Tip of the Week Aug 19
Posted by Holly Nelson on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Under: Tip of the Week
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Tip of the Week
Back to School Organization
Your kids have or will be going back to school soon. Here are a few tips to organized their time, papers, and more.
1. Scheduling:
Sit down with your child and go over their activites. Type out a schedule and routine of their daily events.
Here is an example of my elementary kids routine:
6:45~ Wake- make bed - morning chores
7:00~ Breakfast - gather things for school
7:25~ Bus
3:15~ home from school- after school snack
3:30~ homework
4:00-5:00 free time
5:00~ feed animals
5:30-6:00~ Dinner
6:30-7:45~ free time*
7:45~ shower, brush teeth, reading time (chapter of BIble and a chapter book)
8:30~ Prayers and lights out
* This is also our time for soccer on our soccer nights
Sit down with your child and go over their activites. Type out a schedule and routine of their daily events.
Here is an example of my elementary kids routine:
6:45~ Wake- make bed - morning chores
7:00~ Breakfast - gather things for school
7:25~ Bus
3:15~ home from school- after school snack
3:30~ homework
4:00-5:00 free time
5:00~ feed animals
5:30-6:00~ Dinner
6:30-7:45~ free time*
7:45~ shower, brush teeth, reading time (chapter of BIble and a chapter book)
8:30~ Prayers and lights out
* This is also our time for soccer on our soccer nights
This is printed out and laminated for them so they can easily find out what to do next.
Also, type out a schedule of their activities with this. Soccer, gymnastics, baseball, basketball, clubs,etc...
2 Calendar and Corkboard
Hang a corkboard above their bed or anywhere in their rooms. Give them their own calendar and have them write down their activites for the month. Use the cork board to pin up spelling words, school newsltters, class newsletters,etc...
3. School Paper Organization
There are many ways to organize papers. You just have to find the best way for you. Here are a few ways:
2 Calendar and Corkboard
Hang a corkboard above their bed or anywhere in their rooms. Give them their own calendar and have them write down their activites for the month. Use the cork board to pin up spelling words, school newsltters, class newsletters,etc...
3. School Paper Organization
There are many ways to organize papers. You just have to find the best way for you. Here are a few ways:
- Stackable trays- Label two for each child for "Papers to file" and "Return to school".
- Boxes(plastic shoe boxes or baskets)- Put extra notebook paper, pencils, etc in the box. Also keep the childs weekly papers in a folder in the box.
- Bulldog magnetic clip or folder for fridge- in the stationary department of Wal-Mart, there is a magnetic folder for the fridge. It is white and the front half is cut out. You can easily tuck the child weekly school papers, spelling words,etc... in the folder. Remove papers each week and put into the child's file.
- Filing System- Purchase a filing tote for each child. Label each section for each school year. Put important papers, art work, report cards, memorable papers in the file. They can take this with them when the leave home.
- Rolling Drawer Cart- Label each drawer for each child. Use a larger cart to have drawers for school supplies,too. Organize like supplies together.
- School Bookshelf- Label a shelf per child. Use baskets, trays, shoe boxes; and organize like mentioned above.
- Binder Organizers-(not the School Organizer for yourself. This is for the child) One per child. Use tab dividers for sections. Or use pocket folders that can be put in a binder. Label folders/dividers for "Papers to be signed", "Papers to be returned to school", "Weekly Class newsletter", "School newsletter", Special Events", etc...
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