This time last year L was starting school. I felt it was a huge step she was taking and she breezed through it merrily! We’d spent a little time playing and practising some practical things to help with starting school, which I think really helped her transition into reception.
If you have a child starting school (or even getting back into the school swing after a relaxed summer holiday), here are our tips
Getting ready to start school
Eating lunch at school: a masterclass in school dinners
Playtime 101: putting on your own coat and shoes
Read all about it: the best books about starting school
Learn to write your name: simple steps
Going places: make your own ‘get to school’ photographic map
School run 101: organise your morning school run
Andi Joy says
12/08/2011 at 1:27 amThanks for this! I’ve really been looking for some tips and tricks for my little once cause she’s just about to start school 🙂
Isil says
12/08/2011 at 9:23 amD. is starting school so this post has been very helpful. Thank you Cathy! I understand that these were written last year, before your lil one started. Is there anything else you’d like to add after having this experience? Anything you wish someone had told you before?
Cathy @ NurtureStore says
12/08/2011 at 10:06 amHi Isil. I think I’d add a reminder to parents to relax! I viewed starting school as such a big step but both my children took it completely in their stride. I think, especially as I’d been at home with them full time, it was a big transition for me and I’d have liked a reminder to just go with the flow – and certainly not to think of it as the end of particular stage in their/your life.
Isil says
16/08/2011 at 6:14 pmThanks for reminding me this. Like you, I have been with D. all the time so starting school is very big for me. Especially because here in UK they start so early and spend almost the whole day at school.
Natalie says
17/08/2011 at 3:16 amMy daughter is starting K next week, so this post is timely. I like the idea of practicing lunch – Anna had it in her preschool, but she always came home covered in yogurt. Perhaps we can practice to make sure she can eat more carefully.