| As back-to-school season is approaching, it's time to | | | | help your kid create a personalized clipboard that your |
| start thinking about a fashionable yet comfortable way | | | | child will want to use every time there is homework to |
| to carry around school supplies and other necessities. | | | | do. Clipboards are a very practical and very useful gift |
| While some of you may be starting school in a week | | | | to children. |
| or so, most schools won't start for another month. | | | | What Should We Buy Cheap and In Bulk? |
| That got to thinking about how to best shop for school | | | | Pencils |
| supplies: how should we budget our money for the | | | | You should purchase packages of standard pencils |
| back to school supplies season? Here in this article, we | | | | when they go on sale in August and September. |
| will discuss which school supplies are truly essential | | | | Pens |
| and should we pay for quality? | | | | Speaking from experience, young students lose pens |
| The pencil pouches, pens, stencils, art boxes, and | | | | all the time. You can stick to regular ballpoint pens and |
| backpacks are screaming for you to buy and fill them | | | | purchase them in bulk at the beginning of the school |
| up. Which school supplies should we spend money on? | | | | year when they are cheapest. |
| There are essentials and the non-essentials, but | | | | Notebooks |
| although something may not be essential to another | | | | Your children will definitely end up using one or two |
| child doesn't necessarily mean that your child isn't in | | | | notebooks during the school year. it's a better move to |
| need of it. School supply lists are lengthier than what | | | | buy a few in September when they are at their |
| used to be few years back; children are more active in | | | | cheapest. |
| the classroom nowadays. | | | | Folders |
| Backpacks | | | | September is a great time to buy supplies as you can |
| Full-size backpack trends change yearly -- when | | | | buy many things in bulk for pennies, such as folders |
| supply stores are loaded with them prior to the | | | | and notebooks. |
| back-to-school rush. Current trends in backpacks | | | | What "Extras" We Should Have On Hand |
| include retro backpack styles and colors, bright colors | | | | Lunch Box |
| and patterns, abstract patterns and black, red and | | | | Speaking from experience, young students lose lunch |
| white and backpacks equipped with slots and pockets | | | | box easily. Your kid will most likely lose one at some |
| for the latest technology. Look for durable zippers that | | | | point. So, you can keep an extra, generic lunch box in |
| zip up and down easily, and check that the seams are | | | | storage so you don't have the pressure to pay for a |
| double-stitched and secure. | | | | replacement during the school year. |
| Whether you need durability, security or just another | | | | Ruler, Glue, Scissors, Markers and Crayons |
| trendy accessory to add to your kid's already fabulous | | | | Have extras of all these art supplies available so that |
| back-to-school outfit -- there's a backpack with your | | | | your children have them readily available for all their |
| child name on it. You can also choose a waterproof | | | | school projects. |
| backpack that will keeps books and paper dry. | | | | Permanent Marker |
| Clipboards | | | | You'll need to mark the items your children bring to |
| Have you ever observed after sitting in a desk all day, | | | | school - their lunch boxes, and backpacks should be |
| sometimes kids just want to flop onto a cozy chair or | | | | labeled so that you'll easily recover them if they are |
| comfy corner and do their work there? That's why | | | | ever lost or misplaced. You don't want to have to buy |
| teachers keep a box of clipboards in the classroom as | | | | replacement items. |
| a valuable, mobile organizing tool for the classroom to | | | | |