* This Giveaway is Closed.
Smarties, we decided to reach out to April Whitlock from Fundanoodle for activities you can do with your little Smarties during the Summer (and there is a giveaway!) Here is what she had to say:
SUMMER’S COMING! And with it the inevitable boredom and summer slide!
Some kids are scheduled every week with camps or vacations. Others summer calendar is a blank-slate meant to be filled with impromptu activities. Whatever your Little Learner’s summer plans, I can guarantee that at some point you will hear the words “I’m bored!”
Boredom is GOOD for Little Learners!
And guess what? That’s totally OK! Psychologists (and even the Girl Scouts) even recommend that children should be bored in the summer!! Boredom sparks creativity teaches self-reliance and develops a child’s ability to take care of themselves.
Honestly, boredom isn’t what worries me about the long, lazy days of summer. I get worked up about the educational losses that happen without dedicated learning time away from school!
Fight the Summer Slide!
Summer Learning Loss is real! The equivalent of one month of overall learning is lost during summer vacation! And it can take up to six weeks in the fall to re-learn the information lost over the summer! Luckily, studies show that it only takes a few minutes every day to combat the summer slide!
You can find some great ideas to combat the “summer slide” here, here and here!
One great way to both prevent boredom AND stop summer learning loss is Fundanoodle! With one purchase of our Gift Services program, you can have an age-appropriate, hands-on early education product mailed to your Little Learner each month during the summer! Who doesn’t love getting mail?? And especially something that is FUN to do (and you’ll love that its educational tool).
We have three packages available – Preschool, PreK/Kindergarten, Kindergarten/1st grade! Choose the one that’s right for your Little Learner.
Watch the video below to learn more!
GIVEAWAY
Smarties, April is giving two lucky Smarties a Gift Services Package of their choice!
Preschool
PreK/Kindergarten
Kindergarten/1st grade
Entering is Easy Peazy…
1. You must be a CSP newsletter subscriber.
2. Leave a comment below on how you plan on preventing the summer slide your little Smarties this summer.
3. For extra entries, share/repost this article on your social media platforms tagging @charlottesmartypants
*Winner will be announced Monday June, 18th
Fundanoodle
1235-E East Blvd. #147
Charlotte, NC 28203
888-349-0377
www.fundanoodle.com
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We make weekly trips to the library for new books!
We just moved to Richmond, Va and we are exploring new places, enjoying our neighborhood pool (we’ve never had a pool in our neighborhood before), VBS and using these AWESOME Fundanoodle products. If you haven’t checked them out yet, DO IT!!!!!!!! I wish I had known about them when my little guy was 2. But he is now 4 and LOVES these products.
For my own kids, I will be hiding the controllers for the Xbox regularly and requiring daily reading time. For my “other” kids (preschoolers at Head Start), I will be organizing my personal learning materials so that during the school year, I will be able to quickly locate my resources!
Summer reading program through Charlotte-Mecklenburg library!
Weekly trips to the library, and an itinerary full of museums and places to visit!
Weekly trips to the library for the kids to pick a book they’re interested in reading!
Congratulations Tammy! You are the winner of our “Beat the Summer Slide” Fundanoodle Giveaway! We hope you are having a Smarty Summer! Xo Team CSP