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Reminder and Best Deals

I just wanted to do a quick reminder that there’s only a couple hours left to use code BTS19 for the Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It will give you an extra 5% off and if you shop my store, that makes your discount up to 25% off!  Just click on the banner to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse to visit my store.  Also, my store will continue through tomorrow, 8 August, and will continue to be 20% off.

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I thought that I’d share some of the best deals in my store right now.  As I mentioned, it’s on sale for 20% off, so when you grab some of these, you’re going to get an amazing deal.  The top 5 deals at The Treasured Schoolhouse are….

1.  The MEGA Prayer Pack BUNDLE – Catholic:  This bundle contains 32 Catholic prayers and would normally be $99.50, but it’s at $69.65 with a 30% markdown discount.  With the 20% off, it’s $55.72 on sale!  Since making this MEGA bundle, 3 prayers have been added and if I make any more prayer packs, they will be added as well.  That means that you get ALL of the updates at NO additional cost!

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2.  Inside the Church MEGA BUNDLE:  This bundle includes 5 individual resources for items found inside the church or used during mass.  The regular price would be $26.25, but it is $19.00 with a bundle discount of 20% off the individual prices.  It’s currently $15.20 with the 20% off sale price!

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3.  10 Commandments BUNDLE – Catholic:  This bundle contains ALL of the Ten Commandments resources in my store.  That means that is has 8 resources in it!  The individual price would be $30.75, but is $24.50 with the bundle discount of over 20% off.  It’s currently at $19.60 with the 20% off sale.  That’s a ton of 10 Commandments resources for very little!

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4.  Samuel, Eli, and God Game (Speak for Your Servant is Listening):  This is just a little game to review the story of Samuel being called by God when he’s staying with Eli.  The game is $1.50, but it’s on sale for $1.20 at 20% off!

samuel, eli, and god game

5.  Ten Plagues of Egypt Cut & Paste Worksheet Pack – Catholic:  This is a pack of 27 pages of cut and paste/glue activities for a variety of ages/grades to learn or review the 10 Plagues.  The repetition will help these stick with the kids and enjoy learning.  The regular price is $5.00, but it’s currently at $4.00 with the 20% off sale!

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I hope that you all enjoy looking at these materials or any others in my store.  Happy shopping and thanks for looking….and reading!

 

 

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It’s Time for a Sale….and a Giveaway

That’s right, it’s time for a sale and a giveaway! It’s the prefect time because Spring is in the air. Alright, I realize that not so all over the country, but this girl sure is happy that the sun is out and the days are getting longer with nice temps during the day. I love warm weather!

First off, let’s talk about the giveaway! There are 4 possible ways to enter and you can do one or all of them for your chance to win a $10 gift card to TpT. The ways to enter are….

  • Visit (and follow) me at The Treasured Schoolhouse on Facebook
  • Tweet about the giveaway
  • Follow me (SchoolhouseLife) on Twitter
  • Leave a blog post comment for:  Spring is just around the corner. What are you most looking forward to?

The giveaway ends at 12am on 27 February. I will do a blog post with the winner shortly after that and send the gift card via e-mail to the winner within 24 hours (but it’s always way less).

Now, let’s talk about the sale! Everything at The Treasured Schoolhouse is on sale for 20% off. It’s going to be 25-28 February. You can use code TICKTOCK for an extra 5% off 26 & 27 February. That’ll make the total discount 25% off! Lent starts next week and Easter is just around the corner, so grab the materials that you need now. I also have some resources for St. Patrick’s Day, which isn’t that far off either! You can just click the banner to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse on TpT….

Now for something that I wish I didn’t have to say, but it must be done because of my last giveaway. I had many enter the giveaway and say that they had done certain things and upon checking, they hadn’t done any of them. Please follow the rules and follow through and do what you say that you’ll do for your chance to win. I mean honestly if you say you leave a comment, I can clearly see if you do or not and I can see if you tweet something. So please, let’s keep is honest and fair so that we ALL can have fun! That said, you can enter the giveaway here….

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Advent: New and Revised

Are you ready for Advent? Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent for 2018. If you haven’t yet prepared your lesson or activities, I might be able to help!

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First, I’ve updated my 2 previous Advent Activity Packs.  I’ve revised them so that all the color purple is now violet and pink is now rose.  It’s a fairly minor change, but I wanted them to be modernized with the colors that we now call them and they’re the same through all the resources now.

I’ve created a new Advent Activity Pack for this year.  It’s the 3rd installment!  This one has a “My Advent Reflections” book that the kids or even adults can note their reflections for each Sunday or week of Advent.  There are 2 to write on with differenciated lines for various ages/grades.  There is also one to draw on.  It also includes a worksheet and 5 puzzles….and they all have an answer key!  

This pack is also comprised of 22 word wall cards and 2 blank for you to add words of your own.  Some of the ways to use these cards are to just display them during a lesson, write sentences using the words, write the room, and many other uses.  A few of the words included are coming, hope, liturgical year, Advent, rose, and more!

The best part about this?  I’ve combined all 3 Advent Activity Packs into a bundle at more than 20% off the individual resource price.  Is there anything better?  Yes, there is!  You can use coupon code ADVENT to get an additional 10% off the bundle and the individual packs (in case you don’t want to purchase the bundle).  Oh, and as an added bonus, I’m including the Advent Write the Room and the O Antiphons Poster and Activity Pack in the coupon discount and it doesn’t expire until 24 December!

 


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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)!

 

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

 

 

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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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Advent is on Sale!

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Advent is just around the corner and I have a couple activities to help you prepare the kids for this special time of the year.

Advent wreath with candles lit

For today ONLY, you can get “Advent Activity Pack for Early Learners” and “Advent Activity Pack 2” are on sale for 40% off.  Please head over to Teachers Notebook to grab them on 2 December at this special price.  Advent begins on 4 December, so this is perfect timing so that you can teach your kids all about Advent and the time for preparing and waiting to celebrate the birth of Jesus.  Here are the Advent packs that are full of activities….

Advent Activity Pack for Early Learners for $5.50 $3.30 on the Daily Deal

Advent Activity Pack 2 for $6.00 $3.60 on the Daily Deal

I hope that you have a very blessed Advent season and that these will help your kids learn and understand this very special time of the year!

 

 

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I Am Wonderfully Made

We just finished up our creation unit. I start them out with the days of creation and the next week, we go into how God made man and then rested. The following week, we do an “I am special” to go with God made me.

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This year I’m used something that was new for me. I related it to Psalm 139:14, which states I am wonderfully made. This was so much fun and I loved having a verse that went along with the lesson. Here’s what we did….

We started by making our hand prints. I don’t know if they had more fun putting paint all over the hand or sprinkling glitter all over the hand print!

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After they dried, we colored the frames around them and sent them home to share with their parents.

Next, we did a little writing practice by doing a tracing page.  I read the Psalm to them as they traced the words.

Psalm 139:14 tracing page - class sample photo

Again, I read the entire Psalm to them, then I read it sentence by sentence and they filled in the missing words.

Psalm 139:14 fill in the blank - class sample photo

With that hard part done, we moved onto the easiest part and that was the coloring page.

coloring page for Psalm 139:14 - class sample photo

I have to say that the kids really enjoyed all the activities.  I’m so glad that I went this direction this year and I might just do it from now on!  If you’re interest in this activity pack, please check it out here or “add to cart” here….


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Christian Halloween Ideas

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It’s the that time of year. The time when kids want to dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating. Yet, many of us want our kids to remember their faith during this time of the year. Well, it can be possible for both to happen!!

Below are several links to free (and a couple paid) ideas and printables to do for Halloween or even use during a Fall Fest, Harvest Party, or any activity!!

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Coloring Pages

Candy Corn Reminds Us of Jesus Coloring Page and Poster

Let it Shine Coloring Page

Candy Corn Coloring Page

Finding the Truth in Halloween Coloring Booklet

Shine His Light Coloring Page

“Do Not Fear” Coloring Pages

Crafts

Pumpkin Prayer Craft

Being a Christian is Like Being a Pumpkin Card

Christian Pumpkin Carving for Halloween

The Gospel Pumpkin Printable

Stories, Labels and More

How a Christian is Like a Pumpkin Printable Story

Bible Verse Candy Label Stickers for Halloween

Pumpkin Prayer Sunday School Activity

Christian Halloween Candy Labels

Pumpkin Gospel Halloween Tract

Printable Gospel Tract for Halloween Night

Fear Not! Halloween Sunday School Lesson

Trick or Treat Bible Object Lesson

Christian Halloween Candy Labels

The Pumpkin Prayer Bookmarks and Lesson

Halloween Wall Hanging

Lessons, Units, and Miscel. Printables – Paid

The Pumpkin Prayer Activity Pack by The Treasured Schoolhouse

The Pumpkin Prayer Activity Pack 2 by The Treasured Schoolhouse

The Pumpkin Prayer Coloring Booklets – Christian Halloween by The Treasured Schoolhouse

Halloween Bible Lessons for October, Complete Unit by Julie Faulkner

 

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 Books

The Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs – This charming story for children illustrates how a loving farmer can turn a simple pumpkin into a simply glorious sight. In the same way, God’s transforming love can fill each of our hearts with joy and light.

Pumpkin Patch Blessings by Kim Washburn – Pumpkin Patch Blessings celebrates fall and shows little ones there are blessings all around us, especially in the pumpkin patch!

The Pumpkin Gospel:  A Story of a New Start with God by Dr. Mary Manz Simon – This glow-in-the-dark board book can teach your entire family how God changes us into beautiful new creations to shine for Him! 

The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano – A very unique pumpkin delivers a special message of tolerance and self-acceptance that’s just right for Halloween…and every day of the year.

 

 

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God Made Me….

Last week, my class and my daughter’s class worked on a lesson for creation.  She did a cut and paste worksheet that I made.  Here are some pictures of her kids working on the page and enjoying it!

Coloring….

   

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All done!

 

It is read like God gave me ears to listen to his creation and God gave me a heart to love his creation.  So this page covers the 5 senses as used in creation and makes learning about it fun!

If you’re interested in this cut and paste worksheet, that also include the answer key, you can get it by signing up for my newsletter.  It’s an exclusive for subscribers and you’ll receive the password to enter the “For Subscribers” page with your first newsletter.

 

 

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