Practical tips and crafts for the return to school
In today's post I share the article 8 ideas to start the course calmly what I have written for Now creatures. You can read the original article in Catalan here. And below I leave you the Spanish translation:
September is synonymous with Back to school. Children say goodbye to summer holidays after more than two months of disconnection and few routines, and this makes many families ask ourselves How can we help our children face the start of a new course in a positive way.
Then I propose 8 ideas that will allow us to travel from the vacation to the school routine with serenity.
8 ideas to start the course calmly
1. Show us confident and quiet
Let's be aware of our language and mood, because we transmit it to creatures. Let's show ourselves confident, serene and excited about this new stage that begins.
Our calm is your calm.
2. Connect and validate your emotions
Let's ask them how they feel, what do they think of the return to school. Let's validate your emotions, whether they want to return as if not, offering them understanding and affection.
Let's let them know that it is normal to miss us, be nervous or cry at some point. They have to know that we support them and that they will have us by their side when they need us. "I understand that it is hard for you to separate from us, we have had a great time, right? In the school your teacher and your friends awaits you, with whom you will also enjoy and after snack I will go looking for you and we will go home together."
3. Anticipate
What kind will go, who will take it to school, if you will stay to eat, when you will look for it ... know it will give it security. For those who join for the first time in school it can be a good idea to go in front of the previous days.
Anticipate and talk to the children where they will go and what they will do helps them feel safe.
Los Tales They are also a wonderful tool that allows them to identify with the characters and discover new scenarios.
4. Recover schedules and routines
It is recommended that a few days before the start of the course we start progressively recover both sleeping schedules and routines.
We can create one routine table With images. This will help you visualize what it is time to do at that time, without having to be remembered continuously.
5. Prepare the material together
One of the things that makes them more illusion is to prepare school supplies. There will be elements that we can take advantage of the last year and others that we will have to buy. In any case, It is important that they participate throughout the process And they are responsible for preparing it and pointing to the material list those we already have. In this way we not only involve them in the preparations, but also We encourage your autonomy and responsibility.
6. Countdown
Of small children do not have the temporal notion assimilated. If we tell them that seven days are missing to start school, they will not understand it, since it is an abstract concept.
A simple and visual proposal is create a chain simulating a countdown. For example, the week of before we prepare a chain formed by seven papers, as many as days are left to start school. Every morning we will remove one of the papers. Being a tangible material, they will be more aware of the passage of time.
7. Start with good foot
And finally the big day comes! Let's wake them up with enough time for breakfast together and go calm towards school, without haste. A good option is to leave clothes and backpack prepared the day before.
Upon arriving at school it is important that we We say goodbye to the child And let's remember that we will look for him later. Let's not take advantage of a moment of distraction to go without seeing us, because they would feel misplaced and deceived.
Let's take advantage of the afternoon reunion to enjoy a Special time.
8. Patience, empathy and love
The last point, but no less important: patience, empathy and love. Routine changes are usually accompanied by nerves and humor changes. There will be children who will adapt before, others will need longer. Patience, empathy and unconditional love They will be key ingredients to accompany them in this process in a positive and respectful way.
