings to make it 25% 14-15 February.  The code is XOXO.

In addition to my store at TpT being on sale, the Shop here at “The Treasured Schoolhouse” is on sale for 25% of with code LOVE25.  The dates will be the same, 13-16 February.

So now it’s time for you to enter the giveaway.  Good luck and happy shopping!

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