Wow! I'm so excited!

Our new website is up! A Plus Educational Supply now has a cool new page featuring me, and we'll soon have all our ebooks available for you to purchase. I'll be telling you all about them.

For now, let me just give you a hint with this picture of our cool monkey book!

Can I get butterflies for summer school?

Yes, you can.

We have the Butterfly Pavilions in stock, and we also have the certificates. That means that if you already have a Butterfly House, you can restock it without having to buy a new one.

Come into the store, give us a call, or add the certificate as a comment for your online school supply order.

By the way, the butterflies are great for summer school, but they're also fantastic for homeschool, camp, youth groups, VBS, or just for fun around the house this summer.

And don't miss the new Praying Mantis Pavilion!

What's New?

We're finishing up the school year, getting those orders in (do you have funds you need to spend? Let us help you!), and bringing in lots of new stuff for the summer and for next school year.

What's really exciting, though, is that we're updating our website. We'll have a new homepage where you can order Cindy's fun and exclusive e-books -- and I'll be telling you more about those pretty soon.

Just keep visiting us at APlusEducational.com!

Arkansas History Teacher Workshops

Local news: Arkansas History Workshops Arkansas teachers are required to have two hours per year of professional development in state history. Join me for your two hours on May 9th at Pages of Parenting bookstore in Fayetteville. You'll get practical, hands-on, frameworks-based activities that you can use, as well as all the juiciest stories in Arkansas history. I'm a certified Arkansas History Teacher Trainer, former Education Coordinator of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, one of the authors of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, and a fun person to spend your two required hours with. Saturday, May 9 9-11 am, grades 1-3 1-3 pm, grades 4-6 It's a mere $25, and school purchase orders are accepted. Pre-registration is required. Sponsored by Pages of Parenting and A Plus Educational Supply. Call 582-3139 to register for either session. Meanwhile, check out lots of great Arkansas History links and Lesson Plans.

I keep hearing that there's extra money for teachers in the stimulus package. What's up?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes more than $100 billion in direct education funding for the next two fiscal years. $44 million of this will be available in the next 30-40 days.

This money funds a lot of different things: Title I, Special Education, Technology Grants, Teacher Incentive Programs, and more.

Sometimes applications are required, and some have deadlines. Lots of supplemental materials are eligible for funding. Ask your local school leadership for details on local plans, but this is also a great time to get your ideas in!

Check amounts for each school district.

And here's some more detail:
Title I, Part A grants to school districts

IDEA, Part B grants to states and preschool grants

The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

I need a pick me up! What's new?

It's the end of the year, we're giving tests, the kids are fidgety, and we need something to perk up the classroom.

Copernicus has a wonderful new pointer, the Pick a Pointer, that will help. It includes a finger, a feather, a word swatter, and a word frame.

Use it with your Copernicus Rack, your smart board, pocket charts, Power Point presentations -- you name it! The kids will get a little help with paying attention, and you'll get a lift of spirits.



Write this into the comments section of your order at A Plus Educational's online catalog. It's $19.99 -- a small price to pay for an end of the year pick me up!

What's good for spring decorating?

How about a new Weather bulletin board?

I love the Weather Frog, and Scholastic has done a new Weather Panda, too.

Teacher's Friend Weather Accent Punchouts are versatile enough to use for interactive bulletin boards, as manipulatives, or for big books.