I’ve always loved shopping the Dollar Tree for school supplies – even when I taught in a preschool, before my children.

My son, just turned 4, has been using Sonbeams since last summer, and is already way past basic number recognition.

Several months ago he began showing an interest in math, wanting to learn addition. So of course, when he saw this (among other things…) while at Dollar Tree with me a few weeks ago, this poster was one thing ‘he HAD to have’ – and into the buggy he was putting it!

Numbers 1 through 12 – Addition Chart $1!!

Numbers 1-20

Basic recognition of matching the number and seeing visually how many it is.

(I didn’t realize when I bought it that 17 was fairies, but since they have no idea what fairies are, we just won’t make them the ‘magical’ thing the world makes them to be.)

This will be great for teaching my 2 year old how to count up to 20 – and also recognize numbers that high.

Here’s a close up of some other great finds….

Die Cut letters, great for the Main Board (see previous post)

Name cards – Though there’s only 2 real students here, it’s still fun for them to see their name written out, plus when we spell it each time we see it, they learn to spell their names quickly!

And the last items being cute borders. These will make cute decorations for either a posterboard or the trifold board you’ll see in the next picture that I snagged once again, for $1!

I picked out an animal one and transportation theme, for when we do theme studies on these.

This trifold board isn’t as big as the main one I have pictured in a previous post, but it’s still a good size, and even better for $1 vs. the $4+ that I paid for the other one at WalMart.

Happy Shopping – and remember, schooling CAN be inexpensive! You don’t even have to have these items, but I’ll admit – it’s fun and cute for Mommy!