Velcro

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Velcro.. Velcro… Velcro!

Velcro is everywhere in my classroom.  It is an absolute necessity in my classroom.  I use it for absolutely everything! I have learned a few tricks about velcro!

1.  Designate one pair of scissors for velcro.  The sticky back always turns your scissors sticky.  This will make it hard to cut paper.  I labeled my scissors VELCRO so I wouldn’t forget.  This has saved me from going through a lot of scissors!

2.  Do not cut your velcro per project. I use to count 8 spots for a file folder and then cut only 8 of each! This was so much more time consuming. Now what I do, is I cut a WHOLE box of velcro at once.  While sitting and watching TV I can whip through a whole box pretty quickly.  This is so much more time efficient this way.

3.  Sort the rough and soft sides of velcro into two different containers.  I use a mini 2 drawer containter I got from staples.  It makes it so easy to quickly add velcro to any PEC or project or book!
Velcro can be a pain!  I refuse to pay for the velcro coins.. they are so expensive.  So I am still cutting my own velcro… do you have any advice/tricks to save time when using velcro?!?

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