Schoodoodle School Supplies Blog

How to Engage Your Child’s Reading and Writing Skills This Summer

schoodoodle — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:11 +0000

Encouraging your child to actively participate in reading and writing activities during the summer months will have a great impact on their school performance when September rolls around. In the past, we have mentioned many resources to help prevent summer learning loss; here are a few: Your Local Library Reading Programs (Free of charge and [...]

Investment in Summer Learning Programs Can Help Stop the ‘Summer Slide’

schoodoodle — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:00:18 +0000

The loss of knowledge and educational skills during the summer months is cumulative over the course of a student’s career and further widens the achievement gap between low- and upper-income students, according to a RAND Corporation study issued last week. The study confirms that students who attend summer programs can disrupt the educational loss and [...]

A Parent’s Guide to an Educational Summer Vacation

schoodoodle — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:15 +0000

By Joy Price Lewis, Chicago Education Consultants Richard W. Riley stated, “Parents and families are the first and most important teachers. If families teach a love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to our children.” Hence, it is imperative that parents play an active role in their student(s) life during [...]

School Dolls – Dolls in Education

schoodoodle — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:24 +0000

Realizing that some of your children’s toys can be wonderful teaching tools, helping to engage them in developing essential life-skills, can open up a whole new realm of interactive play experiences for you and your child. School Dolls come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. They also come in both male and female versions. Using [...]

Prevent Summer Learning Loss with Summer Bridge Activities™ Series

schoodoodle — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:53 +0000

Hats off to everyone for making the 2010/2011 school year a great one! Now lets help our kids retain what they have learned! Here is something you may have not known: “Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the [...]

Children’s Music – Why Go Home

schoodoodle — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:10:51 +0000

My wife has a cheesy ring tone on her phone. Do you know that LMFAO song “I’m Sexy and I Know It?” Terrible…and catchy! The other day the phone rang and the addictive chorus began to play (“I workout!”). As I looked up, I saw our one-year-old daughter begin to bop around to the beat. [...]

Outdoor Play for Children – Rockin’ Out

schoodoodle — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:45:31 +0000

“Nature should be considered a critical variable in the design of all childhood habitats, including homes, childcare centers, schools, places of worship, and neighborhoods…” -Robin Moore, Natural Learning Initiative, North Carolina State University I will always remember how intently my children tried to get outside as babies. They would crawl to the front door, pound [...]

Preschool Outdoor Play – Get Active

schoodoodle — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:15:41 +0000

Summer and outdoor learning does not always involve paper and pencils. It involves movement! Physical activity is an important part of regular family life. Studies have shown that lifestyles learned as children are much more likely to stay with a person into adulthood. If sports and physical activities are a family priority, they will provide [...]

Push Bikes for Toddlers – Go Nora!

schoodoodle — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:30:48 +0000

I am the oldest of three boys. The first born son on my father’s side of the family. The Golden Boy – the world revolved around me… As more and more children and grandchildren arrived, the number of photos, the amount of effort in first birthday parties, the super parenting in general, declined. It is [...]

Children jigsaw puzzles – A study of Jillian

schoodoodle — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:46 +0000

Do you remember doing jigsaw puzzles as a child? I was born in the 1970s and raised in the 80s, so Super Mario Bros. and MTV certainly had my attention. But I also remember the fun, challenge, and pride experienced from doing unplugged activities. Puzzles, paper mâché, playing cards… I have rediscovered this simple joy [...]