What is The DOPE Kid — reading

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 continue reading into the new month with a NEW reading challenge!    Challenge your Dope Kid with our February Reading Challenge!!    Click the image below and send to the printer to get started!!   Make sure to tag us at the hashtag #thedopekidreads while you are completing this challenge!      Happy Reading & Rhyming     The Dope Kid Family    

Book Stack of Picture Books for Black History Month and beyond! I have created a list of books to read during Black History Month and beyond. The above book stack is listed below. To see each individual cover, scroll down to the YouTube video below. 34 Picture Books to read during Black History Month by Black Authors Move the Crowd song by Eric Barrier and William Griffin, illustrations by Kirk Parrish The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist, illustrations by Darnell Johnson Who Are Your People by Bakari Sellers, illustrations by Reggie Brown Honeysmoke by Monique Fields, illustrated...

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!

    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...