School just started back last week and we are going to celebrate with a school and office supply giveaway from Avery Dennison.  Hooray!
This giveaway includes great stuff like Hi-Liters, labels, GlueStics, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, Marks-a-Lot permanent markers, and t-shirt transfers. The gift basket has a retail value of over $50!

Avery recently partnered with Box Tops for Education. Now, when you purchase Avery school supplies for the new academic year you also receive Box Tops coupons to clip and return to your child’s school to be redeemed for cash. Each school then uses the cash at their discretion to purchase new …read more

Throughout the month of August, Office Depot has been running some great penny specials each week. Now they’re offering an online printable coupon which is good for 20% off all Carson Dellosa teacher books. 

Carson Dellosa offers quality books and supplements for grades preschool through eighth grade.  They also have grade books, planners, decorating supplies, motivational tools, resources for parents, and more.  
This Office Depot coupon is valid through August 29, 2009, however, Office Depot says that more coupons will be coming in the following weeks.  To stay on top of Office Depot sales, be sure to become an Office Depot fan.
Office Depot also …read more

Office Depot is running another great back to school sale.  This week, there are free backpacks! Wow!

Free TUG Backpack with a $10 purchase (white supplies last)

Free Crayola Crayon 24 pack

Office Depot Composition Notebook – 50 cents

Scissors (2-pack) – 25 cents

Office Depot School Grade Portfolios – 5 cents

Binders – 50 cents

This sale is good August 9-15, 2009.

Office Depot has another penny sale going on this week. Some of their best deals include:

Free pourable glue
OD Clear Pencil Pouch – 5 cents
TUG Pencil Sharpener – 10 cents
10 count pencils – 25 cents
Enjoy the savings!

OfficeMax has a great sale going on this week with back to school specials.  Even if you don’t have a child in school, you might be able to use some of these items at work or home.

Some of their deals include:

2-pocket basic or prong folders $.01 each
12″ wood rules $.01 each
OfficeMax 12-pack pencils $.10
OfficeMax wide or college-ruled filler paper $.10
marble composition notebook, wide or college-ruled, 100 sheet $.50
BIC Cristal ball pens, black or blue, 10-pack, buy 1 get the 2nd for $.01
Uni-Ball Jetstream pen 3-pack, get 1 get 1 for $.01
Expo click dry erase marker 3-pack, buy 1 get 1 …read more

Each week, Office Depot is offering excellent values on everyday school supply items. 

This week’s penny specials are:
Pourable Glue – FREE
OD Clear Pencil Pouch – $0.05
TUG Pencil Sharpener – $0.10
10 count pencils – $0.25
I also checked the sales ad online for my area and found these items on sale:
Compass with refillable pencil $0.05
Scholastic 4-pack glue sticks $0.20
1″ binder $0.75
Be sure to check the ad in your area. It’s easy. Just go to OfficeDepot.com, click on the sale ad in the right upper corner, and then enter your zip code.
Happy saving!

Staples has kicked off the back-to-school shopping season early with lots of cool deals. Such as their backpack special going on right now through July 25. The backpack deal allows families to earn Staples Rewards that match the 100% full price of a backpack purchase. That’s a backpack for free if you’re using your Staples Rewards card.

Other back-to-school promotions at Staples…

Increased discounts on Staples Brand items, like the Better Binder and ACCEL Notebook.
Staples is offering a series of weekly penny …read more

CVS has a 3-day sale going on with a few freebies. 

Caliber or CVS pharmacy 1 subject notebook $.99,
get back $.99 ECB
Free after ECBs (limit 2)
Paper Mate Grip pens 8 ct $.99
get back $.99 ECB
Free after ECBs (limit 3)
Caliber or It’s Academic 5″ pointed or blunt scissors $2.99
get back $2.99 ECB
Free after ECBs (limit 2)
Caliber or CVS pharmacy school glue 5 oz $.99
get back $.99 ECB
Free after ECBs (limit 2)
Caliber or CVS pharmacy 12″ plastic or wood ruler $.99
get back $.99 ECB
Free after ECBs (limit 2)
A few other good school supply sales:
2 pocket portfolio folders – $.05
Caliber or CVS pharmacy 3-subject …read more

As I was sorting through things in my basement, I came across a school supply list from the year I taught full day preschool.  On the list I asked the parents not to purchase Dollar Tree or Rose Art brand school supplies.
Some of the parents probably thought I was a snot, but honestly there really is a difference in the name brands.  Trust me, after teaching for several years I had seen student after student become totally frustrated and upset because their school supplies didn’t work well.  I’ve seen glue sticks come out of the tube in a clumpy mess, crayons …read more

Most schools are back in session.  If you’re like me, then you’re trying to spend as little as possible to supply your child with their necessities.  Here are some tips to get your shopping done without needing to rack up credit card debt. 
1.  Take advantage of back to school prices on school supplies.  Get composition notebooks at 10 cents each, 2 glue sticks for 15 cents, a pack of pencils for 10 cents, folders for 10 cents.  My daughter’s pre-k class doesn’t have a mandatory supply list, but the teacher had some suggestions.  I bought 8 packs of glue sticks, 2 …read more