I have worked hard on updating my TPT products this summer. For those of you who have purchased in the past, make sure you come back to freshen up your products for the next school year. You will be able to download the updated products without paying again.
You will mainly see differences in the covers and clipart. I tried to be more diverse and improved the quality. I made minor adjustments to the content and added a little extra. When I was reading some of the material, I had some of those “What were you thinking moments.”
Bundles provide a good value. You might want to consider them if you are a first time buyer and can take advantage of a 25% off sale.
In a few cases I added more to a product. I added another page of cards to “The Size of the Problem. People have asked for more scenarios so I thought I would add a little more value to it. It is included in the Social Skills Bundle. By buying the Bundle you are getting one product free.
I finished updating the complex sentence sets and they are also in a bundle.
If you are a new educator, take advantage of the free trials under the index heading at the top of the BLOG . I have been busy updating those as well. They are a good way to try out the cards on your students to see if they will work for you.
I know everyone is likely to be on a tight budget for materials. This site is meant to be a place where new and seasoned educators could get materials free or with minimal funds. It also needs to be self sustaining. There seems to be no way to do this without some advertising. Although TPT is probably annoying to some, I think it is better to have a self hosted BLOG site then have unrelated pop up ads that restricts the amount of access and downloads.
This brings me to my next topic. TPT has added a fee in addition to the commission if products are sold for less then $3. That is why you may have noticed products in the $2.00 range have raised in price throughout TPT. When a sale price is included, there is not much left going to the seller. I have adjusted some prices on products and tried to make them more worthwhile to buyer and seller by adding more pages. I am trying to keep the costs down by making my own clipart. They may not be as professional looking as some of the products, however the content is time tested. I appreciate those of you who have bought products and given me good reviews despite my odd clip art.
Click on any of the pictures and you will be linked to the product page on TPT. I hope you have a good start with your new school year.
