Going back to school

When the sky starts to darken and rain starts to drop, it points out only one single thing – summer vacation is over. For parents and their children, it always means business. It is always a challenge for both to go school. Parents do focus on stuffs that needed by their kids for school and tend to forget about their children’s mental preparedness. So, for your delight here are some tips to help your children be physically and mentally organinzed for school:



1. Bedtime. During summer vacation, kids are most likely wanted to sleep a lot and some might not want to wake up early in the morning. As a result, it might be a problem for them to wake up early for school if the schools season starts. You parents can teach or guide your children gain a regular sleeping for at least two weeks before going to school. This method could help your children adjust their body clocks. None of us parents want our children sleepy at the first day of school, do we?



2. Eating Schedules. Having a free schedule, your kids would just eat whenver they are hungry, but in school this will all change. They will be given enough time to eat their mealThey will be given much and enough time for food in which their appetite might not be used to. As a solution, parents could practice a regular eating schedule for their kids and stop them from eating junk food in between meals.



3. Study time and curfew. It might be hard for you as parent to regulate or enforce it to you kids but it will surely worth it; or it will definitely be worth it. Administer at least 2 hours of study time after school will allow them to cope up with their lessons and be prepared for the next day. On the other hand, imposing a curfew will be of big help to their health and will also help them be well rested to the next day.



4. Clothes. This might be a big deal. Be sure that uniforms, underwear, socks and etc. - still fit your kids. It would be a good thing to have a regular laundry schedule. This is to avoid your children from running out of clothes to wear. Also, get them to practice the habit of preparing their uniform or clothes they mean to wear the night before, doig this will lessen the hotfoot/rush for that day. Fresh look would build up confidence to your kids upon going school





5. Talk. Every time parents ask their kids about school they usually say "How was your day in school?" Parents never get the answers they want by using this question at the same time; children also get irritated when they are asked by that question. So instead try this method and be more specific in your questions like "How was math? What is the cool thing in school?" this will surely give you more responses.





6. Partnership of parents and teachers. There will be times that you or even your kids would dislike the teacher. A good relationship and communication with the teacher will solve that. A positive parent-teacher relationship helps your child feel good about school and be successful in school and it also shows your child that he can trust his teacher, because you do. This is a positive outcome for your children to know that these two person are working together, it boost up their confidence as well because they feel that they are important. Remember, in school the teachers are second parents of your children.





7. Confidence. Building up confidence in a child is essential in their performance in school as well as in their social life. Helping them to be responsive like a simple high-five or flash card activities are a good techniques in achieving this. Remember to put a wall of fame for their achievement to let them knew that they have it best for them, it will also boost their confidence too. Also, giving them responsibilities could also help making them feel that you could trust them and they are growing.



8. Food preparations. The best action to this is asking your children what they want to eat or have them during your weekly grocery so they could pick the food that they want. Having easy-to-cook food is also a good thing to have around the house. You would not like your children to go to school with an empty stomach.





Remember going back to school does not only affect the lives of your children but also you as parents. So, have yourself also as a parent mentally and physically ready for your children come back to school.