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Back To School Giveaway: DoodleMark Review & Giveaway (ends 8/7)

by | Jul 27, 2011 | Giveaways, Product Review | 127 comments

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Product Name: DoodleMark Drawing Pad

Product Information: The DoodleMark is a new kind of bookmark that allows kids and parents to interact with books together, like never before. Whether practicing sight words together, working on vocabulary, drawing letters, bookmarking their progress or just doodling a funny picture – its all about creative learning and having fun.

Kids love to clip a DoodleMark to any book and let their creativity run free. And parents understand the true value of learning to read and write with something that is useful, simple and powered only by a kid’s own imagination.

Purchase Information: You can purchase it online at Amazon.

Purchase Price: As low as $8.00 each!

My Thoughts: My oldest is learning how to read and this summer we are making sure we stay on top of it.  Her favorite books to read are Star Wars books.  And yes I have two girls and they both love Star Wars.   Those books have a lot of words that she doesn’t know and while she’s very good at sounding them out, it’s still a progress in the works.

We received a DoodleMark for our review and she’s been using it the most.  She attached it to the book she’s reading and as she finds the words she knows she practices writing them on the DoodleMark.  So she’s reading and writing at the same time.  She also likes to draw pictures of the characters in her books.  What kid doesn’t love drawing right?  Another thing we’ve been doing is I find a page in one of her Star Wars books and locate a word I know she doesn’t know.  I write that word on the DoodleMark for her and then she goes through the page looking for the word.   When she finds it we read the sentence outload, well she reads it to me.   It’s a fun game and she’s always asking me for another word.

The DoodleMark is also great for in the car.   Since it attaches to the book I don’t have to worry about it falling while I’m driving and can’t reach it for her.  It’s pretty neat and a great learning tool.

WIN IT

(3) Koupon Karen reader’s will each win a Doodlemark of their choice!

Entry is simple! You just need to answer the question below by leaving a comment on this site! You can even gain up to 4 bonus entries for doing each additional item listed (just make sure that you leave one entry for each one — up to a total of 5 comments). As a reminder, comments left on Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be included.

REQUIRED ENTRY

Leave me a comment and tell me how you think your child or grandchild might use the DoodleMark.

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1. Follow @KouponKaren on twitter and tweet the following “I entered to #win a DoodleMark drawing pad @KouponKaren and you can too! https://wp.me/pMKCI-85Y #giveaway”

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Details: This giveaway is open to US Residents and will remain open until August 7th at 11:59 p.m. EST . Any comments left after this time will not be counted. The winner will be selected randomly and will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Disclosure: I received the same prize pack as the winner. My opinions are 100% mine.

127 Comments

  1. Brooke on July 27, 2011 at 10:03 am

    My daughter would love this!

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  4. Hanna T. on July 27, 2011 at 10:05 am

    I think my daughter would love to use the doodlemark in the car on road trips!

  5. melinda on July 27, 2011 at 10:05 am

    My boys love to read…anything special like this would certainly encourage our youngest to read more!

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  7. Tammy D. on July 27, 2011 at 10:09 am

    My grandson would love this, he is just learning to write !!

  8. Brenda on July 27, 2011 at 10:26 am

    My granddaughter loves to draw and write she would really love this!!!!

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  12. L.A. W on July 27, 2011 at 10:53 am

    My girls would use them to draw pictures about the book while reading.

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  14. Katy P on July 27, 2011 at 10:53 am

    My daughter would like this for when we read big books together

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  17. lise dill on July 27, 2011 at 11:02 am

    My 6 yr old goes to bed at 7:30 but can stay up and read or color until she falls asleep. I know her creative little heart would love this…it’s all about rainbows and unicorns and ladybugs and hearts 🙂

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  22. Jessica T. on July 27, 2011 at 11:16 am

    My son would use this on our trip to the beach!

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  25. Julie on July 27, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    These would be great for our car rides to the cape. They would help keep my 2 boys busy

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  30. Gina H. on July 27, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    I think they will like to use it on vacation.

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  32. Jana K on July 27, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    I would love this for my 2 year old daughter to use while we are in the car!

  33. Shawna Hehr on July 27, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Since my oldest is just begining to sound out words, I think this would be good for writing/ sight words. What a novel concept.

  34. Rebecca on July 27, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    My daughter would love this!

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  36. Anne Loyd on July 27, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    My son would use this to practice his letters.

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  39. Gwen Casti on July 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    My son Dylan would draw all the shapes and telletubbies! !

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  41. Rikki J. on July 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    My 6 year old daughter would love it!! She brings a book to read and a small notepad to write in every time we go somewhere in the car (even locally). I love her enthusiasm at such a young age to read and write 🙂 And she is good at both too!

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  45. Christy A. on July 27, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    I think they would use it in the car to keep them occupied.

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  48. nicole on July 28, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    my nepuew is just starting school this year and loves to read books and draw pictures

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  50. kim on July 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    daughter would use on road trips

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  53. Lori S on July 29, 2011 at 6:56 pm

    My son would probably use this on a road trip.

    Thanks!

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  56. Bethany S. on July 29, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    My son needs to work on his comprehension when reading. He is into chapter books, but they don’t always have illustrations to help with understanding what he’s reading. So, I think the DoodleMark would be great for him–he could draw a picture of what he is reading, and then I can better evaluate if he is comprehending.

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  58. Claudia on July 30, 2011 at 12:47 am

    My daughter could use it to practice her ABC’s.

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  60. EMMA L HORTON on July 30, 2011 at 8:28 am

    IT IS NEW AND DIFFERENT AND I THINK MY GRANDSON WOULD LIKE THE COVER ALSO

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  62. Mandy W on July 30, 2011 at 10:38 am

    My son is entering Kindergarten and this could really help with reading!

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  65. SANDY on July 30, 2011 at 9:22 pm

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  66. Daisy M on July 31, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    my daughter would enjoy wen she learned how to read by her self she is only 4

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  69. deb c on July 31, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    I think she’d write down words she didn’t understand to look up the meaning.

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  73. rachel on August 1, 2011 at 10:09 am

    my daughter will love this she will have lot of fun, just started to write

  74. Stacie Clark on August 1, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    I homeschool my 7 year old son and I can see that this product would be immensely helpful in practicing handwriting skills — something he hates to do! I think this might bring a little fun to school for him. 🙂

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  76. Kristi Blackstone on August 1, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    My son would love to use this, especially in the car. He could use it as a bookmark and for us to play hangman on!

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  79. Michael Rizzo on August 2, 2011 at 1:02 pm

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  85. amanda l h on August 6, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    My son would use it in the car!

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  89. Sarah on August 6, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    I think she’d just use it to draw.

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  92. Pauline on August 6, 2011 at 6:28 pm

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  97. Ericka on August 6, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    My soon to be 5 year old would probably use this to practice her writing better

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  101. charline on August 6, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    I think my son would use it for when he reads ater school
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  104. Brooke R. on August 6, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    I think my kiddo would love this at the grocery store. She’s three and we make a little list with just a few items on it for her when we go. I think she would love to use this there. Or to save her place in her fave. disney princess book.

  106. Debra Hall on August 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    my grandaughter would love this she doodles all the time

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  108. karen M on August 7, 2011 at 12:29 am

    Gabby would be practicing her sight words and taking it along on car trips to draw.

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  112. Erin Cook on August 7, 2011 at 10:28 am

    My seven year old would use it as a bookmark and my three year old would just use it to draw
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  115. Deb K on August 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    My daughter always gets so bored when she has to wait at the dentist or doctor’s office, this would be a nice distraction for her!

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  117. carol lewis on August 7, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    My granddaughter would be able to use this to learn to read and write which she is really getting interested in. She would love it!
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  122. Lily Kwan on August 7, 2011 at 11:37 pm

    The DoodleMark might be used for drawing pictures of words in books.

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  126. Gianna on August 8, 2011 at 12:17 am

    For lots of daily drawing.. my daughter loves to draw.

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