Introducing 2 Cute Not 2

When I began Mrs. Emily's Smiles Blog, I wanted to share mainly teacher information. Now I want to add everything that makes me smile. I will continue to add free teaching products, great deals, ideas and anything and everything 'teacher' related. However, I also want to expand to our craft business. My sister-in-law, Alex, love making wreaths, skirts, and vinyl projects. We call it 2 Cute Not 2. This will just be another place to share the fun we have with our little hobby. As of today, 2 Cute Not 2 has items displayed at Dana's Deli & Market in Gassaway, TN. ~ Emily :) 

Free printable Fall Spelling Game & Free Columbus Day Resources

Check out this page of free Columbus Day Resources from Classical Composers. There are printables, videos, and more.

Helping one of your children with spelling? Download this free printable Fall Spelling Game.

Free BOB Book Printables (Set 4, Books 3-4)

Download new free BOB Book Printables — these are for set 4, books 3-4:

BOB Book Printables from 3 Dinosaurs

BOB Book Printables from Royal Baloo

BOB Book Printables from This Reading Mama

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Free 2-year subscription to LEGO magazine

Just a reminder, if you’ve not already done so, you can sign your children up for a free 2-year subscription to LEGO magazine. My kids LOVE this magazine!

Educational Deals & Freebies Round-up

Here are some of the best educational deals and freebies available right now from Katie who writes at Cincinnati Cents:

Snap Circuits Jr. Set for $20.18: Amazon has their Snap Circuits Jr. Set on sale for $20.18. This set contains over 30 snap-together parts that enable children to create more than 100 different projects such as a burglar alarm, a doorbell, and more. An illustrated manual is included with the kit and is also available online.

Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Race Car Set for $5.36: Purchase a Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Race Car Set for just $5.36. This set includes a wooden car, wheels, paint, a paintbrush, glue, and stickers.

Free Kindle e-Books for Kids: There are several free Kindle e-Books for kidsavailable for download, including The Mystery of Smugglers Cove, The Secret Garden, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, The Wind in the Willows, and the Tales of Big and Little.

Klutz Lego Crazy Action Contraptions Kit for $13.47 Shipped:Purchase the Klutz Lego Crazy Action Contraptions Kit for just $7.98. This set comes with over 100 Lego bricks that can be used to construct 16 different Lego contraptions with everything from a speedster to squeeze claw grabber. There is a fee of $5.49 for shipping which brings your total up to $13.47 – a savings of almost $9 from the Klutz website.

Zoobooks Magazine Subscription for $10: Groupon is currently offering customers a one-year subscription to Zoobooks, Zoobies, or Zootles Magazine for $10. You can also purchase a 2-year subscription to any of the above magazines for just $19.

Free Corduroy Educational Pack: Homeschool Creations has a free Corduroy Educational Pack available for download. This pack includes such skills as tracing, graphing, identifying shapes, sorting, a book report, and more.

Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint for $6.71: Amazon has their Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint (6 ct.) on sale for $6.71. This washable multi-purpose paint is ideal for posters, banners, and craft projects. Plus, if you have little fingers that are painting, you can also pick up a set of Melissa & Doug Jumbo Paintbrushes (4 ct.) for $6.37. The easy-grip handles on these paintbrushes offer more efficient handling and brush control for younger children.

Melissa & Doug Caterpillar Gear Toy for $9.31: Purchase the Melissa & Doug Caterpillar Gear Toy for $9.31. This toy features six interchangeable gears in six bright colors; sturdy, colorful pegs to make it easy to place and spin gears; solid-wood gear board that features painted caterpillar feet; and a red gear that features a smiling caterpillar face. This toy promotes color recognition, hand/eye coordination, and fine motor skills.

Free Candy Preschool Pack: Download a free Candy Preschool Pack from 1+1+1=1. This pack includes such skills as graphing, patterns, sorting, shapes, tracing, and more.

Classic Nursery Tales 10-Book Set for $19.99 Shipped: Groupon has their Classic Nursery Tales 10-Book Set on sale for $19.99. These books are 40 pages each and contain 15 stories and/or nursery rhymes per book. The following titles are included in this set – Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider, Jack and Jill, Little Bo-Peep, Little Jack Horner, Little Miss Muffet, Old King Cole, Three Little Kittens, and Wee Willie Winkie. As an added bonus, this set includes free shipping.

Alex String-A-Farm Set for $11.34: Amazon has their Alex String-A-Farm Set on sale for $11.34. This set includes 12 wooden beads, a wooden needle, cotton lace, and a stopper, and is ideal for improving fine motor skills and manual dexterity.

Free Butterfly Educational Unit: Download a free Butterfly Educational Unit from 2 Teaching Mommies. This unit includes such skills as identifying butterfly parts, patterns, graphing, sorting, spelling, and more.

Melissa & Doug My Own Mailbox Set for $14.04: Purchase a Melissa & Doug My Own Mailbox Set for $14.04. This set includes a wooden mailbox with working door and flag, 2 reusable write-and-draw postcards, reusable ruled letter with envelope, letter and number stickers, 3 wipe-clean crayons, and a pencil.

Nancy B’s Science Club MoonScope for $37.09: Amazon has theirEducational Insights Nancy B’s Science Club MoonScope Set on sale for $37.09. This set typically retails for $49.99 and includes 18x and 90x magnifications, 4 mm and 20 mm all-glass eyepieces, a finder scope, a moon filter, a tripod with built-in red LED light to read journal and moon map in the dark, and a 22-page journal full of activities.

Free Pre-Writing Practice Printables: Download a free set of Pre-Writing Practice Printables from 3 Dinosaurs. There are 14 pages included in this set, and they are ideal for writing practice as well as working with scissors.

Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope for $23.99:Amazon has their Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope on sale for $23.99. This microscope typically retails for $39.99 and features a dial that children can turn to listen to fun facts about the 12 prepared slides of common insects that are included in the kit. Children are also challenged to remember what they have learned in an electronic quiz game.

Katie is a wife and homeschooling mother of four who writes at Cincinnati Cents about saving money and having fun as a family without breaking the bank. She enjoys sharing new recipes, ideas for frugal family fun, and tips for spending less at the grocery store.

Educational Deals & Freebies Round-Up

Here are some of the best educational deals and freebies available right now from Katie who writes at Cincinnati Cents:

Lego Architecture Brandenburg Gate for $22.49: Amazon has their Lego Architecture Brandenburg Gate Set on sale for $22.49. This set is an interpretation of the real Brandenburg Gate landmark and includes a booklet that details both the design and the history of this landmark.

Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes for $14.09: Purchase the Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes for just $14.09. This book presents step-by-step instructions for building ten unique airplanes, and comes complete with 40 sheets of flight-tested, ready-to-fold paper, printed on both sides in a variety of colorful patterns.

Free Kids’ Kindle e-books: There are several free kids’ Kindle e-booksavailable for download including All Time Favorite Bible Stories, You Are There Bible Adventures, Pandas for Kids, The Mystery of the Missing Money, and Cat Days.

Crayola Oil Pastel Sticks (28 ct.) for $3.88: Amazon has their Crayola Colored Oil Pastel Sticks (28 ct.) on sale for $3.88. These pastels are hexagonal shape to discourage rolling and are jumbo-sized for strength and durability.

Goodnight Moon 123 Counting Game for $7.99: Purchase Briarpatch’s Goodnight Moon 123 Counting Game for just $7.99. This game typically retails $14.99 and encourages listening, matching, beginning number and reading skills.

Free Littlest Pet Shop Printables: Download a variety of Littlest Pet Shop Printables from 1+1+1=1. This pack includes such skills as tracing, matching/memory game, counting, graphing, and more.

KidKraft Tea Set for $15.52: Amazon has their KidKraft Prairie Tea Set on sale for $15.52. This wooden set includes two tea cups, two sugar cubes, two teabags, and two mixing spoons.

Big Book of Things That Go for $10.79: Purchase the Big Book of Things That Go for $10.79. This book has a colorful collection of trucks, ships, planes, and trains and includes entertaining text and questions to encourage children to think about how and why machines are useful.

Free Niger Geography Printables: Homeschool Creations has a set of free Niger Geography Printables available for download. This set includes a mapping sheet, a country fact sheet, a prayer sheet, and more.

American Girl Crafts Memory Book Set for $9.99: Purchase theAmerican Girl Crafts Memory Book Set for $9.99. This set includes a mini memory book, 10 mini papers, stickers, and gems as well as adhesive squares, punch-out designs, and words.

Klutz Book of Animation for $16.13: Amazon has their Klutz Book of Animation on sale for $16.13. This kit will encourage kids to create their own stop motion movies, and the software you’ll need is available as a free download, ready to use on any computer (PC or Mac).

Free All About Reading Activity Bundle: Sign up for the free All About Reading Teaching Tips monthly newsletter, and you’ll receive a free All About Reading Activity Bundle. The following six downloads are included – Over Easy, Word Flippers for FF-LL-SS, A Flock of Ducks, Feed the Anteater, Be a Lumberjack, and Wake Up the Sheep.

Learning Resources Pizza Fraction Fun Game for $10.49: Purchase theLearning Resources Pizza Fraction Fun Game for just $10.49. This game helps kids visually understand fraction concepts and skills using one of their favorite foods. Kids can play seven different games to practice identifying fractions, matching fraction equivalents and performing fraction addition and subtraction by building pizzas. The game includes 13 double-sided pizzas (one side labeled with fractions) and three double-sided spinners providing different levels of learning.

V-Tech Rhyme & Discover Book for $15.03: Amazon has their V-Tech Rhyme & Discover Book on sale for $15.03. This interactive book includes 3 light-up character buttons on the tabs of the pages, 7 popular nursery rhymes, 4 movable pieces, and a musical note button.

Free Colgate Bright Smiles Teacher’s Kit: Colgate is once again offering teachers a free Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Kit for their classroom. This kit includes Colgate kid’s toothbrushes and toothpaste samples for each child as well as a video, posters, storybooks, and a teaching curriculum.

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego Series for $5.99: Purchase the complete Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego Series for $5.99. This set includes 4 discs with all 40 episodes of action-packed adventures full of history and geography.

Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set for $22.99: Amazon has their Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set on sale for $22.99. This set typically retails for $29.95 and includes 95 pieces such as spinning gears, pillars, connectors, and cranks.

Free Sight Word Sundaes Printables: Royal Baloo has a free set of Sight Word Sundaes available to print. There are several other ice cream themed printables available as well – Popsicle Rhymes printable, Ice Cream 3-Digit Addition printable, and Ice Cream Letter Sounds.

Back-to-School e-Book Bundle for $7.40: Purchase 5 Back-to-School e-books for just $7.40 from Bundle of the Week. With your purchase, you’ll get a complete back-to-school guide, printable planners, tips for simplifying your chore routines (for the adults and the children!) and ideas for simple outdoor fun in the midst of your busy schedule.

Katie is a wife and homeschooling mother of four who writes at Cincinnati Cents about saving money and having fun as a family without breaking the bank. She enjoys sharing new recipes, ideas for frugal family fun, and tips for spending less at the grocery store.

Free Printable First Day of School Picture Signs

Great for 1st Day of School:)

Planning to take First Day of School pictures? Check out these free printable First Day of School Picture Signs.