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If you have bored kids sitting at home or you just want them to keep using their brains this summer, check out these great products from Mead and enter for a chance to win them!
As parents keep kids’ academic skills in check this summer with flashcards and reading materials, experts say they should consider brushing up on another important skill – handwriting.
Developing writing skills is half the battle of literacy, but while it is equally important to develop writing skills as it is to develop reading skills, writing isn’t always sufficiently covered in school. In fact, as little as 10 minutes a day is spent on the subject and typically no instruction is provided past the third grade, leaving as many as 20 percent of children struggling with handwriting.
Many parents don’t realize handwriting development begins well before pencil hits paper. Activities that build eye-hand coordination, introduce pre-writing shapes and focus on multi-sensory skills lay the foundation for successful handwriting.
The Mead Writing Fundamentals products are designed to guide parents on how best to introduce and facilitate fundamental writing skills for young learners. Divided into four stages based on the developmental level of the child, these tools progressively build upon one another as children master the skills necessary for writing success.
The use of color to aid focus and increase retention, helpful reminders for proper hand placement, and clever cues for paper stabilization are carried throughout the line.
Path Quest is a great activities book that incorporates a lot of different skills – plus it looks fun! The Snip-It booklet has a lot of great activities that emphasizes the cutting with scissors skill plus has stickers! I know this will really help my little guy when he is older master cutting! And my favorite of all was the Dry Erase Activity Board! It had so many activities included in this one board plus it was dry erase so it can be used over and over!
I recommend Mead Writing Fundamentals products for all children to do this summer! They have products for almost all ages and all children could always use some extra practice – especially in the summer! And the greatest part of all is that they won’t even mind because they are all so fun to do!
Buy It: You can purchase Writing Fundamentalsnationwide at Walmart, Target and Staples. Their prices range from $3.99-$6.99.
Win It: Mead is generously offering 5-7 products of their choice (from a specific list) to a lucky winner!
Enter here for a chance to win:
5-7 products of their choice of Mead Writing Fundamentals
Ok, here are the rules:
1) This giveaway will end July 23, 2010 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) central time.
2) Must include email address in comment/entry to qualify to win (so I can let you know you won)
3) This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only. Winner must not have won a Writing Fundamentals prize pack within the last 60 days
How to Enter:
***Mandatory Entry***
(must do this one before all others to qualify to win)
- Visit the Mead product detail sheet and leave a
comment on what product/products you like best and why
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As parents keep kids’ academic skills in check this summer with flashcards and reading materials, experts say they should consider brushing up on another important skill – handwriting.
Great information in reality this can go on forever.Ever since I got stumble I’ve been coming across amazing sites every day.
i like the shape builders stencil kit its just what my grandson needs at this point
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I love the RediSpace TRansitional Notebook Paper because my son could really use it!
I think the RediSpace TRansitional Notebook Paper would be helpful for my students
I like Capital Letter Stories because it would help my 4 year old granddaughter who is learning to write.
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I LOVE the Dry Erase Activity Boards as well as the Idea Builders, Color learning set…I love all these products!
Thanks for the chance!
I think the RediSpace Transitional Notebook Paper would be ideal for my grandson and really help him with his writing.
I could use the Capital Letter Stories for my five year old son who is starting kindergarten soon.
• Snip-It™ because it develops fine motor skills!
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the dry erase board.
The Transitional Paper really stands out to me because it would seem to be universally beneficial.
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I like the “Primary Journal”. I love the idea of creative writing and what a great item this is!
I simply love your giveaways! And Mead Writing Fundamentals seems to be very fun and exciting..not to mention how educative it is. Perfect for the kids…now they have what to do in the summer besides watching TV and playing mind-less computer games. Thanks!
I like the Journals. My class would write in these everyday before class begins.
I like the Snip-It™. My kids really need to work on their cutting skills.
My favorites are the Mead Lowercase Letter Stories and the Mead Number Stories. I have 2 young kids that are just starting handwriting and it can be trying at times. One only seems to want to write in capital letters and the other can’t grasp that words need spaces between them. We work alot on handwriting and I think both of these would be a great addition to our curriculum.
I like Connect With Color to help my nephew develope color and shape recognition
Capital Letter Stories since my son is learning that right now.
I like Color Bound, Snip It and the Dry Erase board because I’m a preschool teacher and can see how useful these products would be in my classroom.
I love the Dry Erase Activity Board, it would make teaching and learning fun!
I’m a big fan of the write on, wipe off cursive letters.. I learned cursive using something like that, it was nice not worrying about mistakes.
I like the Shape Builders Learn 2 Draw
I like Capital Letter Stories because it looks like a great teaching tool.
I think the 4-in-1 Learn to Letter with Guidelines would be perfect for my son who starts school next year
I like the dry erase activity boards are cool. DD would love them.
I am interested in the k-2nd grade items. I think the dry erase board is a great idea. Kids love dry erase boards anyway and to add the writing practice as well is a wonderful idea.
Thank you for the entry,
Nikki
I like the writing fundamentals by Mead, especially all the products for working on letter formation! This would be really helpful in working with my four year niece how to do her letters
i like the Dry Erase Activity Board –
(Stages 1, 2, 3) because we could do our summer lessons with it
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I like the shape builders
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I like the Primary Journal,my 6 yr old does this at school&we would like to do it at home to!
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I like the Dry Erase Activity Board (Stages 1, 2, 3) especially since it is what we are working on with Ian now.
the Capital Letter Stories would be great for my daughter, she is in kindergarten and this would help a lot.
The capital letters stories my daughter is having problems with her Capital letter
Salve a tutti, ho scoperto da poco il vostro blog, interessante e molto dettagliato. Spero di trovare qualcosa di utile tra i vostri articoli. Un saluto!
I like the Dry Erase Activity Board (Stages 1, 2, 3) especially since it is what we are working on with Ian now