The whole-school program kids beg for.
A character comes to life across the building, and kids race back to see what it did next. It's joy that does real work: in the largest study of its kind — 10,548 students, grades 3–8 — arts programming meant better attendance, more kindness, and fewer behavior problems. Light for teachers, big for the whole school.
The come-back loop
A kid — or a whole class — makes a character their own: coloring it, reading with it, taking on a challenge. They head off, to lunch or the next class or home for the night, and while they're away it gets up to something. They come back to see what it did, and a new challenge sends them off again. It's the loop that turns school from a place kids are sent into the place they beg to go.
Make it their own
One kid or a whole class colors it, reads with it, or takes on a challenge.
Off they go
To lunch, the next class, or home for the night.
It gets up to something
While they're away, the Doodle comes to life — mischief, an adventure, a note left behind.
They race back
Just to see what it did — and a new challenge sends them off again.
In the classroom
Same character, a smaller lift — it fits around the day you already have.
- One schoolwide challenge a week is plenty. Everyone shares in it; no one has to organize much.
- The rest of the time the Doodle is simply around — moving, making mischief, lending a hand with a lesson.
- Run a full activity when you want one. Never required.
Across the building
The loop scales up into something the whole school rallies around.
- Doodles appear in every class and hallway — a few weeks of shared wonder.
- One weekly challenge gives the whole school a beat to move to, and pulls in staff and families.
- It builds toward a finale — a parade, a gallery, a celebration.
You don't have to add one more thing.
Teachers are already stretched. The Doodle isn't a new program to keep feeding — it enhances what you're already doing, from a reading log to a kindness push to a math review. Run an activity when it helps, and let the character simply be present the rest of the time.
School activities
From quick classroom moments to schoolwide events — every activity is tagged so you can find the right one fast, and see the standards it builds.
Meet Doodle Dares — simple activity cards
Activities come as ready-made cards: a prompt, a clue, a dare, a little mission. Print a few for a class, set out a schoolwide challenge, or send them home — no prep, just fun. They follow your theme, too.
Signature Activities
The fan-favorite activities at the heart of every Parade. Reach for these first — they're simple to run and the ones kids and families ask for by name.
The Activity Vault
333 more activities to pull from — seeds, not scripts. Not a checklist: dip in when it helps, and the Doodle does plenty just by being around.
Joyful on the surface. Serious underneath.
The fun is the point — and underneath it, the Parade lines up with the frameworks schools are measured on, and the research that leaders trust.
In the largest study of its kind — 10,548 students in grades 3–8 — arts programming meant better attendance, more kindness, and fewer behavior problems. A Boston replication saw chronic absenteeism fall 13%.
Those findings are for arts programming in grades 3–8; the Parade is built on the same evidence base. It's evidence-based — not a lab-proven curriculum.
Character & social-emotional
Kindness, belonging, self-control, and friendship — the heart of the come-back loop.
Activities: So Kind · Wipe-Away Bullying · Doodle-Good · Feelings & Friendship
Whole-school & climate
A joyful Tier-1 climate the whole building feels — with many ways for every kid to take part.
Activities: the schoolwide parade · So Kind · Everyone Everywhere · the come-back loop
Academics — core subjects
Reading, writing, math, science, social studies, art, and movement — smuggled inside the play.
Activities: Story Swapping · Oops · STEM Set · Detectives & Mysteries · Coloring
School library & digital
Inquiry, collaboration, and responsible sharing — through the library and the Memento feed.
Activities: Book Connections · collaborative coloring · Doodle Selfies
Alignment shows where activities connect to each framework — it doesn't claim every standard is fully taught. Fit is rated framework by framework on the full Standards page.
Make the building a place kids want to be.
A few characters, one weekly challenge, and a few weeks of wonder across the school. Start in a single classroom or go building-wide — we'll help you set it up.
Bring the joy and excitement to your schoolGrades K–8, schoolwide or classroom. Study findings (better attendance, more kindness, fewer behavior problems; 13% drop in chronic absenteeism) are for arts programming in grades 3–8; the Parade is built on that evidence base. Evidence-based — not a lab-proven curriculum.