Scholastic Children’s Dictionary Back-to-School Countdown *Giveaway*
I cannot believe that the new school year is just around the corner. Like many other parents around the country, I am starting to get my boys ready for the new school year. I remember getting ready for the new school year as a young girl (and teenager). It was always exciting to purchase the new backpack, Trapper Keepers (yep), clothes, shoes, and other school necessities. As a mom, I have to admit, it’s just as exciting to purchase these items for my boys.
One of the big items to purchase are their shoes. I want to make sure that their shoes look good, are affordable, and are durable (very important with little boys…you understand exactly what I’m saying if you have them). Here are some tips I have when it comes to shoe shopping for the upcoming school year:
1 – Come up with a budget for how much you are willing (or can afford) to spend on shoes for your child.
2 – Shop for sales. Check out your local stores and ads (both in the newspaper and online).
3 – Decide on how many pairs and what type of shoes are needed for the upcoming school year (i.e. p.e. shoes, casual shoes, dress shoes).
4 – Take your child with you on the shopping trip. This is helpful for fitting, style, and gets your child about the upcoming school year as well.
5 – Try to hold out on letting your child wear the new shoes until the first day of school. It will be hard but you can do it!
6 – Take advantage of FREE SHIPPING deals on different websites by ordering multiple pairs of shoes for your kids at the same time
7 – Keep your receipt. If you need to return the shoes for any reason at all, having the receipt will make the return much easier. Shoes can feel different at the store than when your child actually puts them on to wear throughout the day.
In addition to school supplies, clothes, and shoes for your child, the Scholastic Children’s Dictionary is a great tool to help him or her in the upcoming school year. The Children’s Dictionary is filled with words and pictures that will help your child master school assignments and projects.
With exciting features, accessible definitions and helpful illustrations and photographs throughout, the new Scholastic Children’s Dictionary is the essential resource that belongs in every home, classroom and library.
The 2010 edition of the Scholastic Children’s Dictionary features more than 1,000 full-color photographs, simple sentences, illustrations, and diagrams as well as newly commissioned maps of the world, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. There are hundreds of new and expanded entries written by a prominent lexicographer as well as thousands of additional sample sentences to illustrate word usage. The dictionary also includes guides on grammar, punctuation and idioms and simplified pronunciations created with real kids in mind! The new Scholastic Children’s Dictionary is an essential resource that belongs in every home, classroom, and library. The Scholastic Children’s Dictionary retails for $19.99.
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GIVEAWAY
In celebration of the upcoming school year, 1 lucky reader on The Mommy-Files will win a $100 gift card to Zappos.com and a copy of the Scholastic Children’s Dictionary!!!
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This is a compensated post. I also received a copy of the Scholastic Children’s Dictionary to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.
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Make sure you stick to the budget, but also be flexible and allow for a couple of “splurges” that make the kids feel special.
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My daughter is getting ready to start kindergarten, so in preparation for that, we have made several visits to the school already. We’ve walked through the halls, taken a tour of the kindergarten hallway, visited the art, music, gym, and computer rooms, and sometimes we just play outside on the playground.
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I buy all their school supplies as soon as the sales start and bag them up by child so that they are ready to go! If pencils need to be sharpened, or names put on various items, I do it as soon as I buy them so I am not left with a huge pile of work at the end of the summer.
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i started shopping for deals and clothes clearances right after school let out for the summer that way by the time it rolls around again i dont have to run all over the place im pretty well set
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Shop on the no tax weekend! (if your state has it) Sales and no taxes! it might be a bit of a busy period, but you save so much!
My tip is to shop the sales – SO much money can be saved if you watch the sales on school supplies!
Buy a years supply of brown paper lunch bags so that you don’t ever find yourself w/o lunch bags.
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you need to remember to buy the school supplies when they are on sale
I always shop for school supplies early. I try to stock up on school items, and leave the crowds for everyone else.
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Start getting the kids dressed, fed, and ready to go WAY earlier than you need to so you’ll never be late.
Before you go shopping search all the sale papers because the stores all want your business and competition is fierce.
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My back to school tip for my teen is to let him pick out his own clothes within a specified budget, and then pay for it when he’s done. Otherwise we argue and stress each other out. He hates me saying, ‘Look, this is nice.’ And I hate him trying on clothes two sizes too large. I’ve been letting him do his own thing since middle school (he’s a senior now) and it sure makes getting ready for school time a lot easier!
When school supplies are on sale super cheap at this time of year, make sure you stock up enough for replenishment at mid-term
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Buy enough supplies to get you through the first month, but by then, all the stores will have clearance sales on school supplies. Stock up then.
My tip is to watch for sales and plan ahead
Stock up on school supplies now while they are on sale for the entire year.
We always buy school supplies during the summer when they start to go on sale.
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throughout the year i have my daughter draw on brown paper bags. when the school year starts, she has wonderfully decorative lunch bags. sometimes my hubby uses them too. =)
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Shop sales and stock up on school supplies.
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Make sure to stock up on the basics for school and plan out the 1st week of school ahead of time. The headache will be far less severe that way! Thanks for the contest!
Hit all the thrift stores! Keep going back if you don’t find what you’re looking for. Thanks for the contest.
Thanks for the giveaway…my back to school tip is to provide your child with a well lighted, distraction-free study area i.e. TV, radio, iPod, etc. turned off.
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To avoid a meltdown the first day of school upon wake-up, gradually set the alarm earlier and earlier until you get to the actual wake-up time, and keep it there for a few days before school starts.
During the last two weeks of summer, re-introduce a school year bedtime. Begin waking late sleepers earlier and earlier, closer to the hour they’ll need to rise when school begins.
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Our state has a tax free shopping period for school supplies before school starts. It is even good on computers. Shop and save.
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I love to shop the sales and do something fun with my kids before school starts.
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My best tip is to make sure you bring their actual school supply sheet with you when you’re getting things, it’s the only way to get the correct stuff!
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i been puting the kids in been early for the last week and they go back to school next week.