What is The DOPE Kid — kids lit

LET'S DEFEAT THE SUMMER SLIDE!!   The Summer slide is the lose of significant knowledge over summer vacation especially in reading and math.  This leads to skill lose each year. "A more recent study of children in 3rd to 5th grades also showed that students lost, on average, about 20 percent of their school-year gains in reading and 27 percent of their school-year gains in math during summer break." -Scholastic.com     I have created a summer reading challenge to keep your DOPE kid reading all summer!        CLICK HERE TO PRINT OUT A COPY FOR YOUR DOPE KID  ...

LET'S KICK OFF 2023 WITH A CHALLENGE EVERY DOPE KID WILL LOVE! Join our January Reading Challenge. Keep your Dope Kid reading all month long with this reading challenge curated specifically for events in the month of January!  Download and print out the FREE printable below and have fun reading! Be Dope, Maya  www.thedopekid.com   HAPPY NEW YEAR & HAPPY READING!

The Dope Kid Family is giving you a sneak peek as to why we have been away...I have been busy creating characters and content for our forthcoming podcast. I wanted to share a few of them with you! Meet MC Lyte MicroscopeMeet Scientific Method Man Meet Griselda Grillz The podcast will include a complimentary comic strip with scientific facts!    Tell us what you think and make sure to subscribe to our podcast when it is available.Happy Reading, Rhyming and Rapping!   The Dope Kid Family

    It has been a loooooooong time since I have done a freestyle friday.....and I stopped because I thought they were getting a little rant like and complaining... so as I read through some of my previous ones, I was like that is not Maya in real life. I try not to complain about things and look on the bright side. So I stopped. But I actually missed these blog posts. They were the most fun to create and came naturally. So, I have regrouped and thought....hmmmm, let's remain positive and freestyle at the same time. What do I...

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