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    Can anyone recommend me some good websites for buying educational resources, i want to update some of my resources. Thank you!

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    I just bought a few bits from EYR (early years resources) ... somethings are cheaper on amazon/ebay, but I got some good bits in their sale !

    World Wide Shopping Mall are a website that sells all sorts of everything, but in their toy shop, they have a good range of learning resources. Their actual shop is not too far away from me and is great. ( but I have to resist going in, as I can never leave empty handed! )

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    Quote Originally Posted by loocyloo View Post
    I just bought a few bits from EYR (early years resources) ... somethings are cheaper on amazon/ebay, but I got some good bits in their sale !

    World Wide Shopping Mall are a website that sells all sorts of everything, but in their toy shop, they have a good range of learning resources. Their actual shop is not too far away from me and is great. ( but I have to resist going in, as I can never leave empty handed! )
    Thanks loocyloo, i'll check all of those out! :-) Thank you x

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    I look on websites like TTS for ideas, then look at other sites to find better prices. I find that any sites calling themselves "educational" tends to cost a lot more!

    What sort of things are you looking for? I buy a lot of wooden toys so search several sites to compare prices. It's surprising how different they can be. I found a nice colour sorting toy on Amazon, then found someone selling the same on Ebay (brand new) for less than half the price.

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    Also check everything you want to buy. Sometimes they can be smaller than you expect for the money
    When someone tells you nothing is impossible, tell them to go slam a revolving door

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    Check out cosy too , my cosy wish list is always a mile long

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mouse View Post
    I look on websites like TTS for ideas, then look at other sites to find better prices. I find that any sites calling themselves "educational" tends to cost a lot more!
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    I think Mouse has hit upon a pretty good definition of an 'educational resource', covering anything from birth to university tuition fees: i.e. anything that attracts an artificially inflated pric3 tag purely by being described as 'educational'.

    By contrast, most resources for learning cost next to nothing or are completely free of charge.

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    Thanks guys, ive never checked out cosy...

    Oh thats a really good point! I must say i buy most things off ebay second hand but sometimes i want something a bit more niche and im not always sure where best to look.

 

 

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