On your mark, get set, go . . . to school

Posted by Melissa Taylor on 17 Aug 2009
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Alarm clock. Check.

Coffee stockpile. Check.

Slippers for walk across street to bus. Check.

School supplies. . . dang. Not check.

It’s all you these first days of school. But, get enough systems in place and you’ll be able to hand off responsibility to your child. You’ll just need to have a system and do some training.

PREP before the school year:

Alarm clock set with plenty of extra time for slow pokes. And, no one likes to rush anyway.
Breakfast set out or pre-planned.
Lunch fixings in fridge or school account filled.
Coat/backpack/shoe area
Designated place for homework and papers from school
Labels on everything that might leave your house
GO TO BED earlier
Set an alarm for when to leave for the car/bus/walk – I have two – first one is a warning, second one means get your tush out the door
(And for Pete’s sake, go out and buy your kids their school supplies before the stores are all out! I’m talking to myself here. You all probably already did it.)

School Routine – figure out your systems for