I see lots of posts asking about money given to music teachers for places that would be GREAT if you are a classroom teacher, but don’t always have great music selections. Office stores, the big box stores, and sometimes even teacher stores aren’t great for us. *Sigh* So what do you do when you have a little budget left over, or money specifically for one of these stores? So let’s talk about spending money for your classroom at non-music stores.
- Lamination sleeves
- Markers
- Crayons
- Pencils
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Erasers
- Colored pencils
- Bulletin board boarders
- Storage items: Bins, baskets
- Plastic drawer carts
- Small classroom percussion
- Pipe cleaners or yarn for Vocal Exploration
- Tech items: chargers, displays, microphones, stylus, device holders or stands
- Die cut shapes or images
- Foam shapes
- Foam cubes
- Dice
- Individual white boards, or dry erase index cards
- Cricut materials
- Cardstock
- Notebooks
- Dry erase markers
- Sentence strips
- Sit spots
- Plastic shapes
- Fabric
- Sanitizer
- Manipulatives
- Popsicle sticks
- Posterboard
- Bingo chips
- Extension cords
- Wheeled carts
- Fileboxes
- Box for subtub
- Hanging pocket chart
- Whiteboard magnets/organizers
- Magnetic hoooks
- Binder rings
- Magnetic cup holders
- Pencil cups
- Flair pens
- Timers
- Electronic game buzzers
- Electric doorbell
- Glue gun/glue sticks
- Tacky stuff for posting work on walls
- Tool box
- Photo storage (great for centers)
- Pencil cases
- Post its
- Lightbox
- Plastic envelopes for storing centers or bulletin board parts
- Puppets
- Silicone wrist bands (good for pairing up students or putting in groups)
- Balls
- Magnetic tape
- Pool noodles
- Plastic dry erase pockets
- Bean bags
- Pencil grips
- Plastic cups (the stacking kind)
- Stretchy band
- Parachute
- Finger puppets
- Ukulele tuners
- Movement props
- Rug
- Decorative classroom supplies
- Printer
- Printer ink
- Document camera
- Cleaning supplies
- Prop microphones
- Headphones
- Laminator
- Gaffers tape or electric tape
- Boom box/speakers
- Wrist ribbons or scarves
- Buckets
- Books
- Music for listening
- Nametags
- Specialty paper
This is a HUGE list and I hope it gave you some ideas if you are ever in a situation where you have money to spend that can’t be spent on music related things or isn’t enough to cover them.
