Every teacher wants to save money and time on buying math resources. In this blog post, I’m going to share with you some save money hacks as well as the time savings ways to go about doing it.
There are active and passive ways to save money. Active ways mean you are taking action to get a better discount whereas passive ways mean you take action only when the opportunity arises.
The first 4 tips are active ways while the last 3 tips are passive ways.
1) Download freebies
The best way to save money is of course to pay NOTHING on math resources.
There are many free resources on the internet that you can use in your classroom.
If you want some recommendations and reviews, do check out this blog post: 5 Free And Useful Websites For Teaching Resources That Engage Students.
And of course, you can find freebies created by teachers at Boom Learning and Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT).
Here are some freebies available in my Boom store that you can begin with:
Add & Subtract Within 20 Quiz Game Show FREEBIE
Add & Subtract Mixed Fractions FREEBIE
Here are some freebies available in my TpT store that you can grab:
Add and Subtract Within 20 Worksheet
2) Leave a review on paid resources to earn TpT credits
If you had bought resources on TpT before, then don’t miss out on the free credits that TpT pays you.
Here’s a snippet from TpT Website:
The amount is small, but it can add up. Moreover, money is money, no matter how small it is.
With just a little effort, you can earn some credits and help other teacher-authors.
As a seller, I totally look forward to the feedback that buyers give.
I’m overjoyed when buyers included their experience with the resources or just let me know how it helped them with their students.
But even when buyers just left 1 sentence review, as long as they leave a 5-star review, I also appreciate their effort.
I know sometimes we don’t like to give extreme ratings and like to give 4-star ratings. But I do hope you rate 5 stars if you do not have any valid reason to do so otherwise.
Do act like the great teacher you are and give constructive feedback, especially if you planning to rank lower than 4. This way the sellers will know how to make the resources better for other teachers.
As a small business, any negative reviews are detrimental. Don’t we all hope that we get a second chance if we did something wrong?
All sellers will thank you if you can contact the seller first if you found fault or mistakes with the resource. They will most likely fix it as soon as possible.
As a teacher-author, I will appreciate it if you leave feedback based on the error-free product.
3) Join Giveaway
A few days before sitewide TpT sales, TpT usually will give out some gift cards to sellers to help in the promotion of the sales. So do keep a lookout for any TpT Gift Card giveaway in sellers’ social media or in your inbox (if you had joined their newsletter).
