The first day back at school is looming and you have either
heard lots of moaning about it or lots of “I’m bored!” statements! So how do
you prepare your child for the first day of school or their first day back,
here are some tips:
·
Get
organised
Get all of your back to school shopping
done this week. As an incentive, schedule your back to school shopping trip one
morning. Write out a list and for the older kids, give them a budget to work
with. Tell them they need to get what is on the list but stay within their
budget. Remember there are lots of sales on at the moment. Go look at
Woolworths, Jet, Ackermans, Pick n Pay and Edgars for your white shirts rather
than buying them from the school uniform shops. And, don’t forget to label!!
·
Get back
into a routine
Start easing back into a bed time routine,
so by Tuesday night there are no major tantrums about having to go back to bed
early. This will also help with the breakfast routine and getting up earlier.
Also remember, times are going to be a
little different at school, so find out when your child has their snack and try
to reprogram their tummies.
·
Set up a
homework schedule
Find a place in your house that is free
from distractions and TV and set this up as the homework area. Also set up a
timetable for homework. Remember, this is the work that needs to be reinforced
and the teacher is checking for understanding here.
·
Lunchbox
Prep
Make up a weekly program for different
lunches that you can do in lunchboxes. Peanut butter sandwiches can become very
boring after a while! Look out for our lunchbox plan a little later this week!
·
Create a ‘Launch
Pad’
So, when homework is done, place it all back
into the bag, check to make sure everything that is needed is in the bag, or
the launch pad so that it is ready for the next morning!