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Welcome to the Back to School Blast!
Getting your family prepared to head back to school, can be difficult especially after a long, fun-filled summer. Here are a few of our favorite Back to School Tips to help you along the way.
1. Back-to-School Supplies Checklist - Backpack? Check. Pencils? Check. Safety scissors? Not Yet. Use the same checklist each time you head out to grab supplies, to keep track of what you have already purchased and the things you still need to. These are also handy if you have more than one child. Simply print 2, 3, 4 list and add their name to the top.
My Back to School Tips:
Schools here give us a list of items to purchase and it's specific.
Label their stuff.
Lay clothes out the night before.
Prepare snack in advance and label them for easy grab and go.
My son has allergies so he has a tissue supply with him.
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61 comments:
plan ahead. Expect tardiness and lazy kids not wanting to get out of bed. My prepared :)
Do Bento lunches. They are easier than they seem and the kids love them.
I do a lot of shopping on tax-free weekend!
Don't forget to leave the kids their lunch money.
get your child back into school "mode" a couple weeks earlier: earlier bedtimes,earlier wake-ups. etc.rf60527@att.net
my best tip would be get everything early! don't wait til the wkd before school starts
Sometimes it is best to wait to buy school supplies until after school has started. They are typically on sale.
Shop the back to school sales before the prices go up. Can't be 17 cents for a notebook.
Shop early for the best deals.
Prepare your children's clothing and lunch the night before. It will save a lot of time.
Love3570@aol.com
Don't wait until the week before school begins to buy school supplies. Shop early.
Have everything ready to go the night before.
elysesw@aol.com
Wow! I would love to win this then I could get all my babies school supplies and new school clothes and shoes. It seems like they grow inches every summer and outgrow everything they have to wear. Must be the pretty sunshiny days and abundant rain.
My best tip would be to make sure they start going to bed and getting up early as if they were going to school at least 2 weeks before school starts.
Do the back to school shopping early while the sales are going on.
Don't leave things to the last minute!
Buy all your school supplies at the end of last school year and save money! Also, ask friends on facebook to send you hand-me-downs from their kids that fit yours!
Buy school supplies the day after school starts! Everything is marked down!
hit school with confidence and be prepared is all the info I can give
Just get what you absolutely need then wait a couple weeks to after school has started to buy the rest when it is way cheaper!
Don't wait....start now.....begin by watching for all the sale opportunities and discount prices.
Don't wait....start now....and respond to all the sales and discount price specials.
Wear clean underwear--getting a wedgie is embarrassing enough!
watch the ads
Get your items early, watch for sales and stockpile when prices are low. Karen, kjsbristol@comcast.net
Pack lunches and lay out outfits the night before. Makes the mornings run so much smoother!
Plan ahead and get EVERYTHING ready the night before
start weeks ahead, getting them off to bed earlier and earlier
Buy school supplies early!
Have your hair cut a couple weeks before school starts so that it has a chance to grow out a little and you can get it fixed if it turns out badly.
My best tip is to not leave everything for the last minute. Shop early and have every thing packed and laid out the night before.
Lay out clothes the night B4 I have girls !!!!!!!!!
Practice the routine of bedtime and waking up at least a week in advance.
Look in the weekly ads and buy the supplies as Walgreens has them cheap!
We home school here, but I have found that getting the kids back into a normal bedtime routine about 3 weeks before we start back up is essential for lessening the school time chaos!
My best back to school advice would be to start waking the kids up early 2 weeks before school starts. After staying up late and sleeping in it's good to get back into the early morning routine a few weeks before school starts.
Staples has sales each week during the summer so I go each week that way I can get everything for rock bottom prices instead of making 1 trip the first day of school and paying full price.
Wait to buy supplies a week or so in to school because some teachers say some of the items on their list were optional.
Make sure there is no problems with the kids being late for school in September. Make sure they are on school time for a full week before their first day. That means alarms are set, and everybody is up and around in the morning.
Always plan your future ahead! And Look out for bullies.
hope i can get the prize :D
Get back in the bedtime/wake-up routine about 2 weeks before school starts! Summer is over and WE all need to adjust :)
Start getting the kids up on time a couple of days early so that they can get used to the routine before they have to. Create a routine for lunch making, bag packing etc.
If the child is going to a new school, make sure that way to school is secure - so take a little walk with your schild!
Start gradually going to bed earlier each night the week prior to get back in school mode.
My best back to school tip is to do absolutely everything you can the night before. No matter how tired you are you'll be glad you did it in the morning.
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love your site
Bring pencils!
chilisfood@aol.com
Prepare everything the night before so you're ready to get out the door on time the next morning.
Don't get behind in the reading assignments; keep up to date.
magenta92 AT sbcglobal DOT net
I always start having my kids go to bed early about 2 weeks before school starts to get back into the schedule.
My tip is to make copies of class schedules.
I always try to buy as many basic school supplies that I know my kids will be needing (pencils, crayons, notebooks, etc) in bulk while they are on sale. I also try to get my boys excited about going back to school by watching some fun school themed movies or reading back to school themed books with them starting a couple weeks before school starts- theyre both still pretty young and this helps relieve some of the "being away from mom and home" stress :)
crystalmethod54751@gmail.com
shop the best deal and clearance section
Make out a list of what school supplies are needed then go shopping without the kids. You are less likely to pick up things that are "But Mom, I gotta have" stuff! Thanks.
sweepster49 at comcast dot net
Wait until they go on sale.
Make sure your kids were not supposed to have a specific book read ready for a test on the first day of class.
Do as many things as possible the night before. Prepare clothes, lunches and any needed paperwork to prevent having to rush in the morning.
Thanks for the giveaway… wait until you get a supplies list from your child's teacher before buying.
Rafflecopter: Bryan E.
best tip plan ahead don't wait to the last minute
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