Simple and Fun Ways to Organize Kids for Back to School
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05 July, 2012
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Summer vacations is one of the best times of the year when your kids can
indulge in all their favorite activities, you can plan out a good
family holiday and spend some quality time with your family. But at the
same time, the idea of preparing kids for back to school routine is a
bit dreadful for many as we all get lost in the flavor of wonderful
summer vacations and creating a disciplined back to school routine after
summer vacations can be quite a challenge.
But there is nothing to worry about at all. It is something very normal
and it happens with everyone once the summer vacations end. A little
careful and smart back to school planning can help you a lot in keeping
yourself and your kids in a flow and getting along with disciplined
routine easily.
Firstly, timing the sleep and wake up cycle of your kids is the most
important thing when it comes to back to school preparations. In summer
vacations, kids have a very different pattern of sleeping late at night
and waking up around afternoons. Therefore, for getting them along with
the flow of normal routine, what you can do is start making them get
into bed a bit earlier a week or few before the school re-opens and give
them good early morning activities which bind them to wake up early
like gardening, some morning exercises or anything that will make you
kids wake up early without being cranky.
Secondly, start off by organizing all their homework items and stuff
that they need for school. Being back to school can be a bit hap hazard
and confusing for those who haven’t organized their school bags,
notebooks, stationery etc well in advance and they do it a night before
or don’t do it at all. Mostly girls are careful about it but boys are
careless. You need to make sure that as part of back to school
activities, you kids are well equipped with everything. Plan a shopping
trip especially for buying back to school items and grab everything that
your kids need after summer vacations for school.
Thirdly, make sure that your kids are done with all the necessary
checkups and visit to doctor before the school starts. It can save your
kids from missing school due to some medical treatment or illness if you
plan and get it done well in summer vacations. Also, if you have to
plan out things like a car pool for your kids for school pick and drop
then add it as an important part of back to school chores to be done.
Lastly, make sure that you chalk out the rules and discipline guidelines
for your kids again and convey them to the kids before the summer
vacations end as the kids often forget the usual routine guidelines in
summer vacations and they need to refresh them up to as back to school
activities. The bed timings, playing games, computer timings etc; all
should be clearly refreshed up before the school starts. Keep enjoying
the summer vacations with your kids as it is one of the most memorable
time periods of life with family and make sure that you have planned
smartly for back to school activities.
