Everything you need to know about Back-to-School grades k-5

1. READY
SET
SCHOOL!
ELEMENTARY EDITION
GRADES K-5
Get Educated about
School Supply Essentials

2. Tips
• Make a list for each child. Use previous
years' expenses as a guide and compare
notes with other parents.
• If your kids are old enough, put them in
charge of online comparison shopping.
• Review the school's dress code so you
don't waste money on inappropriate
clothing.
• Learn what your school charges for meals
and weigh their convenience (and
nutritional value) against the cost of

3. • Back to School is the second biggest
consumer spending event and hit an alltime high in 2012.
– $30.3 Billion
• $688 was the average spending for backto-school clothing and supplies
• Back-to-school combined with back-tocollege spending will reach: 72.5 Billion
This Year

4. • Back to school shoppers are
undecided
–More than 1 in 4 compared
prices online/mobile before
–72% prefer to research what
back-to-school supplies,
electronics and apparels child

5. Hand Sanitizer
• Nearly 22 million days of school are missed
annually due to the common cold
• A case control study of 6,080 schools reported
that those who enforced classroom-dispensed
instant hand sanitizer at specific times
throughout the day experienced 20% fewer

6. A Sturdy
Backpack
In the United
States, 92% of
kids carry
backpacks that
hold 10-22% of
• Pick a backpacktheir body
that has
weight
– Chest and/or hip straps and a padded back,
to decrease stress on the back and enhance
comfort
– Has reflective material on the back, so that it

7. Crayons
• Kids, ages 2-8, spend an
average of 28 minutes
each day coloring.
– Combined, children in
the U.S. spend 6.3
billion hours coloring
each year.
• The last official poll of
people's favorite crayon
colors found that blue
was the most popular
color followed by red.
• The average child in the
United States will wear

8. Safety Scissors
• Safety scissors are useful for crafting, creative
assignments, etc.
• What’s great about safety scissors, is that they
aren’t as sharp and powerful as “adult scissors,”
which means less boo boos!

9. Scissor
Safety on
Safety
Scissors
Scissors are sharp.
Caution should be taken
when using scissors.
Instruct children not to run
with scissors.
Store scissors so sharp edges
are not exposed.
Safely hand over scissors.
Wrap hand around closed
blades, handle up.
Organize supplies to keep
Scissors are a tool, not a
toy.
Adult supervision is always
required when using
scissors.
Follow age
recommendations – the right
scissors for the right age.
Exercise good judgment
when using scissors.
Tables are the best place to

10. Also…(For Creative Kids)
Glue
Sticks
Ruler
Constructi
on Paper

11. •
Some Facts About
Creative Kids in
Elementary 4School likely
Students who study art are times more
to be recognized for academic achievement
and 3 times more likely to be awarded for
school attendance.
• Arts and music education programs are
mandatory in countries that rank consistently
among the highest for math and science test
scores, like Japan, Hungary, and the
Netherlands.
• Researchers find that sustained learning in
music and theatre correlates strongly with
higher achievement in both math and reading.
• Multiple studies have concluded that curricular

12. Pocket Folders
• To transport all of the homework,
artistic masterpieces, and creative
writing brilliance your child makes
home!
• It’s useful to color code your child’s
pocket folders according to a specific

13. Never Forget #2
Pencils & Big Pink
Erasers!
Standardized testing
usually requires the use of
a #2 pencil. Do NOT have
your child be without one!

14. A Reusable Water
Bottle planet!
• Keep our children loving the
Especially during hot months, a reusable
water bottle makes all the difference.
Keep these facts in mind:
– In response to public concern,
manufacturers have developed BPA-free
reusable water bottles.
– When you use a reusable water bottle,
you help reduce the production of
bottled beverages and therefore, the
landfill and recycling burden of the
bottles.

15. Shoplet is the leading purely online office supply retailer. Founded in 1994, Shoplet is
one of the original e-marketplaces
We specialize in a variety of fields ranging from office supplies, Break Room Supplies,
and cleaning and Maintenance Equipment.

16. SOURCES
• http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/statistics.asp
• http://www.edudemic.com/2011/10/heavybackpacks/
• http://union.k12.mo.us/clarkvitt/emints/pen/
school%20wq/Crayon%20Facts.htm
• http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychi
ldhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=648
• http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11
-facts-about-arts-education