| A typical budget a teacher has for the entire year to | | | | concept or topic. |
| buy supplies is about 200 bucks! Most parents assume | | | | If this sounds familiar, you may have an opportunity to |
| that their child's school is able to provide all the | | | | get involved and surprise the teacher with some |
| necessary tools for their education. In most cases, this | | | | needed materials or items that could help them |
| simply is not true. An educator budget is usually so tight | | | | accomplish their goals. These items could be as simple |
| that they usually only have enough to provide the basic | | | | as a movie, a bag of kitchen supplies for a science |
| items such as construction paper, crayons or even | | | | experiment or a roll of material for the home |
| standard #2 pencils. | | | | economics class. |
| A teacher that has to use their own funds to purchase | | | | Your child's teacher is a trusted resource and is a |
| items for a special project or lesson is an unfair reality | | | | critical part of their education. They deserve to have |
| many have to face. Most are idealistic and want to | | | | the resources and tools to be successful. So, next |
| provide the best learning experience for their students, | | | | time you see an opportunity to make a difference, try |
| and have realized this is the only option available. As | | | | going to the local store to buy supplies for a special |
| government budgets dry up and supplies become | | | | project. Who knows, it might be a lesson learned for |
| more expensive, more and more teachers are looking | | | | both you and your child. |
| for creative ways to help the student understand the | | | | |