The Dollar Tree is a Teacher's Best Friend

They have a whole aisle for teachers at The Dollar Tree. A whole aisle. I have to exercise my self-control most of the time because I'm a poor college student and don't even have my own classroom yet, but I couldn't resist this time! I found these foam cubes with numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division symbols. These are great for kids who need more hands-on activities during math. I was bummed that there was no equal sign.

I kept looking and ended up finding plain counting foam cubes in orange, red, blue, and green.

The orange ones matched the numbered foam cubes perfectly so I decide to make my own equal signs with a little permanent marker.

I can't wait to use these in a lesson!

Another treasure I found at the Dollar Tree are these magnetic numbers and symbols. I am planning on using a cookie sheet for kids to be able to move the numbers around on, but they're even great without their magnetic ability. They are easy to slide around on a desk, and just another great way for kids who need hands on activities to learn math rather than a pencil and paper.

Don't underestimate the Dollar Tree. It has some really cool stuff.. all for $1, unlike some of those other dollar stores that trick you into thinking it's $1.