Most teachers who are that specific do so for a reason. Years of wipes canisters rolling around the floor may have taught her that boxes are the way to go. I know I've seen the boxes at Target. They sell them near paper plates & napkins.
I was at our Target yesterday, in that aisle. Only canisters and the little travel soft-packs.
The only place I can consistently find the boxed wet ones is at my grocery store. With that being said, they are individually wrapped which seems like it would be super annoying with a classroom of kids. I would get the canister and not worry about it.
Post by barefootcontessa on Jul 19, 2014 8:38:58 GMT -5
I am so thankful that our school lists go through the principal's office so everything is uniform. The teachers for each grade get together and come up with a list, submit it to the administration and then the list goes out with the final report card at the end of the year. I have already most of the supplies. Throughout the year the teacher will occasionally send home a note asking for refills of supplies but it is occasional. We have a sizable reduced and free lunch program population at the school and the PTA raises fund to purchase supplies for those students who need help getting their items. Teachers just need to submit a request to the PTA so the burden is not on them to get the supplies. Our RE taxes are reasonable (1% of assessed value) and local funds cover about 80% of the school budget.
I, personally, hate the Elmer's purple glue sticks. They make a huge mess. The kids think it's a toy because it's purple. Glue sticks are hard enough because the kids twist them all the way up and break off an inch of glue. Then the caps roll away. I also am not a fan of the accordion style Post it's. They become a management issue with kids stretching out 2 feet of post it notes when they should be working.
When I was teaching I kept a small container of extra glue stick caps. Sometimes they are next to impossible to find when they've rolled away (seriously, where do they go?!) and it's easier/faster to just grab an extra than look for the missing one. When the glue sticks are used up or dried out I would grab a few more extras for the bin.
There should be a teacher registry at Target / Staples / walmart so parents can just go buy one of each thing teacher wants. I get making it easier on the teacher, but it would be nice to make it easy on the parents as well.
My nieces attended a public school where the PTO collected the teacher lists, made a bulk purchase of the required supplies and sold them to the parents as a fundraiser. Even so, it was cheaper and easier than schlepping to Staples.