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Before I became a teacher, I underestimated how much work teaching would be and how much of my own money I would spend on my classroom and students! Teachers put so much time, money, and love into teaching and they all deserve a pay raise! Now that I’m a homeschool mom, I am also putting in so much time and money into teaching my three boys.
Over the years, I’ve used various tools to make teaching easier.
Today I’m sharing my top five teaching supplies. Of course, you could buy lots of other supplies, but these are my must-haves!
Top 5 Teaching Supplies
#1 – Home Laminator
I have used my Scotch Thermal Laminator for over 7 years and it’s still working great! I use it to laminate any printables I want to use with dry-erase markers or other printed items that I want to be more durable, such as printable games. Having this in my home is a game-changer and saves me money! Even my husband used it the other day for work! 😉
The one I purchased in 2013 is no longer available, but the one that is most similar is this one.
#2 – Binding Machine
I know this one might surprise you, but I love my binding machine! I have used this so many times! It’s great for making journals, packets, small booklets, and even my handprint calendar. It is also super easy to use.
#3 – Pencil Sharpener
Investing in a good pencil sharpener is a must! I’ve gone through some pretty cheap pencil sharpeners and it’s so frustrating spending money on something that breaks! This Xacto pencil sharpener is great for home or the classroom!
#4 – Stapler
Getting a good, heavy-duty stapler is so helpful! I love this Swingline one because you can staple a lot of pages at once!
#5 – Paper Cutter
So many printables for early childhood require cutting! I love using this paper cutter to save time. It makes cutting a breeze!
Of course, there are many more supplies I could add to this list. These are just my top 5!
What is your must-have for teaching supplies?
I love the idea of a laminator to create games, activites and manipulatives for students to use. Items van be wiped down and kept clean. It helps to save paper and kids love to learn by playing the games and activties. I am a school supply junkie like most teachers. I can use anything but the lamintor would be my #1.
Great top 5’s. I could use a heavy duty stapler. I typically use binder clips.
I love them all.
All of these items are awesome, but I’d be most excited to win the book binder. Visual schedules, social stories, and high contrast books are just a few things I’d make!
I work with Special Needs Preschoolers and this will be great with letter recognition.
I agree with all these! That paper cutter was one of the best things I was gifted from my wishlist and the laminator was the first thing I bought for myself as a preschool teacher.
Home Laminator… I would like one of these to use in my class when I have printable worksheets that I use with my children that can be laminated. With one of these of our own in our classroom this way I don’t have to keep borrowing the one they have at the from office.
I would love the paper cutter. Teaching K it seems like everything has to be cut. I would love to not have to run to the office!!!!!!
we love making class books in class and the binder would be a great addition to making our books more durable
I could think of lots of uses for the binding machine. ❤️
You can never have too many laminators.
I would be able to use it at home with my son who I might homeschool in the future
The Heavy duty stapler is a need in our school. Thank you
My kids love any dry erase projects so the laminator would make life so much easier!
A binding machine would be so useful in my classroom. Thank you very much!
The laminator would be most helpful to me as a mom who home schools. Thank you.
I am always printing great resources from the internet, but laminating them would extend their life, and make them reuseable.
I would love to win the laminator! I do not always have time in the day to go to the Teacher Resource Center. Having this on hand, would be amazing!
It would save me time & would help me greatly! If I had it on hand, it would save me time & money! I like to laminate, games, nametags, resources! #Hopetowinthis!!!
I would love the laminator. I am a first year preschool teacher who needs her own personal one!
Because a binding machine would be soo helpful. Thank you for the chance.
Why would I love to win the binding machine……let me count the ways….. Class books, year end gift books (like a year book) small binders for each kid with stuff inside for them to do when they are done with their “work”, getting myself organized…I am sure I am forgetting something!
I would love to have a laminator to make my life so much easier!
Wow! No teacher should ever be without a laminator! It is a wonderful tool for being able to use items over and over. IT is also great for preserving student work:)
I need a heavy duty stapler in my school life. Regular staplers aren’t always up to the job.
I could really use this laminator to conserve posters and signs; and art work for early learning educators I work with!
It would be nice to have a laminator I could keep in my classroom!!
These are some perfect must haves.
I love your resources. They are my go tos daily.
The binding machine would be absolutely wonderful!
I would love the laminator in order to work at home and spend more time with my family!
A laminator is essential in my child care facility for children’s hands on math and language activities! This would be a great gift. 🙂
I would love to win the laminator so I can print centers for my students that will last longer. I can also laminate parent gifts we create.
These definitely are essentials! What a great prize pack!
I would love to have the laminator to be able to do some thicker lamination on items that are handled by the students daily!
laminator is a must! Although the list could go on and on!! LOL packing tape in a standing dispenser is another!! OH!!! and velcro dots!
I would LOVE to win the paper cutter!!
Thanks for doing this!
I would love the laminator for I do a lot of making things.
The binding machine would be wonderful!
I would love to win the binder. I could make so many little notebooks for my kiddos.
I have all of those except the binding machine. Never thought of having one of those but like the idea. Especially when my 4th grader writes and illustrates books.
I would love to have my own laminator and binder at home. They come in handy teaching Kindergarten.
I would love to win the Laminator. With working at a school and always during thing at home it will be helpful to me. I also help at the church.
I would love the paper cutter for my joy school preschool and just to have Anson n my home for all the craft projects that even my older kids enjoy to do!
I would love to win a binder for my littles art work to send home
My home laminator is my favorite, but having a binder at home for all those kindergarten books would be fabulous!
I agree these are all much needed items for any teacher! I use my home laminator all the time and have been wanting to purchase a paper cutter for home.
I am a retired kindergarten teacher and am now providing daycare/nursery school for my 2 granddaughters. I have all of the other tools except the laminator. I never realized how much I relied on the my school’s laminator and I would love to have one for the materials I am using at home.
I would love the laminator. I now have to homeschool my severely Autistic, severely developmentally delayed, nonverbal son. He can no longer attend school because of mask mandates. It would be very beneficial to me and homeschooling him.
I just want to say that you are an amazing mom for homeschooling him! I’m sure it is not always easy. <3
I have all the items except the laminator could really use one
Would love to win the laminator! I do not own one I have to take everything to the public library.
-Thank You!!
The laminator would be the most used item for sure!
Would love to win the paper cutter for homeschool and children’s ministry use.
I would love to win any of these handy items! Though I do have my eye on the paper cutter. That thing is so useful!
I love having my laminator at home. I do wish they made a more portable one with rolls though. We also love our Xacto pencil sharpener
Paper Cutter. I’ve bought a few that never work
I have to have my laminator! It’s a must
Would love to win the binder! My most used item currently is my laminator!
I have a mini paper cutter. The regular sized paper cutter would be great!
Thank you!
we have both preschool and school age kiddos in our care and with so many different ages and abilities we are constantly buying supplies for learning and crafting. Just purchasing those supplies leaves no money for me to purchase some of the more expensive items that would help us tremendously preserving and binding projects for them to keep and reuse.
I thank you so very much for all of your amazing ideas and plans, you have helped us more times than I can count.
My laminator was the most handy tool ever – until it broke! In desperate desire for a new one. They really are a must in every house!
All of the essentials! Love this!
I just started homeschooling one of my great grandsons and a laminator would be a most useful tool. Thank you for this opportunity.
I would like to win because I have been wanting a laminator for my classroom.
All of these are great! I’ve found my laminator very useful. I’ve had my eye on a book binding machine since I plan on putting together a lot of books. Thanks for the recommendations!
I teach high needs special education. We go through supplies like crazy. One of my students this year is into taking and pulling anything he can get his hands on into pieces.
This is great! I would love both the laminator and binding machine. I waste so much ink and paper reprinting.
The binding machine is great for making student books and for organizing my materials.
It was tough to make a choice!
Thank you and happy holidays!
We loved having a paper cutter when our sons were growing up. It was more useful that I would have imagined. Now that we are caring for our granddaughter, we would love to get another.
I would love to have my own binding machine. We only have one for our whole district and it is in high demand!
A binding machine would make my life so much easier!
Thank you for the chance to win!
You are awesome for doing this giveaway. Teachers are always in need of supplies and it is nice to not have to spend our own money.
I wish teachers didn’t have to spend their own money. I’ve been there! I wish I could give all the teachers a huge gift card!
I would love to win one of these – would make my life easier in the classroom.
I would love to win a laminator. I teach pre k so we are always practicing name traces, alphabet letters, numbers using dry erase laminat. It wouild save me a lot of time if I could use a laminator for the many routine activities we do.
I would love to win the binding machine as we are always making letter and number books. We even take our photos and make an end of the year photo album for teachers and students in our class. We usually have to staple them so I would love to bind them together to make them last longer. All your gifts are amazing and would be used for many years to come. It is people like you who make us feel appreciated and loved. THANK YOU!
I love laminating things! Makes it so easy to clean and reuse curriculum.
Our laminator broke this past fall! I saw your recommendation for the Scotch one but ended up getting a different brand and now of course I regret it lol. I put the pencil sharpener-this exact one on our Christmas list a couple years ago and it has been the best!! Definitely going with your recommendations from now on!
I would love to win the laminator, as I am a school-based occupational therapist, who works in Early Intervention (SDC preschool), an elementary school, and an SDC life skills high school class. I laminate things such as activities, signs, and communication methods all the time.
I would love to win the binding machine to make class books.
I really like the laminator idea to use for dry erase for letter and number tracing
Hello, I have everything but the binder. These are right on the money to have for teaching. I used them in my classroom and now while I am homeschooling due to the pandemic.
I would love to win these.
I would so love to receive the binder. I make class books that the students author and illustrate, and the hole punch and brads or the hole punch and ribbons will only hold for so long in a class of young children.
I would love the heavy duty stapler.
I would love to win any one of these gifts but my first choice would be the laminator as we all know that perserving our work for the next year of
students are extremely important as our time spent as educators is precious.
Your classroom must-haves are mine! i love my scotch laminator and my binding machine and i have a few extra of the pencil sharpeners (because kindergarteners love to sharpen crayons).The stapler would be awesome because i often do work at home and staple large packets
I thought about getting a home laminator for years! It’s actually surprising how many times it comes up that it would be helpful to laminate some things for the kids or myself.
The binder would be a Godsend as we homeschool and my boys love to make their own books! We also have a lot of Gather ‘Round curriculum we’ve printed but the pages keep falling out of the binders! We have enjoyed adding your content to our busy days as we only found you recently! Thank you for all the free shares 🙂
I work with special needs students and spend a lot of my money. A great purchase was a heavy duty three hole punch as I can have the student use their shoulder girdle and press it! That’s where writing starts. I would love the laminator in order be able to use page over and over. Dry erase CRAYONS are the best- but I have to buy those too!
I would love to win a binder. I love using them to make social stories for children. I even book bind books they make about their own feelings
I teach preschool in Arkansas. Any of these materials would be so beneficial to help me!
This would be an awesome addition to my supplies wish list! Thank you for sharing!
I would love the heavy duty stapler to help put together books for my kindergarten students.
Great items
I teach Special Needs Students and any one of these great items would be a game changer in my classroom!! I would love to win one of these prizes!!
I have a laminator that I use ALL the time. I would love to have my own paper cutter though. Thanks
I’m a long term sub in a small lutheran elementary and I am enjoying this new challenging job with my 1st and 2nd graders. Everyday is a learning experience.
The laminator would come in handy to make reusable worksheets
I need the binder. That would help so much! I have the rest 🙂
Thank you for the great ideas!
These are all excellent teaching items that make teaching a little easier. I would love the laminator!
I would love a paper cutter! It would help me prepare stations!
The heavy duty pencil sharpeners come in handy in the speech therapy room when students have dull pencils or press too hard and break the tip off their pencils.
I agree! All of these supplies are fabulous things to have in the classroom. So many times others staff “borrow” my supplies and don’t return things so I’m buying them for the 3rd or 4th time. The only thing I’ve never had and would love is the book binder. This is so handy for just about everything! Thank you for the opportunity
I live my Xacto pencil sharpener! I would love to have a binding machine.
I would love to win one of these teaching supplies!!
My laminator has put on some miles and is pretty tired.😜
Those are all awesome products! Would love to win one!
Would love to have a binder machine to create sight word booklets for my emerging readings to take home.
As fast as my kiddos go through pencils-I would LOVE to have a nicer pencil sharpener.
I was just looking at binding machines for my school! This I would be so fun to win!
I love the power stapler!! Staplers these days just aren’t made sturdy enough!
I would love to win a paper cutter so that I am able to work on my things easier at home and even in my room instead of having to go down to the copy room where the paper cutter is to work on things.
Love this!
I would love to have another laminator!
I absolutely love my laminator and would love to have a binding machine so I can create even more for the children I work with. It would be a life changer. Thanks so much for doing this, it’s awesome.
Thank you so much. These are great items.
I use my laminator so much I am worried it isn’t going to last much longer! A must when working with preschoolers.
First time homeschooling momma here! I feel so accomplished some days but others are so hard. It would really help if I had the right equipment for making my son’s classroom feel like more of a real school experience. Thank you for the chance to win!
I use clear contact paper to substitute for a laminater. … but i’d love the opportunity to try a real one! But actually there isn’t a thing in your list of 5 that I wouldn’t love to try. I don’t have any of them!
I am just starting out as a teacher and would love any of these! I subscribe to quite a few different blogs for help and I am so grateful for them! I am always looking for ideas and ways to improve so thank your for what you do!
These are all must have supplies! I have a home laminator too, but all the other supplies you have listed I am thankful that my school has. I have wondered what I’ll do if I transfer and my new school doesn’t have a binding machine. I’ve used it so much since I switched to kindergarten!
I don’t have a paper cutter and it would be super helpful to have one in my classroom so I don’t have to run all the way from one end of the school to the other to cut paper! It would help my hands from having to cut lots of paper at the same time…my fingers would love a break too!
That stapler would be heaven sent! I have yet to be able to find one that can handle stapling together books and packets!
I need this stapler in my life!
I would love a binding machine! It would be nice to be able to bind at home. I already have a laminator, pencil sharpener and paper cutter, the binding machine would be perfect for many different things!
I agree that having these items are essential! Luckily my campus has a binding machine on campus!
I’d love the cutter. Cutting out printables for my children’s learning can get a bit, “ugh.” It takes me so long to finish cutting anything, because I have to cut it out, laminate it, and cut it again.
This is such a great opportunity! Thank you! I would LOVE to have a binding machine in my room! Merry Christmas!
I love that you are doing this give away! I work in a public school as a para. I’m not like your normal classroom para. I do therapy with children with autism, down syndrome and other abilities. The district I work for does not give me a budget (because paras don’t get budgets) therefore I purchase pretty much everything I need to work with my kiddos. I print and laminate ALOT! I mostly go for the “free” printables. So because of wonderful people like yourself, I at least safe some money there. So thank you for all you do and post!
Aww and thank YOU for all that you do with students!
I have a small preschool. I try to provide new and interesting things for the kids to do every day. When I have the opportunity to aquire new items I jump at the chance. Anything that I can get to help teach the children is a Godsend. A laminater for the classroom would be such a helpful and useful addition.
I agree with all these recommendations. I would also add a link to laminating sheets from Amazon. I get a bigger bang for my buck by purchasing non name brand 5mm sheets (more sturdy and durable).
If I could add anything to your list it would be adhesive velcro/magnets. With many of my laminated tasks, I add velcro or magnets for different activities and kids love it!! Thank you for putting this list together. I never would have thought about a binding machine though but you make good points. Happy Holidays!
Great ideas! Magnets and velcro dots are very handy!! And yes, I should put a link to the laminating sheets. I like to buy the 100-pack on Amazon. Thanks for the idea to get the non-name brand 5mm sheets!
Wow! What a great and helpful post!!
Well the school I work at, in Italy, does not offer any of the above apart from the Binding machine. If I were to win, I’d love any of the others really!!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!
All the best,
Connie
P.S. I love your materials and thanks for sharing!
I used my paper cutter all the time but it has broken from use.
I Never used a a binder before.
Hello! I would like to win the pencil sharpener because ours went out recently. It’s been a chore keeping the pencils sharpened around here for school. Ha!
Thank you for the opportunity to try to win!
These are definitely my top 5!
I’ve been thinking of homeschooling my boys next year. This info really helps! Thank you!
These are all so important to printable success! I think the laminator would be my choice! Thank you
I started kinder this year with our oldest and would love to have the binding machine for being able to make books, and fun projects with my kids. This is a great idea to have this tool for homeschooling. Thanks for the idea!
Oh my goodness – there is nothing like a good pencil sharpener. I have a laminator, binder, and paper cutter. A pencil sharpener would save my poor palms.
I would love to win because I feel like I pour so much into my students, and this year has been especially hard. (I teach self-contained special ed and have never had so many students!!)
I’m a veteran teacher and have a laminator, binder and pencil sharpener. I’m telling you though, that paper cutter is calling my name! I usually wait until most of the staff are gone, go into the copy room, borrow the paper cutter and return it in the early morning before the staff arrives. LOL
Haha that’s a good idea! Sounds like your own would be very handy!
As a spec ed teacher the laminator would definitely get the most use! But any of these supplies would be useful in our classroom, there never seems to be enough funding for the materials we need!
As a special education teacher, I am always creating visual materials for my students. A laminator will be amazing!
I use my laminator on almost a daily basis. I’m actually on my third one because I keep burning them out. I will have to try this one and see if it holds up better.
I would love the paper cutter or the stapler. Thanks for hosting these giveaways!
Thank you so much for these great resources. It is great as a first time Kindergarten teacher at a private school to know what works best in the classroom. I would love to win anyone of these items but my heart is set on the binding machine. My Kindergarteners work so hard on projects and writing it would be a great way to be able to showcase all their work they have done. Not to mention all the ways I can use it for resources in the classroom.
Yes!! That’s why I love the binding machine.
All of these would be amazing! Love your ideas and website!
Love to win a prize because who doesn’t love to win teacher gifts! We can all use a little help financially I’m sure. So busy providing for others, sometimes we use hand me downs & OLD things to get by:)
Every year we love making books in K4, the binder would make my job so much better! Thanks for doing this!
I recently learned of binding machines and would absolutely love one.
Hi! I enter this amazing giveaway because of how much I use and constantly have to replace this particular item. Due to my whole house taking turns with Covid, it has taken a hit on our financials and my laminator is on it’s last leg. It would be a huge blessing to win it. Thank you for your generosity and your heart to give.
I teach in a early childhood program that works with very low income families. I spend my own money on items the kids need and never what I need. This would be a blessing.
I would love to win the binding machine. There are so many great resources that I end up clipping together. The binding machine would significantly improve my classroom organization.
Thank you for sharing your amazing ideas. I agree with your must haves. The binding machine would be an added bonus to the classroom!
I would love a binding machine.
What a great giveaway! My oldest is always wanting to make books. We usually use packing tape to seal the book, so this would be much more legit 🤩
I love the idea of having my own personal laminator! I am a school occupational therapist and it would be SOO much easier and less waste of laminating material too!
This is great, I am missing one of these items and it can be frustrating. A good pencil sharpener, I have bought so many, and have yet to find the right one.
GodBless
I would LOVE a binding machine. So many uses both at school and at home.
I would love to win any of these prizes, but my top pick would be a binding machine! This would be perfect for my son’s speech therapy papers and social stories!
I would love to have the paper cutter. Not having to run to the workroom and leave my class would be wonderful!!
A lamiator would solve so many problems ours at school is always breaking
I have always wanted to have my own laminator! Would be such a time saver.
I’d love to win because a laminator would help me out so much! I have so many printables for the kiddos activities and lessons. A laminator would be really a blessing! Thanks! Happy Holidays!!
I would absolutely LOVE a binding machine. We make Kid Journals in Kindergarten and the staples do not hold them together for a month at a time. I have been looking for a good binding machine for quite some time.
Thank you!!
This is amazing! I would agree with all of these. The only one I don’t have is a binder. It would be awesome to win this because I could organize ALL the things and make my own folders!
Being able to laminate without getting the key and being able to do small things without wasting so much extra film would be amazing.
I have 3 out of the 5 you have listed. I teach Kindergarten and have purchased 4 laminators in the past 8 years. I always have 1 at home and 1 at school. Having an extra laminator is so helpful. You are so generous!
I would love the paper cutter!
I think the number one supply is definitely a laminator. So, of course, I have one. My school has one binding machine and it’s in a preschool classroom, so hard to get to. I would love to have my own.
I have been wanting a binding machine, so it would be awesome to win one!!!!!! One less purchase crossed off my wishlist 🙂
I have the pencil sharpener and love it! I could use any of the other items! thanks for this great give away!
This would be amazing to help me organize and stay ahead!!
Always wanted a binding machine! Oh, the fun I would have! 😉
After many years of teaching, buying a personal laminator was the BEST! I would love to add a binder to my desk at home to complete my office!
Thanks!
OH MY GOSH! That paper cutter reminds me of elementary school! I would choose that or the Binging Machine! Both would be amazing!
I agree with your assessment of these items and would love to have either the pencil sharpener or the paper cutter. I’m blessed that I’ve been given a Scotch laminator (and love it) and a binding machine.
I have a laminator that I use a lot and have access to a paper cutter at work. So I would be interested in the paper binder.
I would like to win because I have been considering getting a binding machine for a while.
I already have a laminator & a book binder, so the paper cutter would be my choice. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
All those tools are great to have, but I would like to have a laminator or the paper cutter. Thanks for hosting the give away.
The laminater or binder are probably my top items off this list
All of these things would make homeschooling much easier!
I totally agree with your picks and really need a laminator!
As a first year kindergarten teacher, there are
several of these items that would be helpful in my classroom. Thanks for doing these giveaways!
I just asked for a personal laminator for Christmas! Don’t know how I have gone so long without one! Wish I had heard about them earlier.
I had all of those supplies in the work room at the school where I taught. I’m now homeschooling my grandson and I sure do miss the paper cutter. I enjoy your blog very much!
The only thing from your favourite five that I don’t have is a binder. I’ve printed off so many booklets and have had to go to Staples to get things bound, this would be a great help on my bank account! Lol
Having a laminator at home would be great! I could laminate after the kids go to bed instead of dragging them with me to Lakeshore Learning to use the laminator there.
I would love to win because I spend a lot of time working on the weekends or in the evenings at home.
I have a laminator and I use it all the time, love it. I’m lucky enough to have a paper cutter in my room. I think the binding machine would be great to have to send home keepsakes at the end of the year.
A laminator is by far the best tool for any classroom!
Great choices. I would love a binding machine, although I am afraid to use one. If I win, I promise to learn how to use it lol.
I’d like the laminator to make my resources and activities last longer.
Great picks! I love my laminator 🙂 if I had to pick one for the giveaway, I’d pick the binding machines. It seems very useful.
Not having to look for our school’s laminator would save me so much time!
I agree with your picks! The only thing I do not own is a laminator, so that would be amazing to win! Thank you for the opportunity!
As a Special Ed teacher we are always making materials for the class. These items would be sp helpful!
Thanks for sharing with those of us who homeschool!
What a great list of essentials! If I had to choose one for my personal/ classroom use, it would be the laminator!
I have to agree that these are essentials. I already have almost all of them.
binding machine
Thank you for all you do and offer, it is so helpful! As a kinder teacher I am always in need of extra help like a personal laminator to make life a smidge easier. Thanks!
You are SOOO right about all that we teachers put into our classrooms and not a one of us would say we chose this passion for the money. We do it for the love of learning, the love of our students, and our hope for the future. I have many of the items you listed (and so many more) but our school binding machine was disgarded for being too “out of date”. Apparently, I was the only one using it. I would choose to have my own so that I can continue to to make books for my students and memories for future classes. Thank you.
Yes!! Definitely agree with you!!!
That laminator and paper cutter are on my Christmas Wish List. I just got hired at a school and need to make so many new materials, so this has me drooling!! lol
I agree that all of these supplies are must haves for teachers. It would be fantastic to win the laminator to have the option of laminating at home. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
I’d like to win the binding machine because I could use it for so many different things and I don’t have one!
Great giveaway! I’d love the binding machine.
I would choose the laminator, it would be so handy to have for the games and lessons I teach my 3&4 year old class.
Its so hard to just chose one but the laminator would be my pick. We have one at school and everyone needs it the time you need it.
My laminator just broke from being used so much! I don’t know how I am going to live without it:(
A binding machine has been on my wish list for awhile now?
There are so many homeschool projects that i find myself saying “i wish i had a laminator”. This would be amazing~
I would love to have a binding machine to put together all my kiddos creations.
These items would be GREAT to have at home!! I take so much of my work home each night, so these would be very helpful! 🙂
I love our schools book binder but I couldn’t be without my own laminator!
It is so awesome that you are helping others during this giving season! I start teaching next year and am so excited! I have a personal laminator and a paper cutter on my list of must have items. They seem like a smart investment for all the fun times in the classroom. Stay sweet!
Thanks so much for your kind words!! It’s so fun doing these giveaways! I hope you have the best first year of teaching next year!
I have an old laminator and I used it so much that it shut down on me so I would LOVE a new one to switch it out!! Such a life saver. The stapler would be huge for all the books I have to bind together and all the hats we make in Kindergarten! 🙂
I love following you and can’t wait for all the other day of Christmas giveaways!
I would love to add a laminator to my supplies cabinet!
Thank you so much for doing these giveaways. It is so generous and thoughtful! I love your blog posts and all of your helpful ideas!
I use my paper cutter and stapler all the time. With how often our laminator at school is “out of order,” I have been considering a laminator for at home.
Would love to have a binding machine! I have all the other things mentioned!
Thanks.
Julie
I love making booklets for the kids the the binding machine. They think they are so fancy.
A laminator is a must have for any lower school teacher! I also always have a hot glue gun within reach! ☺️
I agree with you….laminator, paper cutter, and a good Swingline stapler!!!
Hmmm, I would probably go for the paper cutter or the laminating machine! Thank you!
As a first year teacher, that cutting machine would be great in my classroom. I am constantly going down the hall or borrowing one from a fellow teacher because I have so much to cut out.
Thanks!
I would love the paper cutter!!! Thanks for doing these giveaways!
A laminator is an item I have often talked myself out of due to expense, but I think it sure would be great to have my own mostly for the convenience it would provide.
I really need a stzpler mine is akway getting jammed
I love this Scotch laminator as well! I had to replace an original one and it lasted so long I got another Scotch laminator. I currently use a small paper cutter I used for scrapbooking but you can only cut 2 pieces of paper at a time. This paper cutter would work so much better for mass quantities.
I would choose the paper cutter. I have an antique that weighs as much as one of my kids! Fingers crossed that I am chosen! Thanks!
I love my laminator as well. It would be awesome to have a nice paper cutter!
I love all the supplies listed but would LOVE a heavy duty stapler!! I am amazed at how many pages I print for my life skills students to practice writing, cutting, etc that then need to be stapled before sending them home! thank you for this opportunity!!
Fun giveaway!
I like a good sharp pencial and the manual ones are hard to use.
I have a laminator which gets used often and I hold my breath each and every time I use it. If I were to make a choice though I would go with the binding. I put together so much for my students and it isn’t always convenient to bind at school especially when I am not there full-time. I spend many hours on days off putting together activities for my students to do at home. This is a great idea and a huge shout out for making this happen for so many of us.
I would love the binder, as it would be great to make my own journals and publish class written stories.
I just wanted to say thank you for always coming through with so many amazing tips/tricks and helpful materials that make all our teacher lives just a bit easier! I opted for the binding machine, thank you!
You are so right about having a good pencil sharpener and stapler! I have never had a home laminator. That would be great!
I would love the binding machine. I always make class books with my students and it would be nice to be able to bind them.
The laminator or the binder would be great to have. 😊
I would love the paper cutter for I like doing a lot of crafts and this would help me a lot. I could use all the things you have posted but my 1st choice would be the paper cutter.
The laminator would really help me in my classroom. I have a few of the others tools but spend a lot of time and money going to get things laminated that I use with my students.
I think I would choose the laminator! I will say though, tough choice!
Ive been making end of year books for years ,in various ways. Ive never used a binding machine and think it might solve multiple problems. It would be a great thing to have!
I’d love to win the binding machine! I always need things bound and it would make my life so much easier!
I would love the laminator or the paper cutter. My paper cutter is small and it would be great to have a backup laminator!
These really are all indispensable!
I use my laminator all the time!
I’d love the stapler, though.
I’ve never heard of/considered a binding machine! I’d love to use one to try the suggestions you gave 😊
The laminator would be awesome for all the kid art work!
I think all of those are a must. I also have an easy stapler as an essential item. I always have to get a warranty on them because they always malfunction. I’d love the heavy-duty stapler you use though.
Great choices all! It would be fabulous to use the heavy duty stapler!
These are all great items. I would love the electric pencil sharpener. I had one in my classroom but don’t have one at home! Thanks for all of your freebies!
I would love the laminator or any of them really! I teach preschool and we laminate things ALL OF THE TIME!
I would love a laminator. I never have time to get to the Media Center (30 miles away) to get my stuff laminated.
Yes to all the things! But seriously would love the binding machine!
I would love all of them, but i chose the laminator because I just changed jobs and my new school does not have a working laminator. So having my own would be a huge benefit!
The laminator would be amazing and I’d have fun and feel relaxed doing my extra work at home!
Hello,
I could not survive without my laminator and my Cricut. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions. They are very valuable.
All of these are really a ‘must’ for anyone doing any teaching, whether at home or in a school/center situation. I have a very old paper cutter, and could really use a new one so that would be the item I would like to win.
Thanks
I would love the paper cutter because the cutting never ends in kindergarten!
Thank you so much for doing the giveaways! The laminator would really be helpful in our homeschooling!
I would love to have the biding machine. I loved using this machine when I taught preschool, and this would be a great addition to our learning at home
These are all great picks. My home laminator gets a LOT of use. I use the paper cutter at work a lot too and would love to have one for home use. I had never considered a binding machine but could definitely make use of one of those. And I appreciate the recommendation for a good quality, robust stapler. I have destroyed so many staplers over the use because of what I put them through.
I love your giveaways! Thank you so much!!!
I always wanted to own a laminator. I had one at work and used it a lot – now as a stay at home mom I really miss it. On second thought, I realize that we are moving to Europe within the next two years and I think a paper cutter might be the better option, since it doesn’t need any electricity… I like to have straight cuts and my scissor skills are not very professional ;-D
I would love to have a binding machine! We lived to write our own stories and make picture books! Also it’s great for other things too (play scripts, printed curriculum, etc.)
I would love the laminator. The school I am at doesn’t have one, (Or, at least not that I’m aware of!) and I think laminating is a great way to reuse things and save resources. (Plus I have one of those fancy colorful organization things that all teachers seem to have, so I need things to fill it with!) I think it would be a great boon to have.
This is such a sweet giveaway! I would honestly love any of those items, but especially the laminator! It would be nice to have one handy in my classroom or at home!
I use all of those tools daily! My laminating is slowly losing it’s power though so I would have to say a laminator right now.
I would love a binding machine. Thank you for the giveway.
I am really eyeballing that paper cutter! Thanks for sharing your ideas and products!!
Would love the paper cutter , we do a lot of cutting for students
As my kids have gotten older, we’ve needed more and more things bound. This would save us some trips to the office supply store!
The binding machine would be great for calming and coping activities to keep them in one place!
I own the laminator, pencil sharpener, & paper cutter. I would never be able to figure out the binding machine. The stapler looks super fancy, so I would choose that.
Thank you so much for your generosity! This would make my life so much easier!!!
I would all of them, but I really need a good stapler! Thanks!
I would love all of them, but right now I could use a new stapler. Thank you!
My pencil sharpeners keep breaking! I need a good one.
I would definitely choose the laminator. Our laminator at school always seems to be broken or out of film when I need to use it to make new activities.
Would love to have a laminator at home!
That stapler looks amazing! I keep picking up used ones at yard sales!
Definitely a laminator! I laminate materials and use them for years. I would love to have my own so that when the school laminator is not working, I can still laminate and be ready!
I would love to win the paper cutter. I had never considered having one in my classroom, but it would be such a time saver!
The binding machine is a great idea! Never thought of it before. It will make things easier to organize the homeschooling materials.
The laminator, definitely! I am known as the laminating queen at my small preschool. It is my happy place! We wee without a laminator for a while when our old machine broke, & it really got me thinking that maybe I should have my own at home.
I am a first year kindergarten teacher. I was hired three days before teachers were to report for duty. I started with nothing. Fortunately co-workers gave me some basic materials to help me get ready for day one. I would love to add a binder to my room.
All of those supplies are definitely essential teaching supplies. My pencil sharpener just broke, so I need a new one! I would love to win this one!
Have always wanted to try one of these binding machines!!!! Have heard so many great things. I teacher preschool 🥰
This is so awesome that you are doing this! Thank you!
The binding machine would be wonderful! I can think of so many things I could do with it.
I am torn between the mega stapler and the pencil sharpener. I have access to the other tools but would love either of these. Thank you for the giveaway chance!
I love giveaways! My daughter (who is also a teacher) “stole” my paper cutter and I would love to win a replacement! It had so many uses.
Would love the laminator! My daughter is 4 and I’m planning to homeschool her.
I would love to win that swingline stapler for my at home school corner.
Would love to win the pencil sharpener for my classroom!! Thank you for having a giveaway!!
Though I can definitely see the advantage to all of these I would most like to get a laminator as I am constantly finding myself wanting to laminate so that I can reuse the materials and so that they wont be destroyed the first time that my preschoolers use them.
I would like to win the paper cutter. Many of the things I print out to use with my developmentally delayed preschoolers need to be cut apart and the paper cutter would definitely give my old, tired hands a break from using scissors, not to mention the time saved cutting things out.
Thanks for the giveaway! These would all be wonderful! 💕💕
I would either love the pencil sharpener or the binding machine. I have been working on making a lot of social stories and task books for my special ed kids and I never have a sharpener. lol
I’d love the binding machine to put together books and materials for my teaching and books created by my students!
I would love to have the laminator. I agree a home laminator is a must have for teachers, especially kinder teachers. I need this to hold up from the multiple hands handling & playing with all the games/activities I make from the great ideas I get from you!
This is a fantastic giveaway! I would choose the paper cutter. I use a lot of task cards, login cards, etc. so having one in my room would come in VERY handy. It would save me a great deal of time that I spend in the teacher’s lounge. 🙂
Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
Happy holidays!
I would LOVE a binding machine!! I am preparing to teach preschool this next year (after a long break 😉 and have lots of plans to make lots of books, calendars, etc!! 🙂
THESE ARE GREAT!
I agree with all of these! I have been using my laminator since 2018 and absolutely love it!! By far my favorite! I would love to have the binding machine to make better books for my daughter!
So nice of you to offer this wonderful giveaway.
Thank you 😊
ANY OF THE 4 WOULD BE A WONDERFUL TREAT! I JUST BOUGHT THE SCOTCH LAMINATOR AND LOVE IT! A SECOND ONE JUST MAKES ME DREAM OF THE SPEED I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MY LAMINATING DONE! i WOULD LIVE TO HAVE MY OWB PAPER CUTTER INSTEAD OF THE SHARED ONE, WELL, MAYBE i WOULD SHARE IT. (LOL) THE BINDER HAS MY EYES BUGGING OUT! I WOULD LOVE TO USE IT FOR MAKING BOOKS FOR MY STUDENTS AND FOR PARENTS TOO!
Thank you for all your fabulous ideas! It takes a village…. 🙂
I would LOVE a binding machine to make our special projects into books. Thank you bunches!!
Would love to win… this is my fust year homeschooling and its not easy when you don’t have all the tools to be abe to make resources for our kids.
I would love my own paper cutter! I use the one in the copy room all the time and could really use one of my own when making math games.
I agree that a great pencil sharpener is a must! These are great suggestions!
I would love the binding machine.
I am forever breaking a stapler! A heavy duty one would be nice!
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! The laminator is hands down, my most used teacher tool of the ones you have listed!I Having a paper cutter in my classroom would be amazing!!
I love to use manipulatives. Engaging kids with fun materials always makes learning fun!
My 5 year old son loves to come up with his own pictures and stories to create his own books. I’d love to surprise him with the binding machine so he can make more “professional” looking books and support his creativity.
Thank you for being so kind with sharing your work so other mamas out there can get a lending hand! Happy Holidays! 🙂
Thank you for your generosity! I would love to win any of these items!
My daughter loves making her own books! The binder would be awesome!
Thank you for this giveaway! I would love to win the paper cutter! It would come in so handy in our homeschool!
I would love the laminator but they are all great choices!
I love all the learning pages, cute crafts, and nifty ideas you share with everyone. My 2 yr old AKA YOUR #1FAN loves it just as much as I do. We start our day with one of the crafts from your page and move on to learning a little later. We have so much fun everyday with your page. Thank you so much for all the joy you have brought into my home❤️ keep up your hard work and dedication because mamas like me definitely appropriate all you are doing..
Aww that makes me so happy to hear!! Thank you for taking the time to send such a sweet, encouraging message!! And tell your 2-year-old hello from me! 🙂
A binding machine would be great because I have all the others and use them all the time! My kids would love to create their own books!
I’d sure love to have the paper cutter with all of cutting for preschool!
Thanks for the ideas
All of these items are a necessity in a classroom! Thank you for having this giveaway!
The laminator would definitely help make our materials durable and long-lasting so I could use them over again as the younger ones grow.
I have most of these items, but would love to have the binding machine to be able to make more social story books for my special education students.
I would use the laminator on a daily basis for my special needs class!
Thank you.
I have been dreaming about buying a binding machine! I was wondering If it would be over the top to own one, but now I feel validated! Thanks for your blog.
I use my laminator all the time!
How generous of you! Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.
I love all your advice and recommendations!
I’d love to win so I can use the materials for my preschool classroom!
My child is working on writing. We would love the pencil sharpener!
I am a former teacher now stay at home mom. I am the room parent for my son’s class and am making things all the time. I second all of the suggestions here!
These are all must have for sure!
I’ve had a binding machine on my list of “I need it” for ever.
Thanks for all your generous giving now & through the year. Would love to win to brighten my holidays!
Super agree on all of these materials! Why did I even wait for a year to even source for my child? Hoping to win the laminator! Woot woot!
I Would love the binding machine for our nature journals, work books, printed curriculums. Thank you for the opportunity!
These five items are great. Don’t forget Sharpies and Post-It Notes! Can’t live without them.
The binder would come in very handy for all of our print outs and curriculum. Three ring binders can only get me so far!
Great giveaway, thanks!
I would love to win any of these really- I share an office and we make many things for our families to leave with them in their homes. Laminating all the time so the materials last, binding books is a must for the children and free books for families is the best, especially when tailored to their child. Stapler for the zillions of papers we need to print and provide families. Pencil sharpener because we write a lot of visit notes. We have a few of the items in our office, but we could really use the paper cutter it is one piece of equipment I could share and all would appreciate.
I would love the laminator so my station activities would stay durable. This is great.
This Top 5 List is a big hit. These items will be a big hit for my classroom. I teach a Self-Contained Class of 12 and I most definitely need supplies. But my most favorite is the Binding Machine. This machine will help me be able to create workbooks and keep worksheets in one place. It will also help me create at student books for when I need them to follow me as I read. Lastly, It can aid me in the process of individualizing their their lessons so they can work on the goals.
Awesome! The stapler and lamintor are very helpful.
I am a homeschooling Grandma and the binding machine is one of the few tools I would love but have been unable to justify the expense when I could use the money for more practical/common things.
A good pencil sharpener can be invaluable for both homeschooling and teaching. A mediocre one can eat more of the pencil than sharpen it.
I manage a Title 1 Room and a laminator is a must have for all of the fantastic games and activities that you can find for purchase or for free. The laminator makes the games and activities last and allows for many students to be engaged and enjoy learning! Thank you!
I would love a binding machine. I teach special education and my students are learning to read and use adapted books daily. This would make life sooooo much easier!!
I would really like the laminator to help me make nice worksheets and activities. Thanks!
Things are always needed in teaching. The binder would be very useful for making small books for our students.
Thanks for sharing all of your posts.
I would love to win the laminator! I am a high school FACS teacher and my students run a preschool out of our classroom. The laminator would help us plan activities for our preschool students.
I would love the pencil sharpener- mine is on it’s last legs! Thanks!
Having my own supplies has made my job so much easier!! They’re usually better than what we have at school and I can use it on the fly. These are great ideas for supplies to have on hand. I would love the paper cutter!
I would so love the paper cutter. I teach Life Skills and am forever cutting multiple cut and paste worksheets. Thank you for the opportunity 🙂
I was a teacher too before I had my children and yes you spend a lot! All of these items are so important and helpful! I got a laminator last year and it really was a game changer! I would love the pencil sharpener because I have been through several!
We are still teaching from home. I’d totally use the laminator a ton! Thanks!
I would love to win these! Thank you for putting on this giveaway.
I would use these items to help teach my daughter at home. We love cutouts and the laminator and the cutter would certainly do that.
i would love to have a home laminator. Right now I am using page protectors and they are adequate but a laminator would be a game changer!
I would love the stapler or the sharpener. Thanks 😊
I would love to have a laminator. I am a grandma and I teach my two 4 year olds at the “Mamu’s school” They call me Mamu! It would be a great tool to have – in the past, I have made lacing cards and paid to have them laminated. I am also a retired mail lady and it would be fun to laminate nametags for the kids in their class when i do my mail lady presentation to their preschool. Thank you for considering me. I love all your teaching tools.
I am a special education teacher who has recently fell in LOVE with adapted books! These have helped my young students engage in texts in a whole new and incredibly meaningful way. Paying for the binding is so expensive though and as a result I have some that are printed, but not yet usable. Would be so grateful to win a binding machine. And thank you for all the terrific resources as well!
I would love the stapler!
I would love the paper cutter! I use it constantly to save time when cutting out pieces for my Pre-K kiddos!
The paper cutter is a kindergarten MUST!! We use it every week in prepping crafts and making books. Mine is OLD and dull. We need an upgrade for sure.
G
The binding machine would be great!! We could make memory books, gifts, and put together all our resources we use regularly.
I agree that all of these are essential items for classrooms and home. I really a pencil sharpener. My classroom doesn’t have one at the moment.
Amazing giveaway !
Thank you for this
The binding machine would be wonderful to have! We love to make our own workbooks etc.
I would love to receive a binding machine. My kiddos need a little encouragement sometimes to put their creative and knowledgeable ideas on paper. If they saw really awesome, bound books made by themselves and their friends, I think it would be a great motivator. Thank you the chance to be the recipient!
I am just now starting to put together supplies to teach my grandkids at home. I am so thankful to have you to put all this information together, because I had no idea how to start! I would love to have these great items to work with!
Thank you for all your hard work!!!
What a great listing! I would love a binding machine.
I agree 100% on your top 5 classroom supplies! I would love the stapler!
Oh my goodnesss. A home laminator would be amazing! Thank u.
It is hard to choose, but I think the stapler would get the most use. Thank you for this opportunity!
These are all fantastic tools for the classroom. I would love the binder to use when making books for the kids in the class.
The binding machine is a great idea! It would definitely make things easier for my classroom projects!
This realm of homeschooling as a grandmother is such a challenge and a huge blessing at the same time. I have enjoyed so much watching my grandson grow and learn these past few months. Your website has been a HUGE help to us. Even my grandaughter emjoys some of the activities when she gets home from kindergarten. The laminator is on my wish-list and would be a huge gift for us. I have 3 more grandchildren coming in 2022 and OH WOW I’m going to need this!
Thank you for all that you do to help ME and my baby grands!
Blessings,
Rachel
Awww thanks so much, Rachel! Makes me happy to hear that you’ve been able to use some of my resources!! And wow…3 new grandchildren in 2022! Congrats!
I would like Kathythe binding machine.
I would love to have a paper cutter. It is so useful.
Oh what fun! Thank you for the chance to win. 🙂 I hope to win the binding machine.
The home laminator would be so helpful! We would use it all the time!
I’d love to win the binding machine as I love making packets and calendars and books for my nanny kid
When teaching special education – you can NEVER have enough pencil sharpeners!!!!
This is a great Giveaway for all caregivers. I would love to win the Binding Machine to create workbooks for children. It would keep their work organized and easier for teachers to monitor their progress.
A binding machine would really take my handbook and toddler busy books to the next level.. I can’t believe I’ve never thought of that before haha. Thank you for these great tips!
The laminator would be so incredibly helpful for my STEM classroom. I see over 600 students so keeping everything neat and using less paper would be wonderful!
I would like the paper cutter or the laminator or the binding machine. These are such great tools, its hard to pick just one!
I am a kindergarten teacher and a new pencil sharpener would be wonderful. Thank you so much!!
It was a real toss up between the laminator and paper cutter. Working in a primary class, we laminate A LOT to sustain durability. However, the paper cutter gets my vote because I can’t cut a single straight line…Eeekkk!
I would like to win the binder machine so that I could make books for my students at school and grandchildren at home.
Thank you so much for the resources! I find them super helpful in many areas.
I love all of these! I would say the two that I would choose from would either be the binding machine or paper cutter. We have both in our school, but it would be so nice to have them right in the room. Then I don’t have to lug all of my things all over the building.
I’ve been homeschooling the past 2 years, starting with 4K and always looking for helpful tips and tools to still give my kids a fun learning experience. Even though I’d love the laminator, all of these tools, worksheets and advice are/would be so helpful!
The binder would be AMAZING for my preschool crafts! Love your blog and your ideas. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
The laminator would be my choice. The teachers I help are working from home very often now and having a laminator right there would be so helpful. Thanks
I would Love the stapler. I have all the other supplies already. Thank you.
The binding machine would be incredible for making my own workbooks!
I would like the binding machine because it’s just something that I would not have thought of to purchase for our classroom. It would be an amazing tool to have in our classroom to bind student or class stories!!
Would love the laminator! I am a tutor and it would be very handy!
I agree with you, these are very helpful tools especially when using great website resources like you provide. I would choose the binding machine or stapler as those are items our early education team doesn’t have and we adapt which takes time away from other things.
I would love to win the stapler! We have one in our homeschool that always seems to jam.
I would love the binding machine. I print out tons of activities for my kids, and they are scattered ALL over the house. It’d be so nice to have them all in one place!
You are absolutely correct on these must-haves. The only one I don’t have is the binder, as my current school has one. I actually have 2 laminators – one for home and one for the classroom!
I would love the laminator! I love your idea for using it for dry erase work instead of white boards!
The laminator would be awesome! I moved out my f state and basically left my entire classroom behind for the new teacher! Starting from scratch. Laminators are a must in every classroom.
I would love to have an Xacto pencil sharpener. As a school-based occupational therapist, I am often left to use spare spaces to work with my special needs students. The sharpeners in the room never seem to work very well. Manual ones, while great to work on fine motor skills often break or destroy the pencils. A new Electric pencil sharpener would be fantastic!
I would love to win the book binder. My grandkids love to make “books”.
I use the laminator and paper cutting all of the time! I think the binding machine would be so helpful in making adapted books and social stories for my students.
The binding would be so nice for making books and putting projects together
You have some awesome must have supplies listed! I think I would use the Laminator the most. I am always needing things laminated and we are not allowed to use ours at school. So sometimes it can take days before the lady is able to complete.
I so need that stapler… Please…
I would love the laminator for making reusable worksheets 🙂
I have busted so many staplers while making black line books, I’d love the stapler. It looks pretty heavy duty!
I would love to win the laminator for our homeschool! It would be so handy to have one of my own instead of taking my projects to a public school or library to have them do it for me.
I have almost all these items and agree! I would love to have my own binding machine.
I would appreciate and like win a laminator. We do a lot of folder games, with special needs.
I am challenged between two of them. It would either be the laminator or the pencil sharpener. The laminator is always good for all of the bulletin boards and wall designs I create. BUT… a good pencil sharpener is always essential. It seems they continue to always break or are so loud the class jumps every time someone has to sharpen a pencil. I would definitely have to go with the pencil sharpener. Keep it simple!
Oh, I need a good paper cutter. Mine is at the end of it’s life!
Thanks so much for creating this giveaway!
All of these are amazing teacher friends! In a large class setting the pencil sharpener is super important! For home school I’m liking the laminator for making things reusable:)
The paper cutter would save me so much time!
I would love the laminator, you can do so many cool things ,other than laminating with one!!
I would LOVE to have a binder!! I already have several of the others and couldn’t agree more on their utility! Thank you for providing such wonderful advice and resources for parents!
I would love the paper cutter. We have one to use for our whole building and it would make life easier if I could just cut things in my room where there is more space and on my time. Then I could share with my teammates on my floor as well.
I would love the binding machine or the stapler. Working in a self-contained room, we are constantly stapling and binding books. I had a binding machine but it broke.
Thanks for the offers.
So many projects and activities require cutting and a paper cutter would make it so much quicker when I’m working on the activities at home.
Good morning to everyone! I’m a preschool director and my staff would be thrilled with any of these essential teaching supplies. The majority of my staff would appreciate an additional laminator to add to our resources.
Thanks and have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂
I would definitely choose the binding machine! It would a great addition to our homeschool supplies, and much cheaper than getting packets printed at the store!! Good luck to everyone!! 🙂
A paper cutter in my room would be fabulous!
Great Giveway
I would love to win the sharpener.
Thanks for your generosity.
The laminator as I use many items with my students and want them to last during use. So reinforcing them with the laminator would be great!
I would love to win a laminator! It would be so helpful to keep using materials year after year without needing to printing them all the time and wasting paper!
I would love to win a laminator, because in our preschool we have to use the public schools’ laminator, and it would be quick and easy to be able to use it in our center.
I would love the home laminator for our birth to three program.
I would love the laminator!
The laminator would be a great tool! They’re all great and so helpful!
Having the binding machine would enable me to better keep class books and send materials home to parents for lasting memeories!
I would love the laminator- I have a Grandma Helper that is doing some of my Kindergarten projects at home and this would help so much! Thank you
I would love a binding machine for all my stories and classroom visuals!
Every year I spend a lot of my budget to pay for the binding on my end of year memory books I make for each of the kiddos. A binding machine would be such a gift to have.
That’s so sweet of you!!!
The binding machine would be amazing! I love making little books for the kids!
First being from a rural school that has to send home packets if we are out especially with Covid this would help me keep their work together. Also being a Kinder Teacher it would be awesome to have the Binder not only would I be able to make small packages for my children I would be able to make an All About Me for their parents at the end of the year so they can remember their first year of school.
I’d love to win a binding machine. I have had one on my wishlist since I started homeschooling 4 years ago.
I would be so happy with any of the above picks!
I’d love the binding machine. We do so many things from your site. How nice. Merry Christmas!
I’d love the binder. It would help keep all the sight words and speech aids together without taking up all the space a notebook binder does.
I have a laminator and it is a must to complete work at home for the class. I would choose the pencil sharpener because we use the fat pencils in class and it is hard to find a good sharpener for them.
I would love the laminator! I take worksheets I use a lot, or games that I can add to my morning bins and laminate them so I can use them year after year.
I would love the binding machine! I teach K reading, and we like making class books. Each student has their own book box, so I could make class sets that way!!
Love your blog, it is always useful information
I would love the laminator. I teach Kinder and am always making center games and activities that need to be laminated. I’ve never had a home laminator but I could see how it would be convenient!
I would love the binding machine to help make my social stories for my special education students!
The paper cutter would be my first choice! This is a great list!
Thank you so much for the chance to win a binding machine!
I homeschool and use our laminator SO much more than I thought I would!!
I would love the binding machine. This has always been a great idea for students to keep their great work together that may be saved for a while.
Fantastic choices. Very exciting.
Great choices. Our laminator is kept under lock and key and only 1 teacher can use it. Crazy. Laminators are a must when teaching primary.
I would love to receive a binding machine .thank you. 🙏😊
I would love the binding machine! These are my favorites too!
I would love to receive the laminator!
I would love the binder!
I’d love the laminator!
I am trying to help my daughter teach a pod of students while the schools are closed here in CA. We don’t have any of the pieces you are so graciously giving away. We could use any of them. Thank you for offering.
Laminator…no more wipe-n-trace books for this mama!
I would like the binding machine.
I would absolutely LOVE the laminator! I use clear sheet protectors for things that I like to keep more sturdy, use for wipeable worksheets and when I want to protect documents, but having a laminator instead would be a huge upgrade 🙂
I would love the Laminator. It would come in handy for things I send home to help with virtual learning.
All your choices are so useful ! I think I would choose the binding machine or the paper cutter. I run a small privately owned daycare center. Coming up to our 4th year now. finances are limited so I work with a small inventory of supplies.
I just told someone recently how I would like a laminator. It would be SO MUCH easier than trying to use contact paper!
These are all great picks! I agree on the laminator since mine is still holding up too👍 I would pick the stapler
I would love the paper cutter! I have been wanting to add one to my collection of school stuff!!!
I am in need of a new paper cutter! This looks like a great one!
I could use all 5 myself but I’d definitely do some awesome things with the binding machine!!!
Thank you for this opportunity! The paper cutter would be amazing!!
I would love the cutter! I do a lot of copying and the cutter would help to cut things out!!!
I would love any! I have a laminator, so I would pick any of the others
I would love to win the binding machine!
I agree with this list! I just bought a binding machine this year and we have been busy making social stories for my Early Childhood Special Needs class! The only thing on your list I do not have is the stapler. I would love to have one for fixing books or stapling student booklets.
Thank you for doing this!!
I would love the binder. I use all the other supplies already. They are all definite must haves for all teachers.
I would love the heavy duty stapler that can staple through a thick stack of papers.
I would love the laminator as I do not have a personal one yet!
I would love the paper cutter!
I would like to win the paper cutter. I have one I bought when I was in college in the mid 90s and it has seen better days.
This is truly so awesome!! I would love to get the Binding machine as I have foster kids and love to send books home to parents for the children and I always have to go to Office Max to get it done.. Thank you for a wonderful contest!!!
Aw that’s so great. Thank you for being a foster parent! It’s so needed!
Laminator as mine has finally died after 12 years
the laminator looks great, have a great day!!
I love all the information you give. The Book Binder would make my life so much easier. I have bought a laminator, and have always had a good paper cutter for crafting (Scrapbooking)
I’d love the laminator!!
I would like to win the binding machine. I think they are both great tools to have.
I would love to have the Home Laminator. It would save me so much time. We all know how much extra time we all spend at school and then working at home. Theee are so many learning games and activities I would love to have the time to prepare. Having a laminator at home would help a Lot!!
I would like the paper cutter. The ones at. My work don’t cut anymore. We also order the large construction paper so a cutter is amazing. I would also like the binder never had one but it would be nice to be able to set up work books.
I’d love to win the binding machine.
These are amazing prizes!!!
I would love the binding machine or the paper cutter.
I would love the binding machine and/or the paper cutter.
These are amazing prizes!!!
I agree with all of your choices. I currently have 4 of the 5 items. That pencil sharpener would be amazing!
I agree that the laminator is a must for kindergarten. I also use a heavy duty stapler often to make books for the kids to keep. I would love a paper cutter since I have to use a scissor at home or use the school paper cutter if it is still in the workroom. Thank you for sharing your time and talents.
The stapler would be great!
All of them are great items. I would love to have laminator. So much I could do with that!!!!
I would love the binder. There are so many projects that I could use it with.
The Binging Machine would be so helpful for my preschoolers different art work, ABC books, Science Journals, and more! What an awesome opportunity!
The paper cutter please!
My choice would be the laminator. Thank you for sharing your favorites.
I would love the pencil sharpener! Thanks!
The laminator looks nice and sleep, but really, we go through pencil sharpeners like it’s going out of style. That Xacto one looks nice with all the different sizes it can accommodate.
All of these are great items for use at home to make teaching easier.
The pencil sharpener. So many of my students are particular about their pencils.
I would love the binding machine. It would be so useful to be able to make booklets for my students. Thanks for all your teaching materials, they are my go to!
I would love these items as I work with PreK special needs kiddos. Everything needs to be laminated and made toddler proof!
I would love to win the laminator!
The binding machine is super cool! I’d love to have one of those!
I would love the binder . my preK students love to become little authors and make class books, I would love to be able to provide better journals for the class as well.
I would love the binder or pencil sharpener.
Any of these item would be great but I think the laminator or stapler would be my favorite.
I would love the binding machine!
I would love the pencil sharpener! My 5yo uses the larger size ticonderoga pencils and I haven’t been able to find a sharpener that fits them as well as our regular pencils!
Hi , I would love the binder , I would make a lot of use for it homeschooling my 4 kids
Oh my gosh! I just put this exact laminator on my christmas wish list (sent to my family) I would love it!
These are all great choices! I probably need the pencil sharpener the most but would love to have any of them ::)
I would like to win the stapler. My kids frequently use them, and broke quite a few in the past!
I would love the laminator.
I’ve been wanting a laminator.
I would love the laminator or the binding machine. Both would be extremely beneficial in providing parents/caregivers with learning materials and activities, especially since we are only conducting virtual home visits due to COVID-19. Thank you!
Thank you for doing these giveaways! All of these supplies would be beneficial and very much appreciated. But, if I am only choosing one, I would go with the laminator!
I would love them all but I think I would use the laminator the most.
The laminator would be my number one choice. Thanks for the recommendations and info! 🙂
I would love to win the paper cutter.
I would love to be blessed to win the laminator! I make so many resources for my Pre-K kiddos. Thanks for the opportunity!
Great prizes! I would love the pencil sharpener!!
I was actually just telling my kids we need an amazing pencil sharpener 😂 ! That would be awesome to win!!!!!
I would love the binding machine! it would be so fun to make books for the kids
This is so great! I think I would love the binding machine. I have a co-teacher who got a laminator for us. Thank you so much for your site and these givewaways!
What an awesome thing you are doing! Love your blog!! The binding machine would come in super handy as our school doesn’t have one and the teachers often ask. However, any or these items would be wonderful to win 🙂
I would LOVE a be a heavy duty stapler!
All these tools would make any teacher happy. The binder is something I never thought about, but could really put THAT or the laminator to great use😊
The laminator would be awesome to have at home in emergencies or if the school laminator is not working!
I’ve been wanting my own binding machine for a long time.
I would love the pencil sharpener!
I would love the binding machine!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us and hosting this fun giveaway!! I would be so excited to win one of these!! Thank you again!
I would love the laminator
I would love a paper cutter! Or a wonderful stapler! Oh the choices!!
This is so generous of you. I think I’d select the binder. Fingers crossed
That laminator looks amazing! I’d definitely choose that.
I would love the binding machine. So handy!
I think the binding machine would be an amazing addition to my teacher tools.
Man, they are all great!! I’d like the paper cutter!!!!
I would love to receive the laminator or the paper cutter. Both are vital to teaching. Thank you!
This is awesome! I would love the binding machine!
I would love to have the paper cutter!
The binding machine looks really cool! I would love to have one in my classroom to make books for my PreK students. 🙂 thank you for the recommendations!
I would love the binding machine! I totally agree about the laminator being a must have! I love mine and use it all the time. I do make class books for my preschool class, so I would definitely use the binding machine.
Laminator or binder would be nice
Well they’re all great items! I’d go with the paper cutter!
I would love the laminator! I can think of so many ways it could be used!
I would love the super duper stapler or the book binder for all of my great resources…making sure they stay organized.
I would love the laminator! My ECSE preschoolers are always needing things laminated and I have to pick and choose due to limitations and estrictions in the building!
I would love the heavy duty stapler.
The binding machine would be fabulous to win ! I have always wanted one of those ! There is one at school, but it is always AWOL – maybe in another classroom, work room, etc. Never can be found when I need it ! Always have to hunt it down…
I would love to have a laminator. There are so many things you can do with this!
The laminator would be ideal! There is always something that world be better laminated!
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I would love a laminator. I have two of the sharpeners, two cutting boards (one small and one large), the school has the binding machine, and the book stapler for our use.
A laminator would be wonderful
I would love the stapler! These are awesome top 5 teaching supplies!
Paper Cutter for me! Merry Christmas!
I would LOOOVE to have the binding machine!!!! I never thought I would use it enough, but now I’m realizing I would use it A LOT! HAHA!! Thank you so much for these giveaways!!!
Ohhh that laminator would be awesome to have! You picked some definite must haves!
HANDS-DOWN the Laminator is the MUST-HAVE for any teacher–I’m actually giving one to my daughter-in-law (3rd grade teacher) and my daughter (high school teacher) for Christmas this year! 🎄
I’d personally LOVE 😍 to win the paper-cutter–I literally was just looking on Amazon last night for one to have at home–it would make things SO much easier for me–well, for my husband since I always recruit him for Sunday Night Laminating/Cutting Parties💃🏽🎉
I would love to have a binder! Love the give away.
I would love the laminator 🙂 as it would save me a lot from the print shop.
I would love to win the pencil sharpener. I have a great laminator that I would not be without.
The binding machine would be top on my list!
The laminator would be great!
Man, I have been wanting a laminator for a while now!
I would love to win the laminator! I used to own a Scotch one as well, and it broke recently 🙁 Definitely a necessity as a Special Ed teacher!!
Our preschool would benefit a laminator greatly.
Would love to win the paper cutter. My other one recently broke and could use a good heavy duty one!!
I was saying just yesterday how I would love to have my own paper cutter! The one at school is dull and doesn’t cut correctly!
I’m torn between laminator and paper cutter as I can’t count on how many occasions I wish I had both in our homeschooling journey. But still I think laminator is absolutely the most helpful thing!
I would LOVE to win the laminator. I’ve been thinking of buying for to use at home with my 2 year old grandson…and the new one coming soon. WINNING it would be even better!!! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love the binding machine! I didn’t realize how useful it was until distance learning became a big thing because of COVID-19. The grade level team I work with decided to print copies and bind them together using the school’s binding machine to send home for students to use during distance learning. It keeps all their worksheets together and there are no lost pages. Having my own binding machine would be great!
I would love the pencil sharpener or the paper cutter. Thank you!!🙏🏼🤞🏼👍🏼❤️😀
I would love the laminator!
You’re awesome for doing this giveaway. Thank you for the opportunity! I would love to win (crossed fingers and toes) laminator please.
I would definitely pick the laminator! I used to have one at work and I miss it so much!!! Being part of a homeschooling pre-K pod, which is outside only, I am just dreaming on having one to make cards, games, printables etc. more durable.
I would LOVE that heavy duty stapler!!! My little stapler drives me crazy.
I would love the binding machine
A binder would be awesome to have students make their own books that they would write.
I would love the binding machine! Whenever we want something bound, we usually take it to Office Max or Staples. Having my own would be so convenient, especially for homeschooling my little one.
Great giveaway! Since I already have my laminator (that I LOVE) I would LOVE the binding machine!
Oh a binding machine is such a great idea!
Oh, my! For a crafter and a Gramma homeschooling 6 year old twins girls, a laminator would be a dream come true! Oh, what we could find that needs laminating! Thank you for all the hard work you invest to support those of us that are filling our days with teaching and filling our nights with lesson plans!
I would love to win the laminator! It seems like the perfect addition to any homeschool space!
I wholeheartedly agree with your choices! I’d love the paper cutter. I have a smaller one that will do a page or two at once, but I love the style you included for doing larger batches at once.
These items are all great! I would select the laminator for my class. You can never laminate enough. LOL.
The big stapler is something I could use! I print little books for the kids that need to be stapled and my old one is not always up to the job!
Hello! I would love the paper cutter as I am always making supplies for my classroom and it would be a life saver rather using scissors all the time.
Thank you so much for the giveaway! I’d love the laminator because all of my school laminating is too thin and it curls up.
i would love the binding machine – i would like to make my remote kids learning binders
Thanks so much for recognizing the hard work of teachers and others with this offer! I would love to have the binding machine!
I would love the paper cutter. I can’t cut a straight line😂
The binding machine would be super useful!
I would love the laminator! Working with a toddler this is a must as we review over and over!
A laminater would be awesome but any of the items would make creating materials easier.
I would absoultely love a new laminator! My current one has lived a good life and its on its way out the door, i’m scared to use it. (it ate my paper and started to smell like melted paper/fire!)
The laminator or the binder would be so cool.
The Laminator!
This is awesome and much appreciated by teachers! Merry Christmas!
I would love the binding machine. I didn’t even realize these were something you could own personally, but as a new teacher who loves to stay organized this tool would be FABULOUS. It just seems so fancy haha.
I would love a binding machine!
I think the binding machine would be wonderful!
I would truly love the paper cutter! Would make work at home much faster.
I would love the laminator! So many useful ideas here!
Binding machine. I think this would be useful tool to crate mini books the children out together.
I would love the paper cutter!! It would make my prep work go a lot faster!
I would love the laminator!
I would like a laminater
I love my laminator too, but never thought about having a binder at home!
I would love either the laminator or the paper cutter. I’ve had my laminator for many years, and I think that any day it’s going to break. The paper cutter would save so much time instead of using scissors to cut paper up.
I would love to win the binder. I have the other supplies and couldn’t function without them. I would love to be able to make workbooks and bind them.
I would love the binding machine! I love having my home laminator and my paper cutter! They are truly game changers!
I would like the laminator!
I would love to receive the paper cutter as mine has a crack in it.
I would love to own the binding machine. So portable and useful. I would be convenient to have one at home to work on projects. All of the tools are helpful and top rate.
I would like the binding machine. Thank you!
They all are great but I’d love to win the laminator!
I would love the paper cutter! So useful!
I would love to win the laminator!
I would love to have the stapler!
Love your must-have list! I have a laminator and that same pencil sharpener. It would be hard to choose between the binding machine & heavy-duty stapler!
I would love, love, love any of them!
I would love to win the pencil sharpener! I only have a handheld one and my pencils are always breaking.
All great supplies! I would love any for my classroom!
So many great items. I would like to have the binding machine. But definitely a hard choice.
What an awesome giveaway! I would love to win the binding machine! Thank you so much for doing this. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I’d love to win the binding machine!
I would love to be able to bind some of the little books we make!
My laminator is on its last leg and I use it ALL THE TIME! That is top of my list!
I’d love the heavy duty stapler! I have all the rest and know how great they are!
I would love the laminator!
I can’t make up my mind which I’d like to have, they all are great ideas!
I need the binding machine to make social stories!
What thoughtful items! I think my top ones would be the laminator and binder. Thank you!
This is a great gift-away for teachers. Thank you.
All of those things are awesome! I think I would choose the laminator have Breyer quality laminating for the things I would use a lot with my students. The school laminator while wonderful uses the thinnest film.
I have a laminator, which I use all the time, but I’d love the binder!
I’d definitely go with the laminator! I’m pretty sure we’d use it for school, work and things around the house!
I agree with your 5!! I have all except the binder. I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win the binder!! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love love love the binder!! I can think of tons of books to make for my class with it!!
These are all great must- have products! The laminator and paper cutter are top!
Thank you
Awesome giveaway! This is a great thing that you are doing. Thank you!
That binding machine or the long arm stapler would be awesome!
I would love to win the pencil sharpener. It is a necessity in the classroom.
Thanks for thinking of us and for hosting this fun giveaway. Any of the items would be great for the classroom.
I would love to win the binding machine.
This is a hard choose but I would probably have to go with the laminator. I use it for my preschoolers but also for my own personal children as well.
I think I would pick the laminator, though the binding machine is a very close second!
These are all awesome! My first choice would be the laminator or paper cutter. Thanks for all you do.
I would love the binding machine. I don’t currently have one in the classroom. Looks like it would be a great addition. Thank you for this amazing giveway!!!
The binding machine would be amazing! We don’t have one at our school and I love to make books of the kids’ writing for our class library!
These are all great! I would love the laminator.
Thank you for the drawing!!
I would love the binding machine. Already thinking of ideas for it. I didn’t know that even existed. Happy Holidays! This is so sweet of you to do!
I’m always looking for a good pencil sharpener!
I would love the laminator. I have one and it is on it’s last leg because I use it so much!
I think I would use the paper cutter the most!
All would be great tools to have. You have picked some really good ones.
I would love to have the binding machine or the paper cutter more so the paper cutter.
I would love the binding machine! To bind books and packets for my remote students would be easy and convenient
Oh how exciting and would definitely love to win! 😃
I’m not at teacher but I work at a school and I can guarantee this is all very beneficial. My parents were immigrants and their highest education was Elementary, unfortunately my siblings and I did not have help with our homework and never had a story read to us before bed time. As a mother of a Kindergartner and a 2 year old, I THANK YOU very greatly for all that you have provided, I hope to give my kids everything and as nice as it would be to give them materialistic stuff, I’d prefer to give all the educational help they need to see them succeed higher than what I can. I hope to win one device in particular, it would benefit me in helping my little ones go above and beyond.
I’d love a new laminator or the stapler! I imagine the stapler would be easier for some of our other crafts.
I would love to win the paper cutter!
I would definitely love the laminator! Currently using shipping tape and protective binder covers to keep some of my daughters school work durable.
I would LOVE the binding machine!
These are all good choices and I love my current stapler and sharpener. Being a new homeschool grandma, I would just die for a laminator. How nice that would be, Thanks for even offering a choice of any of these items. Very generous.
Happy Holidays
Pencil sharpener!! I seriously need one. All of mine break our pencils and it takes so much effort to make a pencil sharp without the lead breaking.
What an amazing giveaway!!! You Rock!! I would love the binder machine. It would make class books and other projects a dream.
I would love to win the binding machine!
I would love the pencil sharpener. Nothing beats a nice sharp pencil!
I would love to win the paper cutter. Mine is so old!
The binding machine would be great for my classroom! I would love to make more class books with my students.
I would love to have them all for my school. I would share them all with my kindergarten team.
Love giveaways! THE laminator would be very helpful with homeschooling!! I could save so many resources for the next kiddos to use.
I have a laminator and I agree it’s a total must have. Next I think I need a good pencil sharpener!
Binding machine would be amazing!!!
I would love to win the stapler or the binding machine! Or really any of the items on the list!
THANKS for the giving spirit! I would love a laminator or a binding machine!
I would love a laminator. I laminate a lot of printables I find online for my daughter. I usually use laminating sheets . All of these things are great suggestions. I need a new stapler so I’ll look into that.
My laminator just broke and it is by far my favorite too!! I have t laminate even more things this year due to increased cleaning protocols at school!
I am asking for a laminator for Christmas this year, so it would be great if I won that
laminator, most definitely