School and School-related Articles
School
and school-related articles
Helping Our
Children Survive Their School Years
Returning to school can be an extremely stressful occurrence for both students
and their parents. The anxieties and concerns of daily life can be overwhelming
to some and lead to serious health issues. We, as parents, need to be aware of
the problems that our children face and learn what steps are necessary to help
our children deal with these issues.
Getting Kids Ready For
The New School Year
As soon as summer starts to wind down, it is time to purchase the essentials you
need to get your child ready for another (or even a first) year of school.
Making "preparing for school" into an event that the whole family enjoys will
help your child feel ready-and also show him that you are interested and
involved with his education. Take some time in the weeks leading up to the big
day, and plan a few outings and activities to be sure you both are ready. Try a
few of our tips to get started...
Back To School Dinner Tips
Is school really just around the corner? You know what that means - early
morning scrambles, after-school tizzies and ragged nerves at dinnertime.
7 Back To School Lunch Tips
Don't look now, but school's here! Are you ready for one of the biggest
challenges for Moms of school-age kids - preparing school lunches day after day?
Inside The Minds Of
School-age Kids
How do we help our kids through tough times in school? I think the
biggest road block is finding out what is going on at school. Oh sure,
they will tell us about the comings and goings of kids and who got in
trouble during casual conversations in the car or at the dinner table.
But how often do they share the things that are worrying them most?
Dressing Girls For School
I have spoken to so many parents who tell me it is a monumental task to
get their younger daughters ready for school in the morning. Unless your
daughter has only one set of clothes to wear, she probably wants to
change her outfit three times before choosing the one she will "agree"
to wear to school each day. Here's how we solved the problem in our
family...
Ways of Dealing With
Separation Anxiety
All parents will remember how difficult it was to leave their children
when they were young, and some of us had to deal with unhappy children
suffering from separation anxiety, again and again and again! Veronica
shares some tips on how to make the partings easier.
Never
Tell Your Kids They're Smart!
Blackwell and Dweck's key tenets are that praise, self-esteem, and
performance rise and fall together...but that the type of praise one
receives is of great significance. Those with innate intelligence may
have stronger abilities, but those abilities mean nothing unless one is
willing to work hard enough to push through challenges.
School
Days - Top 10 Tips for Establishing a Good Routine
Teachers know that children thrive in an environment with routines,
boundaries and rules. Parents unfortunately often forget it! And yet by
establishing good routines and encouraging children to help you maintain
them, you have an opportunity to set a pattern and a discipline that
will stay with your children for the rest of their lives.
Math
Games for the Active Child
To put it in a nice way, my son is rather squirmy. He doesn't like to sit
still for very long unless he's playing a video game, then it's just amazing. So
instead of constantly telling him to sit down and do his math, we take it
outside or up the stairs, literally. I'd like to share some of ways we like to
"do math" when sitting still is too much. Try these games with your child and I
think you'll agree that math and exercise can go hand in hand...
Helping Students with Homework
Homework causes more headaches for parents than it does for children.
Some parents worry because their children don’t seem to do enough while
others are concerned because they do too much. And most parents want to
able to help their children more effectively.
Back to School
- Establishing a Routine Which Will Work For Your Family
Don't be one of those harried parents scrambling to buy uniform,
last minute school supplies and shoes! Although it can be incredibly
difficult to get back into the routine of school days after the long
summer, if you follow our tips you can ease your whole family back into
term-time without too much anxiety.
Back
to School Bliss in 21 Days
Gearing up for back-to-school can be a bit overwhelming; there is a
lot to do, a lot of transitions to navigate, and often a sense of blues
as the realization that summer has, once again, gone by too fast.
However, you can easily turn back-to-school anxieties into positive
anticipation for a great school year with the following action plan.
10 Back
to School Success Ideas
New book bags, clothes, sneakers will not guarantee a child’s
success in school. Thirty days after school starts the book bag will be
torn, the clothes will be dirty and the new pens lost. Now what?
Back to
School Show And Tell
One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the
inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few
creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition
of Show and Tell.
Creative Back to School Activity Ideas for Kids
A back to school activity is a creative way to welcome students back to
school or celebrate the start of the new school year. As much as the
kids enjoy summer vacation, they love to go back to school. Children
love to see friends they haven’t seen all summer, meet new friends and
get to know their new teacher.
Starting School -
Preparing Yourself and Your Child for the First Day of School
If your first child is about to start school this year you may be
wondering who has more anxiety about it - you or your child. The first
day of school is significant in so many ways; your child is growing up,
you are not personally planning their days and you know, even if your
child does not, that it is only the beginning of a long stretch of
firsts.
Back to School -
Disappointment?
It takes more than new clothes, notebooks, and tennis
shoes to make it a successful new school year.
Backpacks and Bullies. Is Your
Child Prepared?
This article on bullying at school contains some excellent advice on how
to prepare your child to resist bullying, including simple but effective
tips such as teaching them to "walk tall".
End of Year Reflections (from
The Teacher's Desk)
The end of a school year is a time of reflection — for parents, kids,
and teachers. What were the mountaintops? Where were the valleys? What
did each group learn over the course of the year?
Showing Appreciation to
Teachers
As the school year reaches the end, consider the following ways to show
the much-needed gratitude to your teachers.
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