Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul-
Two free books from the New York Best Sellers List.
ReadPrint- a free, large online library with downloadable books for students and adults.
Certificates, Gradebooks, and Templates
Achievement Award Certificates-
Download certificate templates in Word and PDF format for free.
ESL Printables- Free worksheets, lessons, and flashcards. You have to wade through all the ads at the top, but it's worth a visit.
ThinkWave Educator Gradebook-
You can download this gradebook software for free.
Free Award Certificate Templates- You can create your own certificates online.
Free Monthly Planner-
From Davis Publications.
Free Online Graph Paper/Grid
Papers (pdf file downloads)
Legacy-
With free certificates, books, cards, games and crafts.
Substitute
Teacher Guide- Although this is a checklist for subs, this is great for your first week of school.
Teacher
Tools and Templates- From Education World
Computers and Electronics
Computers for Learning- Need a computer? Register on this website to be hooked up with companies who are donating computers.
The Lexmark PrintArt Program- Where you can sign up for a free printer, CD-ROM of art masterpieces, teachers guides, and more.
Free Color Printers- Xerox offers free printers that also scan and copy!
Keyboard Cover- Just tell them the make of your keyboard and they send you a free cover.
Discounted or Items on Clearance
Adobe Education Discounts
Amazon Clearances 
Apple Computer Specials
Crayola Discounts 
J&R
Electronics Discounts
Kodak Clearances 
Office Depot Discounts 
Oriental Trading Company Clearances 
Sax
Arts & Crafts Web
Specials
Teacher Created Resources-
75% Off Page
Tiger Direct Clearances
Utrecht Discounts
Wolf Camera Clearance
General Education
The Legacy of Rosa Parks- A free educational kit for teachers and schools. It includes a 40-minute documentary and guide with activities.
Free Teaching Templates-
Includes templates for KWL, Venn Diagram
to compare and contrast, graphic organizers,
and thematic web.
Reach Every Child- Free bulletin board ideas for all subject areas.
Timesavers for Teachers- Download free forms, such as report cards, worksheets, incident reports, class list, parent contact sheet, and more.
Free Donations- They match teachers with donors. Submit your wish list and donors contact you.
Free Stuff for Teachers- NEA's page of free resources.
Teaching Tolerance- They have free resources, magazines, posters and more.
Free Tools and Resources for Your Classroom- A page with free lesson plans, ideas, teaching guides, and more.
MarcoPolo- A huge collection of free things including lesson plans, templates, graphic makers, and much more.
Interactive Notes- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is making posters, $20 and $50 notes, and more available for download.
Free Handwriting Fonts- For primary teachers at About.com.
Fuel For School!- Kellogg's offers free activities, recipes, special offers, coupons, and more.
Smuckers Promotions- Where you can get free recipes and cookbooks.
Free Course Management Software- This is from Virtual Office. Just fill out the form and submit.
Bob's Place of Educational Links- This page has many free resources, lessons, and more.
Colgate Bright Smiles- Get free educational content and their kit.
Index of Free Tools
Fonts
2 Write- A great index of free fonts, free font viewers, and font managers
Free Tools For Teachers- Includes exam builders, worksheet, puzzles, certificates, gradebooks and more.
Teacher Created Resources-
A list of free brain teasers, calendards, teaching tips and more
Teachers Pay Teachers- With handouts, patterns, activities, illusions and more. Search by subject area.
Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers- With templates, assessments, seating
chards, activities, and more.
Teacher Planet- With a large selection of free certificates, rubrics, tools, calendars and more.
Teacher Tools- With assessments, lesson plan templates, forms, activities, and more.
Plugged In Teacher- With free downloads, lesson plans, resources and more.
Magazines
Arts/Entertainment/Gaming magazines- free magazines. Also find arts related magazines on this page. No catch!
Computer Graphics magazine- Fill out the application and it's free.
Coroflot Magazine- About portfolies and creative jobs.
Classroom Idea Book-
This is the biannual teacher's magazine created by the A&E
Television Network.
It's Art Magazine- They have a free pdf version of the magazine.
Pict*ture Magazine- Magazines are in pdf format.
Rangefinder magazine- You have to qualify to get it free.
Trade Magazines- Get free subscriptions to over 100 magazines- no catch!
Today's School Magazine- Get a free subscription
Women are Scientists Magazine- Get a free subscription
Multimedia
Science Educational Material from Fusion Education- Get a free CD-ROM, videotape, CD, activities, pamphlets and more.
Harry Potter Screen Saver- Scholastic magazine offers screen savers for both Mac and PC. You can also get a free Harry Potter screen saver from Warner Brothers.
Pete's PowerPoint Station - where you can download free PowerPoints for teachers to use for lessons. There are also PowerPoint collections and presentations.
Video Classroom-
This is an incredible site that allows you to search for free videos by
subject, technology, location, and instructional strategie.
U.S. Fire Administration's Free Publications- This page offers books, videotapes, and kits free of charge.
Online Tools
Episilen- Create a free ePortfolio and network with other educators.
ProBoards- You can put up a free online bulletin board on your web page.
Lesson
Planner- Create
lesson plans online for free. (Discovery School)
Localendar- A free calendar for your website. You can also use it for your own classroom.
Assign-A-Day- A free online assignment calendar. Great for students
to view from home.
GreatTeacher.net- Get free internet service, websites, chatroom, resources, message board and more.
Homework Calendars and Teacher Websites- With a free online homework calendar.
Teacher Tools- A collection of online tools by The Matzat family
Science Related
Free Earth/Mars Comparison Poster- from NASA for teachers only.
Teachers Manuals from the History Channel- This features the history of the Declaration of Independence, The Missouri River, the White House and more.
Ocean Surface Topography from Space- From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. With free posters, brochures,
CD's and Slides. Plan a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico to study whales,
explore El Nino or meeet oceanographers.
NASA Promotional Materials- With PDF and Word documents.
Teach Free- This site offers a free wellness kit and downloadable resources relating to nutrition and health.
Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures- With free lesson plans, spelling games and puzzles.
Gorilla Teaching Materials- The Gorilla Foundation is offering free teacher supplemental materials online.
Read to Feed- A free leader's packet on animal care, family health, and more.
Hands On Plastics Kit- Get a free safety poster and information on recycling.
Software
Mac
Free Educational Software- Ray has several free software programs relating to word games, letters, symbols, and numbers.
GifBuilder for Mac OSX- This is free software that allows you to add animation to your website. Highly recommended! I use it on this website.
Info-Mac Software- A list of free art software for the Mac. Most require OS 9 Classic software.
Graphics Programs for the Mac- A list of freeware for the Mac.
Painting Goodies- A page with several free programs for the Mac. There is a free painting user's guide.
Absolutely Mac Software- A page of free sofware programs for the Mac.
Windows
MSW Logo- A page of free software for Windows to draw logos and other objects. Includes interactive books.
BlackMagic- Free Windows software for colorizing black and white photos.
Make a Town- Free Windows software for kids to create educational arts and crafts projects.
Photoshop Brush Viewer- A free brush plug-in program for Photoshop.
Segmation- a digital version of paint-by-numbers.
Adobe Software Donation Program-
You have to apply for this. Cross your fingers! Adobe bought out
Macromedia and is now the largest provider of the most popular graphic
art programs.
Design Software- A page of Freeware and shareware art programs.
Free Quality Font Foundry- Download fonts for free.
Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers- You can get free software, samples, and other resources.
Moodle-
A free course managment system. Also set up an online learning
community.
MyTeacherSoftware- Free software. You only pay for shipping.
Top 100 Free Software Downloads- With many free downloads.
Special Education
ESL Student Resources- Have students who are learning the English language? This site has free English games.
ESL Resources- Get free workbooks, tests, and more for your ESL students.
SEN Teacher- A large collection of free resources for teachers of special education students.
