Teacher-Tested Tips:

Beanbag Stuff
Submitted by: Emily Appelman, Spec. Ed.
I keep beanbags in my classroom for students to sit on. I noticed the beanbags would lose beans and weren't very comfortable. I had gotten in some materials by mail and the packing included the styrom foam peanuts. After sewing up any holes, I simply unzipped the beanbag and stuffed the peanuts in. I then asked our sec... more »»
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Recycling Old Crayons  ^updated
Submitted by: Forum Participants, Originally posted at the Discussion Forums
Question: As I am cleaning out my room after the last day of school yesterday, I am coming across tons of old broken crayons. Most I am able to save for the art area but so many are too small. I am looking for a way to recycle them into new ones. Does anyone know of a way to melt them down and perhaps make chuncky crayons, maybe even mixing some together to make them multi-colored. I am continuing my search but if anyone knows of a way to do this I would appreciate it. You know us teachers - we can never throw anything away!!!!! --Margo ... more »»
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Stain Savior!
Submitted by: Christine Max, preschool
I work in a preschool clas and the kids are always getting crayon, marker etc all over things. Did you know that toothpaste will take almost any stain out of any surface including permanent marker out of clothes!
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