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Help Australia

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Hello all and a very Happy 2020 to you all!  It has already been a busy new year for me….and I’m sure for many of you as well.  

I want to start by talking about the bushfires in Australia.  As you probably know, much of the land has been burned and many animals have been lost, not to mention the loss of life and homes.  I want to do something to help the people of Australia.

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For the month of January, for my resources with #austeacherBFR, the sales will be donated to Australia.  The charity that I’ve chosen is Vinnies Bushfire Appeal.  You can read more about them if you click here.  I currently only have 2 resources as part of this fundraiser, but plan to add 1 more, if not 2 more.  Again, all sales with #austeacherBFR will be donated to charity.  If you’re not interested on those materials, I’d be happy to swap another resource that you do want to purchase and donate the sale from that.  You can also search that hashtag on TpT to find all the resources that other teachers have for sale and are using to donate to their chosen Australian charity.

Thank you for considering helping me support this charity to help the people of Australia!

I hope that you all have a wonderful new year and are blessed!

 

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New and Expanding

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I’m back for an update and some news!  First I want to start off by saying that I’ve temporarily closed down my Shop here at The Treasured Schoolhouse.  I do intend to reopen it, but it’ll be a couple of months.  It was taking too long to do my updates, so I decided instead of letting it looks messy and only half complete, that I’d just close it and get things back on track.  I expect with the holidays here, that it will take some time and I can do it little by little this way.  I do have other locations where you can shop The Treasured Schoolhouse though and I hope that you’ll take the opportunity to visit me at those locations.

I’m happy to announce that Amazon has started a new Digital Educational Resources section on their site.  You will now be able to find resources from The Treasured Schoolhouse there!

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This new digital educational resources area of Amazon is called Ignite.  I’m honored to say that I was part of the beta testing process and am now part of the marketplace.  The Treasured Schoolhouse is one of the featured sellers, among many other great educational goods stores.  I hope that you’ll be sure to check out The Treasured Schoolhouse on Amazon Ignite!  If you’d like to visit, just click on the logo above.

Finally, I’ve added a new resource to the Subscriber’s Only page.  This one is a simple game for Christmas to celebrate the nativity.  The password is included in the newsletter and if you haven’t subscribed yet to the newsletter, please do.  You can request to subscribe on the sidebar of this blog or by going Home.  I have plans to add at least one more resource before Christmas, but I haven’t decided if it’ll be a Subscriber Only or for everyone, so keep an eye out!

 

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St. Nicholas and Advent

I can’t believe that it’s almost time for Advent already.  I’m starting to do my prep for my class and I like to do a simple activity with them to teach them the basic colors of Advent.

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This year I decided to tie my introduction in with St. Nicholas.  It’s just as simple activity where they’ll each get a little card with the colors of each week and they have to color the card.  I’m giving this to all of you as a FREEbie in hopes that it’ll help introduce Advent into your setting as well.  Also included is a color version in case you just want to pass that out instead.  

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The cards really are perfect for any age level or even to pass out in church as an introduction to Advent.  And who doesn’t love St. Nicholas?  I hope that you enjoy and are a help to you.  If you’re interested in these cards, just click to….

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Thanks for reading and see you soon!

 

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Do You Need a BOOST?

It’s time for back to school.  Are you ready?

With back to school comes a sale on TpT.  Tomorrow, 20 August, is their one-day sale.  You can get everyone at The Treasured Schoolhouse for 20% off and tomorrow ONLY, you can get an extra 5% for a total of 25% off!  Just use code BTSBONUS19 for the extra discount.

Just in case you miss the sale on the 20th, I will be extending my sale by a day, so you’ll still be able to get 20% off until 21 August!  To check out the sale, just click the banner….

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I know I didn’t get the FREEbies for my newsletter subscribers posted.  Had a major issue and wasn’t able to complete them.  Please check throughout the week, because I’m going to get back to work on them and upload them as time permits.  There should be 3-4 new subscriber FREEbies posted within 7-10 days!

Happy Shopping and Happy Back to School!

 

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It’s Time for Back to School….and a Sale

Yes, I’ve been away all summer, but I’m back!  I’m not only back, but it’s time for back to school and a sale.  Can you believe how fast time is going?  It seems like summer just started and here we go again!

My entire store at Teachers Pay Teachers will be on sale for 20% from 5-8 August.  On 6 & 7 August, you can use code BTS19 for an extra 5% off.  That gives you a total of up to 25% off when you shop The Treasured Schoolhouse!  

As always, I’ll try to add something new during the sale.  I also will be uploading some freebies here for subscribers to my newsletter.  If you aren’t subscribed, you’ll want to be (and I promise that I don’t spam)!  I’ll also post some of the best deals that are sale in my shop in hopes that you’ll check them out and find some awesome resources for going back to school.

Thank you for reading and following.  Happy shopping and all the best for your new school year!

 

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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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Christmas for Subscribers

It’s been awhile, but I have a new FREEbie for subscribers!  This one is just on time for the holidays.  It could be used in the classroom in a math center or at home. 

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This FREEbie is a roll & cover that uses 1 to 3 dice.  For some, the number rolled will be covered, but for others the player will have to add or subtract.  This also makes a fun game of BUMP!

In order to get this FREEbie, you have to subscribe to my blog.  You get a newsletter each time that I have a new blog post and I do a special e-mail from time to time.  I will never spam you, as I don’t like that in my inbox either!  The password for the Subscriber ONLY page is in every newsletter.  If you’d like to subscribe, simply go to the “Home” page or sign-up in the sidebar on the right side.

 

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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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Cyber Monday SALE!

It’s Cyber Monday and that means that it’s time for a sale!  It also means that you don’t have to “shop until you drop” because you get to sit under a blanket in the comfort of your favorite chair using your phone or computer!

The Treasured Schoolhouse will be on sale for 20% ALL resources 25-28 November.  As usual, I’ll add new materials during the sale, so check back often and be sure to follow The Treasured Schoolhouse at your favorite location.  Find the Cyber Monday Sale at….

The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop – 20% off the entire shop with no coupon code needed

The Treasured Schoolhouse @ TpT – 20% off the entire store (no coupon code) with an extra 5% off 26-27 November with code CYBER18

The Treasured Schoolhouse @ Teacher’s Dojo – 20% off the entire store, plus TD is having the following special promotion (no coupon code needed):  Spend $5 or More – 5% off, Spend $15 or More – 15% off for first time buyers or an additonal 5% off for returning customers

The Treasured Schoolhouse @ EduCents – 20% off the entire store (no coupon code)

I have one last BIG detail for you!  I’m holding a giveaway for a $10 gift card for TpT.  There are 4 ways to enter, so you can choose 1 way or all 4.  The giveaway ends at midnight (CST) 26 November and I’ll post and e-mail the winner shortly after that.  So please, head on over to enter the giveaway before time runs out!

Happy Shopping and Happy Holidays to all!

 

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Teacher’s Dojo

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Have you heard about Teacher’s Dojo?  It’s a marketplace for teachers.  

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The marketplace is just starting out, but it’s already loaded with lots of resources for teachers of all types, parents, catechists, homeschoolers, and more.  You can find materials based on grades, subject, resource type, and more.  They offer credits for each purchase that you can use to make purchases on the site later on.  The current TOU on their credits is….

TEACHERSDOJO offers credits to a buyer if they rate and provide fair feedback for a purchased product. These credits can then be redeeemd on a future purchase at checkout time. A buyer will receive 1 credit for $0.01 they spend. TEACHERSDOJO Credits have no cash value, but may be redeemed when purchasing products at the rate of $0.0005 per credit.

Teacher’s Dojo is also running a sale right now.  For those making their first purchase at the marketplace, you can receive these discounts….

Spend $5 or More – Get 5% Off

Spend $15 or More – Get 10% off

Also, if you’re interested in opening up your own shop to sell on Teacher’s Dojo, you can click here.  This is my referral link and I get credit if you sign-up through my link.  You will leave my “Referring Store Name”, but change the other information to yours.

Finally, if you visit The Treasured Schoolhouse on Teacher’s Dojo, you can receive 10% off with coupon code BLOG10.  I’m adding new resources all the time, so check back often, as the coupon code is good until 31 December 2018!

 

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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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