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Making Back to School Fun
P
arents, rejoice! Summer is over and it’s time
to send the kids back to school. While you may be dancing a jig, chances are your children may be a little more glum.
Here are some ways to cheer them up and make going back to school easier.
ESTABLISH TRADITIONS
Start your own back-to-school
traditions like a special first-day
breakfast or picture to get the year
started on a good foot. You can
also break out balloons or other
special gifts to get the kids going
and ease the jitters on the first
day. If you can, spend extra time
helping them get ready; maybe
with a new hairstyle or a new
backpack to make the day fun.
STARTING A NEW
SCHOOL
If your child’s starting a new
school for the first time, there
are going to be some extra jit-
ters on that first day. But there
are some things you can do to
take the sting out. If you can,
try to tour the school before
the first day so she’s familiar
with the layout, if nothing else.
Meet her new teachers and,
if possible, make some con-
Pack the weekend before school
nections with kids her age
starts with your child’s favorite
activities. Hit the park, the beach, that go there.
go camping, anything to take
Remember that while it
their mind off the looming start of may seem trivial to our
school and end the summer with
adult problems, the first day
a bang. Just make sure you’re
of school is a huge event in
back home in time for them to
your child’s life. Keep lines
start the year with plenty of rest.
of communication open
GET ON THE GOOD FOOT
and give them plenty of
It may seem like common
love during the first couple
sense, but with summer coming
of weeks. Give them time to
to a close and everything that
entails, it might be hard to
process their feelings and
remember. Make sure your kids
encourage them to talk to
get plenty of rest and a good,
you about it. Listen to your
healthy breakfast before they
children and take their feel-
head out of the door on the first
day of school. Have them lay their ings seriously, even if their
stuff out the night before so
missing favorite pencil
there’s no last-minute scram-
pales in comparison to
ble.
what you deal with every
day.
TAKE A HOLIDAY
While it may seem trivial to our adult
problems, the first day of school is a huge
event in your child’s life.