How to prepare for back to school

While on holidays, people often develop new day to day routines and adopt new habits, you may choose to relax with family, go out with friends, to just sit and do nothing or entertain your hobbies. 

When that happens, the body adapts to the new routine and getting rid of old habits or adjusting to new habits can be hard. 

According to the founder of Knowledge for Men, Andrew Ferebee, adapting to new propensities is difficult because you could be attempting to do too much too soon and setting yourself up for failure. 

Back to school is a hectic transition for both parents and kids more so for parents as they often take a hard knock on their budget. And this is usually because parents often stretch the budget during the festive season to include gifts, holidays, transport and Christmas clothes just to list a few.  One of the best ways to plan your back to school budget is to write down everything children need before they return to class. 

Also read: Back to school safety

To have an easy start in 2019, here are some of the tips parents can use to plan a proper budget for back to school and to physically and mentally prepare children to go back to school and continue or start with their schooling career.

Financially 

1.   Firstly create a list of all the school supplies needed with the kids, after that, you can categories the list from priority to less important or urgent and also pluck out anything already available.
2.   Bring the kids along to shop, this will help to ensure that you buy the correct fit to saves time and money as you can avoid spending on transport to return or change the clothes or shoes at the shop.
3.   Compare prices, because it is the festive season and you want to have some extra money to spend on yourself save money by comparing prices before you shop. To save time on shopping you can check the prices online and if the stock is available online shopping you can still have it easy.
4.   Wait for specials before you shop, pay attention to back to school specials before you start shopping. 
5.   Avoid temptations; a budget plan is only useful when you adhere to it. Whether you prefer to shop in January or prefer to get school preparations out of the way as early as December remember the purpose of the budget plan.
6.   Do not forget to include school transport fee in your budget, while you wait for your first pay cheque of the year in January your kids still have to go to school

 How to prepare children for school 

1.   Start a family book session, reading improves concentration. After chilled back holidays and hours spent on video games, you can start a family book season and take turns reading books to reduce the chance of children struggling to concentrate in class.
2.   Return to normal sleeping hours. Start your usual school sleep routine about a week or so before school starts and wake them a bit early for a morning jog to make it easier for kids to readopt to early morning.

Also read: Back to school lunch ideas

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