Both kids and parents don’t really like school routine, as it makes their lives a lot more stressful.
Those times you’re running late to school, or desperately trying to memorize everything you can before a huge test, or trying to get your kid out of bed to get ready in the morning…
Well, we can pretty much agree that not only kids of all school ages, but also their parents feel the pain of the approaching back to school time.
However, if you add some organization to your back to school routine, it won’t be as stressful and tiring as it normally is. At least, you’ll feel like you’re in control of things, but not vice versa.
So, let’s see which back to school organizing tips you may use to get you through the back to school time.
Back to school tips
- Print out a list of school supplies your child needs for this year and go shopping together. It’s probably the only exciting thing about going back to school.
Let your child choose colorful supplies with bright designs to make his school days a little bit less dull.
Use plastic or cardboard bins, wire wall baskets and other holders to set up an organized supplies stash. - Back to school clothes shopping might get really hectic, especially with all the sales and discounts that won’t let you stick to the plan.
However, a throughout wardrobe cleaning and individual clothes shopping lists based on what your child really needs the most will help you get all the necessities and stick to the budget.
Include a couple of ‘I want this’ items to encourage your kids before a new school year and avoid shopping tantrums. - A simple family school time morning schedule with planned deadlines for eating your breakfast, packing your lunch, making your bed, getting showered and dressed will make your early and sleepy mornings a little bit more organized.
If you stick to it for a while, it will turn into a routine you’ll be able to follow easily.
Thus, you’ll have a great start to your busy day at school. - Make school lunches easy and fun to pack. If your kids are old enough, they may totally cope with packing their lunches on their own.
The only thing you should do is to give them some choices.
Organize a lunch packing station – a large drawer in your cabinet or in your pantry with various healthy snacks (including fruit and vegetable ones), yogurts, granola bars, little drinks and crackers prepared for a week and a sandwich container in your fridge with everything your child may want to put into his sandwich. - Determine what you’re going to wear to school the night before.
Morning choices and searches take too long to handle, thus you often end up in training pants and gray hoodies.
However, if you plant and prepare your outfit beforehand, you’ll be able to look great every single day without getting late to the class.
You may even take this to the next level and divide all clothes in your closet into Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Weekends sections. - Decide which after school activities you’d like to do this year.
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Leave your request here - Become friends with time management. Organize your busy studying life with a calendar or visual board.
Mark your after school activities, tests, academic goals and school events. Devote certain hours of your day to homework only to get it done without any distractions.
It will save you a lot of time, as well as make the rest of your day free for your favorite hobbies and friends. - Organize the studying area. Use magazine holders with multiple labeled dividers to sort your homework papers.
Make sure to create ‘Done’, ‘Due for tomorrow’, ‘Later on the week’ and ‘Grab today’ sections and you won’t forget to bring any important papers and projects ever again. - If you don’t like doing your homework at one designated spot, organizing a basket with all the homework necessities is a great idea.
This way you’ll be able to grab everything you need and take it to the place you chose to do your homework at today (like, in your garden) in one go.
And, your supplies won’t end up being scattered all over the house or your room. - Love doing homework in your bed? Who doesn’t?
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