I'm Katie Lyon and I'm a 2nd grade teacher, VP and blogger at Mrs. Lyon - Teaching: The Art of Possibility. On my blog, I share classroom tips, teaching ideas, and classroom resources. I'm a big fan of technology, and am in charge of our school's 1:1 iPad program. I share tech tips that can be applied to the classroom.
I have been a Vista Print addict since my first year of teaching back seven years ago. They consistently send me email offers for free business cards, stamps, postcards, rack cards, etc and I go CRAZY! I try to think of uses for the different free items (whether or not I need them....) and before I know it, I have a full cart and am paying a decent shipping cost with a bunch of great stuff on its way to me. Summer time tends to be worse - I probably have a package a day arriving for about two weeks.
What is Vista Print you ask????? In case you don't know, Vista Print is an online company in which you can order marketing materials for your business or in my case - fabulous classroom resources. The best part about it, is many times they have promotions where the items are free. What's the catch you ask? Well, the items will have some sort of Vista Print advertisement on them (usually on the back) and you have to pay for shipping and handling. However, when you look at all the great stuff you get, the S&H is really not a big deal. I have once actually paid for an item and not received it for free and that was my Classroom Do Poster.
I'm not even going to bother breaking down the pros and cons of these products. Why? Because I simply cannot think of a con. Seriously. I LOVE VISTA PRINT! So of course this place gets 5 stars from me! Look below at some of the item I have created on Vista Print. You can also see more teacher created items on the wiki.
After taking some time since my beautiful baby, Kenzie, was born in July, I have finally decided to hop back into the world of blogging and sharing teaching ideas. In order to keep this resolution of updating my site regularly, I have created a couple days a week in which I will have themes. This is what I have come up with (and feel free to give me more ideas in the comments below).
Market Mondays: I will review and post my experience with products for teachers.
Website Wednesdays: There are SO many great websites out there for me to share and discuss. That's it for now....as time goes on I may add more and of course I will post ideas or other things as they come up.
In the meantime, I just wanted to take a moment to share with you my wikipage, which holds many resources that you just may find beneficial. Some of the popular items are located under the "Classroom Posters" tab. It is there that you can find posters that I have created for Genre, Literary Elements and Reading Strategies to name just a few. Why pay close to $20 on teacher websites when all you need to do is print and laminate? I hope you enjoy! All I ask for in payment is that you follow my blog and share it with a friend. AND - while you're there, be sure to join the wiki and Wiki With Us!
Be sure to check back tomorrow, Market Monday, when I review an item that any teacher who teaches art should have!
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