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Does the first day of school sneak up on you every single year? Yeah, same here. But! This year you can actually be ready since the Amazon Back To School Deals are happening *now*.
That's right! You can knock out all your back-to-school shopping weeks in advance, whether it's supply lists for elementary, middle, and high school students or off-to-college basics.
Here are some things you can snag on sale now:
1. A pack of six colored wide-ruled spiral notebooks so they can organize their notes for each class and easily know which notebook they need to grab (color coding for the win!).
2. And, a matching set of colored folders to really complete their schoolwork organization system. Just like the notebooks themselves, these are hole-punched in case they need to put them in a binder.
3. A pair of Apple Airpods Pro because the noise cancellation will tune out any and all distraction sounds, which makes schoolwork and studying sooooo much easier, no matter how old you are!
4. A leak-proof kids bento box with five compartments that makes packing a healthy school lunch way easier for you and actually eating said lunch much more enjoyable for them. No more foods getting all mushed together during the bumpy bus ride.
5. A small and portable paper cutter for anyone who cannot cut a straight a line to save their life (it me). I'll never forget the first time I used one of these at a friend's house for a school project...couldn't believe I'd made it to sixth grade without one!
6. An adorable — and super practical — patterned backpack featuring a very handy zippered insulated lunch box compartment at the bottom that will forever banish the words "don't forget your lunch box!" from your lips.
7. A three-pack of giant Elmer's disappearing purple glue sticks if your student goes through glue like there's no tomorrow, which I'm pretty sure is all elementary-aged kiddos. And of course, the magic of these ones is that they dry clear!!
8. A pair of blue light-filtering glasses to help reduce eye strain, headaches, and even insomnia that can be brought on by staring at a screen all day long. 😵💫 Plus, these are so chic and stylish you'll actually want to wear them in class.
9. A pack of 120 pencil top erasers so you can keep using your pencils even once you've eroded away the eraser. Nothing wrong with making a lot of mistakes — that's how we learn! but you shouldn't have to go through an insane amount of pencils because of it!
10. An insulated stainless steel travel mug so they can bring a hot cup of coffee from the dining hall to class, which is especially important for those early 8 AMs, but nice really at any time of day.
11. A supportive and velvety upright lounge pillow filled with memory foam cushioning so their bed can double as a couch, which is especially great for college students living in the dorm. With this, they can relax on their bed while reading, watching TV, or even working (no judgement here!).
12. A multipack of BIC mechanical pencils if they just can't stand dull pencils or hate have to constantly get up and use the loud, attention-causing sharpener. With a mix of fine, medium, and thick points and a total of 60 pencils in all, this set covers all the bases.
13. An Instant Pot for the college students moving into their own apartment this year...aka no more dining hall access. This will basically take the place of the dining hall and do all the cooking for them!
14. A 12-pack of colored thin-tip highlighters because it's way more fun to do your reading when you can highlight the important information in bright neon colors instead of just underlining them. Bonus! You can use different colors to identify different themes.
You, when school starts this fall.
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