What is Teachers Pay Teachers? TPT stands for Teachers Pay Teachers. It is an online marketplace where teachers and parents can purchase and download free products to help support student education. Resources in all subjects and grade levels can be found and they range in prices from free to $200 with most products being under $5. Find out more about what Teachers Pay Teachers is in this post!
At first, I felt guilty purchasing products on TPT to be used in my classroom. I tried talking myself out of buying a $4 presentation, worksheet and slideshow on a topic I knew nothing about.
When I though about it I ended up saving at least 6 hours to research the topic on early humans, make the slideshow, the worksheet, edit and format everything. The $4 was well spent and I feel a lot less guilt now spending a few dollars to pay for something that is going to make my job as teacher easier!
In my first year of teaching, I was teaching a lot of subjects and grade levels that I was unfamiliar with. Planning units became very time consuming because I was having to research and plan the content before teaching it. TPT helps build up your bank of lessons, activities and ideas.
TPT is the first place I check before I begin planning because often I can find what I am looking for - for FREE! Usually, I can’t make something as nice and as pretty either.
TPT offers a variety of sales throughout the year. It’s a great idea to join their mailing list to get notified when there are upcoming sales. Their sales are often 20% off which means you can save even more on products that are already inexpensive!
Something that I recently learned about TPT blew my mind! If you leave a review on a purchase you made (not a free download) you can actually earn credits to be applied on future purchases! It’s a win-win - you help the seller build a trusted reputation and you give yourself a credit to use towards your next purchase!
In my TPT shop, I am focusing on art resources because that is my speciality! I have products for middle school and high school art!
Still curious about what TPT is? Visit my shop here and follow me so you can see new resources that I put out!
Check out some of my products here: Click on any of the images if you are interested in learning more about the product!
Insect Symmetry - free download- click the image to download this freebie!
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Symmetry Drawing Bundle for Grades K-3
Purchase Drawing Prompts for High School here - 30+ pages!
Even if you are not a teacher and you are a parent TPT is worth the look - you will be able to find activities, worksheets and more to help your child with a topic they might be struggling in!
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