Posts under ‘Back to School’

As your children get older, or if you are returning to school, you might find that there is not enough time in the day to complete homework.  I�ve just started back to school after an eight year gap, and I have experienced the stress in realizing that there are not enough hours in the day.  [...]

When your children start school, you have many great opportunities to teach them how to be responsible.  As your children get older, you want to make sure they have this value or life skill.  Being a responsible person gives you the edge with so many opportunities in life.  Start your children down the right path. [...]

My kids love to make a card for their new teacher at the beginning of the school year.  This might be viewed as a form of brown-nosing, but since they came up with the idea on their own, I figured it was probably innocent.  They do the same thing for their piano and guitar teachers. [...]

School shopping.  The stores love this time of the year.  They load their shelves with products � full of color and covered in cute patterns and popular pictures.  They tease us with the newest and best products available, guaranteed to save us time and make things simpler.  My children run up and down the aisles [...]

When you make the decision to send a child to preschool, there are many different things to look for and some will depend on your circumstances.  We all want the best for our children and we want the preschool experience to be a success for our children.  The attitude they have when attending preschool can [...]

It was my fist day back to school.  I stood outside my classroom, waiting for the instructor to unlock the door.  I looked around at my fellow classmates.  I suppressed a laugh when I noticed one girl and her outfit.  She was very stylish in a bright sundress, and looked like she could have stepped [...]

I had a friend that I went to school with.  Her father gave her a credit card to her favorite clothing store, and told her that her limit was $500 � and not to go over it.  Each month her dad would pay off her credit card, giving her another $500 to spend.  She loaded [...]

Your kids can set goals for their school year.  This is a great way to get them thinking about what they want to do for the year and find their focus.  Going to school becomes such an everyday occurrence.  Help your kids remember that the purpose of school is to learn. Goals can be set [...]

Okay, before you head to the bookstore, have you been to the bank and been approved for a loan?  Buying books can be like purchasing a major home appliance.  I was shocked to find that one French book was $175.00.  Wow.  That is a week�s worth of groceries at my house, or a new pair [...]

Remember the line from �You�ve Got Mail� about a bouquet of sharpened pencils?  It�s time for school, and that bouquet could come in handy about now.  In years past, our school has always handed out the school supply list two days before school started.  This drove me crazy.  For one thing, it only gave me [...]

When school begins again, it takes my family a few weeks to adjust from the carefree days of summer to the strict schedule that always accompanies school.  I’ve done what I could before school started to ease my kids back, but I’ve found that having a regular routine once school has started helps make the [...]

When I was in fifth grade, I had a girl who sat behind me and pulled my hair.  I would turn around and ask her to stop.  She would laugh and then do it again a minute later.  There are all kinds of school bullies, from the innocent but cutting remarks to the violent hitting [...]

I just started back to college. My oldest boy just started morning kindergarten. My youngest boy started pre-school. I had another child start junior high, and two others that are in elementary school. My schedule is insane. More than insane. I’m not really sure how I am even managing to keep it all straight. We [...]

Large campuses come with lots of problems. When it takes 10 minutes to drive to school and 20 minutes to find a parking space, it might be time to make some adjustments. Scoping out a parking spot can be very frustrating. Who has the time to sit and wait for someone to get out of [...]

I love being prepared. Like Melanie Parker in “One Fine Day”, I want to be able to create a super hero costume from the contents of my purse. Or in this case, backpack. I want to be prepared for any situation. I want to have a snack available for those days when I forgot to [...]