stripe Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I've sent them an email to complain that the website isn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I've just sent an email as well. Hope someone responds...feeling doubtful of even that:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootyTooty Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 A friend on another board mentioned that if you have over 10 items and are willing to fight the timeout/crashing/whatever Scholastic is calling it. You can create a second order and use the coupon birthday50 for 50% off your total order. I refuse to poke around the Scholastic site since it is so broken, but thought maybe someone here would benefit from the additional savings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 How do you phone in an order? I can't find a number anywhere on the site. Does anybody have a phone # for them? I would do that because I have already wasted about 3 hours and can't place the order. And I found some stuff that looks really good. Contact Us Customer Service Toll-free phone number: 1 (800) SCHOLASTIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 The sale doesn't end until the 20th. I was planning on trying over the weekend when people are perhaps doing other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaddon Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Whew mine went through! Just in time to go to tumbling, lol. I used the code and still spent $17 :blush: I like to have a lot to pull from and my oldest is in first, good excuse right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I've used the $10 code before, but not the birthday50 and my birthday is this month! So I am slowly adding things to my cart and we'll see what happens. Phlox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Can you tell I'm really a stubborn/determined type .... I'm still at it ... Ahhhhh the insanity:lol::lol: made it to check out now will it go through:lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Success!!!!!:D:D:D Now on with life:lol::lol::lol::tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) I finally got my order through! I think the Scholastic stuff is usually very good and, at these prices, worth the hassle for me. Still it's frustrating. This thread was nice. I had never noticed some of the things mentioned that look good. I bought: Tunes that Teach: American History Hands on History Civil War Hands on History Pioneers Hands on History Explorers Easy Make and Learn: Southwest Indians Lift the Flap Timelines: American History Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Ancient Civilizations: China, India, Africa, Mesopotamia Early Themes: Creepy Crawlies Lift and Look Science Mini-Books and Manipulatives Exploring Plants Math Skills Made Fun, Dazzling Line Designs Ready-To-Go Skill Building Math Packs Shoe Box Learning Centers: Addition and Subtraction Best Ever Activities for Grades 2-3 Addition and Subtraction Things I have purchased prior and enjoyed: Easy Make and Learn Habitats (not on $ days I don't think; I used the $10 off) I really like all the Make and Learns I've tried 50 Fabulous Measurement Activities Frogs (haven't yet used this yet but it looks good to me) Easy Make and Learn: Pilgrims, Mayflower and More Instant Habitat Dioramas Easy Make and Learn: Human Body Easy Make and Learn: Penguins Edited September 14, 2011 by sbgrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootyTooty Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This might need its own thread: Does anyone know of a way to color the pages in the ebooks? I'm thinking of my K child who is not a fan of coloring but likes colored pages. Sure I can color them for him...but I don't want to. :lol: Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I tried late last night, early this morning and still nothing. I can't even look as it takes 10 minutes to load a page. I would call my order in, but I can't even view the items. Maybe I will set my alarm to get up in the middle of the night over the weekend. :lol: You would think that such a big company would expect and have a website that can handle large amount of traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredmommyof8 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I was finally able to get 1 order to go through but the coupon code had expired by the time it finally completed my order. So frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 It took me awhile to add each thing to my cart, but I was able to get my order. I used the code as well. I ordered: Teaching Cinderella Stories From Around the World Mother Goose Math Early Themes: Ocean Life: Whales, Fish, and Other Sea Creatures Mother Goose Phonics Weather Early Childhood Thematic Books Community Helpers Early Childhood Thematic Books Zoo Animals Early Childhood Thematic Books Early Themes: Apples, Pumpkins and Harvest Early Themes: Creepy Crawlies: Butterflies, Bees, Ladybugs, and More! Quick-and-Easy Learning Games: Phonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.C. in Florida Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Wow - that took a long time! I was able to use the coupon, so my order was FREE. :w00t: Tunes That Teach American history Tunes That Teach Spelling Lift the Flap Timelines: American History Vocabulary Word of the Day Powerpoint Made Very Easy The Scholastic Big Book of Holidays Around the Year Easy Holiday & Seasonal Art Projects with Paper Great Shapes Stationery Read-Aloud Plays: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) Last week I bought this Evan-Moor ebook for Malcolm: Alphabet Puppets (Enhanced eBook) I paid full price ($29.99) and I know he will love it. Adrian and I are looking forward to making these for him :). I am in the process or ordering 49 books for $39 that I know we will be using since I always try to prepare activities/ flashcards/ games etc. on my own for the boys anyway and the reproducible pages will help save me time :D (I won't have to come up with my own or make them from scratch). Money well spent ;)! Thank you to those that posted about the Scholastic Dollar Deals and those that took the time to post what they bought. As for the problems, I think they are due to the number of people on there at the same time. I was up at 2:00am my time and was able to load my cart with ease. I am in there right now trying to finalize the order and have been having problems. Scholastic just took the site down for maintenance so I guess they are trying to fix it. I just hope the $10 off coupon will still work after the maintenance :tongue_smilie:. Edited September 14, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma2three Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I've been trying to get on this morning, but now their site is completely down :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloversandlions Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I've been trying to get on this morning, but now their site is completely down :( Well...let's hope they fix it right! I love their sales, but until this morning, I hadn't been able to complete a sale since December 2010! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) Pssst... go quickly, it's working now ;). I just put mine through with no problems. ETA: :party: Adrian and I are having fun downloading and checking out our new books. Edited September 14, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Pssst... go quickly, it's working now ;). I just put mine through with no problems. ETA: :party: Adrian and I are having fun downloading and checking out our new books. Did the coupon still work? What is the code? I have a lot of things I want to get because we are really lacking in the "fun" dept this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hmmmm...I got an error trying to put something in my cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaddon Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hmmmm...I got an error trying to put something in my cart. I did every time too, I double hit back button. My numbers kept going up (it took a while to get back to where I was) and then when I checked out everything was in my cart! Best of luck, it took forever to get it all added lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Did the coupon still work? What is the code? I have a lot of things I want to get because we are really lacking in the "fun" dept this year. Hey Melissa :)! Yes, it did. The code is 10THANKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hmmmm...I got an error trying to put something in my cart. I already had everything in my cart (I did that in the middle of the night :tongue_smilie:) but after they brought the site back up I just went through the long way (through the Scholastic.com website) in order to place the final order. It worked fine and the downloads are working just fine now also :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaddon Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I did the code too and have downloaded without trouble :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I just tried to get to the site and it said that it's down for maintenance. Maybe they should have thought this out better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hmmmm...I got an error trying to put something in my cart. I just tried to get to the site and it said that it's down for maintenance. Maybe they should have thought this out better. Ugh! I was just able to download 13 books when it went down again :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Ugh! I was just able to download 13 books when it went down again :banghead: I'm going to try again at a later time when there will hopefully be less traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I'm going to try again at a later time when there will hopefully be less traffic. If you stay up a little late, try then. You should have less trouble. I am eager to download the books we got and check them all out so I hate having to wait :tongue_smilie:. Adrian already had me print a page from one of the books and he is working on it so he is ok with waiting, for now ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emily in FL Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Here is my list. Thanks to those who shared their lists. Fresh & Fun: Valentine's Day Descriptive Writing Persuasive Writing Narrative Writing Tunes That Teach Spelling Hands-On History: Colonial America Easy Make & Learn Projects: Colonial America Easy Make & Learn Projects: The Pilgrims, the Mayflower & More Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body Tunes That Teach American History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinMarie123 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I appreciate the lists that have been posted -- I used those as a guide to pick some things out while the site seems to be working. Yes -- 10THANKS saved me the $10 so these were free! Thanks everyone for posting about this! I "purchased" these: Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech Fun-to-Solve Map Mysteries Follow the Directions . . . and Learn! Grades: 2-3 Lift-the-Flap Timelines: American History Quick Crafts: Apples, Pumpkins & Harvest Grammar Manipulatives Kids Love! Grammar Puzzles & Games Kids Can't Resist! Instant Habitat Dioramas Mega Fun Math Skill Builders: Grades 2–3 Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body I may not have gotten 3 grammar books if I'd taken time to really look at them, but in the interest of taking advantage of the site while it was working, and the fact they were free, I just got them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Site has worked great for me for the past hour and I was able to get my order in and downloaded. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) I was able to finish downloading shortly after my last post but then had to go out and did not get the chance to post my list until now. Not sure what I did but there seems to be one missing from the list below and I don't have the time to figure out which one it is :tongue_smilie:. Oh well! This is my long... list: 1) Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body 2) Hands-On Homework Pages 3) Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Grade 2 4) 15 Fun & Easy Games for Young Learners: Favorite Themes 5) 2nd Grade Basic Skills: Dot-to-Dots, Mazes, Word Searches 6) 15 Fun and Easy Games for Young Learners: Math 7) Instant Habitat Dioramas 8) Mother Goose Phonics 9) Interactive Bulletin Boards Math 10) Interactive Bulletin Boards September to June 11) Writing Skills Made Fun: Sentences & Paragraphs 12) Grammar Puzzles & Games Kids Can't Resist! 13) Quick Crafts: Apples, Pumpkins & Harvest 14) Follow-the-Directions Pocket Chart Activities 15) Bilingual Pre-Writing Practice Pages 16) First Word Problems: Time & Money 17) 20 Manipulative Mini-Books: Neighborhood and Community 18) Ready-to-Go Super Book of Outline Maps 19) Lift & Look Science Mini-Books and Manipulatives 20) Math Skills Made Fun: Great Graph Art Multiplication & Division 21) Math Skills Made Fun: Kaleidoscope Math 22) Fresh & Fun: Halloween 23) Instant Map Skills: Neighborhoods & Communities 24) Sing Along and Learn: Following Directions 25) Marvelous Map Activities For Young Learners 26) Quick-and-Easy Learning Centers: Math 27) Writing Skills Made Fun: Capitalization, Punctuation & Spelling 28) Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech 29) Art Projects That Dazzle & Delight: Grades 2-3 30) Mother Goose Math 31) Turn-to-Learn : Early Math 32) Early Learning With Puppets, Props, Poems & Songs 33) Big Interactive Literacy Builders 34) Adorable Wearables That Teach Early Concepts 35) Little Kids . . . Mold & Paint! 36) Community Helpers Early Childhood Thematic Books 37) Amazing Animals! Coloring Book 38) Super-Easy Shape Art 39) 40 Easy-to-Make Math Manipulatives 40) 15 Easy-to-Read Nursery Rhyme Mini-Book Plays 41) Practice, Practice, Practice! Addition & Subtraction 42) Easy Holiday & Seasonal Art Projects With Paper 43) The Scholastic Big Book of Word Walls 44) Teaching Kids to Care & Cooperate 45) 15 Reproducible Cut & Paste Mini-Dictionaries 46) Math Skills Made Fun: Great Graph Art to Build Early Math Skills 47) Developing Students' Multiple Intelligences 48) Introducing Nonfiction Writing in the Early Grades Thank you once again to those that posted their lists previously. I did end up going through all the PK and grade 2 resources but I started with the lists that were posted here first :). Thank you to whoever posted about the coupon also. Edited September 15, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma2three Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Their web site is driving me CRAZY! It keeps going up and down and all around... it's down again right now. I just want to order this stuff and go to bed! Maybe I'll set my alarm for 3am and order stuff then, LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Their web site is driving me CRAZY! It keeps going up and down and all around... it's down again right now. I just want to order this stuff and go to bed! Maybe I'll set my alarm for 3am and order stuff then, LOL... :lol: I was going to do the same, but I got lucky and it worked for me at 5 pm central time. I guess it didn't last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've never had a problem downloading during these sales...I'm in Australia and the time difference means I am ordering when it is early morning hours in the US. Just FYI for anyone having terrible difficulty and willing to set your alarm to do it in the middle of the night! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've never had a problem downloading during these sales...I'm in Australia and the time difference means I am ordering when it is early morning hours in the US. Just FYI for anyone having terrible difficulty and willing to set your alarm to do it in the middle of the night! :) Staying up late worked for me - beautifully - no complaints at all. For my PreK, Gr 1 and Gr 3 students I got: Pre-Writing Practice Pages Mother Goose Math Mother Goose Phonics Easy Make and Learn Projects: Penguins Follow the Directions and Learn All About Me Write and Read Books Grammar Cop Vocabulary Word of the Day I think I'll go back later to look for more Math resources (dh's specialty so I want to get him in on that one as he is the "math teacher") and Writing resources for my 8yo - we're using WWE but I'd like to add in some other writing instruction for her. The Vocab book does have some great prompts in it though that directly connect to the vocab - I'm really excited about that resource in particular! I'll be working it into her journal time - once a week it is free writing and once a week it is in response to a given topic. Good luck to everyone else! Oh - and the coupon worked for me too....soo all those books were FREE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I downloaded one without incident but then it froze on the second yet claims I downloaded it. I came back later to try again and the site was down. I will try later. Much later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I downloaded one without incident but then it froze on the second yet claims I downloaded it. I came back later to try again and the site was down. I will try later. Much later. This happened with one of my copies also, when they brought their site down :confused:. Anyway, I have now saved mine on my desktop computer and will be backing them up later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I was able to get all of them. :) Unfortunately I just realized that the cool looking map book contains a map of Yugoslavia. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The site's moving quickly now. I just completed my order of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 1) Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body 2) Hands-On Homework Pages 3) Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Grade 2 4) 15 Fun & Easy Games for Young Learners: Favorite Themes 5) 2nd Grade Basic Skills: Dot-to-Dots, Mazes, Word Searches 6) 15 Fun and Easy Games for Young Learners: Math 7) Instant Habitat Dioramas 8) Mother Goose Phonics 9) Interactive Bulletin Boards Math 10) Interactive Bulletin Boards September to June 11) Writing Skills Made Fun: Sentences & Paragraphs 12) Grammar Puzzles & Games Kids Can't Resist! 13) Quick Crafts: Apples, Pumpkins & Harvest 14) Follow-the-Directions Pocket Chart Activities 15) Bilingual Pre-Writing Practice Pages 16) First Word Problems: Time & Money 17) 20 Manipulative Mini-Books: Neighborhood and Community 18) Ready-to-Go Super Book of Outline Maps 19) Lift & Look Science Mini-Books and Manipulatives 20) Math Skills Made Fun: Great Graph Art Multiplication & Division 21) Math Skills Made Fun: Kaleidoscope Math 22) Fresh & Fun: Halloween 23) Instant Map Skills: Neighborhoods & Communities 24) Sing Along and Learn: Following Directions 25) Marvelous Map Activities For Young Learners 26) Quick-and-Easy Learning Centers: Math 27) Writing Skills Made Fun: Capitalization, Punctuation & Spelling 28) Writing Skills Made Fun: Parts of Speech 29) Art Projects That Dazzle & Delight: Grades 2-3 30) Mother Goose Math 31) Turn-to-Learn : Early Math 32) Early Learning With Puppets, Props, Poems & Songs 33) Big Interactive Literacy Builders 34) Adorable Wearables That Teach Early Concepts 35) Little Kids . . . Mold & Paint! 36) Community Helpers Early Childhood Thematic Books 37) Amazing Animals! Coloring Book 38) Super-Easy Shape Art 39) 40 Easy-to-Make Math Manipulatives 40) 15 Easy-to-Read Nursery Rhyme Mini-Book Plays 41) Practice, Practice, Practice! Addition & Subtraction 42) Easy Holiday & Seasonal Art Projects With Paper 43) The Scholastic Big Book of Word Walls 44) Teaching Kids to Care & Cooperate 45) 15 Reproducible Cut & Paste Mini-Dictionaries 46) Math Skills Made Fun: Great Graph Art to Build Early Math Skills 47) Developing Students' Multiple Intelligences 48) Introducing Nonfiction Writing in the Early Grades OK, I just figured out the one that was missing from my list I posted before: 49) Quick-and-Easy Learning Games: Science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hands on Explorers looks GREAT! A little too old for my kiddos though. I'm thinking I might use these hands on history (civil war, revolutionary war, explorers) as summertime supplements when we are doing our 4 year history cycle to add in some US history. They really get the kids to think. Outline Maps - this is nice to have. World and States - nice resource for 1.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/15-math-mystery-mini-books this looks cute! and this... http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/instant-map-skills-united-states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mert Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I just bought Tunes that Teach American History, and it went through quickly. Also, someone had asked if this includes the actual music, and it does include mp3s. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onaclairadeluna Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I was able to get all of them. :) Unfortunately I just realized that the cool looking map book contains a map of Yugoslavia. Sigh. Bummer, but thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Bummer, but thanks for the heads up. It's nice for the countries that still exist. Just bad for anything that's changed in the last 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hands on Explorers looks GREAT! A little too old for my kiddos though. I'm thinking I might use these hands on history (civil war, revolutionary war, explorers) as summertime supplements when we are doing our 4 year history cycle to add in some US history. They really get the kids to think. Outline Maps - this is nice to have. World and States - nice resource for 1.00 I used the Explorer's book for notebooking -- a little easier than an actual lapbook. It is by far my favorite one. I love the two American Revolution ones (not the plays). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Oh, and I loved using the various mapping workbooks like Neighborhoods and Communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I have . . . Easy Make & Learn: Human Body Analogies Grades 6 - 8 Origami Math for Grades 5- 6 Real Life Math Workbook Grades 40 Funtabulous Puzzles for Fractions, Decimals and More Paragraph Writing Made Easy Ready to Go Super Book of Outline Maps Hands on History: Civil War Great Map Games and for my little one, Maps Skills Made Fun: Neighborhoods and Cities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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