Back to school can be an interesting time for many parents and students.

Not only does this period demand key changes but it also requires a lot of organization and planning. Are you nervous about getting your child ready for the new session? Or do you feel unprepared for the forthcoming regimented life?

In this post, we consider back to school preparation tips for parents. You’ll learn vital tricks and strategies to help your child get into the present school year smoothly.

7 Tips to Prepare Your Child for Back to School

 Find Out Everything You Can about the School

Will your child be enrolling into a new school? If yes, it’s advisable that you discover all you can before your child resumes.

Every new school should have a clear website that contains basic details about the school, curriculum, yearly calendar, and contact information.

Likewise, a new school should have the main facilities and personnel required to run the session successfully. Walk through the classrooms with your child. Do you like them? Is there a library in the school? What about the play area?

You should consider all these factors when helping your child prepare for back to school.      

 Talk to the School Staff and Administrators

Apart from assessing the facilities in your child’s school, you want to spend some time communicating with the school staff and administrators.

When you visit your child’s school in preparation for resumption, ask to see his/her class teacher. Talk to subject teachers. Discuss with the school counselor or academic coach to be sure that your child will be supported when the need arises.

Also, speak with the school administrators to get answers to questions you might have about how the school operates and what your child will get.

It’s your right to know the caregivers who’ll be responsible for your child’s learning and development.    

 Go School Shopping with Your Child

Children love to have their opinion heard.

Hence, it’ll be nice to go school shopping with your kids. When you’re ready to purchase school supplies including bags, books, pencils and pen, lunch boxes, socks and the like, allow your child go to the store with you.

Besides the fact that it’ll save you the headache of tantrums, you’ll also get to observe your child’s taste and teach them responsibility.

 Create a Feasible Daily Routine

Routines are amazing especially when you keep them consistent. One of the most remarkable back to school ideas is to design a fixed wakeup time, meal time, and bed time.

Creating such patterns allows your child to get used to going to bed at the same time and waking up at the same time. This kind of predictable lifestyle helps your child develop a sense of commitment and diligence toward school activities. 

 Encourage Your Child to Minimize Play Time

As school resumes, it’s obvious that many children will be disappointed to stay away from their favorite TV show or game. But as a caring parent, the onus lies on you to help your child get their priorities right.

Encourage your son to reduce his screen time. Don’t always give in when your daughter requests your phone to play Candy Crush. Your children should understand that starting a new session requires seriousness and sacrifice.

Maintain an Organized School Work Station

Another major back to school preparation tip for parents is home organization. Allocating a special area in your home to your child’s school materials and for homework is impressive.

While this enables your child to treat homework time as ‘sacred,’ it equally helps you to monitor his/her performance and study resources. With a special work station, you can always tell when a book is missing.     

Acknowledge Your Child’s Back to School Fears

Finally, it’s true that back to school can be scary as well as fun. Inasmuch as children love to have new things, they sometimes dread the new environment, classmates, teachers, and new subjects.

It’ll be great of you to acknowledge these fears and assure your child that every new step often causes anxiety. Nevertheless, let them know that you’ll always be there for them and they can tell you how they feel every day when they return from school.

Also, teach your son or daughter useful tricks to help them maintain their confidence, make new friends, like their new teachers, and understand the subjects they take.

If your child knows that they can talk to you whenever they have doubts or questions about their school, they’ll have the courage they need to succeed and make you proud.

Wrapping Up

As you prepare your child for the first day of school, remember that so much needs to be underway before you wave goodbye.

Gather information about the school. Conduct background checks if you have to. Talk to your child’s teachers and other members of staff. Shop with your child, teach them the importance of routines, and help them to limit play time.

Above all, help your child get back to school with the boldness and excitement that every child should possess.

Have you enrolled your child in Oyerinde Preparatory School? If yes, we invite you to take a tour of our website to learn more about how OPS works.

Also, feel free to visit and interact with your child’s teachers or contact us for more information about resuming to OPS.