imom s BACK-TO-SCHOOL BUNDLE Printable Collection

imom s BACK-TO-SCHOOL BUNDLE Printable Collection

30 Day Back-to-School Challenge! In the crazy days of the back-to-school season, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. It is easy to get lost in your never-ending to-do list. Use our 30 Day Back-to-School Challenge as a day-by-day reminder to keep you on track, to keep you engaged, and also to keep you enjoying the little moments in your child s life. 1. Print off your back to school checklist. 2. Label your child's lunchbox and backpack with our printable bag tags. 3. Talk with your child about any first-day anxieties using our Discuss It: Anxiety printable. 4. Talk with your child about making friends using our Discuss It: Making Friends printable. 5. Help your child write down goals for the new school year. 6. Have a back to school feast. 7. Print out our Back to School Conversation Starters and ask one today. 8. Take a first-day-of-school photo. Print it and display it. 9. Put a surprise treat in your child's lunch. 10. Write your child a special lunchbox note. 11. Introduce yourself to your child's teacher. 12. Ask your child what they like about their new teacher. 13. Make a treat for your child's teacher, with your child. 14. Kiss your child good-bye in the morning and say, "I love you." 15. Ask your child what they learned today. 16. Sit down and have an after school snack with your child. 17. Prepare a "homework spot" for your child. 18. Pray for your child's success in school. 19. Put your child's after-school activities on your calendar. 20. Ask your child, "What was the best thing about school today?" 21. Tell your child your favorite memory from when you were in school. 22. Ask your child if they have made any new friends. 23. Host a play date for your child. 24. Find your child's school on Facebook and keep updated on school happenings. 25. Sit down and eat breakfast with your child. 24. Before your child gets out of the car say, "It's going to be a great day!" 27. Let your child pick the CD or radio station to listen to in the car on the way to school. 28. Play I Spy on the way to school. 29. Contact your child s teacher and volunteer. 30. Pray with your child before bed.

TALK BACK TO SCHOOL Family Conversation Starters What are you most looking forward to on the first day of school? What two things did you like most about last school year? Who have been your three favorite teachers or adults at school? What are your four favorite school lunches? Name five things you don't ever want to have for lunch. Name three new things you learned last year. What class subject would you love to have seven days a week? Should school be eight hours long each day? Longer? Shorter? Why? Do you think we can be on time to school ten days in a row? Give mom and dad ten hugs right now! Who would you like to have in your class? What will be great about being in your new grade?

Discuss It: Making Friends With a little practice, making friends can be easy. The Making Friends guide below will help you remember how. Read it over and then practice with your family. So people will know you are friendly. So people will know you like them. So people will know you are interested in them. So people will know you can be a good friend. Role-Play for Mom: Use the Making Friends guide above to practice making friends with your child. Role-Play for Child: Use the Making Friends guide above to practice making a pretend friend with your mom or sibling. Goal Setting: Set a goal to make a certain number of new friends each week for a month. As you make them, write their names on a piece of paper and post it on your refrigerator. I will make new friends each week for a month.

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Elementary Lunchbox Notes We sometimes forget that our children spend up to eight hours a day at school. A lot can happen in eight hours - bad and good. Lunchbox notes are a great way to let your child know that you are thinking about them while they are away. I love you so much I can t wait for you to come home. Be A Friend to someone who needs a friend. Praying For You I know you can do it, Sweetie! I Love You to the moon and back! I Am So Thankful you are my. Being With You is the best part of my day! Hurry Home I have a suprise for you! SURPRISE! Tonight we are going to.

Elementary Lunchbox Notes We sometimes forget that our children spend up to eight hours a day at school. A lot can happen in eight hours - bad and good. Lunchbox notes are a great way to let your child know that you are thinking about them while they are away. I am so Proud of how you studied for your test. You Are Amazing I still can t believe you! MOMMY is beary, beary thankful for you! I Miss You! I can t wait for you to come home. After School Today Let s. Today Will Be Hard Know that I am always thinking about you! You Are DINO-MITE! This Sweet Treat is for the sweetest Iknow - YOU.