Get Ready for Back-to-School
The summer is finally coming to a close and we all know what that means. It means the children are going back to school! The question on most parents' minds are: How do I get my child excited and ready to go back to school? Although we are parents now, we knew what it was like to go back to school on a sour note.
Get the kids involved before they go back to school by using the following approach.
Have a Back-to-School Celebration: This gets the children in the neighborhood together as well as acquainted with one another. Decorate with school themed party supplies. Most children will know their school schedule and it will give them a chance to compare their schedule to each other's to see if they share any classes and make plans. Also, it gives parents a chance to visit and form carpools.
Just make sure that the back-to-school event is not all only about school. Play some pop songs in the background, have some pen and paper games on hand, and offer some primo party munchies for the kids' enjoyment.
Do a Back-to-School Craft: The best Back-to-School craft you could do with your child is one they can use during school. This could be as simple as making a pencil into an animal or alien. You could also spice up their school book covers for each class, or entice them to place decorative stickers on their pencil boxes. You also might encourage them to choose, decorate and cut out the pictures that will decorate their lockers; elementary-aged children might choose to apply their crayons and markers to coloring book pictures, then cut out those photos to decorate their lockers. Teens might choose to draw or paint portraits of their favorite television and music stars. This will add a little extra excitement to their normal school day when they pull it out to use it, or when they see it displayed in their locker.
Back-to-School Games: Play party games that are educational such as free printable word find games and word searches. You can even assemble kids from the neighborhood and create a Back-to-School game show event. Put them on teams or have them play individually. A brain-teasing trivia game would be best, but--to provide the kids with optimum entertainment value--you also might challenge the children to a creative back-to-school game involving dancing or acting. Kids might write and act in funny short plays about what not to do the first day of school, for example. Or they might be challenged to come up with a spirit song to celebrate their school; in either case, the group that comes up with the funniest skit or song could win a prize. This will get their brains going for their first day of school.
Going back-to-school can be fun for the children if you approach it in a fun way.
About the Author
Mrs. Party...Gail Leino helps you with fun ideas for parties, games, events, and activities for both the young and old. Have party supplies to match the celebration. Party planning freebies http://partysuppliesshop.com
Tell others about
this page:
Comments? Questions? Email Here