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How To Prepare For The First Day Of School

By Jason Lee

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Published: 11Jan2012
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During the opening of classes, everybody is excited. The preparations keep everybody busy for many days. Here are some cost-efficient ideas to prepare yourself and your child for the first day of school.

1. Recycle your child's old wardrobe by finding new items that still fit or using some hand-me-downs from an older child's stock. Buy some brightly colored buttons, (check flea markets and department stores) and change the look of some old clothes by simply replacing old buttons with newer adornments.

2. Check flea markets and second-hand stored for denim jackets and jeans. Oversized clothes will do for most of today's children.

3. Have your child pull out and sort through his cloth you, allowing him to pick out items that he is interested in this year. He may not feel the need to buy new clothing when he realizes what good stuff has been stored away.

4. Have a clothing swap with other parents in the area. Bring what no longer fits your child and take away what does!

5. School art projects and papers are bound to pile up soon. Encourage your child to take pride in recycling. Have several bins available for various materials. Let your child make labels for each one, decorating with a drawing of what to discard in it. 6. Buy some inexpensive magnets for your child, encouraging him to hang up pieces of art graded works on the refrigerator when school begins.

6. Collect magazines from neighbors or your local library, and let your child make a "show and tell" book of animals, cars, or people to take to the first day of class.

7. Encourage your child to make a list of goals that he wants to accomplish during the year and discuss how you can help him achieve these goals. (Example: learning to read, writing in cursive, or remembering his times tables).

8. Help your child write letters to family or friends to talk about their first day of school. Children usually enjoy talking about it, and grandparents always like hearing from the grandchildren.

9. Let your child decorates small paper bags to take his lunch to school each day.

10. Have a "before school starts" party to allow your child get to know other children before the first day to help him assimilate more easily when classes begin. Have each child bring lunch as he would on the first day of school.

11. Have your child make a list of items he would like to see in his lunches. The bigger the list, the more options you have.

12. Buy in bulk. Check local wholesale stores for prices on items like juice boxes, peanut butter, soups, and tuna fish. Stock up on items that are most frequently used.

13. Keep a jar for change near the door for your child's lunch money to avoid last minute searches or forgetfulness. Encourage your child to make his own lunch each day to avoid mid-morning dashes from work to drop it off.

14. Most importantly, talk to your child about his fears of the first day of school. Even the most outgoing children get nervous in new situations.

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