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- Make a few breakfast foods for the freezer for days you’re running behind, like pancakes, muffins, waffles, etc…, so you always know your child gets a good start!
- Make homework fun. We’ve turned turned Ady’s site-words for the month of August into a Go Fish game, Memory Game, crafts, and more, so the whole family can enjoy homework together.
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Always have lunch packed the night before so you are not racing around in the morning!
Have your school outfit set out the night before.
Definitely get everything ready (outfits, lunch bags even breakfast) the night before. Be creative with lunch, like cut sandwiches in shapes…etc.
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My tip would be to make sure to follow the same routine at night and in the morning. That way your child knows what to expect.
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My tip would be to help out in the classroom if you are able to. Getting to know the teacher and other students really helps you feel more involved in what your child is doing everyday.
My tip would be to be consistent with homework times, bed times etc.
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Label objects at home, such as a radio, door or window, to help children understand word meanings :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Pack the lunch and set out the clothes the night before so you’re not scrambling in the morning.
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I like to have cloths, shoes, hair bows out at night so we don’t waste anytime looking for those things.. an always making sure papers are signed,an back pack that night.
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I use to love how my mom would always have a snack for us on the way home.
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I always had a creative snacks waiting for them when they came home from school. I use to make fruit kabobs, or cheese cubes with pretzel sticks stuck in the middle. It helps they fill refreshed and ready to tackle the homework. Then I had them read to me every night for thirty minutes before bedtime. Forgot when they use to come home with their spelling words we use to divide them up by fives, study them every night together then on Thursday we would have a pracitce test. I was always a great success and always made 100′s on their tests on Friday.
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I have found to have snacks ready when bus get there. And not have many plans after school the first month until they get into the school grove.
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Even though it is tempting to let the kids take a break and put off homework, I have them do it as soon as they get home. Then it is out of the way. I try to make it a little better by giving them a healthy snack while they work.
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Share a healthy snack when they get home and let them take that time to tell you about their day :)
Pack a special treat or toy in their lunch once a week – a heart out of construction paper, a chocolate kiss, etc., so they know you are thinking about them
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Add ‘Evening Snacks’ into the Weekly meal planning. It makes parents easy to prepare the To-Buy list for shopping purposes.
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I also make a bunch of breakfast foods and freeze them. I like muffins.
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My tip is to grab your child’s backpack as soon as they get off the bus or you pick them up. In my house, important papers disappear if they are sorted by my daughter! lol I grab all the papers before she has a chance to hide them!
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We keep muffins and quick breads in the freezer for a fast easy breakfast.
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I am also a new kindergartener mom woo hoo! I don’t have tips to share obviously as this is our first time but I have heard from other moms to shop early as all the cool backpacks and lunch kits are gone by mid August.
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Make sure everything is laid out for the next day the night before.
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Wow! I wish I had a tip for you that I’ve tried out, but no kids in kindergarten just yet :) When my lady does go to school, I’m going to try to find ways to incorporate her school work with what she loves so that she learns to love learning…not sure how I’ll do that just yet!
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Younger kids have shorter attention span and so it would be helpful to provide them with small breaks in between study times. Also find out what their learning styles are and use creative teaching strategies to match those- I find that they tend to learn faster if you incorporate use of different senses.
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I think routine is key. Try to keep on a schedule and get into setting time to read now because they are going to have to do it a lot as they get older and getting into the habit now will make it easier (plus it’s a great way to spend time with your child).
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Make sure to leave enough down time between getting out of school and doing homework. If they are still tired from school, they can’t learn.
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As a Kindergarten Teacher the best advice I can give you is to have your child know his first and last name (recognition of last name) so he knows where he belongs. These days there are many kids with the same first name and its important that he know where his cubby/desk is.
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I’ve tried to empower my children. I’ve put coat hooks down at their level and when I come home from grocery shopping I get things ready so that my children (even my 3 year old) can help me get lunches ready. The kids help pick out the items that they want in their lunch, I supervise to make sure that the lunches are balanced. My children love feeling like they have some say over what they get. This also helps make sure that they eat what they take to school.
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Set everything out the night before so you aren’t rushed in the morning. If they take their lunch, get it ready the night before as well to help the morning go smoother.
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i use who every gets done at the supper table first has to start loading dishwasher, they linger and i get to hear about their day even if their not eating.
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I set out clothes the night before, always, and only buy white socks so there aren’t ever any “mismatches”
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Make sure they go to bed on time- there’s nothing worse than a tired, cranky child.
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I usually play classical music for my daughter as she is doing homework. Just quietly, in the background. It relaxes her and opens her mind.
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Take lots of pictures on that first day of school. We have an album with her first day back to school picture in it every year since kindergarden. My little one loves to look at the album
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I wake my child t meet the teacher and tour the school before hand. Also talk it up! Make it out to be fun and learning (which it will be )
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My children are grown and I remember that they liked to talk about what they did in school and share stories after dinner.
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My advice is to keep a close relationship with your daughters teacher so that you feel comfortable talking about anything that concerns you or you are curious about.
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Make time for their adventures. In this busy, hectic world we often forget to include an hour to take time and go to the school to volunteer. One hour a day would be so appreciated by the teachers. Make that hour happen when it’s story time or art time so you can either read to the children while the teacher takes a few minutes to catch up on other projects or you will be there to help with their art projects. It allows the teacher to better distribute her time with all of the kids and they don’t have to rush when there is another set of willing hands to help out. What does this do for your child? It helps them to see that Mama/Daddy enjoys going to school and she will too. It also keeps you close and allows you to see exactly what environment she is being exposed to while at school.
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ok, somehow part of my comment didn’t make it in. my advice was just to make sure you have lots of snacks around. these are helpful for lunch components or busy afternoons spent doing hw or extracurriculars. buy items in bulk & bag ‘em yourself!
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Definitely have home lunches ready the night before. We freeze a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so we are never out.
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Wait until your kids are ON THE BUS before you start crying. :)
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Make sure what we are wearing the night before, have breakfast bowls etc on the table, give them hugs and kisses :)
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We had a chalkboard in the kids room with a magnets too so they could attach the things that they did at school and follow their progression over the year. It was also a fun way for them to show off and be proud of their days work.
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Send them off having eaten breakfast :).
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I don’t hav kids in school yet but this advice I really like! I think parents should be activly involved in their kids school, but I’m sure that the majority never even meet the teacher! I wanna know who is spending 8hrs a day with my kid!
Make time for their adventures. In this busy, hectic world we often forget to include an hour to take time and go to the school to volunteer. One hour a day would be so appreciated by the teachers. Make that hour happen when it’s story time or art time so you can either read to the children while the teacher takes a few minutes to catch up on other projects or you will be there to help with their art projects. It allows the teacher to better distribute her time with all of the kids and they don’t have to rush when there is another set of willing hands to help out. What does this do for your child? It helps them to see that Mama/Daddy enjoys going to school and she will too. It also keeps you close and allows you to see exactly what environment she is being exposed to while at school.
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Set aside a bit of time each night to read with your child!
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My suggestion is to enforce a consistent bed time every night so they don’t moan and groan when they have to wake up in the morning.
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i’m a new kindy mom too. well, i will be on monday. but we have afternoon. and i have a kid in AM preschool. i need my own tips!! LOL
seriously, i learned from 4 days a week at prek in elem. school last year- this awesome trick- make a ‘snack bag” accessible to the kids. i fill it up and don’t replenish till its all gone. its all healthy, OK for school, snacks. she can pick one of these each day to bring for snack. she likes being able to choose and i don’t have to deal with it. (i also send in a few boxes of nutrigrain bars at the beginning of the year for kids who forget snack so the teacher isnt spending her own $$) i also keep some snack friendly foods on a low shelf in the fridge. its allowed her to have control and one less thing for me to do.
for the snack closet we use a zipper plastic bag that our bed sheets came in. my almost 3 year old likes to use it too. everything is prepackaged or packaged by me so they can help themselves( i have a 1 year old too)
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My best advice is to not turn the tv on in the morning. It seems to slow everything down in our house! Instead, whenever my son is ready and just sitting waiting for the bus, we sit and read.
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