Spring Cleaning Around Your School – Get Your Students Involved!

Looking for a helping hand for wrapping up spring cleaning in your classroom? I know of a few little helpers that would love to be of service! The chore of spring cleaning can easily become a game for students when we get a little creative with our classroom cleaning. Here are a few ideas that can get your students involved and help you cross some things off your list.

Have students sort out pencils, crayons and markers. They can go through items like these and take out the ones that have seen better days. Try placing one on each table and having the students take out bad crayons, dried out markers or broken pencils. The first table to complete their box and have it repacked neatly wins!

A favorite of mine from my own elementary days was when our teachers would bring out the shaving cream! It’s a blast for the kids and perfect for cleaning off tables. All you do is spray shaving cream on the desks or tables. Students can then free draw, play games like tic tac toe or connect the dots, or even work on spelling or math problems. Try writing a problem on the board and having students solve it in their shaving cream.

Tip! Want to avoid getting shaving cream on their clothes? A can liner makes the perfect cover. Just flip it upside down and cut three holes for their head and arms. Voila! Now they have their own artist’s smock.

Clean up for this activity is a breeze. Once the shaving cream has dissolved just wipe the remainder off with a paper towel. Now you have clean tables and an activity that your students will be talking about all summer long!

Spring Cleaning Around Your School – Let it Go!

Spring has finally arrived! That means it’s time for a good Spring Cleaning in your classroom! For the month of April we will be sharing with you all of our favorite spring cleaning tips and tricks. We want to help you enjoy your summer as long as you can. Follow these steps and you will be able to have a stress free end of the school year as well as an easy set up for the beginning of the next school year!

This might be a hard concept for some teachers, but our first tip involves getting rid of some things. Here’s the rule; If you haven’t used it all year, then let it go! These items are only cluttering your cabinets. You can get started by separating items into piles. There will be a pile for things to keep, a pile for trash and one for donations. By making a donation pile you can pass on the stuff you aren’t using, that is still in good condition, to a teacher in need. It makes giving things up a little less painful when you are giving it to a good cause!

Keep in mind that the more you let go of, the more room you have for new material! You can check out www.purefunsupply.com for all of our teacher resources, arts and crafts, classroom furniture and more! Be sure to check back in for more Spring Cleaning tips for the classroom.

Sickness Prevention

It can be challenging to keep your little ones from catching the illnesses that spread easily in classroom settings. This is especially true in the cold weather months! We want to help you avoid those sick days at home with a few of our favorite tips and tricks that will help keep you and your students germ free and healthy!

1. Wash your hands. This is a simple step but often a missed one. Washing your hands thoroughly and often will help you to decrease the amount of germs that you will encounter during the day. It is important that you remind your students to wash their hands more often and show them how to do it correctly. You can even provide a hand sanitizer for quick germ prevention throughout the day.

2. Sanitize your classroom. The more often you can do this, the better. This can mean cleaning your tables, toys, diaper changing stations and more. Sanitizer Wipes or Sprays are perfect for a quick clean up. We suggest making this a weekly event to ensure a clean classroom environment.

3. Build immunity. It is important to have an overall healthy lifestyle to help fight sicknesses and ultimately prevent them. By eating healthy, exercising regularly and getting enough sleep, you can build your body’s immunity. This will give your body the extra strength it needs to fight the germs that you encounter every day.

Have a sickness prevention tip that works well in your classroom? We would love to hear from you! Just leave us a comment down below.

Shoe Covers

Need help keeping floors clean or keeping your nursery germ free? Try out our Disposable Shoe Covers! Made from 100% spun-bond polypropylene, our shoe covers are both durable and economical. The traction grip soles provide skid resistance to prevent slips while the gentle, elastic ankle keeps the shoe cover in place.

Shoe Covers are perfect for protecting shoes from dust, spills and splashes. They will also protect your floors from tracked in grime. Try out these Shoe Covers today and help protect your daycare or childcare center from dirt and germs.

Each case includes 300 Shoe Covers. The Universal Size fits up to a men’s 10.5 and the Extra Large fits men’s sizes 10.5 and larger.

October 2013 specials!

PureFUN! is partnering with AMMEX to bring you great deals this month!

Save $1.00 on the following AMMEX products during the month of October:

Economy Vinyl Powder free Medium Gloves

Economy Vinyl Powder free Large Gloves

Hair Nets & Bouffant Caps

14" Changing table Paper Rolls

18" Changing table Paper Rolls

Disposable Bibs

Shoecovers – Unisize & Extra Large

Cheap Daycare Gloves – Now in smaller cases!

 

Do you ever just need one box of daycare Gloves and not an entire case of 1000?

Do you not have enough room for a bulky case of gloves or have teachers who need a variety of sized?

Well your in luck! We’ve heard the needs of child care centers and we have listened!

Purefunsupply.com now offers not only cases of gloves but also Individual boxes of 100 gloves for your day care, pre-school, and child care centers.

We still have all the varieties of gloves you have come to love like Vinyl and Latex, but now in a smaller quantity.

For a more detailed list of the gloves and other new items we offer visit us at www.purefunsupply.com

Krud Kutter for your Daycare

Ask yourself…

Do you have a stain in your carpet that won’t come up? Do you have grease stains from food in your kitchen? What about Marker and Crayon marks on the tables or walls? Have you tried other products and wanted something that’s non-toxic, biodegradable and water based?

PureFunsupply.com has just what you need for one or all of these questions listed aboveand more for your daycare, pre-school, or childcare center.

Introducing Krud Kutter!

This Concentrated cleaner can clean almost anything. Use it full strength or dilute with water and you’ve got a bottle of cleaner ready to battle anything it comes up against!

PureFunsupply.com is now offering the 4 ounce flip-top bottle of concentrate that can be used directly out of the bottle for those quick touch clean ups at your day-care, pre-school, or child care center.

Right now for a limited time this non-toxic, biodegradable and water based cleaner is on sale for an exceptionally low price. Each case contains twelve four ounce bottles.

Quantities are limited at this price, so order now and stock up for the rest of the year.

For a complete list of the other exceptional products that we supply go to www.purefunsupply.com

TimeMist Air Fresheners & TimeMist Dispensers

 

What is one of the first things Potential Parents notice when they walk into your school or daycare? They may notice the front desk receptionist and their demeanor or the decor of your childcare center, but one of the main things a potential parent will notice is the smell of your childcare center.

When you have a center that appeals to ALL the senses, you will have more business. A parent wants to feel comfortable leaving their precious little one in a place that is clean. Using a Air Freshener like TimeMist is a great way to improve the overall smell and feeling of your daycare. We offer over 11 scents in Time Mist air fresheners.

A great advantage to using TimeMist Air fresheners is their programable dispensers. This Metered Aerosol Dispenser has an Advanced system with Command Performance, that allows you to customize the daily usage. Some great features of the Time Mist PLUS dispenser is that you can set start/stop time, plus spray level (light, medium, heavy). Or, set switch ON for automatic spraying every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 30 days. Visual (LED) and audible (beeps) refill and battery replacement indicators.

For more great ways to freshen the air at your center view all of our great childcare and daycare supplies at www.purefunsupply.com

Baggie Choices!

 

Don’t we love our zipper bags?! What did we do before the convenience of zipper bags? We use them for food, for small items that seem to multiply, for game pieces, for toy organization, to ice boo-boos, to protect precious mementos, to keep paper in place, etc, etc.

PureFUN! now offers the Ziploc Brand, as well as, the generic Zippit plastic bags. We have Ziploc sandwich size, quart size, gallon size; and the quart and gallon size even come in a freezer thickness, too. We have Zippit in snack size, quart size, gallon size and an extra-large 2 gallon size as well!

Take your pick and zip away!

For more childcare supplies visit us at www.purefunsupply.com!

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What is the difference between white and brown paper towels?

When choosing the right towel for your child care center, you may wonder if white or brown towels would work better for your school.

The quality is about the same, though some people think that the brown towels are not quite as strong as the white towels. Usually white towels are more expensive than brown towels. Brown towels are more environmentally friendly because less energy is used to produce them; white towels go through a bleaching process and more water is used their production.

Find your choice of white and brown multifold towels and dispenser roll towels at your daycare supply superstore  www.purefunsupply.com.

We offer many of our daycare supplies in a value economy brand. Be sure to check out all lines of our daycare paper towel at www.purefunsupply.com

White Board Erasers

White board erasers are a necessity at any daycare, child care or school. www.purefunsupply.com offers a wide variety of traditional white board erasers that are cost effective  to new magnetic erasers with super cute designs. Find the perfect match for your daycare here.

If you are looking for dry erase board markers, boards or accessories for your daycare you have found the right spot. We offer over 120 items for all your white board needs.

Visit us at www.purefunsupply.com today!

Shoe covers for Daycares

 

Have you ever thought to yourself  “Do I need to bother with shoe covers in my child care center?”

YES, for the infant room! Think about it: the babies are sitting, scooting, and crawling on the floor. Not only that, but they are at the age where they put just about anything in their mouth. Their immune systems are still immature, so it makes sense for everyone entering the baby room in your daycare center to put a pair of fresh shoe covers on.

www.purefunsupply.com has shoe covers in both unisize and x-large size; they’re a pretty blue color, too!

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Do children prefer liquid hand soap or foaming hand soap?

Foaming hand soap for sure! Children think its fun and tend to wash their hands longer when they get to use foaming hand soap. I have found when kids use liquid hand soap, they tend to use about two squirts, but when they use foaming hand soap they only use one. So foaming hand soap may be more economical.

www.purefunsupply.com offers eco-friendly foaming hand soap and antibacterial foaming hand soap for wall dispensers. Be sure to stock up on our no touch dispensers as well!

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Cloth or plastic bibs for toddlers?

I like the disposable plastic bibs because they have a ‘shelf’ at the bottom which is great for catching liquids and food. With cloth bibs, you incur the additional expense and time of washing and drying them. Disposable bibs, made specifically with daycare centers in mind, easily tie in the back and can be thrown in the trash without a messy clean-up!

Check out www.purefunsupply.com to find disposable bibs in bulk for a great price. They work perfectly for daycares, child care centers and preschools.

Go green with our Metal utensils

Are you looking to go green & stop using disposable utensils. www.purefunsupply.com is the perfect place to find a cheap alternative!

Metal spoons, forks and knives are great to buy in bulk. They are easily washed and are a great alternative to using utensils that you will throw away. They are much better for the environment. Find packs of 3 dozen spoons, forks and knives at www.purefunsupply.com.

Disposable Shoe Covers

Shoe covers are a great addition to any nursery. Before staff and parents enter the room, have each person place disposable covers over their shoes. This prevents dirt from tracking into the room and will allow your staff to spend less time vacuuming the floor. Shoe covers come in “unisize” and extra large. Unisized covers fit up to a men’s 10.5 shoe size, and the extra large fit a men’s 10.5 and larger. Choose a shoe cover with an elastic ankle band and traction grip to prevent slipping.

To find shoe covers, visit http://www.purefunsupply.com/daycare-Disposable-Shoe-Covers-s/36.htm