Back to School with PureFUN!

 

It's time to sharpen those pencils and bust out those bulletin boards! Back to School season is here, and PureFUN! is ready to make your school year a success with teaching resources, decorations, organizational tools, craft materials, classroom furniture, general classroom supplies, and much, much more! Check out some of our top brands and product offerings below!

Carson Dellosa

Gear up on your classroom decor and learning materials with Carson Dellosa's wide selection of educational, organizational, fun, and fashionable classroom supplies. Over forty years ago, teachers Patti Carson and Janet Dellosa started Carson Dellosa to provide teachers with educational resources that engaged children in learning through eye-catching designs and innovative tools. Today, they offer a full product line of teaching supplies for a large range of classroom themes, learning goals, class subjects, and grade levels. Grab some fantastic class activities, decorating ideas, and informational guides at their YouTube channel here.

Classroom Decor

Find the perfect decorations for your daycare, classroom, church, or after-school program! Pick a bulletin board set. Then complete your classroom theme with matching charts, name tags, border, cut-outs, notepads, bookmarks, stickers, and more! Below is an example from Carson Dellosa's Nature Explorers Theme.

 

Bulletin Board Sets 

Charts

Calendars

Name Tags

Cut-Outs

Stickers


Borders

Teaching Materials 

Carson Dellosa offers great learning resources for teachers to utilize in the classroom or for take-home assignments. Their workbooks align with Common Core standards and cover a variety of subjects and grade levels for extra practice inside and outside of class. Colorful, informative charts reinforce learning concepts and help teachers keep their class organized, on task, and ready to learn!

Workbooks

                     Foreign Language Workbooks                    

Math Workbooks

          Language Arts Workbooks        
 

 Early Learning Workbooks 

Common Core Workbooks

Charts

Incentive Charts

Organizational Charts  

Motivational/Inspirational Charts 

Birthday Charts                         Welcome Charts

Informational Charts
(Math, Language Arts, Science)

 General Classroom Chart Sets

Storage Pocket Charts

Ashley Productions

Looking for whiteboard accessories? Ashley Productions has you covered with a wide assortment of magnetic erasers, borders, charts, and die cuts. Other top products include decorative hall passes, full page reading guides, reading guide strips, and organizer folders and pockets.

Tedco

Tedco's fun and affordable science and technology models, exploratory kits, and experiments give students an interactive, hands-on learning experience that reinforces concepts through immersive problem-solving and active play. Their educational games and activities span from preschool to high school and fit the hands-on learning component of many class lessons! They are perfect for homeschooling as well!

 Teacher Created Resources

Created by teachers for teachers, Teacher Created Resources has a wide range of classroom learning aids, including practice materials such as workbooks, puzzles, games, and skill cards for Language Arts and Math. Decorations, motivators and awards, postcards, stickers, and teacher planning materials round out this brand's super supply list!

Crayola

Founded in New York City in 1885, Crayola has since grown into a worldwide household name in art supplies, all of which are certified nontoxic and safe for children's use. Crayola chalk, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and paints are essential tools for any young artist's or classroom's toolbox!

Center Enterprises

Since 1973, Center Enterprises has been manufacturing the highest quality art supplies for schools and childcare centers. Stock up on Jumbo Stamp Pads, Scented Stamps, and Stamp Sets for your classroom today! 

 

Chenille Kraft Company

Chenille Kraft Company specializes in art supplies ranging from pipe cleaners to glitter glue to cords to craft sticks. Find all the accessories you need to make your class projects stand out from the rest!

Pacon Corporation

Add a pop of color to your class projects, handouts, and presentation materials with Pacon's trusted paper products! High-quality construction paper and copy paper come in vibrant hues that are available in single color and variety packs. Presentation boards and paper rolls are also available in a large variety of appealing colors for every design and theme. 

Learning Resources 

Who says you can't mix play time with lesson time? Engage your little learners with Learning Resources' early learning and elementary school age hands-on activities for Math, Language Arts, and Science fundamentals. Educational and enjoyable, these tactile games and activities appeal to the senses and to children's love of play. 

Luxor

Let Luxor do the heavy lifting for you! Available in multiple colors and styles, Luxor carts provide the mobility, stability, and durability teachers need to move teaching materials across classrooms and conference rooms and everywhere in between! Luxor's mounted and mobile magnetic whiteboards feature easy assembly and long-lasting, easy-to-clean surfaces. Whatever your presentation, media, and technology needs are, there's a Luxor mobility product for that!

You can also find instructional materials by Grade Level and for the Common Core.

Encourage Healthy Eating: With a Book!

 

Learn new things and try new foods! Incorporating snacks into your class lessons and activities is a great way to introduce new foods while teaching important early learning concepts. Why not combine snack time with story time? Students will enjoy eating the same foods as their favorite book characters, and introducing foods through these characters will lend familiarity to foods children may be reluctant to try. Check out these neat examples below!

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

In this 'berry' wonderful tale, a little boy and his bear friend discover all kinds of delicious berries when they go exploring. The melodious rhyming sounds in this book roll off the tongue like berries into a bucket, easily engaging young listeners. Read with an assortment of berries, have some toast and jam, or try these berry recipes below!

Berry Popsicles
Creamy Frozen Fruit Pops
Triple Berry Popsicles
Berries & Cream Popsicles
Fruit & Veggie Popsicles

Berry Smoothies
Three Fruit Yogurt Shake
Berry Blast Smoothie
Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Berry Muffins/Cookies
Baked Blueberry Oatmeal Cups
Banana Berry Buttons 
Lemon Blueberry Muffins 
Healthy Raspberry Muffins

 Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

In this classic, a father and child grow vegetables and make their own soup together! Ehlert simplifies the gardening process for young minds with easy-to-understand, straightforward diction and brightly colored, labeled illustrations of vegetables and the tools used to grow them. For the soup-making process, she explains the utensils and other kitchenware used.

When you read this story aloud to your classroom, bring in examples of different vegetables for your students to examine texture and smell.

Make an assorted platter of vegetables for your students to try as you talk about these vegetables in the book.

Read this book on a day you will be serving vegetable soup to facilitate a discussion on how those vegetables are grown.

You may also want your kids to grow their own mini vegetable garden!

If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff 

If you give a moose a muffin, he might want a whole bunch of things to go with it! Filled with humorous illustrations and lovable characters, this classic children's book is sure to leave your kids craving more...muffins!

Try these healthy whole wheat muffin recipes at the links below:
Sweet Spinach Muffins
Healthy Cinnamon Peach Muffins
Healthy Apple Muffins
Healthy Lemon Blueberry Muffins

For more healthy and kid-friendly muffin recipes, check out these listings:
Super Healthy Kids--Muffins
Babble--23 Wholesome Muffin Recipes
KidSpot--19 Healthy Muffin Recipes