Are you always in a rush in the mornings on school days trying to make sure that everyone gets ready on time? Do you make the school bus wait or drop your children to school past the time? Do things, whether it’s your child school work, her PE music instrument or your exercise gear, tend to be forgotten at home? Although this moment of the day is short, it can be very intense and charged with crankiness and low patience level. So with the imminent start of a new school year, let me share 5 tips to help you avoid the morning rush.
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It’s never too early to teach kids to be organised. Professional Organiser Nathalie Ricaud shares with us what you need to know.
How to prepare for the new school year
I don’t know about you, but it feels like the summer holidays went by very quickly, too quickly in fact… Just a couple of weeks left before the beginning of another school year. Back-to-school time often comes with some degree of anxiety and stress not only for the kids but also for their parents. But well, we can’t escape it, can we? So just take a deep breath, sit down for 5 minutes and give me a chance to share my top 7 tips to set the whole family up to a smooth start and year.
How to organise kids’ schoolwork
The end of the school year is around the corner. Kids are bound to bring back all the schoolwork and artwork that hasn’t found its way back home during the course of the school year. Let’s face it, dealing with paper can be overwhelming, but even more so when it has been created by our own children. And the younger they are, the more prolific they are, and the guiltier we feel about letting go of their masterpieces! Sounds familiar? Read on to find out my approach to dealing with kids’ schoolwork.
