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Teacher Freebies: Educational Printables and Appreciation Promotions

Various blog posts and websites document free educational resources shared during teacher-themed events, such as Teacher Week and Grandparents Day. These include downloadable packets for classroom use. Additionally, listings detail promotional offers for educators during Teacher Appreciation Week, primarily discounts and limited free items from select businesses. All information derives from informal blog sources and deal aggregation sites, which recommend verification due to potential variations in availability.

Educational Downloadable Freebies

Blog posts from teacher-focused sites offer free printable materials for classroom activities.

  • A 65-page Math Ring, Flashcards, and Mini Posters Packet aligned with Common Core Math Standards for first grade, including 1 to 120 charts and fill-in-the-missing-number worksheets, is provided for free. Download requires following the blog and Teachers Pay Teachers store.
  • Cover and inside pages for a class book based on the book "I Like Me" by Nancy Carlson allow students to write and illustrate something they like about themselves. This is shared as part of a "THREEBIE Freebie Friday" during Teacher Week.
  • Pages for a class book tied to "WOW! SCHOOL!" by Robert Neubecker enable students to draw pictures of their school with borders. The book features full-color illustrations touring a school, suitable for K-2 classrooms.
  • A Pete the Cat coloring sheet is available for Grandparents Day activities.
  • Crafts for grandparents, sourced from Ashley Reed, are mentioned.
  • A "roll a grandparent" activity is provided, distinct from physical rolling.
  • Illustrations of students as grandmas and grandpas for hallway displays include elements like grey hair, canes, walkers, and wheelchairs.

Testimonials on one site praise math activities such as cut-and-paste tasks, escape rooms, and projects for engagement across skill levels in classwork and summer school. Subscriptions are promoted for updates on tips, sales, and freebies.

These resources appear on personal teacher blogs, lacking official verification. Downloads are promoted via links on the pages.

Teacher Appreciation Week Promotions

Teacher Appreciation Week is noted as May 5 to 9, 2025. A deal aggregation site lists offers from businesses, emphasizing that tax and tip are excluded from free items, participation varies by location, and details should be confirmed locally or via apps.

  • Charlotte Checkers: Free tickets to the playoff game on May 7, 2025, while supplies last.
  • Apple: Education pricing (around 10% discount) on new Macs or iPads for college students, parents, faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grades.
  • The Salty (1515 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC): 15% in-store discount from May 5 to 12, 2025, with proof of teacher status (also for nurses).
  • Staples: From May 4 to 10, 2025, in-store 20% off purchases with valid teacher ID, plus a free 12-pack of Tru Red Stick Pens (limit 1 per customer, while supplies last, coupons in app, exclusions apply).
  • Topper’s Pizza (1225 Concord Parkway N, Concord, NC): 50% off any regular-sized menu item from May 5 to 9, 2025, using code TEACHERSWEEK (in-store or online).
  • Verizon: Discounts on mobile or home internet plans, eligibility confirmed via ID.me.

Previous years featured deals at Firehouse Subs, Buffalo Wild Wings, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Zaxby’s, Tijuana Flats, Sonic Drive-In, Metro Diner, Insomnia Cookies, and Great Wolf Lodge, though 2025 specifics are pending.

These promotions are reported on a local deals site, not official brand pages, and are geographically focused on Charlotte, NC, areas.

Suggestions for Educator Appreciation

One article outlines non-promotional ways to recognize teachers, such as spotlighting them with posters, catered meals, coffee stations, student-led thanks via announcements or notes, "room service" for treats, themed spirit days, and wellness breaks with massages.

These ideas are presented without ties to specific free products or brands.

Conclusion

The source material highlights free digital educational printables from teacher blogs, primarily math and literacy activities, alongside limited 2025 Teacher Appreciation promotions like discounts and small free items from regional businesses. Verification is advised due to the unofficial nature of the sources. No mail-in samples, product trials, or offers in beauty, baby care, pet, health, food, or household categories are documented.

Sources

  1. Teacher Week Freebie Friday
  2. Friday Freebie
  3. Teacher Appreciation Day Freebies and Deals
  4. Grandparents Day Freebies Included
  5. Creative Ways to Show Educator Appreciation
  6. Math Down Under