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.
I am thrilled to participate as STOP #3 in this fun Back-to-School Countdown Tour with Scholastic! Be sure to check out the other blogs participating in this fun tour!
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The Divine Miss Mommy Stop #9 Aug 9
From Dates to Diapers Stop #10 Aug 11
MomDot Stop #11 Aug 12
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Mommy Niri Stop #13 Aug 18
3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires Stop #14 Aug 19
Mom Knows It All Stop #15 Aug 20
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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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Touring the school ahead of time (for those entering school for the first time) is a good idea to help ease their fears.
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My tip is to watch for the awesome school supply sales and stock up on pencils, notebooks, glue sticks etc. for your own kids- and buy extra that you can donate to a local program that provides school supplies to kids who don’t have them. We have a program called “Stuff the Bus” here and each year I can donate a ton of supplies that I pick up for very little money at the sales.
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My tip is to keep it fun! My first is starting kindergarten and I’m just trying to keep her excited about it so she won’t be nervous.
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We start by getting back on the school schedule by waking up earlier a few weeks before school starts!
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We homeschool. We often look for used/new curriculum for sale on Ebay. We have saved lots of money doing this in the past. This year we bought new curriculum from Christianbook.com.
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since mine is a preschooler I usually take him there a few weeks before to meet the teachers
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My biggest tip is to get just what is essential. One or two fabulous outfits for first day of school and pics… but then wait on the other stuff. Hit those after sales. Try on all shoes and then donate non fitting ones right away. Cut down on the clutter!
Start your shopping early!! Most stores already have school supplies in, and now you have time to comparison shop!
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I’m retired and my children are grown, but a back-to-school tip is to make sure the children are comfotable with the school. Take them to see the classroom and meet the teacher, have them try out their locker and look at their texbooks. Answer their questions so that the first day is not filled with anxiety.
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When my kids were still at home, we always started a bedtime countdown.
About 2 weeks before the new school year began, they would start going to bed a little earlier
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Bargain Shopping , clothing and supplies add up and if you are on a fixed income like we are you have to look at all the options out there. I have been looking at the prices on everything I need from numerous stores and I have been marking the prices in a book , marking out a store for a item if I find it cheaper somewhere else. Then , in a couple of weeks , when we are ready and have enough money to do it we will take that journey out and get everything we need.
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With multiple kis in school, I try to consolidate their lists, then wait for the sales to come. As early as July, stores begin the super cheap discounts and I can get those 400 packs of glue sticks they need for 25 cents each.
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shop early so you dont feel rushed!
my tip is to first go through each child’s closet and dresser and make a list of what items we need and then I take each child on their own shopping trip… I have been doing this for a few years and it is much easier being able to focus on one child and what their clothes needs are and what stores they want to shop at. It also gives us some special mommy and me time.
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My best tip is to hit the kiosks in the middle of the aisle with school supplies because they have crayola crayons for as low as 20 CENTS. But ten of them and donate some to your child’s class and save the rest in your craft box for later. Take advantage of the rock bottom prices because chances are you will have to replenish the stock in the 2nd half of the school year
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My tip is to buy a year ahead when everything goes on clearance!
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Buy extra school supplies during the back to school sales to replenish supplies lost or broken during the year.
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Well, my son is not old enough for school but to get ready for my niece we have been slowly buying up the uniforms and not just getting things as we see them but waiting and going to many different places to compare prices.I think we really saved money!Oh and emotionally getting her ready by bragging about how much fun it will be and how they have all new toys that she has never played with and different snacks!
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my tip is about 2 weeks before school start back i try to get the kids back use to getting up early in morning by putting then to bed early and woke them up early.
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My tip is to get more and extra school supplies while they’re on sale during this time of the year. (with coupons for sure). Kids broke and lost items more frequent than you can imagine.
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