Back to school, a children’s game: checklist for the start

The memory of the first day of school is a lasting one for the whole life. In order for this drastic experience to be remembered, parents can prepare their child for school enrollment. This checklist helps to think about everything:

The days are numbered: After the summer holidays, the new school year is in the house and thus for many first graders the first day of school. Nobody doubts that starting school is a particularly dramatic event in the life of a child. After all, who does not remember the feeling of being in his new place in the new classroom with new schoolmates and a new teacher for the first time in adulthood? Or how it was-the brand-new satchel on her shoulders, the school bag pressed to her chest, and the daddy or mum by the hand-to walk through the front door of the school for the first time? With the exciting feeling of going through the same door several times and finally joining the big ones, the schoolchildren? In her blog post “Einschulung in der 80ern”, Julia Collani writes about a feeling of “getting older”, which is the beginning of school for children.

The first day of school – a memory for life

The memory of the first day of school remains for life, like the first kiss or the last Christmas with the grandfather. In order for this memory to remain connected to a good feeling, the beginning of the school should be experienced as smoothly and happily as possible. Parents can already do a lot in advance, so that the first day of school for their offspring is a happy experience and a lifetime in beautiful memory.

Checklist for the beginning of school

This checklist helps you to think about everything important:

  • Open Talk
    Talk to your child openly about his anticipation, his fears and expectations. This helps him to deal positively with the unfamiliar situation and to be prepared for the things that probably await him. Many a wrong image, which causes fear and insecurity, can possibly be moved in advance and make way for the untroubled anticipation.
  • Morning procedures and sleep patterns
    So that from the beginning school is not associated with morning stress, it helps to practice the new processes already in the last few days of vacation. Your child’s sleep pattern can not be taken to school overnight. The more carefully he is adjusted, the less stress for the child. Clarify which tasks the child does independently in the morning in which time frame (dressing, brushing his teeth, etc.). Address your expectations of the child and give them space to express their own desires and expectations. Together, it is best to define who is responsible and responsible for what. If the procedure is fixed in theory, try it for a few days. This gives the child a routine. And routine always means safety.
  • Structure in satchel
    Most of the children are proud of their satchels and clear them up several times before enrolling. Embark on this playful preparation. Look through the materials, sort the pins in the pencil case with him repeatedly. Find the best place in the satchel for the lunchbox and the bottle together. Again, it’s about safety-creating routine. A reliable external order allows an inner order and serenity.
  • Workplace at home
    Preparations are also at home on the checklist for the beginning of school. Prepare a job with your child that makes you feel comfortable and can concentrate on doing your homework in the future. All necessary work materials should always be within reach. Make sure the desk is always tidy and inviting. Because if you always have to clean up before doing your homework, that does not contribute much to motivation. Played in another place. Also, keep in mind that depending on the child, there might be room for a second chair if your child wants you to do the homework initially.
  • School “play”
    Your child already has some pictures in mind before going to school, the way school is. This has made it through books, movies, tales of other children, adults and preparation in kindergarten. Your child will certainly be pleased if you play with him. Lubricate him with a sandwich and put it in the bag together with the pencil case and a booklet. In Role Playing, let your child arrive at school. Play the teacher and give one, two small tasks that can easily handle it, like painting a circle, a triangle and a square or similar. Then let the imaginary pause gong sound. As in the real school, your child should take his snack from the satchel and leave the room. Then take a break at the door together.
  • way to school
    For most children, the way to school is the first way they manage on their own. In the kindergarten, they were usually accompanied. Now your child is big enough to go to school or school bus stop alone. But that does not mean that the way to school is self-fulfilling. In the weeks leading up to the beginning of the school, go to school several times, discuss danger spots and observe your child in traffic. Ideally, a “running community” can be formed in the first days of the school year, and your child can go to school together with neighboring children. This increases motivation and safety. By the way: The bike should first stay at home. Until children have passed their bicycle test (usually in the fourth grade) is considered “per pedes” as safer.

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A very nice and detailed checklist for the upcoming beginning of school! Certainly helpful for all parents whose kids are allowed to go to school soon (or ;-)) For me it takes a while until the little one is allowed to go to school &# 128578;

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